Community members gathered for a celebration of solstice and a conversation exploring how seasonal retreat center programs connect to racial healing.

RCC is is excited to find our next director! Our next director will work collaboratively with staff, leadership, and network members to grow the robust relationships and resources that will support our next phase of growth.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This open space Community Call provided an opportunity for participants to explore resilience and successful program stories, among other topics.

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.

Community members gathered in the spirit of renewal for this Racial Healing Workshop led by RHI Program Director Brenda Salgado.

On this Community Call, RCC peers gathered celebrate Ben Scott-Brandt and all the RCC has accomplished under his leadership.

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.

Ben Scott-Brandt shares an inspiring overview of where the Retreat Center Collaboration has journeyed together as an organization.

From the heart, Ben Scott-Brandt reflects on his time as program director of the Retreat Center Collaboration.

Holding a mix of regret and gratitude, the members of the RCC stewardship circle are writing to share that our Program Director Ben Scott-Brandt will leave his position on March 1, 2024.

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.

On this Community Call, participants gathered to discuss staffing at retreat centers.

While gathering for the final Community Call of 2023, RCC community members reflected on the year and our shared story as a community.

Retreat centers in all geographical regions are facing an increasing number of severe weather events per year, and each event carries the potential for major impacts. By creating business continuity plans and emergency plans, retreat centers are prioritizing disaster preparedness and resilience.

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!

On this Community Call, participants shared poems and stories that have given them strength and inspired them in the important work of retreat centers.