We are delighted to begin connecting retreat centers and allied organizations across the RCC network with Bonner programs, students and alumni around the United States who are passionate about community building, diversity, social justice, spiritual exploration, and wellness.

Pandemic-era onsite retreats look and feel a little different for many of us. See what folks shared in this peer support dialogue as we enter the last quarter of 2022.

On our community call August 9th, we heard from retreat-adjacent initiatives, folks imagining new centers, and peers who are innovating how they offer retreat. Check out the highlights!

The journey through the pandemic has often been a hazardous one for retreat centers. In this community call, we learn from Eve Wachhaus at Pearlstone about how her team has navigated the last two years at this adventurous retreat center in Baltimore.

Our first community call of 2022 is an exchange of our collective learnings and a discussion on how we may turn to our local and marginalized communities to help us hold this question.

We’re inviting retreat center leaders, along with members of boards and staff, to join a collaboration hub focused on ecological and environmental justice.

Learn more and join the conversation in our Mighty Network.

Maps, graphs, and polls! This call explores our community survey data, collected from 46 retreat centers in November 2020, helping us understand where we are now and where we might be headed as a sector of 110+ retreat centers across the US and Canada.

Learn more in our Mighty Network.

Like fungal networks connecting many species of trees, our exchange of resources across the sector contributes to our growing resilience. How has 2020 shaped your retreat center? And how has it catalyzed the development of a cooperative and supportive network between your center and others? Click to watch the video.

Jenyng Wu hosted last week’s Community Call on JEDI: the lens of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. Let’s walk through her illustrations and our collaborative learning process. Click to learn more.

Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma leads a conversation on community partnerships, with guest Michael Shewburg of Five Oaks Centre. How can centers connect with their local communities to serve in new ways during this pandemic, while still honoring their missions? Watch the video to learn more.