HeForShe at Brown University

HeForShe at Brown University Brown's chapter of UN Women's gender equality movement. To get involved, click the blue "Sign Up" button! This is universally important.

Brown University's chapter hopes to expand HeForShe's inclusive initiative towards college students. At an open-minded passionate university like Brown, we hope to open up the conversation within our student and faculty community so that gender equality is not only a fight for women, by women. We want to emphasize that that feminism is not synonymous with man-hating, that men and boys suffer from

gendered expectations more than might meet the eye, and that even though the specific focus of this project is to encourage men to be involved in advocacy for women, the entire gender spectrum deserves equality. This is a movement that we must ALL participate in to cultivate tangible change, and college campuses are a central place where both inequality and advocacy for change lies. We at the Brown University chapter of HeForShe want to put forward a message of utmost, unequivocal, and particularly relevant importance. While we immensely value the contribution that the United Nations has had in opening up broader conversations about gender inequality, we at the Brown University chapter want to push the discussion further than we feel any hashtag or celebrity speech can. Gender inequality does not exist within a vacuum, in a binary, or solely within the confines of any single march or protest. Gender inequality amplifies, permeates, and disrupts the existence and well-being of Black, Latinx, indigenous, and AAPI peoples; women, men, and trans folks; the dis- and differently-abled; LGBTQIA+ and straight people; Muslim, Jewish and other religiously oppressed groups; and not at all with the same depth, intensity, or intentionality. We want to absolutely assure you that regardless of your identity and relation to the difficulties and hardships of gender inequality, that we will stand with you and fight for you in your path to liberation. We refuse to symbolize, perpetuate, or tolerate White supremacy, heteropatriarchy, sexism, cissexism, racism, ableism, Islamophobia, and the like, in order to ensure that we represent every single person on this campus and in the world in their struggle for justice, peace, and comfort. We want to listen to you, have conversations with you, and allow our organization to be as inclusive, welcoming, and encompassing it can possibly be in accomplishing our goals for an equal and equitable world. The HeForShe commitment: "Gender equality is not only a women’s issue, it is a human rights issue that requires my participation. I commit to take action against all forms of violence and discrimination faced by women and girls.”

This is up to us. This is for all of us, so we must all partake. Become an advocate today, and join the movement at www.heforshe.org.

02/22/2018

Please come along to our first General Body Meeting this evening, 22nd Feb at 8pm, in Smitty-B G13. We will be introducing the club and discussing collaborative advocacy projects and ways that you can get involved!

12/05/2017

Wonderfully said, Justin Baldoni.

Come to this awesome event about women in STEM!!! In Barus and Holley room 166 today at 4pm!!!
11/13/2017

Come to this awesome event about women in STEM!!! In Barus and Holley room 166 today at 4pm!!!

Promoting Gender Equity in STEM: Theory and Applications This presentation will begin by briefly reviewing data on the current status of women in STEM disciplines: degrees earned, careers pursued, obstacles encountered. Next, it will draw on social science research to illuminate a variety of underly...

Join us this Thursday at 2:30pm for our Sky Photo promoting breast cancer awareness!!! Come dressed in your Sunday best ...
11/06/2017

Join us this Thursday at 2:30pm for our Sky Photo promoting breast cancer awareness!!! Come dressed in your Sunday best (and by this we mean pink of course)!

Please consider volunteering for Brown’s official new initiative to foster a culture of consent through BWell Health Pro...
10/06/2017

Please consider volunteering for Brown’s official new initiative to foster a culture of consent through BWell Health Promotion! Ensuring an inclusive and safe environment is absolutely vital to promote gender equality.

What is Positive Change at Brown? The Positive Change campaign is a student led initiative focused on creating a happier, healthier, and safer campus for all students by addressing violations of consent that disrupt shared social values. Positive Change believes all students should be able to have s...

10/05/2017

Hi everyone, our meeting tonight will be in Smitty B G13 at 8pm!

Be there or be circular! Bet ya thought I was gonna say square 😉

"I am proud to stand here during UN week here in New York and advocate for " - Justin Trudeau, PM of Canada
09/23/2017

"I am proud to stand here during UN week here in New York and advocate for " - Justin Trudeau, PM of Canada

While in New York, Canadian PM delivered an empowering speech to a young crowd, calling on men to shut down sexism and stand up for women

09/22/2017

Thank you to everyone who came out to the meeting tonight! It was great see you all! Stay tuned for updates about future events!!! :)

09/21/2017

HeForShe will be having our first meeting of the semester TONIGHT!!! We will be meeting from 8:00-8:30 in Sayles 005! Hope to see you there! Bring your friends, bring your enemies, bring everyone! :)

Follow our live tweeting on of today's HeForShe IMPACT Anniversary event in New York!
09/20/2017

Follow our live tweeting on of today's HeForShe IMPACT Anniversary event in New York!

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