How We Got Here: A Note from Ben
Ben Scott-Brandt shares an inspiring overview of where the Retreat Center Collaboration has journeyed together as an organization.
RCC’s 2023 Year-End Review
At the Retreat Center Collaboration, we’re celebrating an abundant year of change, growth, and impact. Thank you for being a part of this journey!
Peace Through Action AmeriCorps is Seeking Service Site Applications
RCC and Peace Through Action USA invite retreat centers to apply to be prospective AmeriCorps member service sites in Peace Through Action’s upcoming application for AmeriCorps funding.
Announcing the New Sustainability Toolkit
Completed in July 2023, our Sustainability Toolkit offers an overview of the recent Cal Poly sustainability study and its findings, including highlights from the students’ literature review and data analysis. The toolkit suggests key areas for improvement, provides a tool and manual, plus links to related data.
Racial Healing Workshop: Dreaming Our Way Forward
Special guest Michelle Cassandra Johnson led an RCC racial healing workshop where participants found out how collective dreaming disrupts systems of oppression and acts as a catalyst for our shared healing and liberation.
Key Factors for Sustainability in Retreat Center Business Models: Cal Poly Study Update
In partnership with a team of industrial engineering students at Cal Poly University, the Retreat Center Collaboration is studying models for financial and programmatic sustainability at retreat centers. Find out what the team has learned from their eight-month study.
World Cafe: Connective Conversations on the Menu
On this world-cafe-style Community Call, retreat center leaders were invited to bring a topic to discuss or select from a “menu” of discussion topics.
Engaging Your Center’s Volunteers and Program Alumni
On this Community Call, we discussed ways retreat centers can inspire volunteers and program alumni to give back and deepen their participation in the community.
Collaborative Fundraising as a Network of Retreat Centers
On this Community Call, we explored RCC's role as a mutual partner with retreat centers and how establishing formal partnerships might pave a clearer path for collaborative fundraising efforts.
RCC Annual Retreat 2023: Restoration and Resilience
Registration is now open for the RCC Annual Retreat, taking place this October 22 - 25, at Five Oaks Centre in Ontario!
Racial Healing Workshop: Reconciling Trauma in the Body with Trauma in the Land
On a recent Community Call, new RHI Program Director Brenda Salgado demonstrated through storytelling how healing our human relationships also means healing our relationship with the land.
Collaboration with Change Agents, Movement Makers, and Community-Based Organizations
Learn about how retreat centers are building relationships, establishing partnerships, and starting collaborative projects between retreat centers, movement groups, and community-based organizations.
Cal Poly Study Update: What Makes Retreat Centers Sustainable?
In partnership with a team of Cal Poly University students, the Retreat Center Collaboration is studying models for financial and programmatic sustainability at retreat centers.
Racial Healing Workshop: Antiracism for the Love of It
Rev. Lorren Buck joined us on our February 14th Community Call to facilitate a racial healing workshop grounded in Resmaa Menakem’s The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating Our Nation’s Upheaval and Racial Reckoning.
Save the Date! RCC's Annual Retreat Is This October
We’re excited to gather with the Retreat Center Collaboration community this October 22 - 25, at Five Oaks Centre in Ontario!
Staffing Models and Supports at Retreat Centers
On our January 24th Community Call, we exchanged best practices for staffing, discussed ways to develop a culture of equity within our centers, and brainstormed mental health supports.
Racial Healing Initiative Announces New Leadership
We are pleased to announce that the Center for Healing and Liberation has expanded its capacity by hiring Brenda Salgado as the new program director for the Racial Healing Initiative.
Leadership and Governance at Retreat Centers
On this Community Call, we discussed the pain points for retreat center leadership and board—how they’re rising to meet ongoing challenges and embracing intergenerational and intercultural leadership.
Celebrating Our Community Story
On our last Community Call of 2022, we reconnected to celebrate our shared story.
A Path Toward Flourishing: RCC’s 2022 Year-End Review
At the Retreat Center Collaboration, we’re celebrating an abundant year of change, growth, and impact.