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Our Work at The Institute
The Institute tailors learning exchanges, seminars, workshops, webinars, podcasts, and teach-ins to inform best-practices, fuel healthy debate, and encourage innovation in any setting. Working within a larger ecosystem of cooperative organizations, master-teachers, and educators, the institute also meets the needs of people working in corporate, not-for-profit or faith-based institutions through a variety of retreats and curated team experiences.
I am a...
Leader in Restorative &
Healing Justice
Quandisha German-Ellis
Co-Founder, The Breathe Collective
Doula | Culinary Curator | Youth Mentor
"Thank you Restore Forward for being a part of our community. We are still in awe of hosting our retreat on Ava land. Your retreat space transformed both our team and our fellows. The work y'all are doing is healing seven generations before and seven generations ahead of us. It is deeply rooted in restoration for all of us. We can’t wait to deepen our relationship and explore more opportunities for collaboration."
~Participant, The BREATHE Collective
Join Our New Rewilding Cohort
The Ark Effect™
Starts July 26-28, 2024
Ends October 12-15 2024
Radical Self Preservation and Leadership for Catastrophe Survival: How to Divest, Rewild and Keep Everyone Safe (2 Part Journey in the Ark Effect Series)
This series kicks off in July 2024 in Upstate, NY, meets virtually monthly, and culminates in Oaxaca, Mexico in October 2024
July 26-28 2024 (Upstate New York)
October 12-15 2024 (Oaxaca, Mexico)
When systems fail, communities too often look to political leaders who repeatedly fail them. This training retreat is a call to leaders who know we cannot solely rely on our political systems to save us. This training retreat includes journeys for those who often stand in the gap, who open their organizations’ doors, and the doors to their homes in times of chaos to ensure everyone’s safety.
This retreat includes journeys designed for leaders whether you lead a non-profit or a major corporation, whether you lead on your block or in your community, whether you lead in your place of worship or in your family.
May 8 - July 12, 2024Virtual EventMay 8 - July 12, 2024Virtual EventThis doula training is an intensive series of workshops that combine lectures, hands-on skill development, role-playing, group discussions & activities, guest speakers, and much more.
Certifications
Upcoming Workshops
Tue, Apr 30Virtual EventApr 30, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PMVirtual Event
Thu, May 02Virtual EventMay 02, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PMVirtual EventThis workshop will bring together directors from various demanding social justice, health, and healing fields, living under toxic conditions inside and outside of our organizations, clinics, and community settings.
Thu, May 02Virtual EventMay 02, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMVirtual EventThis sharing circle is a simple circle for people of all experience levels that wish to either tend a garden better, keep a simple plant alive, or just wish to connect with nature in a different way.
Fri, May 03Virtual EventMay 03, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PMVirtual EventThis course is a technology recovery course. It is an invitation to experience the exponential curve of healing and reconnection with the Spirit.
Tue, May 07Virtual EventMay 07, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PMVirtual EventThis is a regularly hosted circle that is helpful for any beginner seeking to learn more about living intentionally with a group of people.- Thu, May 09Virtual EventMay 09, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PMVirtual EventIn this webinar we will go over simple techniques that may be helpful, and engage in discussion on what works for different people when catastrophe hits.
- Tue, May 14Virtual EventMay 14, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PMVirtual EventThis is a regularly hosted circle that is helpful for any beginner seeking to learn more about living intentionally with a group of people.
- Tue, May 21Virtual EventMay 21, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PMVirtual EventThis is a regularly hosted circle that is helpful for any beginner seeking to learn more about living intentionally with a group of people.
- Thu, Apr 25Virtual EventApr 25, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMVirtual EventHere is a troubleshooting support group for people who need that compassionate, open hearted, safe space to process their grief. This circle can look like many things, for everyone grieves in different ways.
- Thu, Apr 25Virtual EventApr 25, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PMVirtual EventIn this webinar we will go over simple techniques that may be helpful, and engage in discussion on what works for different people when catastrophe hits.
Upcoming International Journeys
March 22-29, 2025Johannesburg, South AfricaMarch 22-29, 2025Johannesburg, South AfricaWe are excited to offer again this transformational retreat in South Africa. Prepare yourself for a path-breaking days of study, ritual and immersion in order to decolonize maternal health.
April 5-12, 2025TanzaniaApril 5-12, 2025TanzaniaWe journey to Kenya and Tanzania where we’re engaging with restorative and racial justice partners, creating space for what is possible for our climate and communities via access and mutuality with the land.
