Embodying Resilience: A Path Forward Together
Community members joined the Racial Healing Initiative for a special 90 minute post-election Community Call. This was a dedicated space for grounding, reflecting, and cultivating collective healing after the U.S. presidential election.
Fine-Tuning Your Guest Experience with Equity and Racial Healing in Mind
On a recent Community Call, Nanci Lee shared her reflections on reparative land practices and BIPOC circles at Tatamagouche Centre. Participants were invited to discuss their own practices and experiences of radical hospitality in their organizations.
Resilience Within Climate Chaos, Part 2
On this Community Call, participants discussed the recent impacts of wildfires and hurricanes on retreat centers in the community. We also explored a disaster scenario as groundwork for future calls on the increasingly-urgent topic of resilience.
How Our Centers Serve in Politically Divided Times
On this Community Call, community members discussed ways retreat centers can serve as spaces of refuge, healing, and learning during times of political upheaval.
RCC Evolution - August Update
On this call, the RCC Stewardship Circle gathered with community members to share updates on the hiring process for RCC Collaborative Director and to discuss ways retreat centers can foster cultures of belonging.
Managing Risks at Retreat Centers
On this Community Call, community members came together to join Eve Wachhaus of Adamah for a discussion about what risk can look like at retreat centers.
Racial Healing Workshop: Seasonal Attunement, Ritual, and Food Sovereignty
Community members gathered for a celebration of solstice and a conversation exploring how seasonal retreat center programs connect to racial healing.
Resilience Within Climate Chaos
On this Community Call, Stanley Wu and Oren Slozberg led a discussion about resilience. Participants helped to identify different kinds of resilience and suggested first steps towards strengthening personal and organizational resilience going into the future.
Addressing Common Hospitality Obstacles
On this call, the RCC Stewardship Circle member Kirstin Vander-Giessen Reitsma led a community discussion about hospitality. Participants pooled their collective wisdom to expand their thinking about the meaning of hospitality and how to address hospitality-related challenges.
RCC Evolution Update
On this call, the RCC Stewardship Circle gathered with community members to share updates on the leadership transition and to hear feedback from the collaborative community that is the RCC.
Racial Healing Workshop: Energetic Hygiene and Sovereignty Practices
Tuning into and managing the energy we bring into racial healing spaces is a vital part of healing work. On this call, RHI Program Director Brenda Salgado shared Toltec perspectives and practices on energetic sovereignty and responsibility and invited participants to share their own wisdom.
Open Space
This open space Community Call provided an opportunity for participants to explore resilience and successful program stories, among other topics.
RCC Transition Check-in
On this call, the RCC Stewardship Circle gathered with community members to share updates on the leadership transition and to hear feedback from the collaborative community that is the RCC.
Racial Healing Workshop: Welcoming Spring with Ritual, Reflection and Creativity
Community members gathered in the spirit of renewal for this Racial Healing Workshop led by RHI Program Director Brenda Salgado.
A Celebration of Ben Scott-Brandt and RCC
On this Community Call, RCC peers gathered celebrate Ben Scott-Brandt and all the RCC has accomplished under his leadership.
Effective Marketing with Limited Resources
On this Community Call, RCC peers gathered for an interactive discussion to exchange notes on effective marketing tools and strategies that work for retreat centers.
Racial Healing Workshop: Opening Up Our Money Stories
On this call led by Brenda Salgado, program director of the Racial Healing Initiative, community members gathered to explore money stories. Opening up our money stories is a way to observe and transform our relationship to the flow of abundance.
Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Vibrant Staff
On this Community Call, participants gathered to discuss staffing at retreat centers.
Living into the Questions Together
While gathering for the final Community Call of 2023, RCC community members reflected on the year and our shared story as a community.
Sharing Poems of Gratitude and Resilience
On this Community Call, participants shared poems and stories that have given them strength and inspired them in the important work of retreat centers.