Women's Center

The Women's Center at Lesley


What is the Women's Center?

  • A resource center on health and other issues important to women.
  • A way to collaborate with and support educational and social programming that strengthens a campus environment conducive to respectful interactions among all genders.
  • A meeting place for individuals and organizations, and a fun place to eat lunch, watch movies, and hang out.

Contact us

Hours

We are closed for the summer, but we are reading our email. In the fall, feel free to drop by and relax a while, have a chat with friends, browse and borrow our books or study.

  • Monday 11am - 6pm
  • Tuesday 12pm-6pm
  • Wednesday 11am -6pm
  • Thursday 9am -6pm
  • Friday Closed (but it would be a great time for you to reserve the room)

Online


About Us

Mission Statement

Lesley University's Women's Center offers a safe space for all students committed to gender equality, provides information, resources and integrates the academic, social and co-curricular aspects of the Lesley experience, and supports developing programs and events in the spirit of advocacy. The center actively works to eliminate barriers and to encourage participation. We work to ensure equal and full opportunity for all, regardless of sex, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, background, religion, ability or age.

"Well-behaved women rarely make history"
- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Where We Came From

The Center is the result of careful planning and energy coming from the Women's Studies Resource Group, Women's Studies Steering Committee, the Lesley College minor in Women's Studies, and the Graduate Specialization in Women's and Gender Studies.

Women's Center Staff

  • Daphne Strassmann, M.F.A. is the co-Director of the Women's Center and co-Chair of the Women's Studies Steering Committee. She is a graduate of Lesley's LCB Bachelor's and MFA Creative Non-Fiction programs and an adjunct instructor in the Humanities Dept. In a previous life, she enjoyed twenty years as an executive director for Macy's department stores, became a buyer & manager for a Texas clothing designer, and owned a beloved toy store in Brookline, Mass.
  • Jennifer Bucolo is a freshman studying Global Issues and Sociology. Interactions among differing groups of people have always been interesting for Jen to observe as she tries to identify various cultural universals they share. Applying these concepts to a college setting are difficult to bring to the forefront. Jenn encourages all students at Lesley to come and visit the center. "The Women's Center is a calming place where minds are sparked and people are connected."

  • Jennifer Sherys-Rivets Is entering her sophomore year at Lesley. Her area of study is Global Studies and Environmental Sciences. She enjoys traveling and immersing herself into cultures in order to learn about them, instead of just reading from a text book. Recently she has been interested in community development in the developing world, and women's roles in  developing societies. She enjoys working for the Women's Center because she believes it is crucial for a campus to have a space where gender equality is a priority and likes being a resource to all different types of people on campus.

Co-Directors and Steering Committee

The Women's Center is under the direction of two co-directors and an active steering committee comprised of faculty members specializing in Women's Studies and university members of the Lesley and AIB communities.


What We Offer

A unique space for all students, staff, faculty, and groups to: display artwork, hold meetings, show a movie, hold study groups, make crafts, showcase interests, have lunch or dinner, host poetry slams, run workshops, meditate. The possibilities are endless, just ask. Send an email to womenscenter@lesley.edu

Reserve the Women's Center

If you would like to reserve the Center, please use this online form.

Events

Read about our upcoming events.
updated 02/03/12 | 05:32 PM

Highlights
  • Lesley Health Fair, February 14, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Student Activities Center Doble Campus.
  • The Vagina Monologues, February 16, 17, & 18. 8pm Marran Theater Doble Campus. Tickets at the door. $5 students; $7 general admission.
  • Let's Talk About Sex, Thursday February 23, 6pm. Student Activities Center mezzanine, Doble Campus.
  • Women's History Month Annual Art Show. Women at Work: Rhythm and Ritual in Bali, work by Cambridge artist Lori Lander. Marran Gallery Doble Campus. February 10th to March 16th. Opening reception March 8.
  • Lesley hosted the 2011 New England Women's Centers Conference, November 4 & 5, 2011.