We are half-way through the first semester of this academic year, with a wonderful student staff, many of whom are working at SDWC for the first time. Many have spent hours in the center before—studying or visiting or coming to programs—and we are happy to welcome them here in a new way. We also are grateful to our returning staff for their commitment and expertise.

It is especially important this semester that our staff is so talented, creative, and dependable because we had to say goodbye in early October to our incomparable assistant director, Felicia Salinas-Moniz, when she moved on to become the director of the women’s resource center at the University of California Riverside. Felicia truly helped make Sarah Doyle a more welcoming and dynamic place during her years here as the graduate assistant and then as assistant director. She had a real knack for hiring remarkable students, for welcoming graduate and undergraduate student parents into the center, for being an open and caring presence, and for working so extraordinarily well with faculty and staff throughout the university. We wish her the best of luck in her new position. And we are grateful to Maura Pavalow who has stepped in as our assistant director in the interim.

–Gail Cohee, Director

Thursday, November 4, 6-8 PM
SDWC Library

Join us for a library open house this Thursday, November 4, from 6–8 PM! Enjoy some cookies and cider and learn about what our library has to offer. Questions? Email the Library Coordinator at sage_fanucchi-funes@brown.edu.

The Sarah Doyle Women's Center library has over 4000 volumes and films available. We also subscribe to a variety of scholarly journals, news journals, and magazines. We often have books that the main library does not have! Our library is feminist-minded and explores feminist writing and its intersections. We have a vast selection that is always growing! Please check out our online catalogue to keep up to date on our collection.

Friday, November 6
1:00–4:30 PM
Granoff Center, Martinos Auditorium

Organized around feminist and queer approaches to performance and unconventional archives, this event brings interdisciplinary scholars Deb Vargas (UC Riverside) and Dixa Ramírez (Yale) and renown performance artist Nao Bustamante together to discuss Latina 'suciedad' (dirtyness) and abjection as the basis for politicized aesthetics.

Moderated by Leticia Alvarado, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies, Brown University.

A CSREA Faculty Grant Event. Co-sponsored by the U.S. Latino Studies Fund, American Studies at Brown University, Pembroke Center at Brown University, Brown University Cogut Center for the Humanities, Women's History Month and the Sarah Doyle Women's Center, Latino Heritage Series of the Brown Center for Students of Color, TAPS at Brown, Office of Institutional Diversity, and the Granoff Center / Creative Arts Council.

Facebook event here. 

Manju Shandler is a mixed media artist, whose solo exhibition ZIZ will be showing in the Sarah Doyle Gallery from Nov. 4 – Dec. 4.

Artist Talk:
Monday, Nov. 9, 12-1 PM
SDWC Lounge

Gallery Opening:
Monday, Nov. 9, 6-8 PM
SDWC Gallery

Artist's Statement:
I am a visual storyteller creating narrative imagery imbued with elastic meaning. My visual mythology explores the process of mankind corrupting the natural world in pursuit of progress. My mixed media paintings, tapestries, and sculptures are a meditation on current events presented as a psychological landscape that build upon established story lines in pursuit of ordering madness in dense and complicated times.

My artwork reflects on the past, while it probes the future. The blueprint of how I create work can be broken down like this: I isolate a contemporary phenomenon, find a myth or story with relevance, and illustrate their intersection, using an arsenal of imagery and echniques assembled through research and intuition.

GenderAction is proud to present Trans Week 2015! Trans Week is a series of programming intended to raise consciousness around trans identities and issues of cissexism. Co-sponsored by the LGBTQ Center. See Facebook event for details. 

Wednesday, November 11, 8-10 PM
SDWC Lounge

Do you like making people laugh? Join student comedian Chelsea Fernando to talk about stand-up comedy and develop some material of your own. All experience levels welcome. Bring a few ideas. Questions? Email nico_sedivy@brown.edu. Facebook event here.

Vowel Singing at SDWC is a student group that enjoys making sound using our voices. Singing/toning is a physical and psychological practice that can reduce stress and give you an opportunity to listen to yourself. Most importantly, it's fun! Exhalation of deep breath and feeling vibrations created by voice can be relaxing and meditative. Everyone is welcome and no previous singing or music training required. Led by Akiko Hatakeyama (akiko_hatakeyama@brown.edu). 

Every Wednesday, 4:30–5:00 PM
SDWC Lounge