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Join medical practitioners Dr. Marji Gold '69, Professor of Family and Social Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and founder of RHEDI (Reproductive Health Education In Family Medicine); Dr. DeShawn Taylor, MSc, FACOG, clinical professor, women's health and reproductive rights advocate, and owner of Desert Star Family Planning in Phoenix; and Dr. Bhavik Kumar, MPH, Medical Director for Primary and Trans Care at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast in Houston, for a conversation on the many health ramifications the Dobbs decision has on pregnant people. This panel will explore the ramifications on carrying a pregnancy to term, miscarriage, and ectopic pregnancies with a focus on existing and worsening race, gender, and class disparities. We will also hear about the erosion of medical training and patient/provider decision-making due to the Dobbs decision. A zoom link to participate will be shared with registrants within 24 hours of the event.

Faculty @ Home: Let the Pictures Speak - The Birth of Modern Europe (1572 to 1648) in European Art. A continuation of our SLC Faculty @ Home series, this mini-course will be led by Joseph Forte, Faculty Emeritus, Art History. Using great works of art from the period, we will trace the first steps toward modern Europe and the political and cultural entity it is today. We begin with the origins of the struggle from the Famines of the “Little” Ice Age and the Devastating Wars of Religion between Protestant and Catholic factions in the 16th century to the Dutch rebellion against Spain and finally the Thirty Years War, culminating in the Peace of 1648 that assured the right of small states to exist and religious peace to be established without outside interference. These momentous events dominated the arts of the times from pictorial glorifications or condemnations of massacres to depictions of solemn social rituals and finally Bacchic revels to celebrate the “Peace to end all Wars.” Readings will be posted, but most importantly each lecture will start with a comparison of two images to set the stage for our discussions and help make this the dialogue the subject invites. Seminars will be held on the following Tuesdays at 5:30 PM Eastern Time: 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28 and 3/7. Space is limited. Registration is for all five-seminars. Seminars cannot be signed up for individually.

Join us for a screening of the Emmy and Peabody award-nominated documentary film "Storm Lake," exploring the effects of the local news crisis on civic engagement, community health, and the future of our democracy. The documentary "Storm Lake" profiles Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Art Cullen and his family's fight to unite and inform their Iowa farming community through their biweekly newspaper, The Storm Lake Times-come hell or pandemic. The screening will be followed by a conversation with filmmaker Beth Levison, Filmmaking and Moving Image Arts faculty, and impact producer Alice Quinlan '11. This event is sponsored by the Breakthrough Screening Series and the Office of Alumni Relations.

Join historian Brett Gary for a discussion with Matthew Ellis, History faculty, on censorship battles in American culture. They will consider the censorship strategies and spectacles that continue to rattle the nation’s legislatures, schools, and libraries -- over art, literature, history, reproductive rights, and queer bodily autonomy - followed by a discussion with the audience. Brett Gary is the author of, Dirty Works: Obscenity on Trial in America’s First Sexual Revolution, an award-winning study of key legal battles over literary and sexual censorship from the late 19th through the mid-20th century. His work examines the transformation of the nation’s obscenity laws through the legal travails of pioneering and controversial sex researchers and educators, birth control activists, and literary modernists, paving the way for the sexual revolutions and culture war conflicts to follow. This event will be held on Sarah Lawrence's campus and is open to the public to attend virtually or in person.

Scottish writer and activist Sara Sheridan has suggested that "without archives many stories of real people would be lost, and along with those stories, vital clues that allow us to reflect and interpret our lives today." More than a repository of dusty documents for historians to sift through, archives can serve as a vital bridge between our collective past, present, and future. But what is an archive? How are archives made and maintained? What, and who, are they for? What is their function in our knowledge economy, and how do different people, professions, and social groups make use of them? As we lurch rapidly towards a hyper-digital future, what will happen to physical archives and the bountiful treasures from the past that they contain? What does the brave new world of the "digital archive" herald for us? This panel will explore the notion of the archive from various vantage points. Panelists include: Matthew Ellis, History faculty; Margarita Fajardo, History faculty; Roy Ben-Shai, Philosophy faculty; Sophie Barbasch, Visual and Studio Arts faculty; and Christina Kasman, College Archivist. This event will be held on Sarah Lawrence's campus and is open to the public to attend.

In honor of Black History Month, alumni professionals will join our current students and fellow alumni to speak to offer insight on their challenges and successes across various industries. Panelists include: Janine Jackson '85, Media Critic, FAIR Program Director, Producer & Host of CounterSpin; Ashley Jones MA '10, Healthcare and Life Sciences Attorney; Tahira Francis '11, Television Producer, VP of Unscripted Content at Jesse Collins Entertainment; and Mohamed Camara '19, J.D. Candidate at Columbia Law School. This event is a partnership between the Offices of Career Services, Alumni Relations, and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. The program will begin with a panel discussion followed by an audience Q&A. A Zoom link will be sent to registrants within 24 hours of the event or email alum@sarahlawrence.edu.