About us
Rooted in community. Built for what's next.
Rose Advancement & Innovation Collective (RAIC) is the doing-business-as name of Rose of Alpha Omega, a Florida 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Fort Lauderdale and serving South Florida.
Our vision
A community where people can advance and be well.
A community where people working toward better lives have real access to the tools shaping tomorrow — and the support, belonging, and balance to sustain what they build.
Our mission
Sustained, judgment-free programs that serve the whole person.
Rose Advancement & Innovation Collective provides sustained, judgment-free programs in AI literacy, digital skills, and career readiness — paired with wellness, creative expression, and community — because you cannot build a thriving career without tending to the whole person.
Our story
From sisterhood to a collective.
Rose of Alpha Omega began with a simple conviction: that women working hard deserved support for the whole of who they are — personal, professional, and everything in between. For years, our community gathered around that conviction — in conferences, retreats, book studies, and workshops that treated career growth and personal wellness as two halves of one life.
Rose Advancement & Innovation Collective carries that conviction forward and opens the doors wider. Today we serve anyone in our community who is working hard but still feeling stuck, curious about technology but nervous about where to start, and in need of more than a one-time workshop.
Women remain at the heart of our founding story, and programs honoring that legacy will always have a home here. The heart hasn't changed. The doors have gotten wider.
Our journey
Impact timeline
- 2017
The First Balance Conference
Our inaugural whole-person development conference launches at FIU Biscayne Bay Campus, bringing women together around career, community, and balance.
- 2018
Growing the Movement
The Balance Conference returns to FIU Wolfe University Center with featured speakers, workshops, and a growing community.
- 2019–2020
Adapting and Expanding
Vision Board Day Retreats, book studies, and our 5th Annual Conference & Retreat. When the pandemic hit, we pivoted to fully virtual programming without missing a beat.
- 2021
Technology Meets Community
Our Ministry I.T. Masterclass taught practical technology tools — an early signal of the workforce development work to come. Virtual gatherings kept our community connected.
- 2022
Balanced Con
A three-day virtual conference on transition and transformation — themes that would soon define our own next chapter.
- Campus
Partnership — Florida Memorial University
We brought vision board workshops to students at FMU, extending our programming into higher education.
- 2026
The Relaunch
Rose of Alpha Omega becomes Rose Advancement & Innovation Collective, uniting our legacy of whole-person development with a new commitment to AI literacy, digital skills, and workforce readiness for the whole community.
Our board
Meet Our Founding Board
We are assembling our founding circle now. Want to help shape what's next?