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Pom Pom Mural - "bursting at the seams"
On display at the Sarah Doyle Center Gallery through April 8th
Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Brown ID swipe access or ring bell)
collaborative + collective
over the past few months, we’ve been making pompoms. from hosting pompom study sessions out of our center to staff making pompoms during a front desk shift to developing a “how-to” guide for other centers to host their own pompom-making sessions, pompoms have somehow filled up our center and also traveled beyond our space.
with the work of dozens of hands, our yarn-based mural has been able to come to life. each pompom has its own maker and its own character. together, though, they have become little collective bursts. do you see your pompom? do you see a pompom your friend made? maybe one that you didn’t make, but really love now that you’ve understood its making process?
process + reflection
while we each worked on our pompoms individually or in community and conversation over the span of months, it took a few scattered days to bring it all together on this wall.
we’re proud of how the final piece turned out, but we’re especially proud of the process. we decided on pompoms because they were a simple way for multiple people to collaborate without even fully realizing it. we had planning conversations and mood boards. ’s yarn mural technique was also especially integral to the linework on the mural.
The Sarah Doyle Center Staff invite folks, to hold and play with the pompoms in the basket–very texturally calming. we also invite folks to enjoy the space and reflect. what are you reminded of when you look at it?
-Claritza Maldonado, Curator and Sarah Doyle Center Graduate Student Coordinator
Mural Design Concept by Anya Semizhonova, Sarah Doyle Center Graphic Designer
The Brown Center for Students of Color, the Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender, and the Office of Institutional Equity & Diversity cordially invite you to The Womxn of Color Reception on Monday, April 11th, 2022 from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM at the Faculty Club. We invite wome/y/xn, femmes, trans-feminine, nonbinary and gender non-conforming people of color to gather for an evening of food, fellowship, and a celebration of our collective existence and resilience. This year's reception borrows the theme from the SDC's Women's History Series 2022 "Unhemmed.” Let us reclaim our agency. Light refreshments will be served.
*Note: Our use of the word “womxn” is meant to stress our inclusive approach to gender and gender identity. The “x” asserts that not everyone identifies within the gender binary. It is not meant to intentionally group nonbinary or gender non-conforming identities non-consensually into womxnhood or take away the womanhood of transwomen. It is a term to create synergy and community for those who undergo a similar type of experience as a result of gender identity and/or expression. Although not perfect, we know language is subjective, temporal, and fluid and hope we can move towards a place where our language meets the needs of vast identities.
Please RSVP by Monday, April 4th, 2022 at the link:
https://qrco.de/WOCReception
Many users with disabilities and different access rely on libraries for critical services. As libraries increasingly become the center of culture wars around issues like COVID protocols and book bans, people with disabilities need library spaces more just as they are being undermined. Many libraries lack basic accessibility, even as they are positioned to help people discover free accessible technology, information, and services. How can libraries move beyond accessibility to justice? How can libraries become more accessible in the first place? How can we develop relationships between library and Crip communities to work towards broader justice goals? How can we support library workers with disabilities? Join us for this presentation and Q + A. Masks required, thank you!
Malana Krongelb '19 is a disabled, Black, Jewish, q***r activist librarian. While a student at Brown she founded and curated the nationally recognized Malana Krongelb Zine Collection and co-founded Disability Justice at Brown. She will be graduating from Simmons University School of Library and Information Science this fall.
*CART Interpretation will be provided
*Room is equipped with a hearing loop
*Room is wheelchair accessible
RSVP here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSee1v7V21ptDTeQy6RnKozRh52mTW0rxYyXZJplN2_ZGDkguQ/viewform
Co-sponsored by the Disability Justice Student Initiative, Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender, and Women's History Series
Questions? Please email
[email protected]
The censorship of books has long permeated our political and cultural landscape. Books at the intersection of race, sexuality, and gender have been particular targets for censorship at school districts and libraries across the country. In this talk, Dr. Emily Knox, author of Book Banning in 21st Century America (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), will discuss the underpinnings of contemporary book bans and will provide recommendations for how to address book censorship in schools and public libraries. Immediately following the lecture will be a Q&A moderated by Dr. Kenvi Phillips, Director of Library Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Brown University Library. This event will be remote captioned.
RSVP here:
https://brown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oc2aU7vsSeGxtXJyOnpw9Q
Co-sponsored by the Brown University Library, LGBTQ Center, Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender, and the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy
Stop by the Main Geen to visit the Sarah Doyle Center library on wheels. There will be zines and a selection of books from the SDC’s library collection. Learn more about this valuable feminist resource, sign up for our enewsletter, and pick up a sweet treat!
https://brown.edu/go/SDClibrary
At the nexus of performance, diaspora, and digitality, Dr. Sarah Bruno will talk about her personal research on the Afro-Puerto Rican genre of bomba. Through Black feminist praxis, Dr. Sarah Bruno will share a cartography of Black Puerto Rican femme feeling, while also thinking through the limitations of care and affective abolition. RSVP here:
https://tinyurl.com/drsarahbruno
Examining the Evolution of Women at Brown: Where have we been and where are we going?
Join generations of Brunonian women for an all-alumnae community building event as we explore the evolving role of women at Brown through interactive and dynamic discussion.
Special welcome by President Christina H. Paxson with featured speaker Felicia Salinas-Moniz AM’06 PhD’13, Director of the Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender.
Followed by interactive breakout discussions facilitated by Brown alumnae.
Join us for the largest virtual gathering of Brown women in 130 years!
Presented by the Brown Women's Network and co-sponsored by The Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender and the Pembroke Center.
RSVP here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/examining-the-evolution-of-women-at-brown-tickets-266364953747
We're writing to share that poet Paul Tran will be visiting Brown next week on Monday, March 14 to conduct a generative workshop (1-3pm, Salomon 203) in collaboration with artist-in-residence Diana Khoi Nguyen, and to present a reading later in the day (6-7:30pm, Friedman 108). All are welcome to attend.
Paul Tran is the author of the debut poetry collection, All the Flowers Kneeling, from Penguin in the US and the UK. Their work appears in The New Yorker, Harper’s Bazaar, Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. A recipient of the Discovery/Boston Review Poetry Prize, as well as fellowships from the Poetry Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts, Paul is a Visiting Faculty at Pacific University MFA in Writing and a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University.
This event is brought to you by the Department of American Studies, the Sarah Doyle Center for Women & Gender, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, and the Brown Arts Institute.
In reflecting on her position within the academy–as a researcher, scholar, and practitioner–Dr. Sarah Bruno asks, “how can I be the best villain possible?” In this interactive workshop, Bruno invites participants to do the same. By discussing creative embodied practices, methods, digital work, and pedagogical practices, participants will engage in conversations and activities that may inform their own personal research practices. RSVP here:
https://tinyurl.com/drsarahbrunoworkshop
We invite avid crafters and those curious about working with their hands to gather for an afternoon of mindful making and exploration of what it means to cultivate creative wellness and care practices in feminist community, guided in collaboration with CAPS Assistant Director Hercilia Corona. Bring a work in progress or begin a new project with us! Yarn, needles and mini loom materials will be provided. Informal technique instruction will be available. RSVP here:
https://tinyurl.com/mindfulmaking
The Global Brown Center for International Students and the Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender invite you to join us for a day of community and celebration centered around the revolutionary lives of international women. Participate in activities, meet new friends, and pick up a dessert “to-go” box. All gender identities are welcome! RSVP here:
http://tinyurl.com/iwd-sdc-gbc
The Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative, the Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender, and the Department of Literary Arts present a virtual poetry reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Natalie Diaz (Gila River Indian Tribe). Immediately following will be a Q&A moderated by Audrey Buhain ‘22 and Aïcha Soukab ‘22.5.
RSVP here:
https://tinyurl.com/DiazPoetryReading