Women's Center

The Women’s Center is here to support you in your journey at Bristol! More than ever it is important to engage in conversations and experiences regarding anti-racist, intersectional feminism that can create a more equitable and resilient college community and world.

What is the Women’s Center?

The mission of the Women’s Center at Bristol Community College is to provide a safe and supportive space of empowerment through advocacy and education. The Women’s center promotes the concept of intersectionality—that gender intersects with all other markers of identity—and thus works to help students understand the complexity of their lives and the lives of others.

This work is done by making the connections between the classroom and the outside world by organizing and facilitating student center programs, workshops, lectures, and seminars aimed at improving self-esteem, developing leadership skills, promoting diversity and raising awareness about women’s and gender issues. The center commits itself to the support and progress of all students in their personal, academic, and career needs.

Student Support Services

• Parenting Advancement Pathways
• Speakers and discussion panels on topics that relate to women
• Support and referrals to community organizations for survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence
• Peer support groups
• Lactation Room - located at the Fall River campus Women's Center office

Off-Campus Resources

• Legal Aid Massachusetts
• National Organization for Women (NOW)
• Planned Parenthood
• Southcoast Legal Services
• Stanley Street Treatment and Resources (SSTAR)
• Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program (WIC)
• Women's Center New Bedford

Peer Support Group Schedules

Please take a moment to review our support groups: Peer Support Group Feedback Form.

Disability Empowerment Group

A virtual support group for Bristol Community College students with disabilities to share experiences, build community, and foster empowerment.

Sundays, 7 - 8 p.m.
Dates: 
1/25: Your Experience
2/1: Proud to Be Yourself
2/8: Self Advocacy
2/15: Safe Dating
2/22: Ambition

Zoom Meeting: 
Meeting ID: 936 7062 2912, Passcode: 669471
Join Disability Empowerment Group Zoom Meeting.

Women’s Group

This virtual support group is a safe and welcoming space for women-identifying people to connect, heal, and grow together. Through open discussions, shared experiences, and mutual support, members find strength, inspiration, and the tools to build a healthy, joyful, fulfilling life. This group offers a supportive environment to talk about tough topics and discover new paths toward healing.

Mondays, 8 - 9 p.m.
Dates: 
1/26: Self Care Guide
2/2:  Relationship Safety 
2/9: Body Image in a Media World 
2/16: Building Consent Culture

Zoom Meeting: 
Meeting ID: 988 2635 1418, Passcode: 518467
Join Women's Group Zoom Meeting.

Community Group

This welcoming virtual community space is a support group for all Bristol students seeking connection, healing, and hope. We offer a safe space to grow together through honest conversations and shared experiences. This is not a therapy group, but a supportive groups of peers coming together.

Tuesdays, 8 - 9 p.m.
Dates: 
1/27: Time Management
2/3: Nutrition on a Budget 
2/10: Courage to Be Yourself
2/17:  Coping Strategies
2/24: Organize Your Life

Zoom Meeting:
Meeting ID: 998 4112 1748, Passcode: 133089
Join Community Group Zoom Meeting.

LGBTQ+ Group

This in-person support group is a community where members can discuss their experiences, challenges, and triumphs in a judgment-free environment. Members empower each other, embrace diversity, and lay the groundwork to live a healthy, joyful, authentic life. This is a safe, inclusive space to connect, share, and heal together.

Wednesdays, 2 - 3 p.m.

Location: In-Person, Fall River Campus, Women’s Center E-104A 

Strength in Recovery

This is a virtual support group for all Bristol students seeking connection, healing, and hope. We offer a safe space to grow together through honest conversations and shared experiences. Open to anyone on a journey of recovery—whether from addiction, loss, trauma, or any personal hardship—we embrace all pathways to healing.

Wednesdays, 7 - 8 p.m.
Dates:
1/28: Rediscovering Firsts in Recovery
2/4: Navigating Financial Recovery & Insecurity
2/11: Emotional Sobriety vs. Physical Sobriety
2/18: Surrenduring the Need to Control Outcomes
2/25: Ethics & Morals in the New Me

Zoom Meeting: 
Meeting ID 954 7680 4520 Passcode: 619962
Join the Strength in Recovery Group Zoom Meeting.

Who can be involved in the Women’s Center?

EVERYONE

The Bristol Women's Center is a place of inclusion, open to ALL genders and identities.

With that said, we focus on creating programs and experiences for women. We are inclusive of LGBTQIA+ Students, Students of Color, First-Generation College Students, International Students, Students with Disabilities, and Athletes.

How do I learn more about the Center?

More about the Women’s Center can be found on our Facebook Page.

Click here for the "We Bristol" Artifact Project 

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