CARRBORO, N.C. – The Town of Carrboro recognizes Friday, March 8, 2024 as International Women’s Day and March 2024 as Women’s History Month.
These observances offer an opportunity to celebrate the contributions that women of every race, class, ethnic background and gender identity have made to the social, cultural and economic life of the community.
“The Women’s History Month theme for 2024 is ‘Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion,’” Mayor Foushee said. “Women continue to be at the forefront as they work against bias and discrimination to ensure fairer and more equitable outcomes.”
Women are serving in leadership roles throughout the Town of Carrboro organization, including several as department heads; and, since the election of Alderman Mary Riggsbee in 1971 and Mayor Ruth West in 1975, the people of Carrboro have been proudly electing women to local office, including currently serving Mayor Barbara Foushee and Council Member Randee Haven-O’Donnell.
A great woman poet named Nikki Giovanni once said, “Deal with yourself as an individual worthy of respect, and make everyone else deal with you the same way.”
International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month offer a reminder that all attempts to subjugate women, erode women’s rights, and promote and defend gender-based violence—whether in our homes, our workplaces, or our legislatures—must be resisted.
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