The Women's Resource Center

• Menstrual cups and menstrual cup sterilizers
• Reusable cloth pads (all sizes)
• Pads and underwear liners (all sizes)
• Tampons (all absorbencies, with and without applicators)
• Chlorine-free and organic options

• Condoms (latex and non-latex, flavored and unflavored)
• Internal condoms
• Dental dams
• Lube (flavored and unflavored)
• Pregnancy tests
• UTI tests
• Emergency contraception (use our request form)

If you need something when our office is closed, there are limited supplies available in the following places:

• In or outside the following offices and spaces: 
  • WRC
  • SALD
  • Counseling and Health Services
  • Commuter Lounge (West Hall Basement)
  • FRC
• Outside the following restrooms on campus, including: 
  • Sorin Hall: Outside first floor bathrooms
  • Bush Memorial Library: Outside CASA bathrooms
  • GLC: Outside first floor bathrooms
  • Drew Fine Arts: In the hall outside the single stall bathroom in the music practice wing 
  • Drew Science: Outside second floor bathrooms
  • Robbins Science: Outside the bathrooms in the basement
  • East Hall: Outside first floor bathrooms
  • Bush Center: Outside first floor bathrooms (through door towards the gym) 
  • Klas Center: Outside first floor women’s bathroom
  • Walker Field house: Outside first floor bathrooms
  • Drew Hall: Near first floor women’s bathroom at the main entrance 

Student activists created the WRC in 1983. Its earliest role was to address the needs of women at Hamline, largely through educating the campus community about issues related to women's rights. Although the WRC has changed in structure and administration since its creation, our vision remains the same: To provide a safe space for the Hamline community to learn about and advocate for gender equity.

For over 35 years, the WRC's student and faculty leadership have worked tirelessly toward gender equity. Every year, the WRC facilitates educational programming and co-curricular activities on gender-based issues; offers service-learning projects, internships, and leadership experiences to students; collaborates with on- and off-campus organizations to enrich the Hamline community; and provides a range of resources and supplies to help students meet their basic needs.

Past WRC activities include:

• Reading and discussion groups
• Community service projects
• Guest speakers
• Garment fundraisers and donation drives
• Women's History Month celebrations
• Special events, including Take Back the Campus

Student workers

Each year, we have a limited number of work study positions available. Student workers are responsible for a range of tasks, including staffing the office (and hosting virtual hours); restocking supplies; fostering relationships with orgs, offices, and programs on- and off-campus; conducting research; creating educational materials; posting to social media; and developing and leading programming and events. Students typically work between two to five hours per week, depending on funding.

Interns

In both semesters, we host two to three internships for undergraduate students. Most internships are project based unless we have a particular need. Previous internships have focused on sexual health, public health communication, sexual violence prevention, women's athletics, Muslim women, and more. Students can earn LEAP credit ("P") if they're able to meet all requirements set by the Career Development Center. Students of all majors are welcome to apply.

Volunteers

We're always looking for volunteers! Volunteers can work with us as often as they'd like. Some volunteers join us weekly, while others pop in and out throughout the semester. Volunteers are welcome to work on anything student workers and interns do, just on a smaller scale.