Campus Life
The Women and Gender Resource Center
We are here to support you, to stand with you and amplify your voices, to help organize and build community, and to support resilience and healing in this time of trauma.
The Women and Gender Resource Center is a student-led community committed to intersectional feminism and social justice and to supporting students as advocates for gender justice, especially for the most vulnerable.
Our Center is located in the Student Commons, room 3C and staffed by our Graduate Assistant, our student Gender Justice Advocates, and our interns. We are here to support students in crisis, to collaborate with students on their ideas, and to provide a healing space for all students who need one.
Come and visit us to learn more about feminist and gender advocacy on campus, discover resources for survivors of gender-based violence, and find an active community of support and solidarity. We are:
- A space for anyone, of any gender or sexual orientation, needing resources or support around gender issues.
- A community for women’s and gender groups to share space and solidarity in order to identify and work towards common goals.
- A network to ensure that women’s and gender issues are central to Manhattan University’s mission.
- A safe and brave space that values each experience and viewpoint in pursuit of productivity, personal goals, dignity and self-respect.
- A center that offers students the opportunity to be creative with their personal goals and initiatives.
- We work closely with Manhattan's Pride Center on LGBTQIA+ issues, and with the Multicultural Center on racial, ethnic, and religious issues.
Hear what our students say about their experiences at the Women and Gender Resource Center:
It is hard to put into words what exactly the Lasallian Women and Gender Center has done for me over the past two years. Since the moment I walked into the Center as a second semester freshman, I haven’t stopped learning – learning about myself, others, the world around me… With words like “intersectional feminism,” “imposter syndrome,” “allyship”... I was finally given the language to empower and advocate for myself and others. The LWGRC gave me the tools and the support to become less apologetic for taking up space. As I slowly became more involved in the Center, I learned to stop holding myself back. The encouragement and opportunities presented to me by the Center made me realize that the only person that doubted that I was good enough, was me. Now I still have a long way to go, but the LWGRC has helped me understand that the kindness and forgiveness we are taught to show that others also applies to ourselves. I will always be thankful for the beautiful souls of the LWGRC who showed me the strength in kindness, and taught me how to be kind to myself.
Schuyler Alpaugh ’22
The Women & Gender Resource Center Hours
Monday - Friday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
The WGRC Summer Research Fellowship
We support ongoing student research on themes related to gender, sexuality, and embodiment with a summer research program designed to foster scholarship, collaboration, and activism.
Submit your application to the WGRC Summer Research Fellowship in Spring 2024. The deadline for submission is March 22, 2024.
Watch this video to learn about the previous WGRC Summer Research Fellows’ work: Lasallian Values and Access Control: Rethinking Campus Intimacy and Hook-up Culture.
Women's Week at Manhattan University
Women's Week is held each spring and features a series of events that address women's issues worldwide and empower women in their personal and professional lives.