Annual Staff Retreat!

Published November 29, 2022

Sharing a peek at one of our guest speakers from our annual staff retreat!👇⁣
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This speaker is Dr. Carmen Bell-Ross! 👏 She covered several topics beneficial to our mission and what the Yunion means to us all! These topics included:⁣
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🔹 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴⁣
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🔹 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘠𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 ⁣
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🔹 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯⁣
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🔹 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴⁣
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🔹 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 ⁣
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We are so grateful for our team, and the staff retreat we get to take each year! This weekend always leaves us feeling refreshing and ready to head back to the office! 🙌 To learn more about our team, our mission, and more – click the link in our bio and visit our website!

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