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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 the festival. 10 AM, Noon/12 PM, 2:30 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM For more information, please click here: https://www.muw.edu/musicbywomen. These events are free and open […]
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 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 […]
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 with the fight for gender equality. On International Women’s Day, show your support for women everywhere and remind others that this month is full of […]
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 the League of Women Voters in Mississippi! This nonpartisan political organization encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public […]
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. The school would go on to become The W.
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 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 […]
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 African American woman to serve in the US Congress; in 1972, she became both the first woman and the first African American to compete in […]
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 a cash donation or an item from the list below to the 2nd floor of Cochran Hall between 9 AM and 5 PM to support […]
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 contest and a water balloon fight at the Gazebo on Bryan Green. All proceeds from raffle sales and entry fees will be donated to Safe […]
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 begin the march at the steps of Cochran Hall at 4 PM. If you’re able, bring a donation to the 2nd floor of Cochran Hall […]
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 of those who risked all they had for women’s right to vote – their jobs, their homes, their children, and even their lives.” (Focus Features […]