2021 FALL SCCDA CONFERENCE

Join us as we have a "gigawatt" Keynote Speaker, Beth Ruffin, provide training on Unconscious Bias  "and if our calculations are correct, at 10:45 am hour you are gonna experience some serious stuff" in breakout sessions as we learn about the Anti-Resume and the TRIO program.  

Conference Schedule

• 8:45 - 9:00 - Sign in/Troubleshoot tech issues 
• 9:00 – 9:15 – Welcome, Aimee Carter, SCCDA President
• 9:15 – 9:30 - Antoinette Green, NCDA Conference Scholarship Winner
• 9:30 – 9:35 – Keynote Speaker Introduction 
• 9:35-10:35 – Keynote Speaker: Beth Ruffin, Unconscious Bias Training
• 10:35-10:45 – Break
• 10:45 – 11:30 – 3 Breakout Sessions*
• 11:30 – 12:00 – Prizes, Closing/Final Remarks (CEUs, etc.) 

At noon we will "make like a tree and get out of here."

 Breakout Sessions: 

• Anti-Resume Project - Sarah Xu and Kami Pullakhandam, Duke University Seniors and project creators
• SC Resources Update: 
• • TRIO - Dr. Pinkney Epps, Assistant TRIO Director/Opportunity Scholars Program, USC - Columbia 
  • SCWorks - Jordan Brown, Talent Development Specialist, Equus Workforce Solutions
• Pandemic Brain: Why Pandemics Hurt Work Wellbeing So Much - Dr. Chad Luke, PhD, LPC/MHSP, NCC, ACS, MAC, Professor, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Tennessee Tech University