3rd Annual Workforce Development Symposium
HEC and Midtown Church are hosting the 3rd Annual Workforce Development Symposium to tackle the most pressing issues related to drivers of health. This includes employment and workplace readiness from a neighborhood and data driven solutions focus. We’ll be joined by national and local experts to share their successes and pivots in implementing workforce initiatives that lead to community transformation.
This year's theme, Rooted & Rising: Connecting Purpose, Workforce & Wellness will help participants better understand how various industries can contribute to creating real jobs for real people throughout the Sacramento region.
Conference Goals and Objectives
• Understand how being Rooted & Rising, connecting purpose, workforce, and wellness, strengthens individual, organizational, and community outcomes.
• Recognize the cost of disconnection and identify its impact on engagement, well-being, workforce participation, and access to opportunities.
• Explore emerging access solutions and promising practices that are growing right now to address barriers and foster greater inclusion, connection, and success.
• Develop actionable strategies to strengthen collaboration, expand access, and create meaningful pathways that align purpose, workforce development, and wellness goals.
Target audience - Leaders in the business, non-profit, government, and faith communities.
Conference Agenda
8:00am - Registration and Breakfast
8:40am - Opening Remarks & The Health/ Wealth Connection
9:10am - Impact Through Faith Communities
9:20am - A Data Informed Approach to Solutions
9:40am - Apprenticeships for Youth & Disconnected Adults
10:05am - Rooted & Rising: Connecting Purpose, Workforce, & Wellness
10:40am - Cultivating Successful Training Partnerships
11:15am - Impact Awards Ceremony
11:35am - Break and Lunch Grab
11:55am - Keynote Lunch Presentation
12:30pm - Executive Women Leader Views on Overcoming Workplace Barriers
1:15pm - Closing Remarks
1:25pm - Networking
