Summer Gathering: Inter-generational Elderhood- From Inequity to Integrity

With Rhys-Thorvald Hansen and Aliko

August 14 - 19, 2022

Date and Time Details:
Starts with dinner on August 14
Ends with lunch on August 19
Sample program schedule

Location: Cortes Island

Tuition:
Supported Tuition: $495 CAD
Standard Tuition: $695 CAD
Love it Forward Tuition: $895 CAD

Campus Rates: Campus rates include accommodations, meals, Hollyhock activities, use of hot tubs and campus facilities (does not include tuition). Click here for details.

Scholarships: We believe that everyone should have equitable access to Hollyhock program experiences, and that our diverse community should be reflected in all that we do. We are committed to identifying and removing barriers to access through our scholarship program. While we strive to be accessible and inclusive to all, a limited number of scholarships are available ranging from 25%-90% of costs.

We encourage applicants from those whose identities intersect with, but are not limited to: Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, 2SLGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, newcomers, youth, and elders.

Please apply for a scholarship within your program registration form. We ask for a 5% refundable deposit to apply. Please contact us directly if you are unable to pay this deposit.

Health & Safety: Learn more about our Covid-19 policies and procedures here.

  • Single w/ensuite Oceanfront – CAD $3,005.00
  • Single w/ensuite – CAD $2,805.00
  • Single w/shared bathroom – CAD $2,380.00
  • Couple w/ensuite Oceanfront – CAD $4,595.00
  • Couple w/ensuite – CAD $4,200.00
  • Couple w/shared bathroom – CAD $3,805.00
  • Twin w/ensuite oceanfront – CAD $1,637.50
  • Twin w/ensuite – CAD $2,100.00
  • Twin w/shared bathroom – CAD $1,900.00
  • Three-share w/shared bathroom – CAD $1,695.00
  • Women Dorm – CAD $1,450.00
  • Male Dorm – CAD $1,450.00
  • Mixed Dorm – CAD $1,450.00
  • Tent Site Single – CAD $1,425.00
  • Tent Site Couple – CAD $2,600.00
  • Commuter – CAD $1,250.00
    • (All prices include CAD $1,125.00 base amount)

Change rarely comes from the comfortable, but instead is rooted in the resilience of community connectedness. This year’s Summer Gathering invites us to refill our reservoirs, and drink deep from the well of joy, rest, and celebration. 

Beginning in 1986, this convening is both exploration of ideas and embodiment and a summer holiday. It brings together a vibrant, diverse group of movers and shakers, social entrepreneurs, educators, healers, artists, and thinkers to explore social transformation and human consciousness. This year we look at the reciprocity, promise, and tension of practicing intergenerational eldership. 

Operating on the principle that real creativity at conferences happens over tea or in the hot tub, as well as in workshops, the Summer Gathering has a flexible structure with plenty of time for informal conversation, creative expression, and fun.

  • Morning plenary sessions feature dynamic, interactive presentations by social entrepreneurs, innovators, and artists from a variety of disciplines.
  • The afternoons are self-organized open space — participants share their work and ideas with each other in simultaneous sessions. Afternoons also afford time for swimming, hiking, kayaking, massage, creative arts, and the like.
  • In the evenings we do our very best to experience collective joy through dance storytelling, play, an oyster barbecue, and connecting deeply with place

For those of you who’ve been to previous iterations of the HSG, there will be familiarity. For those who haven’t been to this type of Gathering, you will find a warm welcome. For all of us who will be in attendance, there will be a wealth of opportunity–in the uncertainty of our collective happening–for us to recognize, reconnect, and remember our interdependence.

Schedule

A detailed schedule will be available 1-2 weeks in advance of the program. View sample schedule here.

Terms & Conditions

You may find our terms & conditions here.

Health & Safety

Learn more about Hollyhock’s current health and safety policies here.

About the Presenters

Rhys-Thorvald Hansen

Rhys-Thorvald Hansen (they/them/theirs) is an artist and facilitator who works within the intersections of land justice, food sovereignty, and the nourishment of social movements. They practice their work with the belief that change is a constant that must be embraced with love in order to reach our fullest potentials as organizations, individuals, and communities. To […]

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Aliko

Born and raised in Seattle Washington to a French Jewish mother and Caribbean father. Aliko is a first generation American, trans, Blaxk presenting, Jewish entrepreneur and producer. Aliko is the Founder and director of U Productions and Expansion Festival. Through his branding, website, photography, videography, and event production business, he is able to live out […]

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