In honor of Women’s History Month, the Women’s Leadership Council hosted its 3rd annual “Hatitude” Bows and Brims Tea Party Wednesday evening.
The First Lady of the Church Without Walls, Sheretta West, attended the tea party, as she does every year. Standing beside a display of hats, West asserted her love for hats. “The hat does not make the woman; the woman makes the hat. That is what ‘hatitude’ is all about,” she said.
The party began with a parade of women entering the MSC ballroom wearing fanciful hats with the young men of B.L.A.C.K. Each lady was greeted at the door and escorted to her table by one of the gentlemen present.
Dr. Michael McFrazier, Vice Provost and Dean of the Northwest Houston Center, spoke briefly on the concept of chivalry. “If you ladies will expect chivalry, young men will surely rise to the occasion.” In keeping with the spirit of chivalry, ladies were served tea first.
The council struck up conversation by reading a quote by actress, dancer, activist, and author Shirley MacLaine: “I don’t need a man to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.”
The dialogue question was based on the importance of knowing who you are as a person before getting to know someone else in a relationship. The discussion among the tea party guests was focused around the idea of women looking for a relationship to make them complete.
Miss PVAMU Tiffany Ward said, “Women’s history should be celebrated not just for one month, but all year round.”
Junior biology major and member of B.L.A.C.K. Brian Anyanwu said, “It was a different experience. I’m not used to being in a tea party setting.”
To conclude the evening, the Women’s Leadership Council announced senior agricultural economics major Gabrielle Washington as the winner of the Women’s History Month writing contest.