EDGE Americas Retreat 2026 – Interrupting Business as Usual: Admitting We Do Not Know

“admitting we don’t know as things fall apart, do we have the capacity to sustain humility?

cause we really don’t know the way out of this. we don’t know whether we’re in a slowly heating pot of water, the frying pan, the fire, the last gasp of a humanoid dinosaur age, the beginning of our liberation, the flashbacks of every apocalyptic movie ever filmed, the birth year of the four horses of the apocalypse, Octavia’s mind, the end of human civilization, a new kind of collective madness, a beautiful awakening, the early stages of the great turning. certainty may give us comfort, but right now it’s a false solution, an illusion that we put energy into which will not get us where we need to be….” 

Adrienne Maree Brown

This year’s retreat meets us in a time of disorientation, fatigue, and impossible contradictions. The systems around us are unraveling and so are our certainties. What does it mean to root in our values, when the path forward is unclear? What does regional solidarity look like?

The current political context across the region is marked by deep polarization, democratic backsliding, extractive economic pressures, and increasing attacks on movements. Mexico offers a meaningful geographic and political bridge. This retreat is a commitment to regional interconnectedness and solidarity. There is a lot to learn from each other!

This retreat is a chance to step outside the urgency of daily demands, to come into the quiet of the countryside, and to be with peers who are wrestling with similar contradictions. It is a space to slow down enough to restore perspective, to remember that we are not alone, and to explore together what more courageous paths might open.

The agenda is deliberately light: space for rest, long meals, and conversations that unfold without rush. If something shifts here, it will be because we allowed ourselves to pause, to let go of performance, and to sit with the unknown together.

We hope to create space for attendees to share their work, to extend solidarity, and to refresh visions of justice that can inspire us all to remain in this work for longer.

 

📅 From Tuesday, May 26th to Friday, May 29th, 2026.  

📍Hacienda Compostela,  San Agustín Buenavista, Mexico.