Let's Talk Tri Delta

Host Mindy Tucker welcomes Tri Delta’s Past President and President-Elect of the Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee Phyllis Durbin Grissom. They take a look at some of the hot topics and issues facing sororities and fraternities within higher education today and how Tri Delta plays a role in advocacy at all levels. Our second guest, Emily Varady, a recent graduate from Arkansas who was a part of Tri Delta’s lobbying delegation on Capitol Hill in April 2019. Listen to how our organization is making a difference when it comes to protecting our rights as a single-sex organization.

Host and VP of Marketing and Communications Mindy Tucker discusses the premier leadership and development experience, LEADDD, and gets some great advice and wisdom from two LEADDD speakers. Our first guest, author, speaker and leadership expert AmyK Hutchens gives insight to tough conversations described in her book “The Secrets that Leaders Keep.” She is followed by Tri Delta Executive Board Director Sandy Beach Lin, a successful business leader and the co-founder of Paradigm for Parity, for a discussion on the power of womens’ voices in the workplace.

ICYMI, get the full recap from LEADDD SoCal and be on the lookout for upcoming LEADDD events! You can also read more about bridging the gender gap in corporate leadership on tridelta.org.

Past Fraternity President and current Foundation Trustee Michelle Popp Shimberg discusses mentoring with Purpose, seeking out mentoring relationships and how those relationships can benefit each of us. Tri Delta alumna and volunteer Heather Woodall serves as Assistant Director of Career Services at Mississippi State University. Heather joins the conversation with real-life tips and examples of developing mentoring relationships at each stage of your career. These dedicated alumnae bring a fresh and empowering perspective on mentorship and its importance to Tri Deltas of all ages.

Learn how to CONNECTDDD to apply to be a mentor or mentee as a Tri Delta member at www.connectddd.org.

Host and Tri Delta CEO Karen Hughes White welcomes social innovator Ross Szabo, CEO of the Human Power Project and author of the book and award-winning mental health curriculum, Behind Happy Faces. With 25% of today’s students entering college with a diagnosed mental illness, Tri Delta will be offering Behind Happy Faces to all 141 of our collegiate chapters beginning Fall 2019. This is the result of a generous grant from the Tri Delta [Foundation’s Trilogy] Fund. Foundation Trustee Stacey Cox joins the program to discuss the Foundation’s support of Behind Happy Faces as an opportunity to affect transformational change in the lives of Tri Delta’s members. “Behind Happy Faces may not just change the lives of our members...it may save them.” (https://youtu.be/DC4zdAoyMaQ).

Let's Talk Tri Delta will take a deeper dive into some of the most powerful stories from our award-winning magazine, The Trident, and some of the most challenging issues facing today's woman.

From our earliest days as an organization founded by women, for women, Tri Delta has understood our role as convener, facilitator and thought-leader. Join us as we engage in meaningful conversations on today’s most important and relevant topics, and get up close and personal with brave, bold and kind members, friends and subject matter experts. Continue the conversation with on tridelta.org.