Student Organizations
There are a variety of organizations you can join at Sarah Lawrence College. Our registered student organizations include a wide range of clubs, identity groups, sports organizations, and publications. For more information about Student Organizations, please contact Valerie Romanello, Assistant Director of Student Activities, at vromanello@sarahlawrence.edu.
The 24 Hour Shakespeare Marathon
E-Mail: 24HourShakespeare@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Each semester this club aims to lead students in performing as many Shakespeare plays as possible in 24 hours, culminating in Hamlet.
Aikido Club
E-Mail: AikidoClub@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Aikido Club provides an opportunity to study multiple martial arts at the Scarsdale Dojo in White Plains—mainly Aikido, Taichi, and Kung Fu. We would meet on weekends and drive to White Plains. People of all levels of experience are welcome.
Alliance for White Anti-Racist Action (AWARA)
E-Mail: AWARA@gm.slc.edu
Mission: AWARA is a student-run organization committed to supporting the self-educating, white anti-racist community on campus. As white allies in training, we seek to raise awareness about current manifestations of racism, and what it means to be a white ally. We intend to contribute to a safe, educational, loving, accountable campus community that thrives with diversity through engaging with other student organizations and hosting campus-wide events.
American Chemical Society Student Chapter
E-Mail: AmericanChemicalSociety@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The Sarah Lawrence student chapter of the American Chemical Society aims to spark an interest in chemistry at SLC and within the Yonkers community at large. Through a variety of educational events and service projects (particularly those that promote green chemistry) for the campus, K-12, and general communities, we hope to shed light on the vital role chemistry plays in our everyday lives and in the longevity of our environment. Additionally, we wish to provide professional development opportunities to prepare and encourage those students considering a career in chemistry or related fields.
American Sign Language Club
E-Mail: AmericanSignLanguageClub@gm.slc.edu
Mission: American Sign Language club strives to learn and practice communication through American Sign Language. ASL is not offered through Sarah Lawrence's curricular classes, and the ASL club feels that it is still extremely important to have on campus. We hope to expand our ability to communicate with the deaf population, which is an important part of this world.
The Annual Rocky Horror Picture Show Production
E-Mail: AnnualRockyHorrorProduction@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The Annual Rocky Horror Picture Show Production aims to put on a fun and sexy shadow-cast production of the cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show the weekend of Halloween, guaranteed to thrill you, chill you, and fulfill you. Rocky is an amazing experience, a wild adventure in fishnets, lip-synching, cross-dressing, and body-positive silliness. Everyone is welcome to audition and no acting or dancing experience is required whatsoever!
Asian and Pacific Islander Coalition for Action and Diversity (APICAD) (Inactive)
E-Mail: APICAD@gm.slc.edu
Mission: To engage the campus in discussions about Asian identity and to act as a resource to all interested students.
Badminton Club
E-Mail: Badminton@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Not many people know that the U.S. men were doubles champions at the 2006 IBF World Championships. Therefore, the purpose of the Badminton Club is to introduce badminton as a sport to the Sarah Lawrence community. As a sport rarely given precedence in the United States, the Club will be an addition to the athletic diversity of Sarah Lawrence. As both an individual and team sport, we hope to cultivate sportsmanship amongst players. We are hoping that participants will recognize the duality of badminton as a sport; both as a small team sport and an individual's game. Coaching will be provided to all members regardless of skill level.
Blood people
E-Mail: bloodpeople@gm.slc.edu
Mission: To save as many lives as possible by facilitating blood donations from the SLC Community.
The Board Game Players
E-Mail: boardgameplayers@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The mission is to bring the burgeoning field of table top gaming to the community of SLC as well as foster a sense of respect for the genre.
Brainwashed
E-Mail: Brainwashed@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Brainwashed is a group of individuals who are passionate about both the psychology and biology of the brain. We will approach the exploration of the brain based on our interests, learning about the diverse effects of all activities from dance to psychiatry while focusing on everything from ethical issues to philosophical issues. This is a space in which we can learn about the brain by reviewing groundbreaking research through dialogue and interactive activities. A major goal of this group is to provide a platform in which individuals can pursue initiatives in an interdisciplinary context to spread our knowledge of the brain to the rest of the community in ways that will improve how we see and interact with the world.
Burlesque Fitness Club
E-Mail: BurlesqueFitnessClub@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Burlesque Fitness Club focuses on mental and physical fitness through the art of burlesque. We encourage the incorporation of burlesque into other forms of performance art to create something that is wholly your own.
The Capoeira Collective
E-Mail: CapoeiraCollective@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The Capoeira Collective aims to provide an open and welcoming space for students to collectively learn, train, and teach Capoeira. Members collaborate to design training regiments and provide programming that further engages the SLC community in Capoeira Studies. All levels and styles are welcomed.
SLC Cheerleading Team (Inactive)
E-Mail: CheerleadingTeam@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The Mission of the SLC Cheerleading team is to provide a competitive space for athletic expression and to serve in building a participatory community.
Chinese Table
E-Mail: ChineseTable@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The Chinese Table has been run unofficially by the students together with some of the faculty members since 2010. Our original goal was to offer the SLC community a chance to get to know both Chinese culture and Chinese language better in close conversational settings. Such goal will not change fundamentally in the future, but only be supplemented with more fun events that avail students to more cultural experiences. Events launched and held in the future include the potluck dinner for the traditional Chinese festivals (Mid-Autumn Festival, Chinese Spring Festival, etc), Chinese film screening, and road trip to the city or other places where special cultural events are taking place. In addition, Chinese table will give Chinese students an equal chance to experience the genuine American culture.
Sarah Lawrence Christian Union (SLCU)
E-Mail: SLCU@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Christian Union seeks to provide an open community for Christians and those curious about Christian faith from all walks of life to share in their faith in an accepting and safe environment through group meetings and optional Sunday trips to church. We seek to provide a support system for spiritual growth through discussion and educational resources. We also work to serve the Sarah Lawrence community and surrounding areas as representations of Jesus by embodying love, compassion, generosity, and acceptance through service and community events.
Compost Club
E-Mail: CompostClub@gm.slc.edu
Mission: By May 15, 2013 we will begin on-campus construction of facilities to compost all of SLC’s food waste. Too bold you say? Impossible? Impossible is not a word in our vocabulary! That’s why we need your volunteer help to make it happen. Proceeds from compost sales support environmental action as bold and radical as ours. We integrate compost education into college classes. Keep an eye out for us and you’ll see how we reach out to the community. We provide guest speakers who tour the country and give talks to other colleges about the importance of compost and soil ecology in our world. We provide tours of our facilities, research tools, compost HelpLines, internships, and the best compost on the entire planet! Ready to get your hands dirty everyone? Hurry up! What are heck are YOU waiting for? Do you think life just goes on forever?
Dance Collective
E-Mail: DanceCollective@gm.slc.edu
Mission: We want to create a dance collective that gives students an outlet to get together and work on various forms of dance together. The group will be hip hop based but will be open to students and choreography from all types of dance. The group will meet to train and choreograph together.
Dark Phrases
E-Mail: DarkPhrases@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Dark Phrases is an annual publication whose main mission is to highlight and showcase the artistic work of people of color at Sarah Lawrence College, which includes students, alumni, faculty and staff, and those members involved in Common Ground's identity groups (i.e., WoCo, Harambee, APICAD, Unidad, QPOC, Voices of Palestine, etc).
Sarah Lawrence Debate Club (Inactive)
E-Mail: DebateClub@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The SLC debate club’s objective is to showcase what Sarah Lawrence students do best: argue and persuade. We will compete with colleges across the East Coast developing our debating skills and leaning from the best teams in the country.
SLC Democrats
E-Mail: SLCDemocrats@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The Sarah Lawrence College Democrats are devoted to Democratic values, The Democratic Party, its ideals, and to helping Democratic candidates across the country win elections. We encourage all students to register and vote, no matter their political affiliation. We encourage students to control their future by engaging in the political process. We aim to create an open space for all students to discuss their beliefs. As Democrats, we fight for those that don't have a voice of their own and we hope to shape a better future for all Americans.
SLC Development Collective
E-Mail: DevelopmentCollective@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The SLC Development Collective hopes to foster a discussion and discourse relating to issues of international development and our understanding of development itself.
Disability Alliance
E-Mail: DisabilityAlliance@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Disability Alliance is dedicated to advocating for accessibility and respect on campus for people with disabilities and creating a plan of education and support, raising awareness of disabilities issues and building a community of students with disabilities and allies.
SL Disc Nutz
E-Mail: DiscNutz@gm.slc.edu
Mission: To promote community and athleticism through the most righteous sport of ultimate Frisbee. To bring sport to those who would not normally consider it "their thing." To have a generally spectacular time.
Enviro-Earth
E-Mail: EnviroEarth@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Enviro-Earth desires to get to know our surrounding community through garden-based education.
Environmental Community Outreach (ECO)
E-Mail: ECO@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Environmental Community Outreach strives to involve Sarah Lawrence students in the greater community through environmental activism. We will do this by partnering with local outside organizations for one day of service per month.
Feminist Collective
E-Mail: FeministCollective@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The feminist collective is dedicated to discussion, education, and activism. It is the goal of the co-chairs to create and maintain a safe space for feminists to explore the past, present, and future of feminism in conjunction with our own experiences as feminists. We believe in a feminism that is diverse, intersectional, and inclusive.
SLC Figure Drawing Club
E-Mail: FigureDrawingClub@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The SLC figure drawing club is a space and time dedicated to providing a free, informal space for artistic growth both for visual art and non-visual art students on campus. While students have access to a live model it is also an opportunity for student volunteers to have artistic modeling experience and as a part of our mission, we are dedicated to fostering the creative community and network at SLC.
SLC Folk Club
E-Mail: FolkClub@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The SLC Folk Club aims to support a community of folk music makers and lovers. We arrange the yearly Folk Festival in Slonim Living Room, pairing well-known musicians and groups from around the country with student and local musicians. We will do our best to increase the presence of a warm, loving, and awesome music community on the Sarah Lawrence campus, and also the presence of our famous baklava.
SLC Food Co-Op
E-Mail: FoodCoOp@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The SLC Food Co-Op is working to establish a cooperative on campus and to take steps towards a more just and sustainable food system.
Global Activism Through the Arts
E-Mail: GlobalActivismArts@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Our club is committed to educating the student body and the community on global issues and respecting other cultures. We will do this through combining visual and performing arts to bring society together. By hosting events, such as movie nights, holding performances, artful protests, and starting an activism publication, we hope to bring people together through art to work towards finding their niche in world issues.
Harambee
E-Mail: Harambee@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Harambee provides a safer space for Black students and their allies on the SLC campus. There will be weekly discussion meetings in addition to an array of programming that examines various aspects of Black culture. While we encourage dialogue surrounding Black identities and race, discussions are not limited to such topics. We encourage members to bring ideas and themes to explore. Harambee is an open space for all different expressions of Blackness.
Harts for Hope
E-Mail: HartsForHope@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Our mission is to promote biopsychosocial healing in a creative, interactive manner. We believe in healing rather than treating. The mind and body are two wonders that work together, and utilizing arts as a way to bridge them is our overall objective. We work with persons of all ages, ill and not ill, and persons of all cultures. We want to bring the whole picture of healing and promote it to the people we work with.
Hillel @ SLC
E-Mail: Hillel@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The mission of Hillel@SLC is to support its Jewish population. Hillel@SLC welcomes everyone to explore Judaism throughout the year, while also providing opportunities to learn about Israel, Jewish Spirituality, Torah, and Social Justice.
Iglesia Scholars: The Saturday Enrichment Program at Iglesia San Andres
E-Mail: IglesiaScholars@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The goal of Iglesia Scholars is to provide avenues for program participants to develop relationships, discover creative outlets, and become lifelong learners, while simultaneously providing Sarah Lawrence student volunteers with opportunities to channel their passions into innovative, progressive education.
International Students Union (ISU)
E-Mail: ISU@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The International Students Union is a student group that seeks to nurture cultural diversity and awareness on campus, complementing the Sarah Lawrence educational philosophy of "experiential learning." We endeavor to create a compact community where all members are able to exchange and appreciate international experiences and perspectives; as well as help solve issues concerning the international community on campus. Last, but most importantly, we hope to make Sarah Lawrence your new home!
Iranian Student Association (Inactive)
E-Mail: IranianAssociation@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The Iranian Student Association is a student-run cultural club. It is non-political, non-religious, and open to anyone in the Sarah Lawrence Community. Through bi-weekly meetings and campus events, the Association wishes to promote Persian culture and awareness to Iranian-American cultural matters.
Italian Club
E-Mail: ItalianClub@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The Italian Club aims to increase Italian language proficiency, foster a love for Italian culture, and explore a combination of historical and modern Italian art.
Kamikazes Anonymous
E-Mail: Kamikaze@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Kamikazes Anonymous exists to bring nerds from all corners of SLC together to bond over epic sword fights, ridiculous hair-styles, and of course giant robots. Our mission is to make the campus of SLC aware of how awesome it is to be a card carrying geek and enjoy one another’s company while yelling at fictional Japanese people on the screen. We intend to rock hard.
SLC Light Opera Society (Inactive)
E-Mail: LightOperaSociety@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The Sarah Lawrence Light Opera Society will explore and promote the genre of light or comic opera and operetta. Our primary focus will be one full production each year. We will also have an emphasis on education, holding workshops to develop the skills necessary for all aspects of such a production. We will offer all students the chance to be involved with our productions, whether onstage, in the pit orchestra, backstage, or in administration; we will also offer private and group instruction. Our goal is to bring light opera information, resources, training, and opportunity to any student, regardless of prior experience.
The Melancholy Players
E-Mail: MelancholyPlayers@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Established in 2006, The Melancholy players create intimate theatrical productions highlighting the beauty of language and life. We are a group of theatre makers who produce both student written and published works, creating an interdisciplinary community on campus. We welcome a wealth of different perspectives and inventive solutions in order to do it well on a shoe string.
Men’s Naked Shakespeare
E-Mail: MensNakedShakespeare@gm.slc.edu
Mission: To explore and perform Shakespeare’s text in its rawest form so as to open the door for new textual possibilities for the benefit and entertainment of the student body.
Midnight Cabaret
E-Mail: MidnightCabaret@gm.slc.edu
Mission Midnight Cabaret fosters a lively dialogue between artists of all kinds through a high-energy, fast-paced process of production that happens every week. The group can change every single week and consists inclusively of visual artists, designers, musicians, actors, dancers, and writers who meet with the goal of collaborating to create a new show. The group meets throughout the week to discuss and workshop pieces for the upcoming show. Members can also work outside of these meetings either alone or together in order to finalize projects. The show itself is a series of pieces. Pieces can include any combination of performers, dependent only on the restraints of time and on the members of the cast. The group tries to explore different ways of thinking about the relationships between the various art forms, in order to challenge the very labels that separate them. Additionally, Midnight Cabaret takes on larger projects that embody in larger scopes the values it expresses in every weekly show.
Model United Nations
E-Mail: ModelUN@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The objective of Model UN is to seek, through discussion, negotiation and debate, solutions to the various problems of the world: e.g. questions of human rights, protection of the environment, economic development, disarmament, the problems of youth and of refugees, as well as the more critical issues of war and peace. Delegates, in seeking solutions to these problems, can learn to break away from narrow, national self-interest and develop true international cooperation. The research and preparation required, the adoption of views and attitudes other than their own, the involvement and interaction with so many other students from around the world, all combine to provide a deep insight into the world's problems, to make students aware of the causes of conflict between nations and to lead them to a better understanding of the interests and motivations of others. Thus, MUN, through its conferences, attempts to fulfill the aims and goals set by founders of the United Nations in the Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations: "To practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good as neighbors."
Outdoor Recreation Club (Inactive)
E-Mail: OutdoorRecreationClub@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The mission of ORC is to provide an outlet for Sarah Lawrence students to pursue interests in outdoor activities.
People Eating Tasty Animals (PETA)
E-Mail: Meat@gm.slc.edu
Mission: We stand for your right to eat meat! Through the art of eating animals we seek to establish a strong foundation of enthusiastic carnivores within the SLC community. Our cookouts are free for all and we guarantee you leave a little more sated than when you came. Stay hungry, friends.
The PHIL Project
E-Mail: Philproject@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The PHIL Project is philanthropy for students by students. Working with the SLC Student body, the PHIL project educates the College campus about giving back, inspiring an excitement for student fundraising while simultaneously providing valuable experiences and opportunities to learn about philanthropy at SLC
The Phoenix
E-Mail: Phoenix@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The Phoenix is a student-run newspaper that provides the students, faculty, and staff of SLC with up to date news, feature stories, and editorials that are relevant to the SLC community.
Queer People of Color (QPOC) (Inactive)
E-Mail: QPOC@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Queer People of Color or QPOC's mission is to serve students, faculty and staff of color who assume a queer or questioning sexual identity by creating a safe space for their intellectual thought. This is especially important on a campus and in a society where that thought has been given credence or validity as an entity of its own worthy of individual study. QPOC exists as a way to correct this and to reaffirm the legitimacy of its club body. QPOC proposes to be an inclusive group, allowing for open discussions among those of varying sexual, social, ethnic, and gender identities. An ultimate focus, however, will remain anchored on issues of non-heteronormative queer sexuality and gender that we often complicate by the perceptions and realities of racial identity. QPOC also proposes to be a sort of mobile group, with the various other SLC clubs. This is an attempt to further engage the greater SLC community with its issues.
Queer Voice Coalition (QVC)
E-Mail: QVC@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The Sarah Lawrence Queer Voice Coalition stands to provide a supportive, informed, and stimulating environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer, questioning, and allied students. Through dissection, discussion, and action, we hope to create a harmonious and ebullient community on campus, to build student resources and knowledge, and to promote tolerance and acceptance beyond campus.
Reading Buddies
E-Mail: ReadingBuddies@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Reading Buddies is a group of dedicated volunteers who meet once a week to assist in the Iglesia Elementary School's after-school program in Yonkers. If working with kids between the ages of 5 and 10 is something you enjoy, this is the place for you! The volunteers are expected to mentor one of the kids throughout the semester/year, helping him/her with their homework and improving their reading skills. The kids are warm and receptive and are enthusiastic to learn. This is also a great way to immerse oneself into the greater Westchester community.
Sarah Lawrence College Review
E-Mail: SLCReview@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The Sarah Lawrence Review is the oldest running annual literary journal that provides an opportunity for writers and artists in the Sarah Lawrence College community to gain validation and exposure through publication in a high quality collection of works. We publish a wide range of literary and visual arts created by students, staff, faculty, and alumni. Our main objective is to showcase the exemplary talent of the Sarah Lawrence College writing community. We are entirely student run, and work hard throughout the year to solicit submissions for our magazine and to ultimately produce a tasteful and professional publication. Our staff, diverse in talent and committed to maintaining the standards of the Review, selects works in an unbiased and open-minded manner. We believe that the quality of the work in the Sarah Lawrence Review is comparable to any of the most widely circulated and respected literary magazines.
Res Miranda (Inactive)
E-Mail: ResMiranda@gm.slc.edu
Mission: SLC’s only non-audition choir. All levels of experience and talent will always be welcome. Remember: If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing.
Sarah Lawrence Activities Council (SLAC)
E-Mail: SLAC@gm.slc.edu
Mission: SLAC is a student-run organization of volunteers who coordinate and plan a variety of weekly campus events including films, concerts, dances, and open mic nights. SLAC is comprised of two co-chairs, eight series, and general members. The Office of Student Activities serves as adviser to SLAC. Some SLAC events feature student performances, while other events feature outside musicians, speakers, or variety acts. The goal of SLAC is to host events that appeal to the interests of the student body. The SLAC members meet weekly to plan events and are always looking for feedback and new members.
SLC Salsa Society (Inactive)
E-Mail: SalsaSociety@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Ven a bailar amigos! As SLC’s brand-new Latin Dance club, come along and channel your inner Héctor Lavoe or Celia Cruz! Don't need a partner or previous dance experience. Just dress so you can groove and ladies bring heels for some spins! Hope to see you all there!
Scandal Revue
E-Mail: ScandalRevue@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The Scandal Revue Burlesque Troop was founded in 2008 with the mission of promoting body positivity through the art of burlesque. We have continued to share our message of body positivity, as well as exploring ideas of sex positivity and personal narrative through song, dance, mime, comedy, and, of course, the tease. The troop is open to all, and no one is required to strip. We provide workshops on various topics and techniques, and invite guest performers to share their experience in the burlesque world with the Sarah Lawrence community.
Screenwriters Workshop
E-Mail: slcscreenwriters@gm.slc.edu
Mission: In order to write a well crafted screenplay, one must have access to a community of fellow screen writers who are willing to share their own work and offer constructive criticism to one another. This environment will be one that is welcoming and helpful rather than overly critical. Join if you are a screenwriter or simply have the drive.
Sixteen
E-Mail: Sixteen@gm.slc.edu
Mission: It is our goal, through seasonal issues of the publication and related events, to create an interdisciplinary space for a variety of artistic genres. We aim to publish quality work, outside the confines of a single form. It is our hope that through the broad scope of our publication, we may generate diversity within the artistic community at Sarah Lawrence.
Smaller, Simpler, Smarter Government
E-Mail: SmallerGovernment@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Tina Fey dressed up one evening and remarked, "I can see Russia from my house" while pretending to be Sarah Palin. With a tight 2012 campaign between incumbent Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, it is imperative for students to differentiate between fact and fiction in politics. This club serves to represent members of the student body who identify themselves as Republican or have an interest in understanding the current platform of the Republican Party.
Socialist Reading Group
E-Mail: SocialistReadingGroup@gm.slc.edu
Mission: To read texts we as a group decides would enhance our understanding of socialism and the world.
Society of Ukulele Enthusiasts (SUE) (Inactive)
E-Mail: SUE@gm.slc.edu
Mission: A society for ukulele enthusiasts, both those who are seasoned players and those who want to learn. We will meet weekly to learn to play a few new songs and, eventually, will perform around campus.
Songwriters Collective
E-Mail: SongwritersCollective@gm.slc.edu
Mission: In a city where competition between aspiring musicians is fueled by the cut-throat industry, we are forming a positive community of creation that inspires, encourages, and supports its members. Through workshops and showcases we will provide an environment where music is not only made, but also heard. The Songwriters Collective at Sarah Lawrence College brings together students who have any interest in creating music; whether you can sing, play an instrument, or jot lyrics on the backs of napkins at coffee shops, may this group be a place where we can collaborate and simply jam like we've never jammed before!
The Soundstage (Inactive)
E-Mail: Soundstage@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The Soundstage is an outlet for the ambitious. Our productions challenge Sarah Lawrence's most passionate directors, performers, and designers to think big and fully realize their creative visions. We tend towards works that highlight music or language—which may as well be the same thing—and aim to build campus community with each event. Through relationships with other student groups and recent alumni, we hope to be a source of constant opportunity for every SLC student. Our school is sometimes torn between pushing boundaries and honoring its history; if there's a way to balance innovation and tradition, The Soundstage will find it. We'll just play it by ear.
SLC Speaks
E-Mail: SLCSpeaks@gm.slc.edu
Mission: SLC Speaks is a Web-based, student run publication that brings together the voices of an individualized campus. We reach out to every social group and student with interesting, thoughtful content and creative presentation. See our platform at slcspeaks.com.
Spoken Word Collective
E-Mail: SpokenWordCollective@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The Sarah Lawrence Spoken Word Collective exists in order to introduce the Sarah Lawrence community to outstanding voices from the contemporary spoken word movement and in order to further the dialogue between academic and slam poetry. We host weekly open mics, and each open mic is supplemented by a 30-40 minute performance by a new featured slam poet or spoken word artist. We're devoted to strengthening the Sarah Lawrence writing community, with special attention to joining the graduate and undergraduate writing circles. It is our goal for the year to continue our weekly series in the Teahaus at Sarah Lawrence, widening our focus to reach strong slam voices from throughout New York, New England, and the rest of the country, and to continue to generate a strong student body open mic presence.
SLC Stitch 'n Bitch
E-Mail: StitchnBitch@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Stitch 'n Bitch aims to create a community of crafters on campus. We welcome crafters new and old to our club and are more than willing to teach you how to knit!
Students as Citizen Scientists
E-Mail: CitizenScientists@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Citizen Science or crowd-sourced science refers to the practice of opening research to the public and enabling the general population to make meaningful contributions to our understanding of the world around us. These projects range from simple, such as observing the water quality of rivers, to complex, such as building a functional solar panel testing module out of LEGO parts and an inkjet printer. Students as Citizen Scientists will bring both of these projects and more to the Sarah Lawrence campus. We will also coordinate with other Sarah Lawrence groups to involve more students in projects relating to those groups' goals.
Students for Liberty
E-Mail: Liberty@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Students for Liberty seeks to engage the SLC community in the pursuit of a free society. Students for liberty is intended to provide an open and welcoming environment for anyone willing to promote human freedom, unrestricted trade, self ownership, and a natural rights definition of law.
Table Salt
E-Mail: TableSalt@gm.slc.edu
Mission: "Table Salt" is a student based, casual, lovingly and cheaply handmade zine created to give opportunities to anyone and everyone with a desire to create. "Table Salt" contains student submitted poetry, comics, short stories, doodles, scans of interesting labels found folded up in the pages of an old book, and everything in between. Inspiration comes from everywhere, and everything and in "Table Salt" we compile that inspiration.
The Annual (Yearbook)
E-Mail: TheAnnual@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The SLC Annual desires to compile a book of memories for students to take with them and keep long after their time here is done. Our vision is to capture the daily life of the community and all of the beautiful scenery in which these events take place. We aim to have every aspect of the student life noted and preserved.
Terse Tales (Inactive)
E-Mail: TerseTales@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The aim of this society is to celebrate the work of superlative, dead writers through the recitation of their short fiction. Our goal is ultimately to immerse our members in the ins of those writers through a combination of tastefully animated story recitals, discussions about writers and their work, and, most crucial of all, food. Each meeting is devoted to a single writer. Writers under consideration for future meetings include, but are not limited to, Poe, Kipling, Chekov, Irving, Aesop, Anderson, the Brothers Grimm, Wilde, Mansfield, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Woolf, Dickens, Kafka, Lawrence, Tolstory, Dostoyevsky, and Nabokov.
Trans Action
E-Mail: TransAction@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Trans Action is SLC's identity organization for trans students and their allies. We work to make the College a more trans friendly space and to provide trans students with a safe space to discuss their experiences. Most of all, we are here to provide all SLC people—students, staff, and faculty—with resources on gender and trans issues.
Treble in Paradise
E-Mail: TrebleinParadise@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Treble in Paradise aims to provide entertainment through A Cappella vocal performance for the Sarah Lawrence and surrounding communities, as well as to create an outlet and musically fulfilling experience for its members.
Unidad
E-Mail: Unidad@gm.slc.edu
Mission: UNIDAD is a safe space for the Latino/a community at Sarah Lawrence and its allies to dialogue about identity and empower our communities through knowledge and support. We are a resource of unity, support, and solidarity to any students wanting to discuss issues relevant to the racialization and marginalization of our community on campus as well as in the United States more broadly. We strive to promote awareness and an ever deeper understanding of the language, images, and policies that impact and define us as a people. We celebrate the diversity of Latinas/os and our own intersecting identities, while remaining critical of the construction of race, class, ethnicity, language, sexuality, gender, orientation, and self-image within our own identities and the communities to which we belong.
UUreka
E-Mail: UUreka@gm.slc.edu
Mission: In the spirit of community and service, we unite in the quest to find our own truths, and promote love in the web of life.
SLC Vanguard
E-Mail: SLCVanguard@gm.slc.edu
Mission: Since 2008, SLC VANGUARD has collected, created, and publicized nonfiction writing by Sarah Lawrence undergraduates. We believe our colleagues' independent interdisciplinary endeavors distinguish Sarah Lawrence College from other academic institutions, yet conference work is too often isolated and unrecognized. We showcase the achievements of our peers, build relationships around their academic interests, and promote a culture of collaboration, mutual support, and constructive debate.
Visual Art Review
E-Mail: VisualArtReview@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The Sarah Lawrence Visual Art Review is a selective student run publication devoted to Sarah Lawrence's Art community. The Visual Art Review is produced yearly and aims to successfully exhibit the range of art produced on campus, ranging from painting and sculpture to photography, film, and new media arts.
Voices for Palestine (Inactive)
E-Mail: VoicesforPalestine@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The voices of the Palestinian people, and those who support their sovereignty as a people and their rights as human beings, are often misrepresented or silenced. VFP was created in order to discuss and celebrate Palestinian culture through film, art, music, and poetry. In addition, VFP is firmly committed to providing opportunities for dialogue, peace work, and dispelling myths/stereotypes held.
SLC VOX: Voices for Planned Parenthood
E-Mail: Vox@gm.slc.edu
Mission: VOX is a Planned Parenthood affiliate that aims to educate and mobilize students and youth in support of reproductive health and rights. The SLC Vox group will work closely with the Hudson Peconic Planned Parenthood, organizing pro-choice events, educating the SLC and broader community about sexual health and reproductive rights, lobbying our local legislators, and participating in events that support our local Planned Parenthood centers. The VOX chapter at SLC provides an abundance of volunteer and advocacy opportunities for those interested—ranging from canvassing, to voter registration, to community outreach, to petitioning. Members will receive volunteer hours for meetings as well as other VOX events they attend. VOX at SLC is an excellent way to keep yourself informed; get involved in a community interested in healthcare and sexual education; and affect change throughout campus, the local community, and in policy.
Women of Color Affinity Group (WoCo)
E-Mail: WoCo@gm.slc.edu
Mission: WoCo is an organization for women of color and their allies. We seek to celebrate and to challenge identities such as gender, race, class, and religion. Our goal is to collectively raise awareness of one’s own privilege. Our mission is to encourage long lasting relationships between the members of our group, our Sarah Lawrence community, and outside networks.
Women’s Soccer
E-Mail: WomensSoccer@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The Sarah Lawrence Women's Soccer team brings women together to practice, play, and compete. It fosters community, health, and fun.
Worker’s Appreciation Dinner Club (Inactive)
E-Mail: WorkersAppreciationDinnerClub@gm.slc.edu
Mission: The Worker’s Appreciation Dinner is an annual event coordinated by students to celebrate the hard work and importance of the many workers on this campus. In the past years we have given out invitations to the following departments: AVI, Maintenance, Security, ABM, Bookstore, Post Office, and Duplication. Each department is vital in making sure this campus functions properly. We cater the event to the workers and their families and friends, making sure that they have as enjoyable a time as possible. Previously, this event was sponsored by UNIDAD, Harambee, and other Common Ground organizations. However, this year we are truly trying to outreach to the greater SLC community, while still maintaining ties to Common Ground to encourage a greater participation in planning and putting on this event. Ultimately we want to demonstrate our immense gratitude to the workers and their families by strengthening the bond between students and workers.
SLC Workers Justice (Inactive)
E-Mail: WorkersJustice@gm.slc.edu