Join our panelists, San Francisco-based authors Julia Flynn Siler '82, Ravi Chandra '89, and Ho Lin '92, for an evening dedicated to writing at Booksmith's event space, The Bindery!

The authors will discuss their experiences getting published, read excerpts from their recent books, and take questions from the audience about these and other writing topics. A cash bar will be available. Admission is free, and guests are welcome.

About the Authors

Ravi Chandra '89

Ravi Chandra '89 is a psychiatrist and author in San Francisco. He blogs about spirituality, psychology and culture for Psychology Today, and Asian American film and culture for the Center for Asian American Media. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and in 2016 received a proclamation for his community work from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Ravi's latest book, Facebuddha, is about transcendence in the age of social networks. He is currently working on books about narcissism, loneliness and travel. Read more about Ravi at www.facebuddha.co.

Ho Lin '92

Ho Lin '92 is an author, editor, musician and filmmaker who currently resides in San Francisco. He is the co-editor of the literary journal Caveat Lector, a well-worn traveler, and a fan of the New York Giants and green onion pancakes. His debut novel, China Girl, is about a modern woman adrift in modern China. Learn more about Ho on his website, www.holinauthor.com.

Julia Flynn Siler '82

Julia Flynn Siler '82 is a New York Times bestselling author and journalist. As a veteran correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek magazine, Ms. Siler spent more than two decades in the Europe and the United States, reporting from a dozen countries. She is the sixth recipient of the annual Mayborn Biography Fellowship, which, in partnership with Biographers International Organization, provides a creative residency in Santa Fe and was previously a National Endowment for the Humanities “Public Scholar.” She is currently working on Daughters of Joy: America's Other Slaves and Their Fight For Freedom, forthcoming from Alfred A. Knopf in 2019. For more information, please visit www.juliaflynnsiler.com. Ms. Siler concentrated in American Studies while at Brown.

RSVP for free here.

Celebrate the birthdays of literary legends JD Salinger (1/1), J.R.R Tolkien (1/3), Sherlock Holmes (1/6), Jack London (1/12), Edgar Allen Poe (1/19), Robert Burns (1/25), Lewis Carroll (1/27) and more with 2017's first GCB West at Novela in SoMa! Quaff a "Cocktail with Character" while mingling with fellow Brunonian bookworms!

Thursday, April 14th // 6:30 PM
Brown San Francisco Office
601 Montgomery St. // Suite 540

Join us for an informal discussion on networking and personal branding with Deb Mills-Scofield '82, co-hosted by the Brown University San Francisco Office.

Deb is a venture capitalist and business leader who has helped companies create and implement innovation-based strategies through her consultancy, Mills-Scofield LLC. She has also served as a mentor through various Brown programs, including Brown Entrepreneurship Program, Brown Women's Launch Pad, and Social Innovation Fellowship. You can read more about Deb in this Time article.

Deb will address specific questions from the audience on networking skills and building personal brands. Dinner will be provided. Please RSVP and submit any questions for Deb here!

Creative Expression & Diversity: Faculty Reflections

Friday, February 19th
7 PM - 9:30 PM
University Club of SF // 800 Powell Street

Liza Cariaga-Lo, Vice President for Academic Development, Diversity, and Inclusion, will moderate a Brown faculty panel discussion exploring how diversity enriches innovative thinking, critical analysis, and problem-solving in performance, design, research, and teaching at Brown. BCSF is pleased to be one of only seven alumni communities to host this special series! A reception with drinks and light dinner fare will be followed by the speaking program and Q&A. Faculty panelists include Ralph Rodriguez, Professor of American Studies and English, Courtney Martin, Professor of History of Art and Architecture, and Daniel Kim, Professor of American Studies and English.

For more information and tickets please head here! If you can't make it to the Friday event, Brown is hosting the same event in the South Bay on Saturday the 20th. 

This Unity event is sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Brown Alumni Association’s Multicultural Alumni Committee, and the Brown Club of San Francisco.

Help welcome current Brunonian interns to the Bay Area this summer!

Picnic with us at Off the Grid in the Presidio and enjoy great food, lawn games, and conversation with fellow and soon-to-be alumni!

Please save the date for the San Francisco BrownConnect summer kickoff event!

The Bay Area will see an influx of over 200 current Brown students this summer as they explore their career options through fellowships and internships.  Come welcome some of these students to San Francisco and learn how you can become involved as a mentor.

Hosted by Sam Hodges '04.

Location TBD.