Community briefs 5/7

GWARC, Housing seminar
GWARC, 56 Chestnut St., is holding a free housing seminar Thursday, May 8, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Ms.featuring housing expert Anne Lane who has worked with individuals with disabilities and their families and with state and local agencies for 20 years. Lane will provide attendees tools for getting started whether they are looking at private options or at federal, state or local housing funding resources.
If you would like to attend, RSVP to Anna Thorpe, Family Support manager, at 781-899-1344, Ext. 4120, or at athorpe@gwarc.org.

BRANDEIS WOMEN STUDIES, Annual Mother's Day event
The Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University's annual Mother's Day event focuses on working mothers and the discrimination they face. This panel discussion brings together working mothers of multiple generations to share their experiences and create a discussion about how to improve conditions for working mothers. The discussion is moderated by E.J. Graff, WSRC resident scholar, and participants include Dana Gershengorn, Neena Pathak and Judith Stadtman Tucker. The event is Thursday, May 8, 12:30 to 2 p.m., in the Epstein Building, 515 South St.
To learn more about The Women's Studies Research Center, visit www.brandeis.edu/centers/wsrc.

IMPROV JONES, At Newton Free Library
Improv Jones Boston, an eight-member comedic troupe, will perform short improv games similar to the style of the TV show, ``Whose Line Is It Anyway?'', at Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St., on Wednesday, May 7, 7 p.m. Audience members will offer suggestions about locations, emotions and relationships and some will even get in on the act performing in a game or two with the troupe. The troupe performs Fridays, 8 p.m., at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown. Visit improvjonesboston.com.
For information, call the library at 617-796-1360. All programs are free and open to the public.

POSTAL CARRIERS, Collecting food
The National Association of Letter Carriers along with USPS, AFL-CIO, United Way of Mass Bay, America's Second Harvest, Campbell's, Project Bread, the American Red Cross, and the Greater Boston Food Bank, will try to ``Stamp Out Hunger'' when carriers will pick up non-perishable food left at mailboxes in Waltham and Newton on Saturday, May 10 and deliver it to local food pantries.
For more information, visit www.malc.org or call your local post office.

ENDOMETRIOSIS, Support group meeting May 7
Endometriosis - a sometimes painful and debilitating disease affecting women during the child-bearing years, is relatively unknown, but there is now help with a support and informational group.
To learn more about this free information sharing session and the time and location of the Wednesday, May 7, meeting, or you are able to make a charitable contribution, contact Jennifer Sullivan at GreaterBoston_Endo@yahoo.com or 781-893-0530.