Students begins week of women appreciation, discussion, poetry among the events planned
Mary McConner and the men of the RHO Delta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha would like to dedicate this week to women.
The group is hosting Women’s Week 2010, a week-long series of events for Women’s History Month.
“I feel it’s nice to show you appreciate them, and I just think of great programs to help spread a message to all the women here,” said McConner, a Detroit graduate student.
“Message to my Sisters,” seven monologues about different women’s issues, takes place at 8:15 p.m. Thursday in the Education and Human Services Building’s French Auditorium. Doors will close once the event begins.
McConner wrote the monologues, and each one will be performed by a female student.
Bath junior John Ketchum expects Thursday’s event to be the most enjoyable.
“It’s about different issues women go through. It’s more interactive and a lot more entertaining because it’s women’s emotions shown through a play,” Ketchum said. “They’ve worked so hard on it; they’ve been working on it for two months.”
The week-long program closes with a poetry contest for poems about women at 7:08 p.m. Friday in Saxe Hall’s basement.
McConner said men are encouraged to participate throughout the week.
“Just because the events are about women doesn’t mean that men can’t take part in the conversations,” she said. “We have some great events; some have never been done before. They’re absolutely free, you will learn a lot and it’s educational.”
