A Year of Rest
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Featured Guest: Mariane Leon, A Recipient of Rest
Mariane Leon, one of our Recipients of Rest, is body justice advocate and photographer. We hosted Mariane at Getaway Brazos Valley in...
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Featured Guests: Omisade Burney-Scott, A Recipient of Rest
It is my hope that the more intentional we are in co-creating access to those moments that are fully resourced and supported, the closer we...
“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
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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...
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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,...
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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...