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Crystal Killingsworth In celebration of Women\u2019s History Month, Jackson State University\u2019s Ambassadors for the Women\u2019s Council of Philanthropy hosted a t-shirt celebration at the campus\u2019 Welcome Center on March 19.<\/p>\n The Welcome Center was filled with women of all ages buying the $10 t-shirts with the words \u201cI AM A JACKSONIAN WOMAN\u201d written on them to support the month dedicated to women\u2019s recognition.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re just a group of women with like minded ideas that want to express our interest in giving back,\u201d said Amber Brown, a\u00a0 junior\u00a0 marketing major from East St. Louis Ill. \u201cI have always had a\u00a0 natural passion for giving back.\u201d<\/p>\n The Women\u2019s Council, originally founded on May 15, 2007, serves as a conjoining unit to the universities Development Foundation to promote awareness of philanthropy on the campus. The program is one of many created to attract and develop students interaction in an effort to expand leadership, scholarship, and mentorship toward a lifelong commitment to improving the University.<\/p>\n The purpose of the Jackson State Women\u2019s Council for Philanthropy is to change the face of philanthropy for individuals from diverse backgrounds to see themselves as philanthropists through leadership, scholarship, and mentorship.<\/p>\n According to the Philanthropy Institute at Indiana University, women are becoming increasingly strong economic players in today\u2019s day in age. \u201cIncome and education are key predictors of philanthropic behavior and women have increasing access to both.\u201d In fact, some estimate that by 2030, women will control as much as two-thirds of the nation\u2019s wealth.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe believe that women are transforming the workplace, the home, and the community because of their numbers, their earning power, and their commitment to philanthropy,\u201d<\/p>\n Said Shontrice Garrett, a math education major from East St. Louis, Ill. is one of the student ambassadors of the program and said.<\/p>\n Montique Clark, administrative assistant in the Elementary and Early Childhood Department said the group of students caught her attention with the information that was distributed out to the campus and email concerning women\u2019s philanthropy.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just very excited and overwhelmed to see the number of students, faculty and staff,\u201d said Clark.\u00a0 \u201cAnyway that I can assist the students, come out and spread the word, encourage, motivate, build and grow, that\u2019s what I\u2019m here for.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Crystal Killingsworth Staff Writer In celebration of Women\u2019s History Month, Jackson State University\u2019s Ambassadors for the Women\u2019s Council of Philanthropy hosted a t-shirt celebration at…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_post_options":"{}","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3579"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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