RAISING LUMINARIES SUMMER COLLECTIVE

Make Caregiver Burnout A Thing Of The Past

Spread thin? Join the Summer Luminator Collective to focus your floodlight into a laser-beam of sustainable action.

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Our next Summer Luminator starts in July
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Are you modeling healthy care work for your kids
- or saviorism, martyrdom & toxic hustle?

Spread thin?

Without the right support, your daily to-do keeps growing out of control

Over-committed?

So many people rely on you - how will you reduce your workload without hurting anyone?

Burned out?

Running on fumes, no rest or recovery, starting to feel resentful and not showing up as your best self

You don't have to do this alone

Let's tackle this together

How do you change the world while also giving your kids the attention they need to thrive?

Get support from caregivers who understand - and who won't judge you for missing out on the latest protest (or the goldfish crumbs in your hair.)

About Us
The Summer Luminator helped me develop the basic building blocks that I now realize are essential as a foundation for sustainable activism.

I discovered what I WANT to spend my time and effort on - and set clearer boundaries around how I spend my energy that make my work more impactful and sustainable.

Alison L.

Social Psychologist, Parent, TED Speaker
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Our next Summer Luminator starts in July
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RAISING LUMINARIES CAREGIVER WORKSHOP

Summer Luminator General FAQ

The Summer Luminator, hosted by Raising Luminaries, is an annual 6-week workshop and social process group for parents, educators, and caregivers.

Our membership connects those raising the next generation of kind and courageous leaders, while giving us the solidarity and strategies we need to juggle work, life, and parenting – all while weaving in our fight for social justice, equity, and inclusion.
  • Raising Luminaries hosts two seasonal collectives each year – the Summer Luminator (6 weeks) and the Winter Incubator (12 weeks).
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  • BOTH SUMMER & WINTER COLLECTIVES:
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  • Provide a member portal and resource library of bite-sized lessons and strategies.
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  • Introduce strategies to sustain long-term activism without burning out, doing a saviorism, or making things worse for the people you’re trying to support.
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  • Members connect to support each other as we assess our challenges and goals, create space for you to decide what needs to change, and share strategies to make a deep impact in your specific field of interest.
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  • HOW THEY DIFFER:
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  • Pacing: In the Winter Incubator, we invite you to slow down and zoom out to examine historical context, cultural influences, and internal compulsions that keep you complicit in capitalism, white supremacy, and working yourself to death. During the Summer Luminator, we transform intent into action, mapping a sustainable pace to balance your parenting and activism responsibilities so you can develop care practices sustainable for your unique skills and challenges.
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  • Focus: In winter, we turn inward for self-reflection and learn how to ground ourselves so we stop spinning out. The Winter Incubator invites you to pull your attention inward and recognize the way your social power, season of life, and mental health impacts your ability effectively to show up for others. In the Summer Luminator, we invite you to de-center yourself as an advocate, accomplice, and collaborator. Each summer we commit to small, accessible actions that build momentum and increase our capacity.
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  • Energy: The Summer Luminator is energetic, active, chock full of action strategies and open discussion lessons.. The Winter Incubator is a quiet retreat to deeply connect with a small group of people who will hold space for you to re-center and orient yourself – a restful pause to recover and heal before leaping back into action.
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  • These two collectives work together: The majority of our participants eventually choose to join both collectives, as learning when to recenter and when to take action are integral pieces of sustainable caregiving and activism.
  • Pick the collective that speaks to what you need most. Do you need a quiet break through the winter, or do you need a fun, active, pick-me-up this summer? 
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  • Which season is less busy for you? Which would stress you out the least to join?
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  • Both collectives are cyclical, with members returning year after year or popping back in when we need support.
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  • There is no ‘one right way’ to get started – what really matters is taking the next easiest step towards getting a grip.
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Our next Summer Luminator starts in July
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Igniting the next generation of kind & courageous leaders
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