Community Call

Rockwood Community Calls are a FREE online event series created to support leaders from everywhere within the social justice ecosystem so that you can feel connected, supported, and replenished.

Every other month, we host a 60-minute Zoom call with a teacher, healer, leader, activist, artist, or speaker who will hold space for whatever our collective spirit is seeking in that moment.

Everyone is welcome, whether you’ve been through a Rockwood program or this is the first you’ve heard of us. Register for the next call and give yourself the gift of space, ease, and joy in your workday.
 

September 10, 2026 | Andre Carothers

Andre Carothers is the co-founder of the Rockwood Leadership Institute and a trainer, coach and consultant for non-profit executives and impact startups. He serves on the board of the Center for Investigative Reporting and the Story of Stuff, and is co-author, with Ann Leonard, of Protest: Respect It, Defend It, Use It. 

The book, published in April by Patagonia Books, is a "campaign between two covers," featuring capsule descriptions, with photographs and illustrations, of 42 iconic, creative, and/or inspiring protests that have taken place in the last three centuries. Each was selected to make a point: they either illuminated a wrong that needed to be righted, advanced a long-standing campaign, or played an instrumental role in securing one of the many rights that we've been accustomed to having. It includes guest essays by practitioners of the craft, including Maurice Mitchell, Isra Hirsi, Justin Pearson, Favianna Rodriguez, Nemonte Nenquimo, Jane Fonda, and Dolores Huerta.

It is framed by two essays by the authors that outline the history of non-violent resistance going back to Socrates and a detailed account of the threats to the public square that are being engineered by the Trump administration and its allies in government and around the world. It is not an inventory, but rather an invitation--a call for everyone to safely and effectively protest for our rights in an age when this philosophy and tactic are needed more than ever.

November 5, 2026 | Prentis Hemphill 

Join us in resilience and personal ecology as we engage in an embodied exploration of how we might choose deeper connections in times of stress and crisis. We will practice learning and remembering how to reach for each other.

Prentis Hemphill is the bestselling author of What It Takes to Heal, a groundbreaking exploration of healing, justice, and transformation. A therapist, somatics teacher, facilitator, political organizer, and writer, Prentis is also the founder of The Embodiment Institute and a leading voice in embodied leadership and collective healing.

For over a decade, Prentis has worked with individuals and organizations through their most challenging moments of change—navigating leadership transitions, conflict, and the alignment of practice with values. Grounded in an embodied approach, their work ensures that our intentions aren't just ideas, but are fully lived, felt, and practiced.

Before founding The Embodiment Institute, Prentis served as the Healing Justice Director at Black Lives Matter Global Network and was a lead somatics teacher with generative somatics and Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity (BOLD). They hold an M.A. in Clinical Psychology and have provided therapeutic services in low-cost mental health clinics, centering marginalized communities.

Prentis has contributed to Atlas of the Heart (Brené Brown), The Politics of Trauma (Staci K. Haines), You Are Your Best Thing (edited by Brené Brown & Tarana Burke), and Holding Change (adrienne maree brown). They are also the creator and host of the acclaimed podcasts Finding Our Way and Becoming the People, which have surpassed over a million downloads.

At its core, Prentis’ work challenges the complacency of mainstream therapeutic models, infusing healing with the rigor of justice, repair, and accountability. They believe that reclaiming feeling and relationship creates space for true transformation—in ourselves, our movements, and the world.

Prentis lives on a small farm in Durham, NC, with their partner, Kasha, their child, and two dogs.

Learn more about Prentis at prentishemphill.com.