California Career Development Association
Join us for the pilot launch of a new CCDA monthly gathering! The Learning Circle is a space for career development professionals to to discuss various topics, share experiences, problem-solve, learn and unlearn together, with an emphasis on connection, curiosity, and practices that support equity-centered approaches and professional growth. Join us at the inaugural meeting on Friday, February 27, 2026 at 11am for FREE.
Creating and nurturing workplaces where women of color can fully contribute, grow, access opportunity, and succeed must be a business imperative for every organization.
In honor of Black History Month and Women’s History Month, CCDA’s DEIA Committee invites you to: Building Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Women of Color, facilitated by Antoinette Manuel, M.Ed. and Chantelle Comeau, M.Ed. This free, interactive session will explore strategies for co-creating safer, inclusive, equitable, and culturally responsive workplaces.
Speaker Info:
Antoinette Manuel is a current doctoral student in the Leadership and Innovation Ed.D program at the University of the Pacific, and a Senior Associate at the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions. Her dissertation explores the community cultural wealth of Black women in their everyday acts of resistance. Antoinette brings experience working with community-based organizations that are focused on sustainable growth and impact. She holds a B.S. in Sociology and an M.A. in Education from Sacramento State University. Antoinette is passionate about creating collaborative environments where equity and innovation intersect.
Connect with Antoinette - https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoinette-m-899341112/
Chantelle Comeau, MEd, is currently serving in the Office of Health Equity at the California Department of Public Health, where she is tasked with implementing a trauma-informed Equity framework across the department through policies and programmatic initiatives. Inspired by her time in the University of the Pacific’s Leadership for Social Justice graduate program, Chantelle is currently designing the LOCUS Lab (short for Leadership in Organizational Change Uplifting Social Justice). In its early stages, the LOCUS Lab is intended to be a collaborative, human-centered space for learning, healing, and creativity. The LOCUS Lab will serve as a vibrant hub for connection, collaboration, and co-creating for current students, prospective scholars, and alumni of the program.
Connect with Antoinette - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantelle-comeau-6ba273142/
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