Every now and then we ask others to help give us a window into a given special event. This time around we were very fortunate to get the perspectives of Juel Pate Borders-Benson, M.D., one of the participants of the National Women’s History event held last week at The New Schools at Carver. Her insights were so heartfelt and information, we’ll let Dr. Borders-Benson take it from there …
I am honored to give reflections on the timely, well planned, informative, inspirational Carver Early College National Women’s History Month Program held on March 26.
The setting: I had not been on the campus since the erection of the New Schools at Carver. I had passed the campus on the Jonesboro Road side several times, but had not walked on the campus since 1952. Then, the institutions were Carver Vocational School and Gammon Theological Seminary. You can imagine the joy, surprise and delight that I experienced when I was directed to the combination library, assembly room in the Carver Early College. Every possible space had books, pictures, posters, study/reading areas, plants, with bright colors to stimulate the mind, and soul.