November 7 – 13: Consent, Movie Screenings, and Election Week!
Monday, November 7Event: Brown University Gets Out the VoteLocation: WilsonTime: Monday and Tuesday
It's the last week before the presidential election!! Looking for ways to get involved with the Brown Democrats and Brown Students for Hillary? Fill out this form to sign up!
Event: #NoHetero: An MPC Workshop on Heterosexism in the United StatesLocation: Wilson 102Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.Come out to a workshop on the manifestations and effects of heterosexism in the United States! Brought to you by your MPCs and the Brown Center for Students of Color!Come early for free food!Event: Jewish Film Club's First Screening!Location: Brown RISD Hillel LoungeTime: 7:30 p.m.Jewish Film Club will be showing its first movie: The Coen Brothers' A Serious Man.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDKHWRbK2_QEvent: A Week to Stand Up! Cozy Conversations About ConsentLocation: Sarah Doyle Women CenterTime: 8:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Join Stand Up! for a week of inclusive conversations about consent. The Sarah Doyle Women Center will be hosting 3 separate but related workshops focusing on different aspects of sexual assault and consent. The schedule is as follows:
Monday, November 7th 8:00 –10:30 pm (Room 205): Hookup Culture at Brown and introduction to sexual assault and consent
Wednesday, November 9th 8:00 – 10:30 pm (Lounge): Sexual Assault on the Queer Community
Friday, November 11th 6:00 – 8:30 pm (Lounge): WOC in Silence: Sexual Assault on Women of Color.
*The first hour of each event will be more of an educational workshop. Following a short 20 min. break (during which refreshments and snacks will be served), the space will be completely dedicated to survivors and allies of a particular identity for community healing purposes. On Wednesday, the second half will be for queer folx and on Friday, the second half will be for femmes of color.
Hope to see you there!
Tuesday, November 8
Event: Election Night Panel and Watch PartyLocation: Watson InstituteTime: 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.Join students, faculty and staff at the Watson Institute for an Election Night Watch Party. A faculty panel will kick off the night with a preview of which states to watch, early voting trends, and what we might expect to see happen. Following the panel, multiple screens will be showing election night coverage in the lobby.Brown ID required.Event: Election Night with the Brown Democrats!Location: Metcalf AuditoriumTime: 6:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.The Dems have reserved Metcalf for ELECTION NIGHT! (November 8, duh). We are so excited to watch the results roll in with all of you!Wednesday, November 9Event: Schiller + Blyth Election Series: What Happened and Why?Location: Watson InstituteTime: 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.On Tuesday, Americans will elect a new president. On Wednesday, join professors Wendy Schiller and Mark Blyth to discuss the results of the 2016 Presidential Election.Thursday, November 10Event: Killer Images: Joshua Oppenheimer's Movie ScreeningLocation: Granoff CenterTime: 2:30 p.m.Learn about Indonesia by watching two Academy Award-nominated films, meeting the director, and attending a teach-in. The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence will be shown Nov. 10, with a ~*~catered~*~ reception during the break.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD5oMxbMcHMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp1xT302VcY Event: FIRE FAIRLocation: SAO (Faunce)Time: 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.The FIRE Fair will showcase Fellowships, Internships and Research Experiences for ALL Brown undergraduates. We especially encourage international students, transfer students, students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds including first-generation and low-income students to join us at the fair. Come learn about the many opportunities available to fund your passions and support your future goals!Light refreshments will be served!Event: Generation Startup Film Screening & PanelLocation: Jonathan M. Nelson Center for EntrepreneurshipTime: 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.The Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship at Brown University in partnership with Creative Breed invite you to a special GENERATION STARTUP screening and livestream Q&A in celebration of National Entrepreneurship Month.GENERATION STARTUP takes us to the front lines of entrepreneurship in America, capturing the struggles and triumphs of six recent college graduates who put everything on the line to build startups in Detroit. Shot over 17 months, it’s an honest, in-the-trenches look at what it takes to launch a startup. Directed by Academy Award winner Cynthia Wade and award-winning filmmaker Cheryl Miller Houser, the film celebrates risk-taking, urban revitalization, and diversity while delivering a vital call-to-action—with entrepreneurship at a record low, the country’s economic future is at stake.Following the screening of GENERATION STARTUP, universities and organizations across the U.S. will join a livestreamed panel discussion designed to spark dialogue, encourage inspiration, and foster the spirit of risk-taking and entrepreneurship. The conversation will be moderated by Danny Warshay '87, Executive Director of the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship and will feature:-Cheryl Miller Houser '83, Co-Director & Producer-Andrew Yang '96, Founder & CEO of Venture for America-Labib Rahman, Film Subject & Entrepreneur-Kate Catlin, Film Subject & EntrepreneurReserve tickets here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlkjOj4pqpwEvent: Boyz N The Hood Screening!
Location: Smitty B 106Time: 9:00 p.m.
This week BUFF is showing the 90s classic, Boyz N The Hood!
Tre is sent to live with his father, Furious Styles, in tough South Central Los Angeles. Although his hard-nosed father instills proper values and respect in him, and his devout girlfriend Brandi teaches him about faith, Tre's friends Doughboy and Ricky don't have the same kind of support and are drawn into the neighborhood's booming drug and gang culture, with increasingly tragic results.
Come this Thursday to see this great film!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4sKiGkzKJo
Friday, November 11Event: Symposium - Unmade Bed: In the Midst of IntimacyLocation: Pembroke HallTime: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.What does it mean to think of "unmaking" as a figure for addressing matters of gender, sexuality, race, health, and embodiment? How does the aesthetic participate in modes of vanishing that paradoxically endure in their ephemerality?This symposium reflects on the political force of being in the midst of intimacies that make and unmake our relationships with other persons and things.The Pembroke Center gratefully acknowledges support from Comparative Literature, English, the Cogut Center, and American Studies.Event: Bach to the FutureLocation: Manning ChapelTime: 7:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m.CMW presents their annual Bach Marathon—an all-night-long marathon of performances of music by and inspired by J.S. Bach!This adventure, curated by Sakiko Mori, is made possible by the participation of a great number of classical & non-traditional/