International Women’s Day

By Brandi Matthews

Society has often said that women can’t get along, we can’t be friends. That we must view one another as threats instead of support, as competition instead of community. 

That narrative is false. 

This is what it looks like when women reject division, stand shoulder to shoulder and choose each other. 

We are better together. When we choose collaboration over competition, friendship over feuding and togetherness over division, there is an undeniable power we carry. 

No more shrinking. No more comparing. We will show up fully for ourselves and for one another. 

We are necessary to each other. 

This year’s International Women’s Day theme was “Give to Gain.” When women are supported, respected, and given space to lead..... EVERYONE WINS. 

Stronger families. 

Stronger communities. 

A stronger world. 

Inspirational women don’t just exist in history books. They are all around us. 

So here’s to every woman doing her thang. 

Keep making HERstory. 

Keep being bold. Keep being radical. 

Keep being a force to be reckoned with. 

BE YOU. 

And I’m inviting every woman to join me next year, Saturday, March 6, 2027 at 11AM on the steps of City Hall in Downtown Goldsboro as proof that…. YES WE CAN & YES WE WILL.