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All Nations Gathering Center

Kyle, South Dakota, US

All Nations Gathering Center Mission: To provide a safe, nourishing, loving environment so our loved ones can reconnect, learn and heal one another with their…

Ann8Nature

Boulder, Colorado, US

Nurturing the Feminine into Empowered Emergence. Guiding and Mentoring Young Women 17-26 into Adulthood. Playing and Mentoring youth of all ages into the magic of…

Cameron Withey

Seattle, Washington, US

Cameron Withey began leading youth rites of passage in 2011. Wandering the woods at The Evergreen State College, he found his calling through self-designed studies…

Casa Ajayu

La Paz, Cochabamba, BO

Casa Ajayu Centro Cultural y Sanacion Ancestral Cultural Center and Ancestral Healing About: Es un centro de medicina y sabiduria ancestral donde compartimos una diversidad…

Cascadia Quest

Eugene, Oregon, US

Cascadia Quest offers wilderness rites of passage, and other nature immersed personal growth and educational experiences. We envision multi-generational communities of empowered, initiated individuals living…

Center for Youth and Community, Inc

Glastonbury, Connecticut, US

The Center for Youth and Community Inc. is an organization, which partners with communities to co-create an experience that can positively impact young people as…

Challenge Day

Concord, California, US

Challenge Day is the world leader in providing empowering and transformational workshops for teens and adults. Challenge Day’s life changing programs create a safe, open,…

Christian Kirchmair

Strobl, Salzburg, AT

Nature plays a fundamental role in our lives. She teaches and reflects many things and leads us back to our roots again and again. This bond with…

Circles of Empowerment

Arroyo Grande, California, US

Founded in 1990, Circles of Empowerment formed as a way to better support the growing need for ceremony in the community and to support the…

Conscious Youth Coaching

Los Angeles, California, US

The mission of Conscious Youth Coaching is to support youth to develop greater self-awareness, intuitive wisdom, confidence and success. It is also to provide parents…

Cornerstones Of Care

Kansas City, Missouri, US

Cornerstones of Care is dedicated to partnering for safe and healthy communities. We leverage our decades of expertise and certification in trauma-informed care through the…

Courageous Hearts Youth Services, Inc.

Los Angeles, California, US

We are a Nonprofit, For Purpose organization with a mission to educate and empower at-risk youth for a life of success and fulfillment. We work…

Coyote Trails School of Nature

Ashland, Oregon, US

Coyote Trails’ goal is that students of all ages from all communities have the opportunity to deeply connect with nature. We maintain a Nature Center…

Dr Arne Rubinstein

Mullumbimby, New South Wales, AU

Dr Arne Rubinstein is an expert on adolescent development, with 30 years’ experience as a doctor, counsellor, mentor, speaker and workshop facilitator. His programs and…

Earthways LLC

Sebastopol, California, US

EarthWays LLC is a collective of passionate and capable wilderness guides, committed to restoring relationship with the natural world by bringing people out into direct connection…

Feet on the Earth Programs

Boulder, Colorado, US

Feet On The Earth is committed to awakening children and adults to a deeper relationship with nature, self, community, and the magic of life through…

Gabriel Keczan

Nelson, British Columbia, CA

As a facilitator I combine place-based, nature-connection practices with art therapy for all ages as well as depth personal growth and transformation work with adults. …

Generation Waking Up

Oakland, California, US

Generation Waking Up strives to: – Awaken in young people a clear sense of who we are as a generation, an understanding of the urgent…

Golden Bridge International: Surfing the Creative

Boulder, Colorado, US

In response to young people’s longing for deep exploration and cultivation of themselves as creative change agents, Golden Bridge offers movement – based rites of…

Inner Guide Expeditions

Ashland, Oregon, US

Inner Guide Expeditions offers transformational wilderness trips for teens in the Pacific Northwest and customized family expeditions all over the globe. Through personalized attention, heartfelt…

Inward Bound Mindfulness Education- iBme

Concord, Massachusetts, US

Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme) is a nonprofit that offers in-depth mindfulness programming for youth and the parents and professionals who support them. Our programming…

Israh Goodall

Bristol, England, GB

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have…

Katheryne Lewis

portland, Oregon, US

Like most beings of African descent, Katheryne’s ancestral journey and healing is an ongoing process. Her family was originally brought to the lands of the…

Kroka Expeditions

Marlow, New Hampshire, US

Kroka is a non-profit wilderness expedition school for young people based on a year-round, organic farm in Marlow, New Hampshire. We believe that the consciousness…

LYRIC [Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center]

San Francisco, California, US

Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center (LYRIC) is a community center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQQ) youth. We focus on: school…

Make Trybe Center for Transformative Design

Kansas City, Missouri, US

The Make Trybe Center is founded on the study and practice of Transformative Design as it relates to developing a sense of deep community, or of…

Marisa (Sasa) Taborga Byrne

Seattle, Washington, US

Marisa (Sasa) Taborga Byrne, born and raised in California, comes from an Irish, German, Bolivian and Spanish lineage. She is a Nature Connection Guide, Rites…

Matthew Blank

Lafayette, Colorado, US

Matthew envisions cultural change through intergenerational mentoring and the realization of coactive visions. His work has primary grown from the platform of the Teen Institute…

Motivated By Wisdom

Burnaby, British Columbia, CA

Teen Journey is an organization created to inspire youth and create a community of empowered, impassioned youth who connect with inner strength and in a…

N’we Jinan

, Saskatchewan, CA

The N’we Jinan es una iniciativa musical que da voz a los artistas de Primera Nación a través de la música y la expresión creativa.…

National Rites of Passage Institute

East Cleavland, Ohio, US

Rites of Passage, as a developmental and transformational process, is culturally specific – not universal. It is based on the premise that a group must…

Natural Highs

Boulder, Colorado, US

Natural Highs – Empowering teens as leaders around positive peer culture Natural Highs is an interactive strengths-based substance abuse prevention/intervention peer mentor program that is co-created…

Next Culture Research & Training Center

Polling, Bayern, DE

We provide archetypal adulthood initiations and healing processes. We upgrade your thoughtware to be functional in a sustainable human presence on Earth. We provide clarity…

Oaks Counsel

Santa Fe , New Mexico, US

Oaks Counsel is a counseling and initiation ceremony program I am developing to offer to adults, young adults and adolescents for the development of Self!…

OUT There Adventures

Bainbridge Island, Washington, US

Experiential learning processes enable participants to actively engage challenging real-world scenarios in order to harvest within them an appreciation for leadership and resiliency. In this…

PassageWorks Institute

Boulder, Colorado, US

PassageWorks Institute provides educators and school leaders a practical, relationship-centered approach to transforming the culture of classrooms, schools and districts. The PassageWorks Institute is a…

Pathways Foundation Ltd

Narooma, New South Wales, AU

The Pathways Foundation is a Australian national harm prevention charity that is dedicated to assisting children. Its principal purpose is to promote and assist the…

Puertas Abiertas Leadership Academy

Eugene, Oregon, US

The Puertas Abiertas Leadership Academy is an academic and cultural enrichment experience for Chicano/Latino high school and middle school students in Lane County. The primary goal…

Regenco, LandTime

Manaton, Devon, GB

Initiating a deeper relationship with Nature. Landtime and Landtime Quests for Vision & Self-Healing, Supportive time in the Wilds for adults and young adults. LandTime…

ReTribe Rites of Passage Retreats and Programs

Plainfield, Vermont, US

ReTribe’s mission is to support youth to become powerful, self-realized adults who, together, will foster a “New Culture” built on radical acceptance and connection to self,…

Rite of Passage Journeys

Seattle, Washington, US

Rite of Passage Journeys, established in 1968, fosters self-discovery, community and connection with the natural world. Our mission is to mentor youth, adults, and elders…

Rites of Passage

Santa Rosa, California, US

Rites of Passage is a non-profit organization that guides people into nature to mark and celebrate life transitions, changes, personal and spiritual growth. Our programs…

Sacred Cedar Centre

Duncan, British Columbia, CA

Sacred Cedar Centre is a gathering place for all indigenous and non indigenous youth and elders. My name is Hwiemtun, English name Fred Roland. I…

Sacred Groves

Bainbridge Island, Washington, US

Sacred Groves is a ten acre forest sanctuary located on Bainbridge Island, in Washington state, a little eco-retreat run by Thérèse Charvet and Tere Carranza. It…

Sandstone Community Care: Cascade Canyon Teen Residential

Cascade, Colorado, US

Teen Residential Treatment Cascade Canyon is a residential treatment center designed specifically for teens struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use and co-occurring mental health…

School of All Relations

Aegina, Sterea Ellada, GR

The School of All Relations is an educational program for international youth aged 18-25, based on the Greek Island of Aegina. Rooted in nature and…

School of Lost Borders

Big Pine, California, US

Every summer, the School of Lost Borders offers wilderness-based rites of passage ceremonies for young men and women ready to confirm their entry into adulthood.…

Space of Possibilitites

Rheinfelden, Aargau, CH

The Space of Possibilities is one of the gameworlds emerging from the context of radical responsibility as found in Possibility Management and works in contact…

Spreading Seeds: Mind – Body – Spirit

Los Angeles, California, US

A rites of passage and personal change training that cultivates, activates, and nurtures innate abilities and gifts of young women and men labeled “at-risk” or…

Springhouse Community School

Floyd, Virginia, US

Springhouse Community School is an independent learner-centered environment that supports 7th through 12th grade students to discover their unique gifts and become passionate problem-solvers, skilled…

Street Poets

Los Angeles, California, US

Street Poets Inc. creates circles. Poetry circles. Drum circles. Multi-cultural multi-generational circles. Creative healing circles within which at-risk youth and young adults can breathe, write,…

Teen Talking Circles

Rollingbay, Washington, US

Teen Talking Circles is a 501-c3 organically grown nonprofit organization founded on the principle that both a mature self-identity and healthy relationships develop naturally when…

The Adolescent Mind

Chandler, Arizona, US

Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. The Adolescent Mind is my personal business for providing adolescent programs,…

The Eco-Institute at Pickards Mountain

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US

The Rising Earth Immersion is a residential semester-long program based on ancestral Catawba lands in North Carolina. Designed for 18-28 year olds who are seeking…

The Eschwege Institute

Eschwege, Berlin, DE

We founded the Eschwege Institute and its Training Academy Campus Peregrini, to be able to carry the “rites of passage-work”as well as the community building…

The Ever Forward Club

Oakland, California, US

The Ever Forward Club works to create communities of students who are setting and achieving their personal goals, inside and outside the classroom. Our Vision…

The Hero Project

Durango, Colorado, US

The Hero Project inspires youth to awaken their heroes within by re-living the adventures of some of the world’s greatest heroes and heroines. Program Development Services…

The Journey Network

Stadt, Berlin, DE

The Journey Network is about the process of uncovering who you really are. We see this as a journey of initiation; one in which you…

The Ojai Foundation

Ojai, California, US

The Ojai Foundation offers Rites of Passage Threshold Retreats, partnering with schools to develop and implement 2-5 day experiences for youth. ROP marks transitions in…

The Rite Journey – School Based Rites of Passage

Adelaide, South Australia, AU

Over the last decade of teaching it became more and more clear to me that I was working with students who were grappling with a…

The School of Human Nature

Praha, Praha, hlavní město, CZ

We connected a ring of men and women who share a deep respect for the earth , human nature, rituals, uniqueness, and each other. We share…

Tia Chucha’s Young Warriors

Sylmar, California, US

Young Warriors is a community project created by youth for the youth of the Northeast San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles and based in Tia…

Usiko Stellenbosch

Jamestown, Eastern Cape, ZA

Usiko Stellenbosch is an NGO based in Jamestown, Stellenbosch, that uses a ‘rites of passage’ approach to provide guidance to at-risk young people who encounter psycho-social…

Village Care Program Sierra Leone

, Western Area (Freetown), SL

An Introduction to Village Care Initiatives, Sierra Leone Village Care Program helps communities find the answer within themselves. The Plight The Village Care Approach (…

Visions Service Adventures

Bozeman, Montana, US

We believe that stepping outside of ourselves and encountering new perspectives fosters profound and positive change. We know that young people who engage in meaningful…

Weaving Earth

Sonoma, California, US

Weaving Earth [WE] provides nature-based programs & services that build connection, foster reciprocal relationships and cultivate the healthy development of whole people and communities. Why…

Westcountry School of Myth and Story

Dartmoor, Devon, GB

The Westcountry School of Myth and Story is a leading U.K. myth, ritual and wilderness Program. From a year course on myth and storytelling through…

Western Gate: Roots and Wings Foundation

Los Angeles, California, US

When a society fails to provide adequate Rites of Passage for an individual, individuals create rites of passage on his/her own initiative no matter how…

Wilderness Awareness School

Duvall, Washington, US

Wilderness Awareness School, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in 1983, is an internationally-recognized leader in outdoor education. Our mission is to help children and adults cultivate healthy…

Wilderness Reflections

Fairfax, California, US

Wilderness Reflections has been leading youth rites of passage since 2001, with programs ranging from 1 week all the way up to 8 months long.…

Wolf Connection

Acton, California, US

Wolf Connection was founded in 2009 by Teo Alfero, whose life ambition is to be of service to future generations. For that reason, Wolf Connection is not the…

WSU 4-H Rite of Passage

Pullman, Washington, US

What is 4-H Youth Rite of Passage? 4-H is this nation’s premier youth development program. It is based on developmentally appropriate practices and research-validated curriculums that…

YIP [International Youth Initiative Program]

Järna, Södermanlands län, SE

The International Youth Initiative Program (YIP) is a holistic educational program that strengthens young people’s capacity to take initiative in the face of current global…

Your Voice, Your Gifts, Your Power

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

My current work in rites of passage is rooted in best practices I have both developed and gathered through guest leadership in rites of passage…

Youth in Focus

Seattle, Washington, US

Our mission at Youth in Focus is to empower urban youth, through photography, to experience their world in new ways and to make positive choices…

Youth Justice Coalition

Inglewood, California, US

The Youth Justice Coalition (YJC) is working to build a youth, family, and formerly and currently incarcerated people’s movement to challenge America’s addiction to incarceration and race,…

Youth Mentoring Connection

Los Angeles, California, US

YMC empowers at-risk youth by matching them with caring and skilled mentors who see their unique gifts and help them achieve their life goals. YMC…

Youth Resiliency Institute

Baltimore, Maryland, US

The Youth Resiliency Institute seeks to create a critical mass of individuals, more specifically, children and youth in Baltimore City, who are self-actualized in ways…