Individual Registration - 2025 Down South Conference - "Fashioning a New World"
Registration for 2025 Down South Regional Conference including:
- Friday 3hr Intensive workshops
- Saturday & Sunday Conference workshop sessions
- Saturday night Threads of Transformation Fashion Storytelling Showcase
- Friday & Saturday Lunch & Connect
- Sunday Community Cook-out
Registering multiple people? Please place separate orders for each registration so we have names and contact information for each attendee.
Note on meals and lodging: Registrants will be provided lunch on Friday, Saturday, and at the closing cookout on Sunday.
Attendees will be responsible for their own lodging.
A block of rooms has been reserved at a discounted rate of $149+ taxes and fees per room per night at the Aloft Downtown Tallahassee Hotel. The hotel features a heated pool and free shuttle service to the conference site. This discounted rate is only guaranteed until October 10th, so please use this link and act soon to secure your reservation.
The Florida People's Advocacy Center is an ally in the movement for healing and justice and they have simple accommodations available in single and double rooms, as well as for larger groups, at a rate of $30 per bed per night. The accommodations are simple and clean - with shared bathrooms and a fully functional kitchen for shared use. The Center also will provide several meeting spaces for impromptu gatherings for our group. Reservations can be made by calling Karen Woodall at (850)321-9386.
There are also a number of affordable hotels and short-term rentals within a short drive of the conference location, St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 1700 N Meridian Rd, Tallahassee, FL 32303.
Choosing an Intensive Workshop from the descriptions below:
Policy Advocacy in Action builds on the Storytelling for Organizing & Policy Advocacy intensive training and equips participants with real-world experiences at the Florida State Capitol, meeting with legislators to share personal and collective stories as tools for transformation and educational advocacy.
Restorative Avenues in Practice: From Foundations to Facilitation is an intensive interactive workshop, led by Connection First, which takes participants on a journey through the foundations and practice of Restorative Justice. Blending storytelling with hands-on skill building, the session equips both new and experienced practitioners to navigate real-world facilitation with confidence.
Whole School Restorative Systems is an intensive training where participants will both learn the details of how this system was implemented and continues to function, and also build the practical capacity to hold effective circles using empathetic communication skills.
Move and Be Moved is a participatory intensive workshop bringing together local dance, song, story, ensemble Structures for Change, and core members of the Tallahassee Bail Fund to fashion the everyday work of collective liberation through connective, embodied, and de-carceral practices of freedom dreaming and direct action.