A Year of Rest


Featured Guests: Recipient of Rest, Aisia Jones
Earlier this year, we hosted community organizer and activist and Year of Rest Recipient, Aisia Jones at Getaway Beaver Creek outside of...

Featured Guests: YOR Recipient, Ciara Dennis-Morgan
Earlier this year, we hosted psychologist and Year of Rest Recipient, Ciara Dennis-Morgan at Getaway Beaver Creek outside of Pittsburgh and...

Featured Guests: Recipient of Rest, Erica Grier
Today we’re featuring Erica Grier, full-time hair stylist and author based on Georgia. Here’s what she had to say about her work, her...

Featured Guest: Recipient of Rest, Breannah Alexander Oppenhuizen
Today we're featuring Breannah Alexander Oppenhuizen, a racial equity and justice practitioner based in East Lansing Michigan. Here's what...

Reflections: On Recommitting to Year of Rest
Last summer, the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor sparked a national reckoning with the persistent violence of racism in...

A Conversation on Rest & Resistance
As part of our inaugural Year of Rest, we hosted a nearly 30-minute conversation on rest and resistance between public academic, writer,...
“Exactly what I needed: peace and quiet in nature with my pup. I loved sitting at the large window with hot cider, watching the rain in the morning, and cooking s’mores by the fire at night.”
Courtney K., Getaway Guest

Featured Guest: Toni Smalls, A Recipient of Rest
Toni Smalls, one of our Recipients of Rest, a black, nonbinary, queer activist, photographer, and poet living in Queens, NYC. Here is...

Meet 15 More of Our Recipients of Rest
Here are this week’s recipients of rest as described by those who nominated them.

Meet More of Our Recipients of Rest
Here are this week’s recipients of rest as described by those who nominated them.