Join Fant Memorial Library for popcorn, a movie, and discussion as we celebrate black women’s activism in the Mississippi Civil Rights movement! Winner of Best Documentary at the Pan African Film Festival, this documentary explores the crucial grassroots activism of Black women whose names you may know (like Fannie Lou Hamer) and those you probably […]
You are invited to the first Social Justice Speaker Series event of 2023. Join Sadé Meeks, founder of Growing Resilience in the South (GRITS). Sadé is a 2015 graduate of The W. The 2023 Social Justice Speaker Series is sponsored by Fant Memorial Library, The Office of Academic Affairs, The Office of Housing & Residence […]
The W’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council welcomes Dr. Flonzie Brown Wright to campus for a celebration of DEI Award winners. During the Civil Rights Movement, Wright helped register thousands of voters in Mississippi. She was the first African American female elected official in Mississippi post-Reconstruction and authored the best-selling autobiography Looking Back to Move […]
You are invited to the first Social Justice Speaker Series event of 2023. Join Dr. Tim Lampkin, founder and CEO of Higher Purpose Co. The 2023 Social Justice Speaker Series is sponsored by Fant Memorial Library, The Office of Academic Affairs, The Office of Housing & Residence Life, the Office of Student Life, the Culinary […]
Come and hear Anastasia C. Curwood talk about the life and experiences of Shirley Chisholm, whose 1972 bid for the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party made history and paved the way for further women’s political activism. Curwood is the author of the forthcoming biography, Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics (2023) and […]
Nell Peel Wolfe Lecture Rose Hackman Journalist and Author of Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power Hackman is a British journalist based in Detroit whose work on gender, race, labor, policing, housing, and the environment in The Guardian has brought international attention to overlooked American injustices and policy issues. In Emotional […]
Dr. Jon Ignacio Moreno from the Department of Biological Sciences, Alcorn State University, will be giving a presentation in 117 Parkinson Hall on Wed 11 Oct. He will talk about his research into the functioning of mitochondria, the energy-generating organelles of the cell. The talk is titled, ““A crucial step in functional genomics – phenotype […]
The Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium is held each October in honor of The W's most famous alumna. A diverse group of Southern writers and scholars are invited to present their work. A highlight of the symposium is the announcement of the Eudora Welty Prize for an unpublished book of scholarship. All Symposium events will be […]
The Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium is held each October in honor of The W's most famous alumna. A diverse group of Southern writers and scholars are invited to present their work. A highlight of the symposium is the announcement of the Eudora Welty Prize for an unpublished book of scholarship. All Symposium events will be […]
The Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium is held each October in honor of The W's most famous alumna. A diverse group of Southern writers and scholars are invited to present their work. A highlight of the symposium is the announcement of the Eudora Welty Prize for an unpublished book of scholarship. All Symposium events will be […]
Margaret Renkl Author of The Comfort of Crows In The Comfort of Crows, bestselling author Margaret Renkl presents fifty-two chapters that follow the creatures and plants in her backyard over the course of a year. As she takes us through the seasons, she introduces us to both joy at the ongoing pleasures of the natural […]
Our celebration of this Mexican tradition is back with our annual Day of the Dead altar. Students in Professor Erinn Holloway’s Spanish class will give a gallery talk about the tradition in front of the installation. We are adding Guatemalan Day of the Dead kites to the celebration this year. Kite-making workshops will open to […]
