Looking for a place to take your lunch break or host a small meeting? The Sarah Doyle Women's Center is open during the summer and available for room reservations, especially for meetings and events related to women and gender. Amenities include cozy meeting spaces, access to a kitchen, complimentary tea, and AC. We also have a lovely patio that's perfect for those warm summer days and a privacy room available for nursing mothers. Please contact Felicia_Salinas@brown.edu to request space or for more information. 

Intersections Returns for Summer!
Every Other Tuesday at 4 p.m. Starting July 8
SDWC Lounge, 26 Benevolent St.

Whether your summer project has you stumped and you need a sounding board or you desperately need to share your thoughts about the shocking current event overtaking your Facebook feed, Intersections is the place for you! We talk, brainstorm, and eat snacks. Use the flexibility of the summer schedule to drop by and meet us. All are welcome!

Intersections is a graduate student discussion group that welcomes individuals who are interested in discussing the many ways race, gender, sexuality, capitalism, war, nationality and other social forces structure society, lives, and experiences. The group talks about how these forces play out in current events, popular culture, local and national politics, and in our own experiences.

Summer Patio Party
Thursday, July 17 at 5:30 p.m., 26 Benevolent St.

Summer is here and that means outdoor parties! Leave your carrel or your lab and come cool off in the beautiful greenery of the Sarah Doyle Women's Center patio. We will have refreshing beverages including wine, delicious snacks, and comfy outdoor seating. Catch up with friends, make some new ones, and soak up Providence's beautiful summer evenings. All grads, postdocs, and their friends and family are welcome. Hope to see you there! Email Sara_Matthiesen@brown.edu with any questions.

Reducing Stress with Mindfulness: A Workshop with Bita Shooshani
August 13 at 4 p.m.
Location: TBD

Neuroscience research is showing that mindfulness meditation can be incredibly effective for reducing stress and anxiety. Take an hour and a half this summer to get acquainted with the related practices of mindfulness and meditation; you will thank yourself once fall rolls around. Bita Shooshani will lead this experiential workshop where we will learn and practice basic meditation skills for stress reduction. All are welcome.

Workshop on Trauma and Learning with Janet Isserlis
SDWC Lounge, 26 Benevolent St., Date TBA

Media coverage of trigger warnings on college syllabi has sparked a debate about whether or not these kinds of notifications belong in the classroom. Regardless of one's stance on trigger warnings themselves, these discussions have forced the issue of how trauma affects teaching and learning. If you've been puzzling over this issue, or have your own ideas, please join us for a discussion on approaches to dealing with trauma in learning environments. Janet Isserlis will facilitate a conversation on different kinds of trauma and their various levels of visibility and acceptance, and best practices for making space for students' experiences while teaching. Janet Isserlis has worked with adult immigrants and refugees since 1980, and has thought and written about the relationship between trauma and learning. All are welcome, please bring your own questions and thoughts! Date TBA.

The SDWC will be concluding its yearlong 40th anniversary celebration with a symposium featuring Brown alumnae in the Spring.  More details to come as the date gets closer.

If you are an alumna who used to staff at or spend time at the SDWC, we want to hear from you!  Please send us an e-mail to sdwc@brown.edu to let us know what you've been up to since graduating from Brown.  We hope that you can join us for our symposium!