June 5th-7th 2019, Emory and Henry College

The theme for the 2019 Biennial Retreat is cultivate.

Cultivate means to foster the growth of a craft and improve skills through labor and care. This retreat will be a time for individuals to nurture their practice, grow in their expertise, and for our community as a whole to come and rejuvenate ourselves in the work to eliminate violence and oppression. 

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“I THOUGHT IT WAS A FABULOUS CONFERENCE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING NEXT YEAR”

2017 Action Alliance Retreat Attendee

97% OF INDIVIDUALS SAID THAT THEY GAINED A NEW SKILL WHILE AT THE RETREAT 

2017 Action Alliance Retreat Survey

“BEING AROUND OTHERS DOING THE SAME WORK THAT I AM WAS MY FAVORITE PART OF THE RETREAT”

2017 Action Alliance Retreat Attendee
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“Solitude is the soil in which genius is planted, creativity grows, and legends bloom; faith in oneself is the rain that cultivates a hero to ensure the storm and bare the genesis of a new world, a new forest.”

MIKE NORTON, WHITE MOUNTAIN

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RETREAT TRACKS

    

   

cultivate LEADERSHIP

Cultivate leadership is a specialized track for executive directors to foster and enrich abilities.

       

cultivate RESILIENCE

This track is for individuals working in prevention to expand and bolster knowledge for a future without sexual and domestic violence.

    

       

cultivate YOUR CRAFT

This track is specifically for individuals who have the basics of advocacy down and want to grow expertise in advanced advocacy.

cultivate COMMUNITY

Cultivate Community encompasses the need to engage with one another and develop partnerships.

cultivate WHOLENESS

Cultivate Wholeness will nurture self and community care to help recharge ourselves.

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