30th Annual Women of Color Luncheon: Tickets nearly gone

The Women of Color Luncheon is one of several events during WVU’s annual Diversity Week, held this year Oct. 8-13, and sponsored by the Division for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Tickets for the luncheon are $18 per individual, and reservations can also be made for tables of eight or 10. Tickets are very limited now and we expect to sell out by the end of the week, if not sooner.

The luncheon, which will take place Oct. 11 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. The luncheon is an attempt to connect and inspire the campus and the community. This year, the luncheon will welcome the Honorable Meshea Poore as the keynote speaker.

The Honorable Meshea Poore served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from 2009-2014. Poore passionately advocates for equality and justice from the courthouse to the White House. She was nationally recognized and named a “Game Changer” during her U.S. House of Representatives campaign for the WV 2nd Congressional District and is seen as a rising star in politics. She has mentored and consulted with hundreds of elected officials throughout the nation as they seek higher office.  

Poore earned her bachelor's degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C., her law degree from Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, LA and is a graduate of the Women's Campaign School at Yale University. She is a former adjunct professor at West Virginia State University. Additionally, she served as faculty at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University and will be serving as a CAWP New Leadership faculty member at Gonzaga and Villanova University. Poore is an accomplished and sought after motivational speaker, public and political leadership consultant and strategist. Earlier this year, Poore was installed as president of the West Virginia State Bar becoming the first African-American woman since the 1947 inception of the Bar to hold this position.