We are ecstatic to be able to share with you our full calendar for Brown's Women's History Month 2015: Envisioning Feminist Futures​. With the month including the Sarah Doyle Women's Center 40th Anniversary Symposium and speakers like Reina Gossett, Sarah Koenig, and Christine Vachon, our programming highlights feminist movements and advocacy with an eye to the future. Collectively, the month aims to prompt reflection on the strong history of social change based around our center, as well as inspire a continuation of social progress on our campus.

Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements is an anthology best described as visionary fiction co-edited by adrienne maree brown and Walidah Imarisha.

Wednesday, March 4th

Talk: 5-6PM, Wilson 102

Workshop: 6-8PM, Wilson 101

RSVP for the workshop here. 

Sunday, March 8th

1:30PM, LIST 110

Outdoor recreation has long been seen as a white man's activity, which constrains the authority and autonomy of those who do not fit into the rugged outdoorsman norm. We will discuss barriers to entry along gender, race, and class, and brainstorm solutions to combat them.

Sponsored by BOLT and WHM

Thursday, March 12th

4:30-6:30PM, Faculty Club, Huttner Room

Join us in this networking and community building event with students, faculty, and staff. RSVP at tinyurl.com/WOC-Reception-2015.

Sponsored by SDWC and BCSC

Friday, March 13th

3-4:30PM, Smith-Buonanno 106

Christine Vachon '83, co-founder of Killer Films Production, has produced a range of award-winning films such as Poison, Far From Heaven, Boys Don't Cry and I Shot Andy Warhol. Come for a talk and reception with Christine Vachon as part of the "Brazenly Brown" Series and WHM.

Sponsored by Brown University's 250th Anniversary, Office of the President, Creative Arts Council, MCM Dept. and WHM

Friday, March 13th

12:30PM, Sarah Doyle Women's Center Lounge

Angela Mazaris, founder of the LGBTQ Center at Wake Forest University and Brown Alum, will be giving an informal talk on queer public hist​ory projects. Mazaris will explore how public history projects (oral histories, museums, archives, documentaries) document gay, lesbian, and queer communities in the U.S. Registration required.

Saturday, March 14th

9AM-5PM, Petteruti Lounge

Our symposium will discuss the activist history of the Center and the different ways SDWC and Brown alumnae have put feminist theory into action. Visit this link to register.

Sponsored by SDWC, WHM, Imagine Brown 250+, Institutional Diversity, Office of the President, BCSC, JNBC, Multicultural Alumni Committee, and American Studies

Monday, March 16th

Workshop: 5PM, BCSC Classroom

Performance: 7PM, Metcalf Auditorium

Franny Choi '11, a writer, spoken word artist, & teaching artist for Project VOICE, will be performing a small collection of her pieces as well as leading a workshop on spoken word. RSVP to the workshop by filling out this form as space is limited.

Sponsored by Asian American Heritage Series and WHM

Tuesday, March 17th

Workshop: 5PM, Location TBD

Talk: 7PM, BERT130

Reina Gossett, the Activist-In-Residence at Barnard College's Center for Research on Women, will speak about her work in the LGBTQ movement, and the trans prison abolition movement, focusing on the intersections between race, class, and gender. She will lead a workshop on organizing in social justice movements. RSVP for the workshop by filling out this form.

Sponsored by WHM

Monday, March 30th

4-5PM, Location TBD

Sarah Koenig will be speaking about her career in radio and the power of story-telling. She has worked at the East Hampton Star, the New York Times, and since 2004, This American Life. In October 2014, Serial, a spin off podcast she hosted was released and soon became the number one podcast on iTunes.

Sponsored by the Swearer Center and WHM

Tuesday, March 31st

4PM, Memorial Room, Campus Center

Nora Fox '08 is a singer and song-writer currently living in New York City. Right now she is working on her debut album drawing from traditions of folk, soul, classical and pop music. She will be hosting a workshop for songwriting. Please RSVP by emailing sage_fanucchi-funes@brown.edu.

Sponsored by WHM