I really liked parts of the conference and other parts I was like eh.  My favorite session that I went to was an NPHC/MCGC session where we created out own sororities.  I learned a lot and the fact that it was interactive made it a lot of fun.  I also enjoyed the Empowering Women session I went to, when I got into the session and found out it was all about Circle of Sisterhood I was really excited because that is what PHA is considering changing their philanthropy to.  It was nice to learn more about Circle of Sisterhood and see how excited these two women were about it.  I also found out that even though Circle of Sisterhood is not very old they have already given out one grant.  The session really made me want to read the book that inspired Ginny Carol to create Circle of Sisterhood.  Looking at the binders gave me a lot of good ideas for the year and made me realize just how much work we have ahead of us.  It is intimidating but exciting all at once that we get to be a part of this change.  Two sessions I didn't really care for were the first session of the Ditch Diggers Ball (we basically played cross the line for most of it) and PHA's town hall meeting.  I felt like in theory the town hall meeting could have been very productive and great but our panel didn't really talk much and the conversation never went anywhere. Overall it was a great experience, at times I wished councils were roomed together so we could debreif after each day but it was also nice to really get to know people in other councils.
 
I agree that some parts of the conference bored me. I enjoyed my pathways and the lunches with people from other schools but I thought that all of the hot topics I went to were quite redundant and that they did not touch on the subjects presented the way I thought they would. The all seemed to circle around the common theme of "Do NOT HAZE!!!" as well.
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