Rain can’t dampen the spirits at International Women’s Legacy Parade

By Felecia Piggott-Long, Ph.D. Despite the rain showers on Saturday, March 9, girls and women of all ages proudly marched down Fourth Street in downtown Winston-Salem to celebrate the International Women’s Day Parade. The parade’s purpose is to promote and support the economic development of local women-owned businesses and organizations in our city. Various organizations, businesses, marching bands, dance teams, step teams, schools, churches, and others came together to march in the second annual Women’s Legacy Parade during Women’s History Month. Dr. Alicia Bailey, the founder and CEO of the Legacy Foundation for Women and of the Women’s Legacy Parade, helped lead the parade, along with Councilmember Barbara Burke, who served as the Grand Marshal of the parade. “I rode at the very front of the parade. The rainy, cold weather did not stop me because I am committed to what I believe to be a great opportunity,” said Burke. “I was proud to be the Grand Marshal. Locally, this was an opportunity for us to celebrate women in Winston-Salem who are doing phenomenal things. Young girls who will soon be adults need to see role models. This is more than a dream. These careers are reality.”  Renee Vaughn of...