PIQUA — The Diversity Committee at Edison State Community College is celebrating Women’s History Month with a series of lecture and activity events.

Each event will feature guest speakers who will focus on various topics that have impacted women’s history.

• Throughout the month of March, the Diversity Committee will collect household supplies to donate to local women’s shelters. Donations may be placed in the barrels at the Piqua campus. Items to donate include, but are not limited to, cleaning supplies, kitchen supplies, air fresheners, baby wipes, and Swiffer dusters.

• March 19: “Women in Shelters” will be presented by Amanda Partington, director of New Choices, a women’s shelter in Sidney. Partington will talk about the struggles faced by women in shelters in the local area. The lecture will be in Room 456 at 10:45 a.m.

• March 21: A card-making activity will be led by Carolyn Jackson, Edison State adjunct faculty member and owner of Carolyn’s Creations. Jackson will offer supplies and instructions for making encouragement cards, which will be presented to women in local shelters. The activity will be in the cafeteria from 12:30 to 3 p.m.

• March 26: The Women and Social Activism Lecture will be presented by Edison State English professor and founding member of the Diagon Valley Chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance Beka Lindeman. Lindeman will discuss the social activism lessons learned from the Harry Potter Alliance’s Hermione Granger Leadership Academy and relate them to helping marginalized women. The discussion will be in Room 456 at 10:45 a.m.

Additionally, visitors are invited to share their stories on the poster boards around campus. All Women’s History Month events are free of charge and open to the community. To view a complete list of upcoming Women’s History Month events, visit www.edisonohio.edu/diversity events.

For more information, email [email protected].