With great pain, I have decided not to offer a Fall 2021 retreat due to COVID-19. I plan a return to the mountain in Fall 2022 when the health risk of gathering and travel will likely be negligible.

Join the waitlist to receive a $100 retreat coupon and be the first to register for the next retreat.

*You'll also be added to the WellAcademic Community if you're not already a member. It's free and you can unsubscribe at any time.

What you can expect

Breakthrough 
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Explore pathways to healthy productivity, progress, and goal achievement. 

Mindfulness​

Engage in practices shown to reduce stress and increase calm, clarity, and resilience.​

 Community
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Share in authentic sisterhood where your full self is recognized and welcomed.

Restoration
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Replenish from individual, interpersonal, and systemic challenges faced daily. 

What's Included

• Expertly facilitated workshops and sessions designed for sustained growth.

• Effective, affirming support based on your experiences as a woman of color in academe.

•  Three magical nights at Elohee Retreat Center in the foothills of Georgia's beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.    ​

• Nourishing, delicious meals that are exclusively or mostly vegetarian​.

• Firelight sister circles that invite connection with self, others, and the beautiful surroundings.

• Gentle morning yoga and/or guided hike to restore mind, body, and spirit.

• Time to exhale, unplug, and just be.

Praise for Retreat

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I know first hand the various ways the academy can be a dangerous place for WOC. The retreat offered me a chance to be my authentic self and feel the love and support I've missed. Thank you!

Kimberly Nichele Brown, ​PhD, Associate Professor

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Virginia Commonwealth University

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This was an amazing and life changing experience. This was the first retreat where I attended as a woman of color faculty member where it was about who I am and not what I do.

Danielle Dickens, PhD, Assistant Professor

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Spelman College

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The fellowship and compassion we were able to feel provided an abundant source of energy to recharge my career. Not short of amazing!

Flavia Bastos, PhD, Professor

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University of Cincinnati

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The Women of Color Faculty Retreat was a much needed respite. It was a safe space for forgiving, embracing, and loving thy self.

Evelyn M. Simien, PhD, Professor

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Coming to the retreat I learned how to gift myself peace through self-love, mindfulness, and forgiveness. It was a transformative process and I am thankful I attended.

Whitney Gaskins, PhD, Assistant Dean

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University of Cincinnati

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This was a life changing experience. There are not spaces or opportunity for WOC to pause, reflect, and reset. This retreat has allowed us that space. I recommend this experience [at] least once a year for women of color...

Littisha A. Bates, PhD, Associate Professor

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University of Cincinnati

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Go. Whatever your doubts, go anyway. The sessions are worth it, and the trails and the land are magnificent.

Raquel Chiquillo, PhD, Associate Professor

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This was a transformative event, and you cannot afford to miss out on this experience. You will never forget your time on the mountain!

Holly Y. McGee, PhD, Assistant Professor

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University of Cincinnati

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This was the most powerful, soul transforming experience I have ever been to. I am walking away from this with deeper clarity into self, my work, and my community.

Cassondra Jackson, PhD, Counselor

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This retreat provided me with a space for insight, empowerment, validation, nourishment, and self-care.

Meera Rastogi, ​PhD, Professor

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This is a transformational experience uniquely designed for women of color by women of color.

Crystal Guillory, MA, Assistant Dean

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I am excited to leave the retreat moving toward my ideal schedule in a tangible fashion...and I have a realistic goal to get more sleep with a plan and an accountability partner. I look forward to lifting the fog over my brain and the clarity of thought and direction to come!

Adriane Randolph, PhD, Associate Professor

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Past participants who report learning how to better: 

Manage high work demands

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All-Inclusive Rate

STANDARD
Single Occupancy

✔ one twin bed
✔ shared hall bath (with 1 retreatant) 
​✔ $100 discount for joining waitlist

$2100
*rate subject to change

PREMIUM
​Single Occupancy​

✔ one king or two twin beds
✔ en suite, private bath 
​✔ $100 discount for joining waitlist

$2550
*rate subject to change

Join the waitlist to be the first to know when registration opens for our next retreat and receive a $100 retreat coupon.*

*You'll also be added to the WellAcademic Community if you're not already a member. It's free and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Funding the Retreat

Securing institutional funding for a women of color faculty retreat can be challenging. We get it.

​Several participants have been successful after an initial "no" using our retreat rationale document. It links the retreat's objectives to empirical evidence on the retention and progression of women of color faculty. Download and share with your decision makers or include parts in your request for support.

WellAcademic also offers a limited number of grants to offset the retreat cost for faculty paying out-of-pocket. More information is available on the FAQ: Cost and Options page.

Questions?

See FAQ topics for answers

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Hi! I'm Roxanne Donovan.

 WellAcademic owner. Psychologist. Full professor. Yoga teacher wanna-be. Mama to two kids born while I was untenured (yes, it was an intense time). And, best of all, your lead retreat facilitator.

I've been practicing in the areas of health and wellness for 20+ years. As a Black feminist (cis)woman of multiracial descent (Black/Asian/White), I'm deeply committed to developing programs, like this retreat, that help women of color find pathways to joy, wellness, connection, and achievement in their work-life.

And I know from experience that carving out these pathways is possible, even in terrain filled with systemic, institutional, and interpersonal obstacles.

Feel free to email me to learn more. I personally respond to all my messages.

"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare."​

~ Audre Lorde

Schedule a 15-min discovery call with Dr. Roxanne Donovan for more info about our services or complete our contact form to send us a question. We look forward to supporting you!