Thursday Program:
Arriving & Initiating a Healthy Shutdown
In our opening gathering following dinner, participants will be invited to an interactive session focused on arriving in the space, giving permission to safely power down and unplug, and acknowledging our current reality as individuals and a sector. Like a computer preparing for a reboot, this first session is about recognizing the need for rest and repair and creating the space and safety necessary for transformation, honest reflection, and vulnerability. We will pause, notice what’s overloading the system and draining our power, and begin to listen to ourselves as individuals and as a community.
Friday Program:
Scanning the System, Running Diagnostics & Clearing Our Cache
This day mirrors a system scan, where we identify, examine, and release outdated programs, limiting beliefs, and harmful patterns, while creating space for new ways of being. Our first full day together will facilitate deep insight, emotional release, healing, and clearing away obstacles to healing and growth. Without shame or apology, we’ll begin letting go of the assumptions, roles, coping mechanisms, and beliefs that are no longer serving us. We’ll create space to feel the joy and magic of changemaking work, and to grieve the parts that aren’t working. This is a day for regulation, release, and healing.
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Workshops & Experiences
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Nervous System Diagnostics: Grounded and validating space for building collective language around the nervous system and what happens when we are chronically stressed or burnt out. We’ll engage in activities that help participants notice how their bodies are carrying stress, and teach and practice a few nervous system regulation tools that participants can use throughout the day and beyond the space.
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The Science of Burnout & the Art of Boundary Setting: Dive into the neuroscience and systemic realities of burnout, unpack why exhaustion culture persists, and how it impacts our brains, bodies, and behaviors. Participants will explore tangible strategies for preventing burnout, cultivating well-being, and setting and sustaining boundaries as acts of resistance and self-preservation.
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Grief, Healing & Catharsis Circles: In small, structured circles, participants are invited to release what they’ve been holding, emotionally, somatically, and spiritually. Using prompts, writing, guided reflection, and gentle somatic practices, these circles will create a space for processing grief, feeling witnessed, and beginning the healing process in community.
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Trauma-Informed & Healing Art: Participants express and process their experiences through creative exploration. Using simple art materials and trauma-informed facilitation, the session prioritizes emotional safety, self-awareness, and gentle release, no artistic experience required.
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Rest as an Act of Joy & Resistance: Learn how to reclaim rest not as a luxury, but as a vital and radical tool for collective liberation. Leave with practical rest practices and a renewed understanding of rest as a necessary and joyful part of changemaking.
Saturday Program:
Installing Updates & Upgrading the System
With the system cleared, participants begin to install "updates"—reconnecting with values, strengths, and sources of joy and (re)building supportive habits, tools, and community. We’ll reclaim lost parts of ourselves, reconnect with who we are beyond burnout and our professional roles, remember and reclaim our purpose, learn from our elders, and celebrate our resilience and survival. This is the metamorphosis phase, where new possibilities emerge.
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Workshops & Experiences
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Connecting to Our Elders Panel: We’ll hear from seasoned changemakers—elders in the movement who have weathered storms, witnessed transformation, and stayed committed to justice, care, and community over decades. Panelists will share stories and lessons from their journeys, moments of doubt and clarity, and the practices that sustained them.
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Values Aligned, Authentic, and Courageous Leadership: Through reflection, discussion, and interactive activities, we’ll explore what it looks like to lead from a place of alignment, authenticity, and courage, even when it’s uncomfortable or scary.
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Remember the Underground: Equity & Anti-Oppression Work in 2025: Explore what equity and anti-oppression work requires in this season, amid backlash, burnout, and changing political tides. With honesty, nuance, and vision, we’ll reflect on what’s possible when we shift from reaction to strategy, from martyrdom to sustainability.
Sunday Program:
Restart & Integrate: Reboot Complete
The final day is the hopeful restart where participants return to their lives with a freshly "rebooted" nervous system, fresh perspectives, and practical tools for grounding and sustaining the work ahead. Our morning together will focus on integration practices, commitment rituals, and preparation for re-entering the “real world” stronger, more aligned, and more connected. We prepare to return, not to the hustle and grind, but to our purpose imagined for personal and collective sustainability.
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Participants will reflect on their Camp experience and create well-being and integration plans focused on their specific roles and contexts. They are invited to think boldly about how they will care for themselves, their teams, and communities beyond this space, and work to imagine their future as a changemaker.