The following programs can support you and organizers with whom you work to reflect, build resiliency, and foster transformative leadership capacities.
If you know of a similar program that is not on this list, please let us know, and we will add it!
Training and Tools
Center for Contemplative Mind in Society https://www.contemplativemind.org/
Center for Whole Communities https://www.wholecommunities.org
Generative Somatics www.generativesomatics.org
Leadership Learning Community https://www.leadershiplearning.org/
Movement Strategy Center www.movementstrategy.org
Rockwood Leadership Program https://www.rockwoodleadership.org/
Social Transformation Project www.stproject.org
Spirit in Action https://spiritinaction.net/
Transformative Change www.transformativechange.org
Sabbaticals
Alston Bannerman Leadership Initiative (national) https://www.centerforsocialinclusion.org/leadership/alstonbannerman-leadership-initiative/ (no application deadline in 2014)
California Wellness Foundation Sabbatical Program https://www.calwellness.org/leadership_recognition/sabbatical_program_overview.htm
Durfee Foundation (Southern California) https://durfee.org/
O2 Sabbatical Award (San Francisco Bay Area) https://o2initiatives.org/sabbatical-award/overview/
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (North Carolina) https://zsr.org/grants-programs/sabbatical-program
Retreats
Blue Mountain Center https://www.bluemountaincenter.org
Manzanita Village https://www.manzanitavillage.org/
Pie in the Sky (a Windcall site) https://www.pieinsky.com/
stone circles (also offers many transformative leadership programs) https://www.stonecircles.org/
Vallecitos Mountain Refuge https://www.vallecitos.org/
Fellowships
Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor https://lwp.georgetown.edu/campusproject/practitioner-fellowship-program/
Petra Foundation https://petrafoundation.org/
Writers Retreats
There are many writers retreats or writer-friendly spaces across the country. Writers’ and Writers Hideouts by Andrea Brown lists many “hideouts” for those needing to write and reflect. These programs stand out for their historical attention to social and environmental justice writers:
Mesa Refuge https://www.mesarefuge.org/
Blue Mountain Center https://www.bluemountaincenter.org/
Hedgebrook https://www.hedgebrook.org/