Join other women of color faculty for a professional development weekend devoted to YOU
- your success, your wellness, your joy
You can expect to
Explore healthy pathways to accomplishing your career goals
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Share in authentic sisterhood where your whole self is recognized and welcomed
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What's Included
Two nights at the Elohee Retreat Center in the foothills of Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains
"Breakthrough" workshops where you practice strategies shown to enhance productivity, motivation, and resiliency in women of color
Firelight sister circles that invite connection with yourself, others, and the beautiful surroundings
Mindfulness sessions that teach how to find calm and clarity in stressful times
Nourishing, delicious meals that are exclusively or mostly vegetarian
Optional gentle yoga and/or guided hike to restore body, mind, and spirit
Individual Coaching
Designed for personal insight and advancement
Facilitated by Joycelyn Moody, PhD
Experienced coach/editor and Professor of AfAm Lit
During retreat or pre-retreat via phone
Three themes to choose from:
- Integrating healing and resiliency practices in daily life
- Determining next professional steps
- Addressing toxic work environments
30-minute sessions ($100)
Limited availability
Other Activities
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
Associate Professor / 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
Assistant Professor / 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
Professor / 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
Professor / University of Connecticut, Storrs
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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
Assistant Dean / 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
Associate Professor / 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
Associate Professor / University of Houston-Downtown
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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
Assistant Professor / 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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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.
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.
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LEAD FACILITATOR: Roxanne Donovan, PhD
Roxanne is co-founder of WellAcademic, Professor of Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies at Kennesaw State university, and a licensed psychologist in Georgia. She has over 20 years of experience practicing, mentoring, researching, and teaching in the areas of health and wellness. As a Black-identified (cis)woman of multiracial decent (Black/Asian/White), Roxanne is committed to using her expertise to develop programs that help women of color combat the systemic, institutional, and individual stressors that hurt health and impede growth.
"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 consultation 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!