WOMEN OF COLOR FACULTY RETREATS

ELOHEE RETREAT CENTER

Sautee Nacoochee, GA

​OCT 5 - 7, 2018

​​SOLD OUT

MAY 3 - 5, 2019

NOV 1 - 3, 2019

Registration Opens 5/15/19

Join other women of color faculty for a weekend devoted to YOU - your joy, your success, your wellness.

Why Attend?

For the opportunity to:

Replenish from systemic, institutional, and individual challenges faced daily

Practice techniques that focus your mind and revive your body

Explore pathways to identifying/accomplishing your career and life goals

​Receive effective, affirming support based on your unique experiences as a woman of color in the academy

Share in authentic sisterhood where your whole self is recognized and welcomed

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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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
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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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We are all under siege... we are bombarded on a daily bases with micro or macro aggressions. Life is hard. This affords us a space to learn to cope, to relax, to love ourselves. We need this!!!!

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May Retreat Tuition

What's Included

  • ​Accommodations for two nights in calming, quiet (new) cottages on Elohee's Bald Mountain
  • All taxes and fees
  • Nourishing, delicious, chef-prepared meals that are exclusively or mostly vegetarian
  • Tea available 24-hours in cozy Tea House (coffee available with meals)
  • Over 10 hours of guided group activities (sister circles, breakthrough sessions, meditation, etc.)
  • ​Post-retreat networking opportunities
  • And more...
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Individual Coaching

  • Targeted coaching designed for insight and movement
  • Choice of coaching theme:
    1. Improving your writing process 
    2. Determining next professional steps 
    3. Addressing toxic work environments
  • Facilitated by Joycelyn Moody, PhD, experienced coach, former editor, and distinguished scholar of African American Literature
  • Sessions are 30 minutes ($100) 
  • ​Limited availability

Optional Activities

Rejuvenate your body with a 60-minute massage ($90; limited availability) 
Relax under the stars in a hammock, swing, or lounge chair by the pond
​​​​Explore the natural surroundings with a hike along the 3 miles of trails that traverse Elohee
Visit the stunning 100-foot waterfall
Add Thursday night stay (with meals) for extra rest and renewal prior to retreat start​

More Questions?

See FAQ topics below for answers

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Cost & ​​​Options

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Registration & Payment

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Cancellation & ​Refunds

LEAD FACILITATOR: Roxanne Donovan, PhD

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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 teaching, researching, mentoring, and practicing 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