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POSTPONED: Becoming: A Screening + Community Discussion

 

Due to inclement weather, this event has been rescheduled to March 26. We will notify you when registration reopens. 

Join YWCA Central Carolinas + Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture for an inspiring screening and discussion of the critically acclaimed biographical documentary, Becoming for Black History Month. The film coincides with Michelle Obama’s best-selling book of the same title. The powerful film showcases the first Black First Lady’s book tour while also taking a deep dive into her evolution and how we are all in a constant state of “becoming”.

“For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end.”

-Michelle Obama

If you have any questions, please email Jamila Green at [email protected]

Becoming Screening and Discussion

We Believe 2025​

YWCA’s annual We Believe event is our single biggest fundraiser each year, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to support all of YWCA’s programs, including transitional housing programs for women and children facing homelessness, out-of-school literacy programs for children in low-income households, and racial justice programs that educate and mobilize our community. 

Our We Believe 2025 event will take place on March 4, 2025. 

Want to see the keynote speeches and videos from our past annual We Believe events? Check out YWCA’s Youtube playlist!

To learn more about YWCA’s We Believe fundraiser, visit our We Believe event page. 

Philanthropy Contact

To learn how you can be involved in our events, how to sponsor an event or any other questions, please contact our Chief Philanthropy Officer, Sarah Lanners Avinger, at 980-585-0498 or [email protected].