CCM Hope & Help Conference 2026

Hope restored
About this Event

If you want to make a difference in your community, don’t miss this opportunity to connect with others, pick up proven tools and tips, and share lessons learned

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Agenda

🕑: 07:30 AM - 08:45 AM
Registration & Continental Breakfast
🕑: 08:45 AM - 09:00 AM
Welcome and Agenda (Room A)
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Keynote: Hazel Livingston, Mayor, Lexington (Room A)
🕑: 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Track 1: Food Security and Innovative Housing Solutions (Room A)

Info: --Facilitator: Dr. Joseph Miller, CCMMG International Relations and Assistant Director, Wagener Campus
--Chief Se'khu Gentle, Mayor, Allendale, SC
--Chief Catherine Nelson, Director, CCMMG Keepers of the Word (Inter-tribal)
--Kameisha Heppard, Director, City of Columbia Homeless Services
--Pastor Wellesly Solomon, Director, CCMMG India
--Pastor Anthony Seaka, Director, CCMMG South Africa

🕑: 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Track 2: Emergency Preparedness (Room B)

Info: Session 1 (:45): Mike Patterson – SC VOAD Chair and Salvation Army Regional Director
Session 2 (:45): Erica Goldsmith – CCMMG Director, Joanna

🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Track 3: Community Service & Workforce Readiness (Room A)

Info: --Facilitators: Sylvia Mickens and William Belo, CCMMG Directors in Columbia and Aiken Respectively
--Janet Perrigo, Christ Central Institute
--Shawn Miller, NJROTC / Math Tutoring --Robert (Bob) McQuinn, GED (General Educational Development) --Denny Moen, ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery)
--Doris Drake, Rebirth Youth Development Program

🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Track 4: Fitness (Room B)

Info: Virgina Geddings, Certified Peer Support Specialists, Courage Center

🕑: 04:00 PM
Track 5: Robert E. Cooley Theological Seminary: Offering a Range of Undergradu