FLORENCE, AL - The Women of Action Speaker Series on the University of North Alabama campus is set to launch Feb. 17. The series is sponsored by Community Service and Outreach, the Mitchell-West Center for Social Inclusion, and the Center for Women's Studies.

"When the series began in the Fall of 2020, we wanted to showcase women in the community who excel in areas of civic engagement, education, business, and leadership," said Dr. Andrea Hunt, Founding Director of the Mitchell-West Center for Social Inclusion and Special Assistant to the Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. "This group of women is equally as talented and have contributed a great deal to the success of our community."

This semester's notable speakers include:

• Tori Bailey, Feb. 17, at 5:30 p.m.
• Chelsea Kauchik, March 17, at 5:30 p.m.
• Andrea Holt, April 21, at 5:30 p.m.

Each presentation will be via Zoom, and registration can be found at www.una.edu/socialinclusion/events, and additional information is at www.una.edu/womensstudies.

About The University of North Alabama

The University of North Alabama is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs through the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education and Human Sciences, and the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions. Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. UNA Athletics, a renowned collegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of the NCAA Division I's ASUN Big South Conference. The University of North Alabama is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate in the admission policy on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, disability, age, or national origin. For more: www.una.edu and www.una.edu/unaworks/