White-owned retreat centres often leave BIPOC folks needing a retreat from the retreat.” click to enlarge Members of Change Is Brewing Collective, Vanessa Hartley of SEED (South End Environmental Injustice Society) and Buy Black Birchtown co-founder Lauryn Guest on the Birchtown property Jessika Hepburn “Why are all retreat spaces owned by rich white folks?” and “Why can’t we own our own spaces?” were the questions Lauryn Guest and Jessika Hepburn asked themselves that led to the initiative Buy Black Birchtown. When Guest was a child, she didn’t always feel she was prioritized in the camps she attended. “Camps should be fun right? For kids, it shouldn’t bring anxieties or anything like that,” they say. “We just really want to create a s