"Hope locates itself in the premises that we don’t know what will happen and that in the spaciousness of uncertainty is room to act...Hope is an embrace of the unknown and the unknowable, an alternative to the certainty of both optimists and pessimists. Optimists think it will all be fine without our involvement; pessimists adopt the opposite position; both excuse themselves from acting. It is the belief that what we do matters even though how and when it may matter, who and what it may impact, are not things we can know beforehand. We may not, in fact, know them afterwards either, but they matter all the same..." —Rebecca Solnit

On behalf of Courage of Care and The Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN), we warmly invite you to our day-long resourcing retreat on Sunday, September 21 from 10a-4pm.

The event will be hosted at a community house and event space in Ridgewood, NY (on the border of Brooklyn and Queens), that offers us space to gather, reflect, and build connections.

Together, we will engage practices that help us:

resource and strengthen our resilience and felt sense of relationality or interconnection;

address climate anxiety, overwhelm, and burnout;

find ways of slowing down and sensing without succumbing to toxic urgency;

envision and embrace complexity and multiple futures; and

embody a stance of courage and risk to carry forward with grounded, wise hope.

This retreat is scheduled right at the start of Climate Week 2025 in NYC and is open to any and all engaged in climate and environmental justice work. No prior experience necessary; if you feel called to a day of reflection, practice, and community, please join us!

The event includes a vegetarian lunch at our community house and garden.