Special Events
- Events
- Special Events
Music by Women Festival 2023
Poindexter Music Hall 305 Ginkgo Lane, Columbus, MS, United StatesJoin the W Department of Music as we host our annual Music by Women Festival! Alongside lectures, we have 5 concerts a day you can attend during the duration of […]
Standing on My Sisters’ Shoulders Film Screening & Discussion
Tiered Classroom Fant Memorial LibraryJoin 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 […]
Wear White & Purple for International Women’s Day
The W Campus 1100 College Street, Columbus, United StatesThe suffragettes in both the US & the UK adopted white and purple as symbols of their movement; ever since, people have worn these colors as a sign of solidarity […]
League of Women Voters Launch Party
Gail P. Gunter Multi-Purpose RoomIf you want to get more informed and involved in state and local politics, or you want to help others do the same, come check out the newest chapter of […]
Charter Day
On this date in 1884, the Mississippi state legislature passed the charter founding the Industrial Institute and College (II&C), the first publicly funded college for women in the United States. […]
A Conversation with Dr. Flonzie Brown Wright
Kossen Auditorium (Inside Poindexter Hall)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 […]
Shirley Chisholm Film Screening & Discussion
Nissan Auditorium (Inside Parkinson Hall)Join I.D.E.A.L. Woman for a film screening and discussion of Shirley Chisholm, the perfect introduction to the subject of this year’s Swain Speaker Series. In 1968, Chisholm became the first […]
A Walk in Her Shoes Donation Day
Cochran Hall 1205 3rd Avenue South, Columbus, MS, United StatesSPB, I.D.E.A.L Women, and The W’s Council of Family Relations are accepting donations for the Sally Kate Winters Family Services or Life Choices Pregnancy Care Center. If you’re able, bring […]
Springfest
Bryan Green GazeboJoin us for Springfest, a spring festival collaboratively hosted by the Interclub Council–a body representing all of The W’s 4-year social clubs. This year’s celebration will include a riff-off karaoke […]
A Walk in Her Shoes Campus March
Cochran Hall 1205 3rd Avenue South, Columbus, MS, United StatesMarch with SPB, I.D.E.A.L Women, and The W’s Council of Family Relations in solidarity with women and children facing or recovering from domestic violence or navigating crisis pregnancies. We will […]
Suffragette Movie Night & Voter Registration
Nissan Auditorium (Inside Parkinson Hall)Join the History, Political Science, & Geography Club for a Women’s History Month-inspired movie night! Grab some snacks and settle in for Suffragette, which “movingly explores the passion and heartbreak […]