Spring 2024 TMA Silent Retreat: A Day for Personal Reflection & Restoration

As leaders of civic and community engagement, we must invest the time to center and restore ourselves in order to sustain our commitment to the work of social change and transformation.

This retreat is open to anyone - administrators, faculty, students, and community engaged practitioners - affiliated with a Transform Mid-Atlantic member campus. Additionally, TMA is a member of Maryland NonProfits, and it is extending this opportunity to members of the Maryland NonProfits network.

Join TMA Executive Director Madeline Yates for this daylong silent retreat hosted at the Dayspring Silent Retreat Center* in Germantown, Maryland. In addition to a light breakfast and lunch, participants will have access to the Retreat Center's indoor and outdoor facilities, including "210 acres of rolling forests and fields [that] invite you to wander the paths, pause by the streams and ponds, rest on a bench in the shade, or walk the stone labyrinth". You can learn more about the Center and its ground by visiting the Center's webpage. Participants should wear comfortable clothing, bring along a journal and pencil/pen, and be prepared to engage in a day of silent reflection and restoration. Space is limited, but all community-engaged practitioners, faculty, and leaders from TMA member campuses are invited - regardless of whether this is your first or fiftieth experience of a silent retreat!

TMA's Spring 2024 Silent Retreat will be led by a facilitator and every effort will be made to ensure that the day is inclusive to individuals from all backgrounds, beliefs, and abilities. Participants will be expected to turn off their technology throughout the day, unless using a laptop or phone for journaling.

RETREAT AGENDA
9:00am-9:30am: Breakfast & Networking
9:30am-10:00am: Orientation & Sharing
10:00am-2:30pm: Silent Time (including Silent Lunch)
2:30pm-3:00pm: Reflections
3:00pm-3:30pm: Networking & Departure

If you have questions about the retreat, please contact Madeline at yates@transformmidatlantic.org.

About Madeline Yates: Madeline is the founding director of the Transform Mid-Atlantic with 25 years of experience in cross-cultural programming and service-learning, both K-12 and higher education. She has traveled extensively, living, working, and volunteering for extended periods of time in Japan, Haiti, the Philippines, Nicaragua, and New Zealand. While teaching and working at the Maryland State Department of Education, she received several fellowships, including two Fulbrights to India and South Africa, and others to Kyrgyzstan and Ecuador. She has consulted domestically and internationally. Her B.A. and M.A. are from Gettysburg and Hood College, respectively.

*Please note that the Dayspring Silent Retreat Center is a religiously affiliated organization, and Christian iconography and imagery are displayed throughout the main building.