
Welcome to the 2025 Hybrid Staff & Board Retreat! Oakland, CAlifornia june 23-27

Hybrid Staff & Board Retreat Dashboard
Retreat Purpose
Rebuilding community, culture, and belonging in a season of change
OUTCOMES
Increase connection and build trust as colleagues and comrades
Align around our evolving role in resourcing movements and how Borealis 2.0 can respond to the moment
Engage in generative conflict and accountability practices
Enjoy collective care, resilience, and reflection time together






Design Principles
Whether you are traveling to CA or zooming in from elsewhere, you can expect:
An asynchronous hybrid experience that includes core times when all of us meet via the virtual portal and other times when we may be doing different things in different time zones and bodies
Grounding in the land, lineage, and movement culture of Oakland and The Bay, which is Ohlone land. Visit and learn with local partners.
Spaciousness and caring attention to logistics and access, and encouragement to take space to care for ourselves in community
Connection, learning, and fun in person and online –solo, group and self-organized spaces where choice and access are built in
Facilitated opportunities to discuss and contribute to organizational strategy in generative ways
Appreciation and celebration of our committed and hard-working team’s brilliance and power under increasingly challenging conditions