Retreat Programming
On this community call, participants dove into a peer-support discussion about the latest trends in retreat programming.
Your Center’s Sustainability Journey
On this recent call, community members Cathy Stackpole and Mohan Aguirre co-facilitated a conversation about RCC’s recent Sustainability Study.
New Learning and Trends in Our Community
On this community call, RCC Program Director Ben Scott-Brandt presented data from the 2023 RCC Community Survey and facilitated a discussion on how centers plan to utilize the information in their unique contexts.
Racial Healing Workshop: On the Path to Decentering Whiteness
During a Racial Healing Workshop in September, participants had the opportunity to explore their own internalized patterns of suppression, release, and transformation—and how those patterns affect the work of decentering whiteness at retreat centers.
Models for Balancing Hospitality, Work, and Life
On this Community Call, a panel of speakers shared from their experiences on the difficulties of living where you work, establishing personal space, and what they’re learning along the way.
Retreat Center Operations: Hardware, Software, and Equipment
On this Community Call in early August, the RCC community gathered to swap recommendations for tools that make retreat center operations more efficient and effective.
Crafting Your Center’s Online Presence
The RCC Community Call on June 27th featured a discussion with Editorial Director John Ferro and Chief Digital Content Officer Racquel “Rockie” Joseph of the Omega Institute, where we explored ideas, best practices, and the benefits of crafting your center's online presence.
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.
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.
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.
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.
What will it take for retreat centers to tend to the wound of racism?
What will it take for your organization or retreat center to tend to the wound of racism? As Lorren Buck and Marissa Metelica from the Racial Healing Initiative Team shared during a May 2022 Community Call, we can heal from the wounds. We can dream into possibilities of transformation.
Spiritual Bypassing as a Block to Retreat Center Equity
Lorren Buck and Arleen Peterson, Racial Healing Initiative team members, shared with participants an understanding spiritual bypassing, how it can show up in retreat center work, and collectively, how we can rise above spiritual bypassing.