All-Staff Conference, 2024

Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Crowne Plaza Annapolis
173 Jennifer Road
Annapolis, MD 21401
Map Free Parking

Wifi Access
Network Name: Crowne Plaza Meeting Network
Password: Annapolis

Agenda

8:30 AM: Breakfast and Registration Opens 

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM: Welcome
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM: Plenary Session

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access: Steps Toward Creating Belonging (presented by the Community Resource Exchange)  

10:30 AM-10:45 AM: Fifteen (15) Minute Break 
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM: Breakout Sessions
Choose from:
  • Trauma Awareness to Trauma Care: Supporting Others (presented by Sal Corbin, Maryland Harm Reduction Training Institute) – Queen Anne Room
  • Learn about the Tenant Right to Counsel Project (presented by our TRCP team) – Arundel Ballroom, Room A
  • Locating the Self and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) (presented by the Community Resource Exchange) – Arundel Ballroom, Room B/C
11:45 AM- 12:00 PM: Fifteen (15) Minute Break 
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Lunch
During Lunch…

Announcements 
Awards 
Shout-outs!

2:00 PM-2:15 PM: Fifteen (15) Minute Break 
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM: Breakout Sessions 
Choose from:
  • How to Have Difficult & Sensitive Conversations (presented by Shantel Elessie, LCPAT)  
  • – Queen Anne Room
  • Legal Aid Success Stories (presented by MLA Staff) – Arundel Ballroom, Room A
  • Supporting Resilience and Self-Care (presented by Lisa Nitsch, House of Ruth Maryland) – Arundel Ballroom, Room B/C
3:15 PM-3:30 PM: Fifteen (15) Minute Break 
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM: Plenary Session

Achieving our Strategic Vision – Progress and Priorities (presented by our Executive Team)

4:45 PM – 5:45 PM: Reception 

Appetizers, Beer, Wine, Soft Drinks & Custom Cocktail Menu

Bourbon of Proof – Maker’s Mark Manhattan
Fee Simple Absolut – Vodka and Cranberry
Subpoena Colada – Piña Colada on the rocks (also available as a mock trial mocktail)


If you need assistance getting around, look for one of our friendly volunteers sporting this cheerful sticker. They’ll be more than happy to guide you!


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Your name tag from this conference is printed on handmade seed paper. You can plant this paper in the fall to grow wildflowers in the spring!
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