The Office for Church Relations will host a free women\u2019s conference on Feb. 23 and 24 in association with Multicultural Student Services (MSS) and the Black Student Association (BSA). The conference, titled \u201cFor Christian Girls,\u201d will be led by five women from Atlanta and will focus on topics facing many Christian women, including depression, domestic violence and healing after hurt.<\/p>\n
Alexander Jamerison, director of diversity, said this event will be a first for the university in many ways. Jamerison said he looks forward to the precedent it will set.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t have African-American perspective necessarily being spoken into our university from this type of position,\u201d Jamerison said. \u201cThis is something that we need to do. \u2026 for the women on campus \u2026 and just for the university as a whole to start moving us in a direction that we need to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
LaShaun Wright, trustee board member, is the founder of For Christian Girls. She is the daughter of Howard Wright, who in 1968 became one of the first two black students to earn a degree from Harding and now serves as a member of the board of trustees. Wright will be one of the five women to speak at the conference. Jamerison said the women have impactful stories to share.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have something to offer,\u201d Jamerison said. \u201cNot just their African-American perspective, but their spiritual perspective and their life experience. That\u2019s the kind of the thing that I hope people will get from this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tiffany Byers, director of MSS, said she thinks this event will be an encouraging experience of fellowship and growth for the women who attend.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor Christian Girls conference is important because issues that affect women are often overlooked,\u201d Byers said. \u201cIt is my hope that women at Harding will be empowered to persevere beyond whatever struggles they have.\u201d<\/p>\n
Junior Makayla Twigg, event planner for BSA, said she is excited to attend a spiritual conference led by black women.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the speakers being African-American, it will just be different from what we usually hear here at Harding,\u201d Twigg said. \u201cI think that it\u2019s good to hear different people. \u2026 with different perceptions, especially for us as black students hearing somebody that might\u2019ve come from the same kind of place as us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Twigg said she thinks this event will be especially powerful for African-American women, but that it is open to all.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery time we have an event, people think that just because it\u2019s Black Student Association hosting it, that only black people can come,\u201d Twigg said. \u201cThat\u2019s not the case. … It\u2019ll just be a different perspective for them to see.\u201d<\/p>\n
The conference will begin on Friday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m., and continues on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. Registration is open until Feb. 19. To register, visit harding.edu\/churchrelations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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