Each year we plan events that foster community building in and around Brown and the greater Providence community. We collaborate with campus partners to provide info sessions, study breaks, and wellness events; and we connect the campus community with local organizations who do work around issues of gender. We co-host the annual “Womxn of Color Reception,” with the Brown Center for Students of Color, which brings together students, staff, and faculty for an evening of affirmation and community.
Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender
Campus and Community Engagement Programs
Select Past Programs:
Radical Monarchs: Centering Girls of Color in Transformative Justice Movements
In October 2018, the Radical Monarchs founders, Marilyn Hollinquest and Anayvette Martinez, lead workshops with 65 students at Sophia Academy and Community Prep in Providence, RI. In addition, they gave a public lecture at Brown. In collaboration with the LGBTQ Center.
Download Radical Monarchs Poster (PDF)
Cookies and Community
In November 2017, the Sarah Doyle Center, CAPS, and the Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center collaborated to organize a stress-free break during midterms, which included various campus support resources. Over 100 students attended.
Download Cookies and Community Poster (PDF)
Creating Community Connection Series
This 2016-2017 series, in collaboration with the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage, brought local community organizations to campus for meet and greets with student, staff, and faculty.
The following organizations visited the center. Click the link to download the event poster (PDFs):
Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives (film screening) and New England Born (photo exhibit)
In April 2013, we collaborated with the Rhode Island Friends of Midwives to host a screening and panel discussion of the documentary film Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives and a photo exhibition of New England Born.
Additional Programs
The Masha Dexter Lecture on Gender, Sexuality, and Public Policy is an annual lecture held in memory of Masha Dexter ‘04.
In coordinating the Women's History Series (WHS), the Sarah Doyle Center staff develops a theme to build our programming around during the academic year.