Black Nonprofit Leaders Symposium: Overcoming Black Burnout
On June 4, the Black Nonprofit Leaders Group will host a virtual symposium on “Overcoming Black Burnout”.
Join Black Nonprofit Leaders from across the state to talk about burnout and stress management. While we will have a keynote speaker discussing burnout, this won’t be your standard burnout discussion. Using breakout rooms, we will learn more about a few foundational nonprofit skills that can help us beat burnout. Our breakout sessions will focus on grant writing, volunteer management, and storytelling.
Are you interested in learning more about volunteer recruitment and management?
Do you want to better understand what grant writers in your organization need to increase the funds supporting your work?
Do you want to learn how to better tell the story of the work you do?
Register for this *free* event to learn how to increase your well-being at work!
Speakers
Meredith Talford
Meredith Talford is an award-winning health educator, trainer and grant manager. With a career spanning over 20 years, Meredith has made service and philanthropy the center of her life's work. She has been a champion for some of our most vulnerable citizens - youth in foster care, adolescent sex offenders, and individuals living with HIV. Meredith is a native of Chester, South Carolina and a graduate of Bennett College for Women and Mercer University School of Medicine. She currently serves on the board of directors for Girls Rock Columbia and is a member of Women in Philanthropy, the Association of Talent Development and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. She is the current Innovation Manager at a non-profit based in South Carolina, whose focus is the advancement of reproductive health.
Heather Singleton
Heather Singleton was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science degree from the University of South Carolina in 2010. After graduating, Heather worked in public service, corporate and nonprofit sectors, with focuses on training, facilitation, and fundraising. She is the CEO of Strategic Public Relations Consulting, a consultancy that serves businesses and nonprofits with needs surrounding public relations and corporate training. Heather also works as a Resource Development Division Director with United Way of the Midlands, where she has been a member of their development team for over six years. In her spare time, she serves on the board of directors with the Midlands chapter of the American Advertising Federation and volunteers with her church. Heather finds purpose in helping others improve their professional skills to become the success stories that they were born to be.
Jamesha Shackerford
Jamesha currently serves as a Program Officer at Central Carolina Community Foundation. A Columbia College graduate, her love of philanthropy and civic engagement led her into a career assisting donors and nonprofits with their philanthropic goals. In her role, she manages a portfolio of competitive grants for nonprofits, government entities, and educational institutions. She also manages the Foundation’s scholarship program including serving as the point of contact for donors, students, parents, and volunteers. As the staff liaison for the Foundation’s African American Philanthropy Committee, she works with community members to promote, increase, and support philanthropy in Black communities throughout the Midlands.
In the community, Jamesha serves as an executive board member for the Columbia College Alumnae Association, is a current member of Leadership Columbia Class of 2021 and was recognized as a 2018 Best & Brightest 35 and Under from Columbia Business Monthly.
D.Jermaine Husser
Jermaine is currently the VP of Mission Services for Palmetto Goodwill and Executive Director of Palmetto Warrior Connection (PWC), a community integration project to assist returning veterans/warriors and their families transition back into community. Prior to Goodwill/PWC he served as the State Director for StudentsFirstSC in Columbia, SC, where he developed a five-year state plan, executed an outreach strategy for members, parents, teachers, and elected officials, and lobbied for progressive education reform throughout the state.
Jermaine has a significant and longstanding history in professional and community organizations throughout the lowcountry. In one of his most recent roles, he was the co-chair of United Way’s African American Leadership Council, an initiative to harness the charitable goals of African American philanthropists. He also served as the vice chair of the South Carolina Food Bank Association and was a member of the National Action Committee of Feeding America. One position of note, Husser is a past president and the first African American president of the Historic Rotary Club of Charleston. He is currently on the Board of Trustees of Trident Technical College Foundation and the City Papers advisory council.
Husser is a graduate of Trident Technical College with an Associate in Business degree and additional coursework at Charleston Southern University in Organizational Management. He is a graduate of the American Express Leadership Academy and Leadership Charleston. In 2004 he was named to the Charleston Regional Business Journal’s 40 Under Forty. Husser was named to Liberty Fellowship “Class of 2015”, and most recently joined TEDx Charleston as a speaker’s coach. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army.
A native of Goose Creek, SC, he is the proud father of a 13-year- old daughter, London Jade and 6-year- old son, Jaxon Donovan. He enjoys mentoring emerging leaders, golfing, playing basketball, reading novels, writing poetry, and traveling. Husser’s life goal is to impact ONE Million people before he dies.
Attendees (87)
Adia Daniels
Education and Outreach manager
Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands
Alecia Brewster
Program Director
Sustaining Way
Allison Carraway
President
The Terrence F Carraway Foundation
Andrea Tucker
CFO
Children's Trust of SC
Angela Johnson
Director of Operations
Drawing Near to God
Angelina Williams
AmeriCorps Program Manager
Trident United Way
Ashley Thomas
Executive Director
The Hive Community Circle
Barbara Black
Founder/CEO
Lydia's Bowels of Mercy Home, Inc
Bonita Clemons
Executive Director
South Carolina Community Health Worker Association
Britney Mazyck
Operations Manager
Community Initiatives, Inc.
Brooke Robertson
Graphic Designer | Developer
Neue South Collective
Bryant Davis
Assistant Director of Government & Community Serv
Richland County Government and Community Services
Carmeisha White
Operations Manager
Northside Development Group
CAROLINE GRIER
Finance Director
Catawba Area Agency on Aging
Charlene McKnight
Executive Director
Four Giving Hearts
Constance Martin-Witter
Board Vice Chair
Jasper County First Steps
Crystal Denise Davis
Parenting Program Director
Charleston County First Steps
Deborah Parks
Executive Director
Beyond Abuse
Demetria Mosley
Communications Coordinator
South Carolina Community Loan Fund
Donna Mack
Adminstrative Assistant
South Carolina Community Health Worker Association
Dorothea Bernique
Executive Director
Increasing H.O.P.E Financial Training Center
Duchett Polite Hylton
Executive Director
Jasper County First Steps
Elizabeth Fulford
Legal Advocate
Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands
Greta Young
Executive Director
The Parenting Place
Hardil Thomas
Director
The Divorce Connection
Ida Breazeale
Founder and President
Columbus and Edith Rogers Mansell
Jamesha Shackerford
Program Officer
Central Carolina Community Foundation
Jessica Sharp
Nonprofit Consultant with Sharp Brain Consulting
Sharp Brain Consulting
Joyce Ford
Executive Director
The Naomi Project
Kathryn Harvey
Neue South Collective
Keona Prude
Communications & Outreach Coordinator
Pride Link
Kevin Flarisee
Coordinator for Executive, Program & Dept Support
South Carolina Arts Commission
Lakita Watson
Executive Director
Richland County Recreation Foundation
LaShauna Harrison
Chief Executive Officer
United Way of Oconee County
Latorrie Geer
Chief Operating Officer
CommunityWorks Carolina
Maurice Lawyer
Chief of Operations
The Legacy Foundation of SC
Meredith Talford
Innovation Manager
Fact Forward
Nick Phillip
Neue South Collective
Nicole Echols
Pee Dee Branch Executive Director
Harvest Hope Food Bank
Paul Black
Mobilization and Data Manager
Conservation Voters of SC Education Fund
Rena Dixon
Director of Health Services
Fact Forward
Rodney White, Jr
Social Work Intern
Together SC
Ronda Boyd
CEO/President
Passion 2 Pay Project
Samantha Scott
Special Events and Corporate Relations Manager
Charleston Parks Conservancy
Selena Anderson
Director, Human Resources
Girl Scouts of South Carolina - Mountains to Midlands
Shawn Edwards
Chief Diversity Officer
The Citadel
Sherrie Snipes-Williams
CEO
Charleston Promise Neighborhood
Stephanie McGuire
Chief Community Relations Officer
SC Thrive
Tabitha James
Strategic Developer
Rural Area Leadership Initiative-Dillon County
Tamara Herring
Executive Director
Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage
Toni Freeman
Program Director
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry
Travis Sellers
Vice-President
Dare 2 Be Fit
Travis Wharton
Dir. of Education and Economic Mobility
United Way of Greenville County
Travis Williams
Founder & Executive Director
African American Prosperity Network
Trimease Carter
Youth Engagement Manager
Eat Smart Move More SC
Yolanda McCray
President & CEO
Black River United Way
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