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

🕑: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Track 5: Robert E. Cooley Theological Seminary: Offering a Range of Undergradu

Info: --Dr. Neely Gaston, President, Robert E. Cooley Theological Seminary and Panel Guests

🕑: 03:00 PM
Day 1 Wrap Up
Day 2

🕑: 07:30 AM - 08:45 AM
Registration & Continental Breakfast
🕑: 08:45 AM - 09:00 AM
Agenda (Room A)
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Keynote: Col Glenn Remsen, State Guard (Room A) – Plan Rollout
🕑: 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Track 6: Mental Health & Social Services (Room A)

Info: --Session One (:45): Dr. Charles Houston --Session Two (:45): Brian Downing, Ashley Williams, and Guests

🕑: 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Track 7: Micro Schools (Room B)

Info: --Session One (:45): Overview of CASC and HVA, Reasons Parents Pursue Virtual Education, The Life of a Virtual Learner (community, support), Wraparound Support Provided, and Success Stories
--Session Two (:45): Microschools and The HILL – a blended learning center. Highlights: various student populations already being reached, including foster care, sex trafficking survivors, at-risk youth, young mothers, etc., sparking ideas for other unreached populations

🕑: 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Lunch and Vendor & Resource Tables
🕑: 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Track 8: Second Chance Employers (Room A)

Info: --Facilitator: Shannata Ravenell, SC Works Midlands
--Davis Anderson, Workforce Development Manager
--Robert Cottingham, SC Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services
--Deobrah Creech, Director, CCMMG Allendale with Startups Planned for Barnwell, Bamberg, and Estill
--Sylvia Wright, Secondary Education Coordinator, Dorchester School District 4.
--Lester Young, Path 2 Redemption

🕑: 03:00 PM
Day 2 Wrap Up