Each semester Women's Studies sets aside 2 pages in our newsletter to advertise for the following programs: Everywoman's Center, The Stonewall Center, New World Theater and The Five College Women's Studies Research Center. The following is meant as an introduction to these programs with links to their events and e-mail (if available) and to their home pages.

EWC is a multi-service womens center based on the UMASS/Amherst campus, providing services to the diverse cultural and linguistic populations of the Five Colleges and Hampshire County. Programs include:

--Women of Color Leadership Network, which provides advocacy, mentoring and training for women of color

--Counseling Services, which provides short-term counseling by appointment

--Counselor/Advocate Program, which provides 24-hour comprehensive rape crisis services

--Educator/Advocate Program, which provides workshops and trainings on issues of violence against women

--Resource/Referral, which provides specialized information and referral services

--Several support groups are also available. Call for more information.

The EWC is located on the ground floor of Wilder Hall and is wheelchair accessible. All phones TTY accessible. Main phone: 545-0883 All services free and confidential!

The Stonewall Center
A Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Educational Resource Center
Celebrating 15 Years - 1985-2000

First Annual Western Massachusetts
Governors Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth
Safe College Conference
April 15, 2000
9:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Pre-registration for the conference is suggested

Call the Stonewall Center at 545-4824
or check out our website at
www.umass.edu/stonewall
for more information or to register for the conference

February 17th and 18th - New World Theater and The Stonewall Center are pleased to bring Brian Freeman back to campus, to perform his play, Civil Sex. This event will take place at 8 PM in Bowker Auditorium. Ticket prices are $4 for students and $7 for the general public and are available by calling the Fine Arts Center Box Office at 413-545-2511 or 800-999-UMAS.

March 4th - Too Tall Blondes: Sex, Death, and Gender in the New Millenium, a performance by Kate Bornstein and Barbara Carrellas, Bowker Auditorium, 8 PM. Tickets are $10 for general public and $5 for students. Tickets are available by calling the Fine Arts Center Box Office at 413-545-2511 or 800-999-UMAS.

For our complete schedule of events
log onto www.umass.edu/stonewall

***The Stonewall Center offers a weekly LBGT Studies Lecture Series each Thursday at 12:30 PM in the Campus Center***
***The Stonewall Center Speakers Bureau is scheduling Spring panels now, call for more details.***
***For a more regular update of events and information of interest to the LBGT and ally community in western Massachusetts, sign up for our weekly QueerE***

New WORLD Theater
Box 31810, University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Phone: 413-545-1972
FAX: 413-545-4414

Begun as a modest experiment in 1979, New WORLD Theater has become a regional arts leader, earning a national reputation as a visionary cultural institution. New WORLD Theaters central focus is theater work which traditionally has remained at the periphery; its primary mission is the presentation and production of works by playwrights of color. In residence at the Fine Arts Center of the University of Massachusetts, New WORLD Theater has redefined the role of the arts in higher learning. It has purposely blurred the lines between professional and community, art and politics, scholarship and activism. For nearly two decades it has created what has been described as the new American audience, reflecting both on-stage and in the audience the realities, visions, and dreams of disparate and intersecting communities.

For ticket information call the Fine Arts Center Box Office at 545-2511 or 1-800-999-UMAS

The Research Center, founded in 1991, supports scholarly and creative work in womens studies by: 1) providing visiting residencies for feminist scholars, teachers, artists, and activists from the United States and abroad 2) creating a structure for Five College faculty, local community activists, and teachers with research interests in womens studies to discuss, critique, and facilitate one anothers work 3) sponsoring faculty seminars, community workshops, and networking events on topics of importance to womens studies organizing national and international conferences on scholarship and teaching in womens studies 4) encouraging the use of archival collections on women in the Five College area

The core of the Centers program is a colloquium series on Tuesday evenings where Research Associates present their work. These colloquia are free and open to the public, and receptions after the talks provide opportunities for faculty and students in womens studies to meet members of the local community with shared interests. There is also a works-in-progress series on Monday afternoons where local faculty, Community Associates, writers, and activists present their work for comment and response.

The Center is located in Dickinson House on the Mount Holyoke College campus. Associates, whether from the Five Colleges or elsewhere, apply to the Center for varying terms of residency ranging from a semester to a year. The deadline for applications is early February of each year. Associateships are announced by mid-April.

Main phone: 413-538-2275

FAX: 413-538-2082

To request a list of events or to be placed on the mailing list: 413-538-2022