Reynolds Community College recently recognized
Women’s History Month with a celebration entitled “Empowerment: Connecting the
Past, Present and Future” in the Workforce Development Conference Center
located on the Parham Road Campus.
The celebration, sponsored by the
college’s Multicultural Enrichment Council, featured established women from our
community sharing their paths to success and young women from Virginia Union
University, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Richmond and
Reynolds Community College talking about their future plans and goals.
The program featured a luncheon with keynote
speaker Del. Jennifer McClellan, Virginia House of Delegates. Other event speakers included Christy
Coleman, President and CEO of the American Civil War Center at Tredegar,
Allison Bogdanovic, Executive Director, Virginia Supportive Housing, Patience
Salgado, Social Impact Artist and Kindness Worker, Paula Peters and Tracy
Gilpin of Reynolds Community College, Wanda Hernandez of Virginia Commonwealth
University, Wei Kang of the University of Richmond, and Jasmin McKay of
Virginia Union University. Reba Hollingsworth of “CBS 6 This Morning” served as
mistress of ceremonies for the fifth year.
“Helping to carry my parents’ legacy
is making sure every child in Virginia, whether they grow up in Gilpin Court,
or Galax or Fairfax County, that they have access to a high quality and free
public education and they have the resources and the confidence so they can be
whomever they want to be,” noted McClellan. “Somewhere out there is a little
girl that is just a nerdy as me, just as curious as me, that maybe does not
have the same resources I had. My job is to give it to her.”
