RAMP! Reciprocal Annual Mentorship Program
May Session: Navigating Conflict with Guest Speakers, Necessary Trouble Collective
Saturday, May 9, 2026 – 10:00 am PT | 11:00 am MT | 12:00 pm CT | 1:00 pm ET | 2:00 pm AT | 3:00 pm NT (90 min)
Necessary Trouble Collective joins RAMP! as special guest speakers to explore how conflict can become a tool for problem-solving rather than division. This session builds practical skills for engaging disagreement with curiosity, expanding expression, and strengthening relationships– helping UU communities navigate tension in ways that deepen trust and collective capacity instead of causing rupture.
Necessary Trouble is a collective of diverse trainers and facilitators committed to building communal and individual capacity to attend to the impact and harm of othering, conflict and burn out that happens in movements and organisations working for climate, racial and social justice.Â
Register below for the Public Skill-Building workshops.
The Reciprocal Annual Mentorship Program, or RAMP!, is a four-month national pilot program from March to June 2026 designed to grow leadership capacity, strengthen intergenerational relationships, and equip UUs with practical tools for building justice-centered, sustainable, relationally grounded communities.Â
Alongside a mentorship stream, RAMP! offers a monthly Skill-Building Workshop stream open to everyone interested. These public workshops align with the program’s monthly themes and connect with other national programming such as Congregational Conversations and Dismantling Barriers.Â
May’s theme, Building Trauma-Informed, Conflict-Ready Communities, teaches communities how to navigate conflict, accountability, and emotional complexity with care and courage. Participants learn trauma-informed practices, compassionate dialogue skills, and resilience tools that turn friction into meaningful growth.Â
Public session (90 minutes)
June 27, 1:00 pm ET: Projects, Partnerships & Practical Wisdom from RAMP!
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