WCCS to host Women's History Month symposiums on healthcare, law

Wallace Community College Selma will host two Women's History Month symposiums on March 30 and 31. 

The March 30 symposium, titled “How to Work in Unity to Make Our Communities Safer,” will cover law and government at 2 p.m. 

It will be moderated by Judge Jo Celeste Pettway, WCCS Foundation Board member, with a panel that includes: Senator Malika Sanders Fortier, Alabama State Senate District 23; Judge Vernetta Perkins, Dallas County District Judge; Attorney Azzie Taylor, Montgomery County Chief Deputy District Attorney; Interim Chief Ramona Harris, Montgomery Police Department; and Councilor Marche Johnson, Montgomery City Council District 3.

The March 31 symposium at 10 a.m. is titled “Healthcare Issues Affecting African American Women”. 

It will be moderated by Dr. Carol Jefferson Ratcliffe, Professor and Chair, Department of Healthcare Administration and Informatics, School of Public Health at Samford University. 

Guest panelists will include: Dr. Tracey Shannon, Interim Dean, School of Nursing, Tuskegee University; Dr. Brittany Anderson, Family Internal Physician, Assistant Professor of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine, University of Alabama; Mrs. Marilyn Scott, Associate Chief Nurse of Geriatrics, Central Alabama Veterans Healthcare Systems; Dr. Beverly Bell-Shambley, Clinical Psychologist, President of BBL Consulting, Inc.; and Dr. Tiffany Maycock, Associate Professor, Program Director, UAB Selma's Family Medicine Residency Program.

Both symposiums will take place at the WCCS Hank Sanders Technology Center, Room 112.