Prescott College, a small liberal arts institution in Arizona, offers limited residency Master's and doctoral programs as well as undergraduate programs. Prescott's philosophy centers experiential, community-based, and self-directed learning. While this higher education institution's distance-learning programs are positioned well for broad shifts to online classrooms, we were not without our own struggles to adapt swiftly in Spring 2020. To discover lessons learned and potential strategies of navigating on-going shifts into these uncharted waters, we chronicle how Prescott College's doctoral program adapted its programming in the face of a global pandemic and a racial justice movement that are now issues front and center on the world stage.