Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice: HER TXSU Takes Over The Tiger walk to Encourage Community and Accountability Among TSU Women

HER TXSU E-Board Erin Carson (left), Taniyah Modisette (middle), and Namaya Levine (right) at HER TXSU Business Monday on the Tiger walk 

From securing the right to vote in 1920 to being able to contend as a presidential candidate, women continue to trailblaze and dynamically change social norms. 

HER Texas Southern University (TXSU), a women’s centric organization, has accepted the challenge of defying societal standards on what a woman’s role should consist of by committing to fostering a community where women feel empowered and a sense of sisterhood. 

On Monday, October 21, HER TXSU held a “Business Monday” event on the Tiger walk to encourage women to “dress for success” to feel their most confident as they journey toward professional development, while also implementing accountability and intentionality among women through their college experience. 

“Business Monday is through our business development branch. We get together in our business casual and professional clothing and we make a story,” said Co-philanthropy director Taniyah Modisette. “We ask each other everything necessary to make sure we are bettering one another. We could talk and socialize all day but what’s important is that we all get to where we need to go, so it’s like what are we doing to get there?” 

For many, including Raeanna Hall President of HER TXSU, being in a new environment can be intimidating. Hall shares the importance of joining an organization and how it has benefitted her. 

“Being a part of an organization allows you to grow as a person, especially in college,” said Hall. “It’s kind of hard to meet people. Being in an organization allows you to be around like-minded people, as well as people who have the same common goal such as getting internships, excelling in school, and just being the best part of yourself.”

An excerpt from a scholarly article contests how students attending a Historically Black College or University feel a greater sense of support by being part of a social network. 

“Several years after Fleming, Robert B. Davis (1991) used the National Study of Black College Students (NSBCS) to survey 888 African American students at HBCUs. Davis found that more than twice as many African American students at HBCUs found that campus extracurricular activities reflected their interests and that African Americans at HBCUs had benefited more 

from “social support networks.”

Miss HER TXSU Christian Wash (pink suit) on the Tiger walk interacting at HER TXSU Business Monday

Miss HER TXSU Christian Wash testifies to that finding, as she has personally felt the positive impact of being part of HER TXSU. 

“I remember looking up HER TXSU on Instagram and being instantly obsessed,” said Wash. “It was everything women empowerment, everything sisterhood. It was literally the perfect organization I had been craving since high school. It’s so hard to approach people as groups,” she continued. “I feel like with HER TXSU that’s our biggest thing, we’re always so approachable.” 

As gender roles continue to change, HER TXSU takes on the task of lifting other women up at Texas Southern University. 

For more information on events and how to join HER TXSU, visit @hertxsu on Instagram.

By: Jada B. Terry