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A transformative gathering dedicated to nourishing and empowering Black changemakers leading racial equity and justice work.
Plus! Post-Retreat Online Integration Circles – September 4 & November 6
A time for reflection and renewal—the Embodied Justice Retreat is a bold and intentional space for Black changemakers.
Rooted in the collective visions of leaders working at the intersections of racial equity, justice, and transformation, this retreat reflects an imagined future where Black well-being and liberation are fully realized through connection, rest, and embodied practice.
Many of us are drawn to changemaking by our lived experiences of harm and injustice, but when the fight for justice is deeply personal, the labor to heal and transform systems and communities can take its toll. In this moment, when racial equity efforts face heightened scrutiny and Black changemakers often endure burnout, isolation, and gaslighting, this retreat offers a vital sanctuary for rest, healing, and restoration.
Crafted with love and care, and designed with input from Black changemakers, this retreat is more than an event—it’s a necessary intervention to sustain those leading racial equity and antiracism efforts.
Heal, renew your energy and celebrate the gifts of ancestral wisdom, culture and community.
This retreat offers sacred space to:
Build Community
“Doing this work in isolation is unsustainable. I need a community of racial equity practitioners who understand the unique challenges I face.”
Find Refuge
“The constant backlash to my DEI and reparations work has left me burned out. I need space to breathe and recover.”
Share Joy, Hope & Resilience
“I want to connect with others who’ve navigated similar challenges to share strategies, build hope, and sustain resilience.”
Expand Capacity
“I need tools and practices to sustain my work and protect my well-being while navigating oppressive systems.”
Heal in Black-Centered Space
“I want to connect with other Black leaders in a space that centers our emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being.”
Set in the peaceful North Georgia mountains, this transformative three-day retreat will offer participants the opportunity to:
Release stress and recalibrate in a supportive, Black-centered space that prioritizes rest and renewal.
Reflect on the connection between personal healing, well-being, and transformative social change.
Learn and practice somatic (body-based), mindfulness, and restorative approaches to build resilience and sustain leadership in the face of challenges.
Expand your ability to advance racial equity and justice without sacrificing your well-being.
Facilitators for the retreat include:
What to Expect
Through self and group reflection, time in nature, restorative yoga, meditation, storytelling, creative expression, and more, this retreat provides space to:
Plus! Two post-retreat online integration sessions to support you as integrate the insights gained during the retreat into your daily life and leadership.
The Embodied Justice Retreat is an invitation to return to yourself, to the power of community, and to the vision of a future where we all thrive.
Retreat Details
This retreat experience is designed for Black staff and consultants including racial equity and DEI directors, managers, community organizers and activists, program staff, antiracism facilitators, organizational change consultants and community healers. The retreat is open to all genders and is an LGBTQ+ friendly space.
The retreat is Thursday, July 31 through Sunday, August 3. Check-in begins at 3 p.m. on Thursday and check-out is at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
The retreat center is located 90 minutes from Atlanta Hartsfield airport, nestled in over 200 acres of natural beauty. It boasts panoramic views of the Georgia mountains, along with a waterfall, hiking trails, communal spaces and forest cottages.
CURE will coordinate ride shares for participants interested in connecting with others who would like to travel to the retreat center together.
Please complete this form to apply. Applications will be processed in the order they are received. After CURE reviews your eligibility, you will receive a link to register for the retreat. Details, including the exact retreat location, will be provided at that time. To ensure the safety of participants, we are not publishing that information online.
Registration closes on Tuesday, July 1. A 40% deposit is due at registration and includes a non-refundable $100 processing fee. Full payment is due 2 weeks prior to the start of the retreat.
Scholarships (full scholarships and reduced pricing) or travel assistance can be requested when you apply. These limited scholarships are available to nonprofit staff for who are unable to secure organizational support to attend the retreat. We ask that those with the financial means to do so pay the full retreat fee.
If you have been awarded a scholarship or travel assistance, you must register by Friday, May 30, to secure your scholarship. Scholarships will be released after May 30 to provide others who request financial support an opportunity to attend the retreat.
The retreat fee includes all facilitated sessions, accommodations for three nights (taxes included), and three freshly prepared meals per day (vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options available). If you’re interested in tent camping, please indicate this when you apply. The total fee depends on the room you select:
*Double occupancy price is per person, each person must register separately
Airfare and transportation to the retreat are not included in the retreat cost.
CURE is committed to supporting and nurturing the health and safety of our team and retreat participants. By registering for the retreat, you agree to (1) take and submit the results of a COVID-19 test within 72 hours before the retreat and (2) opt-out of attending if you’re experiencing symptoms or test positive for COVID-19. By attending the retreat, attendees voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19.
Should COVID-19 community levels increase or local, state and federal guidelines change, CURE reserves the right to modify this policy.
For More Information
Feel free to reach out to us with any questions or concerns. We look forward to you joining us at the retreat.
Judy Lubin
Dr. Judy is an applied sociologist, racial equity changemaker, yoga and mindfulness practitioner, author, auntie, bestie and beach lover. Judy’s elemental nature is water, and with her she brings calming, reflective energy to hold space for deep listening, inner work and transformative dialogue.
The curator of the Embodied Justice program, she hosts the accompanying podcast and co-facilitates events and dialogues focused on the collective healing and sustainability of Black changemakers.
At CURE, Dr. Judy has built transformative racial equity frameworks and change management processes that have impacted thousands of lives. She began her career focused on health disparities, recognizing that stress from societal racism can become embodied and manifested through “weathering” that prematurely ages the body and shortens the lifespan of racially marginalized communities.
She is unapologetically committed to centering Black people and the communities that have inspired her life’s work. The daughter of Haitian immigrants, she grew up in South Florida surrounded by music, her grandmother’s herbal garden, and the struggle to make it in a country that saw her family as outsiders.
In 2022, after experiencing multiple health emergencies coupled with burnout from the intensity of the “racial reckoning” that increased demand for CURE’s racial equity services, Judy began a process of listening to the wisdom of her body, healing old trauma wounds, and reclaiming rest and her love of mind-body healing. During this time she explored somatics, indigenous and and ancestral healing practices and earned certifications in multiple healing modalities including yoga and energy medicine.
Emerging from a place of rest and listening to what her soul wanted to share, she now weaves mindfulness, body-awareness and spiritual activism to support changemakers and organizations to regenerate their leadership and give to the world from a place of ease and wholeness.
Long committed to promoting women’s health and wellness, she is the author of The Heart of Living Well: Six Principles for a Life of Health, Beauty and Balance.
Find Judy on instagram or linkedin at @drjudylubin, where she (occasionally) shares posts celebrating Black joy, healing and well-being.
Shawn J. Moore
Residing at the intersection of leadership and mindfulness, Shawn creates sacred spaces for stillness and self-inquiry to help social impact leaders align their strengths, intention, and impact. Through his integrative approach, he holds transformative containers for self-renewal, personal discovery, and capacity-building that ease clients on their journey towards peace, clarity, and freedom.
Shawn is committed to empower changemakers to become embodied leaders – unified in mind, body, and heart – with the tools to mindfully pause, reconnect to their inner knowing, make strengths-driven decisions, and lead the change they believe the world needs.
Reckoning with his own contemplation of burnout, purpose, and alignment, Shawn transitioned out of his role as Associate Dean of Student Life & Leadership at Morehouse College in the fall of 2021 to focus more on mindfulness and stillness-based training programs and workshops.
While leadership resonates with him deeply, it is his personal and spiritual practices that allows him to continue to show up for himself and others. He is a yoga teacher (E-RYT® 200, RYT® 500, YACEP®), sound and reiki practitioner, meditation teacher, Yoga Nidra facilitator, and Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, all focused through a Buddhist lens and 17 years of personal practice. He has contributed workshops, practices, and educational opportunities for celebrities like Questlove and Dyllón Burnside, and various yoga studios and colleges, Yoga International, Omstars, Melanin Moves Project, the Human Rights Campaign, Spotify and Lululemon. He currently serves as the Facilitation and Community Manager for BEAM (Black Emotional & Mental Health Collective).
Shawn hosts a podcast called The Mindful Rebel® Podcast that creates a platform to continually explore this unique intersection of leadership and mindfulness. Find him on instagram @shawnj_moore
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