By TEVIN STINSON
The Chronicle
On Saturday, May 3, The Legacy Foundation for Women hosted its annual EmpowerHer Parade and Festival
The parade started at the intersection of Fourth and Broad Streets, continued east on Fourth St. and turned right on Liberty St. and ended at Corpening Plaza where the festival was held. County Commissioner Malishai Woodbury served as Grand Marshall for the parade.
Woodbury, who is a native of Winston-Salem, represents District B on the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners. A graduate of Carver High School, she served as a county commissioner before serving on the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (WS/FCS) Board of Education. She is the first Black person to serve as chair of the board.
The EmpowerHer Parade and Festival is typically held in March, which is International Women’s History Month, but this year it was moved closer to Mother’s Day. Dr. Alicia Bailey, founder and CEO of the Legacy Foundation for Women, said the idea of the parade is to unite women of all races and provide free resources for women.
The mission of the Legacy Foundation for Women is “to support women and girls of color through scholarship funds and award recognition and humanitarian efforts.”
For more informally about The Legacy Foundation for Women, visit https://legacyfoundationforwomen.com.