Cultural
Competency Conference (CCC)
May 7, 2021
About the Conference
The goal of the CCC is to support current and future practitioners by providing an event where they have the opportunity to gain a larger foundation within cultural competencies. The conference is centered around presenters who are knowledgeable and/or immersed in different cultural communities sharing their experiences, insights, research and wisdom.
The CCC is co-hosted by MSP’s Student Engagement team, the Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Alliance (IDEA), and the Psi Chi Chapter at MSP. Students, psychologists, and members of the public are invited to attended.
Previous presentations have included a wide variety of topics, such as: “Building Competency: Considerations When Working with Arab Americans & Muslim Americans;” “Exploring Cultural Competency with an Invisible Orientation: Asexuality;” “Latina/o/x Psychology, Cultural Resilience, & Working with [email protected] in Therapy;” “Counseling Jewish American in the Age of the Alt-Right;” and “Neurodiversity: From Deficit to Celebrated Difference.”
Conference Structure
The conference will run from 2:00 – 7:30 PM on Friday, May 7th. There are four concurrent rounds of presentations in the afternoon followed by dinner and the keynote speaker. Presentation will be 50 minutes long.
Registration
General registration for the conference will be announced Fall 2020 with discounts for students, MSP alumni, and presenters.
