February 5-11: Reproductive Freedom, Podcasts, and DATAMATCH!!!!
Monday, February 5Event: Join SEADD!Location: Swearer Center.Time: Apply by midnight!Are you interested in working with adults with developmental disabilities? Getting out into the Providence Community? Advocating for disability rights?Join Swearer Center's student group SEADD, or Self Expression for Adults with Developmental Disabilities!SEADD strives to create a space where adults with developmental disabilities and students can explore creative writing together. We work to promote greater awareness of disability rights in our community. Apply here.Tuesday, February 6Event: RI Coalition for Reproductive Freedom Press Launch & Lobby Day.Location: 82 Smith St.Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.Join us at the Senate Lounge in the Rhode Island State House to celebrate the growing power of the reproductive freedom movement in Rhode Island, and sharing our legislative priorities for 2018.Wednesday, February 7Event: Sign up for Datamatch!!!Location: Brown UniversityTime: 12:00 a.m.Datamatch is coming to Brown! To find ~true love~, all you need to do is enter some information, fill out a survey, and wait for your Datamatch!The survey will open February 7th at midnight and close at 11:59 p.m. on February 13th. Matches will be shared the morning of the 14th (Valentine’s Day) at 7 a.m. Participants will receive their match’s name and contact information and can proceed from there as they wish.More information here.Event: Memory of Slavery and Reparations in Brazil.Location: The Brazil Initiative at Brown.Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.Over the last two decades, like other former slave societies, Brazil witnessed the rise of several initiatives memorializing slavery in the public space. Although the construction of monuments and memorials, and the organization of commemorative activities associated with the slave past can be considered as a form of symbolic reparations for slavery and the Atlantic slave trade, since the emergence of the abolitionist movement some social actors have emphasized the need of material and financial reparations to former slaves and their descendants.Event: Sammy Adams Concert!Location: Hanley's Ale HouseTime: 9:30 p.m.- 11:00 p.m."T'd Up Wednesdays" hosted by Sammy Adams; 18+ all night.Thursday, February 8Event: Intro to Podcasting at AS220.Location: AS220.Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday, February 9Event: Singing Communities Weekend with Joey Weisenberg.Location: HillelTime: 3:30 p.m.Create a Singing Community at Brown RISD Hillel. We'll explore wordless melodies focused on communal interaction and group dynamics in singing. The schedule includes many aspects of the communal Jewish music experience.No prior singing, music, or Jewish experience necessary. Open to anyone who is interested in singing, making music together, celebrating Shabbat, or just being a part of this experience!Saturday, February 10Event: Valentine's on the Rooftop.Location: Rooftop at Providence G.Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Impress your special someone on the Rooftop at the Providence G this February with a three-course dinner paired with wine, and special valentines from us to you in celebration of love and happiness!Special Valentines from 6-9 p.m.:Sat 2/10 Champagne fountainSun 2/11 Bubbles & BeatsMon 2/12 Chocolate fondue fountainTue 2/13 Build your own floral bouquetWed 2/14 “Love is in the Air” with Alissa & Billy Musto live on pianoSunday, February 11Event: Happy Galentine's Day!Location: The Duck and BunnyTime: 11 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.Hey Gals! Please join us at the snuggery, The Duck and Bunny to celebrate Galentines Day!As always brunch is $20 (cash) and includes your meal, beverage, and gratuity.