By Angelita Faller

GRAMBLING, LOUISIANA – Interim President Cynthia Warrick and Mayor Pro-Tempore Roy Jackson signed proclamations on Tuesday declaring March Women’s History Month at Grambling State University and in the city of Grambling.

Grambling will celebrate the convocation of Women’s History Month on Tuesday, March 17, at 11 a.m. in T.H. Harris Auditorium. The featured speaker is Margarita Anderson, founder of the Empowerment Experiment and author of “Our Black Year: One Family’s Quest to Buy Black in America’s Racially Divided Economy.”

Anderson and her family lived exclusively off Black business and talent by buying only Black-made products for an entire year. Their experiment resulted in a landmark study conducted by Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business.

For Warrick, Women’s History Month means a chance to inspire more women to pursue leadership positions in higher education.

“Women make up only two percent of presidents for the 2,870 four-year universities in the U.S. I’m proud to be a woman leader at GSU, but we need more women represented in the top leadership position at universities, simply because women represent the majority of students in higher education today,” she said.

The signing was observed by members of the Epsilon Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., of Grambling, who sported pink blazers to show their support.

As part of the month long celebration, the chapter placed informational materials in Grambling laboratory schools.

“Women’s History Month traces its beginnings to the first International Women’s Day in 1911, and is celebrated throughout the state and nation, especially at governmental agencies and institutions of higher education.  We are honored that the women of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and the City of Grambling partner with Grambling State University to recognize National Women’s History Week,” Warrick said.

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