Transforming Lives, One Person at a Time

This is our Sixteenth Year!

Sacred Rok has led trips to Yosemite and in the Eastern Sierra for more than 600 underserved young people to experience the healing ceremony of nature.

Sacred Rok helps transform the lives of young people by providing the opportunity to develop their sense of self in relation to the natural world through time outside hiking, rock climbing, fly fishing, camping and backpacking and stewardship projects. The goal of Sacred Rok is to help youth, including incarcerated youth, probation and often times foster youth, to grow and heal by learning to respect nature and through that to respect themselves. It is also about helping them become part of a caring and nurturing community that loves and trusts them.

Building a community and breaking the cycle of violence and trauma takes time and commitment. This trust cannot be built overnight or during a single day trip to Yosemite Valley.  We aim to build long-term relationships with the youth and with mentors acting as facilitators of the ceremony of nature