WGRAC - Women & Gender Resource Action Center, located behind the Washington Room on the second floor of Mather Hall, is comprised of two rooms: a study/Lounge/Library area and an office. All are welcome to use the Center for discussion, study, research, informal counseling, meetings and interaction. The Women's Center Lounge can also be reserved for classes or seminars.
The Director of the Women's Center, Laura R. Lockwood, in conjunction with a coordinating committee and the WGRAC student staff, plans, implements, and oversees all WGRAC activities. She educates the campus on issues of women, gender and sexuality through programming, activism, training and advocacy; provides short-term counseling; conducts workshops for the college on sexual harassament & assault prevention & response; makes referrals when needed; and, coordinates SART - Sexual Assault Response Team (see link). In addition, the Director serves as the adviser to PHAB - Promoting Healthy Awareness of the Body; SATF - Sexual Assault Task Force; and, TCBWO -Trinity College Black Women's Organization. Laura also coordiantes the Safe Zone Program (see link), which provides safe spaces for the colleges' lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and intersex community; the "Coming-Out Netowrk;" the Women's Reading Group; the Big Sister/Little Sister program (see link); and the Women's Center Lunch Series.
WGRAC OFFICE HOURS
WGRAC hours are 9-5pm. However, due to staffing levels, the WGRAC office doors is not always open these hours. Please call 297-2408, or email: Laura.Lockwood@trincoll.edu, to make a time to speak to the Director. Or, stop by and if the doors are open, come on in! :)
WGRAC LOUNGE/LIBRARY HOURS
Monday: 9:45am-10:45am: Beth
3:00pm-4:00pm. Silvia
Tuesday: 10:30am-12:30am: Rosalia
Wednesday: 9:45am-10:45am: Beth
3:00pm-4:00pm: Silvia
Thursday: 8:00am-10:00am: Tara
10:30am-12:30am: Rosalia
6:30pm-8:30pm: Melis
Friday: 3:00pm-5:00pm: Beth
Saturday: 4:00pm-6:00pm: Becky
STUDENT STAFF
Director's Assistant: Cindy Doloros, '08; Kelly Howard, '08
Anti-Violence Coordinator: Becky Loeb, '10
Newsletter & Feminist Scholarship Review (FSR) Editors:
Beth Gromisch, '09 & Melis Sunay, '09
PHAB Coordinator: Tara Finucane, '08
MAC (Multicultural Affairs Council) Representative:
Sylvia Tjioe, '09
WGRAC COORDINATING COMMITTEE
Nagoan Ma, Faculty
Rieko Wagner, Faculty
Karla Spurlock-Evans, Dean, Multicultural Affairs and Affirmative Action Officer
Cindy Dolores, '08
Beth Gromisch, '09
Robin Sheppard, Associate Director, Ferris Athletic Center
Kelly Howard, '08
Melanie Stien, Faculty
Syvlia Tjioe, '09
Becky Loeb, '10
Tara Fincane, '08
Melis Sunay, '10
MAC Liaison: Jennifer Abajalon,10