March 19-25: UCS/UFB elections and SPRING BREAK!
Monday, March 19Event: LetsGo Founders: How to Build a Startup That Hasn't Failed YetTime: 5:40 - 6:30 p.m.Location: Meeting Room in Hillel (2nd floor)Join Matt Cooper (’18.5) and Mike Gillett (’18) to learn how they took their new app LetsGo from an idea in the back of a Lyft to a working MVP in two weeks. The duo will discuss their misadventures in entrepreneurship and how they turned prior failures into a philosophy of relentless prioritization, execution and evaluation.Learn the details of what goes into a weekly product sprint, how to build a compelling brand with limited resources, and why you should spend more money on buying users coffee than on advertising.Event: It's Just My Preference! An MPC Workshop on DesirabilityTime: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.Location: Smith-Buonanno HallCome to our workshop and learn about the intersectional experiences of womxn of color and desirability. We will be discussing fetishization and desexualization in terms of race, body typing, ableism, and cissexism. Food will be provided!Event: How to Find a Job, for SeniorsTime: 8:00 - 9:00 p.m.Location: Brown CareerLABReady to apply for a post-grad job, but not sure exactly how to structure the process? Led by a team of Peer Career Advisors, this workshop will teach you how to structure your job search, perfect your application materials, and leverage networking. Come learn the most effective concrete steps you can take today, next week, and next month to avoid scrambling and find the right opportunity for you!Tuesday, March 20Event: UCS/UFB ElectionsTime: 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday to 12:00 p.m. on ThursdayVote for your peers in the Undergraduate Council of Students and Undergraduate Finance Board Elections! Polls open on Tuesday and close on Thursday.Location: Online through QualtricsEvent: Mental Health MonologuesTime: 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.Location: The UndergroundJoin Active Minds for Mental Health Monologues! Similar to an open mic night, students can share a story, poem, performance, etc. about mental health. If you are interested in performing, you can email activeminds@brown.edu in advance, but last-minute performances are welcome too! Not interested in performing? Come support your friends in the audience! All are welcome.Event: Spring Weekend Lineup Release 2018Time: 9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.Location: Stout Irish Sports Pub (50 Exchange Terrace)If you're really lucky, you'll see members of Blog live tweeting and possibly tearing up the dance floor w/ long island iced teas.Wednesday, March 21Event: Ivy Film Festival & React to Film Present: The Workers CupTime: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.Location: Granoff Center for the Creative ArtsPlease join Ivy Film Festival and React to Film for a free advanced screening of "The Worker's Cup", an official Sundance Selection!Inside the labor camps of Qatar, African and Asian migrant workers building the facilities of the 2022 FIFA World Cup compete in a football tournament of their own: The Workers Cup.Tickets are free and the ticket link will be posted on the Facebook event page.Event: Effective InterviewingTime: 8:00 - 9:00 p.m.Location: Brown CareerLABInterviews can be scary, but effective interviewing is a learnable skill. Come learn what to do – and what not to do – to make a positive, lasting impression. This workshop is led by Peer Career Advisors, so you’ll be able to prep for behavioral interviews in a low-stakes, low-stress environment.Thursday, March 22Event: Szechuan Cooking Class with Let's Talk China + JWU Cooking Asia!Time: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.Location: Keeney QuadInterested in learning how to cook some authentic Sichuan dishes with REAL chefs? Then come join us on March 22nd! Brown’s Let’s Talk China will be partnering with Johnson and Wales University’s Cooking Asia club for this spicy event. We will be learning how to make Mapo Tofu (麻婆豆腐) and Laziji (辣子鸡) from these future Michelin-star chefs! There will be a vegetarian option as well!$8 per person to participate and eat! You will get a portion of each dish you make and some white rice!Space is limited so RSVP here.Event: KnowHER Design Talks featuring Whitney AndersonTime: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.Location: Granoff Center for the Creative ArtsThis event is part of the KnowHER Design Talks, a series that celebrates and highlights the strong female powerhouses who make up our design industry today.Whitney Anderson is a Milwaukee, WI based freelance designer specializing in illustration, lettering, and branding. She launched Wit And Co. in April 2017 as a passion project and outlet for her print designs and has since continued growing the brand. Wit And Co. items now grace the shelves of several Milwaukee shops, as well as many area makers’ markets, and and online shop. Over the past few years, Whitney has worked on projects with and for clients such as Disney, MOO, Lululemon, Modus Apparel, Found Company and others. She has also spent the recent months traveling and giving workshops - sharing her experiences with people along the way.Tickets are $3 for students, $13 for regular admission.Event: Black Panther: Shaping Dynamic FuturesTime: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.Location: Macmillan Hall, Room 117"An interdisciplinary panel of Brown University faculty will discuss the cultural resonance of the film Black Panther in terms of art, science, technology, social justice, and current affairs."This event is free and open to the public.Friday, March 23 - Sunday, March 25: SPRING BREAKSaturday, March 24Event: March for Our Lives - Rhode IslandTime: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.Location: Rhode Island State HouseMarch for Our Lives is inspired by, created by, and led by students across the country who will no longer risk their lives waiting for someone else to take action to stop the epidemic of mass school shootings that has become far too familiar. Change is coming and it starts now. Please join me and the rest of the Providence, Rhode Island community in taking action, as we fight for a country that is free from gun violence.