2020 Leadership Retreat

Individual sits on a carpet watching a Zoom meeting. They are posing for the camera with a chef-like hat and a t-shirt that reads 'solidarity.' Two plates of pizza, two glasses with a dark liquid, and a cheese and crackers plate are on the carpet.
Individual with short brown hair doing a side plank on a yoga mat. A cat is circled up near their hand.

When the coronavirus lockdown began back in mid-March, we quickly realized our 2020 Counselor Leadership Retreat could not happen in person. Initially set for May 2020, we cautiously moved it to August and then ultimately made the decision to go virtual because the safety and well being of everyone in our community is of the utmost importance! 

On August 29, 2020 we hosted our first ever virtual retreat! It was a whole day long event with peer led activities like yoga, indoor gardening, and pizza making together. In the context of everything happening in the world - climate disasters. violent racism and transphobia, and an ongoing pandemic - it can be really hard to feel connected and all the more important to be. While it looked different from sharing a weekend in the Berkshires - it was still amazing to be connected and catch up after so many months! We had a lot of fun and shared many special moments.  

We can’t wait to be back together in person as soon as possible! 

Leadership RetreatsSam & Devorah Foundation for Trans Youth, Inc.