Rooted & Rising:

Grassroots Organizing Retreat

August 22-24, 2025 | Montgomery Bell State Park, Burns TN

Join Planned Parenthood for a weekend of community building, sharpening advocacy skills, and renewing our fighting spirit for what’s ahead.

Organizing and advocacy leaders across Tennessee will gather to connect, share experiences, sharpen their community organizing skills, and plan together in order to create a more powerful voice for reproductive freedom, anti-racist policies, and progressive elected leadership.

Training Topics:

  • Building power and community in Tennessee

  • The Reproductive Justice framework and how it applies to our work

  • How to have deep conversations and make hard asks

  • How to talk about abortion

Pricing:

Registration covers training, learning materials, and meals, and accommodations at the lodge. 

Per-person registration if you want to share a 2 person room (2 queen beds): $180

Per-person registration if you would like a room to yourself: $360

If you would like to share a room with a specific individual(s), please be sure to list their name(s) on the registration form.

If you do NOT want to attend the entire retreat and would like to attend for a single day instead, you can register using the $45 Day Pass option. NOTE: If you register using this option, you will NOT receive a hotel room reservation.

Our team will work with you to get your room reserved after you have completed registration. Please let us know if you need help covering costs for your registration by emailing advocacy@pptnm.org. Scholarships are available, and no one will be turned away due to financial constraints. NOTE: Folks who receive scholarships will be sharing a room with one other individual.