| 7:30 a.m. | Registration and Light Breakfast |
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| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome Master of Ceremonies - Taylor Murray, Anchor for 7News on WSPA-TV |
| 8:35 a.m. | Greetings Mayor Knox White |
| 8:45 a.m. | Presence, Awareness and Vulnerability: Expanding our Consciousness to Heal Bias Dr. Shamini Jain - Scientist, Psychologist, and Author of Healing Ourselves What is the role of consciousness in helping us to not only become aware of bias, but overcome it? In this interactive session, Dr. Jain helps participants understand from scientific, spiritual, and practical perspectives, how staying anchored in compassionate awareness gives us energy needed to heal bias on a personal and societal level. |
| 9:10 a.m. | Unconscious Bias: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Mitigate Its Impact Jessica Sharp - Founder and CEO, Sharp Brain Consulting Did you know that if you have a brain, you have unconscious biases? In this interactive session, you will learn what unconscious bias is and why it is an important topic for each of us to understand. |
| 10:00 a.m. | Stories: Voices from the Heart Alesia Carroll – Radio Personality on WLAS Power 95 Alesia inspires women through her capacity to model strength and faith in overcoming challenges, as a positive example in discussing her experiences with gender bias. |
| 10:10 a.m. | Let’s Take a Selfie: A Personal Reflection Dr. Ri’Cha ri Sancho – Rotarian and Director of Operations for Sancho Education Group In this interactive session, Dr. Sancho affirms biases are inherent to all individuals. Engage in quick exploration of your potential biases with a reflective survey. |
| 10:40 a.m. | Break |
| 10:55 a.m. | Communicating with Empathy Luis Moreno - Human Centered Leadership and Emotional Intelligence An interactive session where participants will learn about Emotional Intelligence and how it can be leveraged to improve relationship building and communication plus build trust. Practical applications in everyday situations to enhance leadership, help with conflict resolution, and improve results are highlighted. |
| 12:00 p.m. | Stand Alone Together Vaughn Newman Dance Performance A performance simulating unconscious bias |
| 12:15 p.m. | Invocation - James Jeter, Co-Chair, 2022 Rotary Peace and Conflict Resolution Conference Lunch and Lunchtime Conversations |
| 1:00 p.m. | Challenging Bias in the Workplace Zachary Brewster- Author of How to Get to the Other Side The workplace is often filled with challenges that limit our productivity and profit. In this session, you will learn how to unify your most important workplace resource, Your People. |
| 1:45 p.m. | Stories: Voices from the Heart Robert Norwood – Soteria CDC Family Robert will speak about bias experienced because of incarceration. |
| 2:00 p.m. | Advocating Against Bias. How to challenge biases and build community Shontel Babb - Rotarian and Moderator of Panel
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| 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30 p.m. | "Nobody Lesser Than" Original Poem written and presented by Glenis Redmond |
| 3:45 p.m. | Stories: Voices from the Heart Jaime Fivecoat - Chair of 864-Pride and Secretary of Upstate Pride SC Jaime will speak about bias against a transgender woman and advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community. |
| 4:00 p.m. | Youth Leading the Way Jadin Beek, Panel Facilitator - Rotary “Service above Self” Scholar and Student
Youth Leading the Way amplifies the voices of tomorrow's leaders as they share their experiences confronting and combatting unconscious biases in their lives and within their communities |
| 4:45 p.m. | Rotary Call to Action Rotary District 7750 Governor Frank Cox |
| 5:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
