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VIRTUAL: What Comes Next: Environmental Justice After the Election

Please join the Yale Environmental Dialogue for an online panel discussion with leading environmental justice scholars and practitioners on what the result of the election means for the future of the environmental justice movement. The panel will be held on Zoom on Monday, November 9, 2020, from 6:00-7:00 PM ET. Please register at https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_omxhlX__S1-J4-emp0htMg.

(Call for Entries) off the grid: projects for the moment

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Since the onset of the global pandemic, every day has meant adapting, resisting, reflecting, re-energizing and re-imagining with our hopes, fears and dreams in stride. As we look to 2021, we collectively navigate the iterations of our present moment more intentionally than ever before. With the theme of navigation in mind, the Yale Schwarzman Center invites undergraduate, graduate and professional school students to share creative responses to the following questions:
· How are you navigating space, change and truth in an ambiguous and fluid time?

Technology and Social Justice: CONTACT TRACE the Surveillance of Public Health

This event marks the second of a four part conversation series around technology and social justice; an intersectional conversation series that aims to investigate the impact of innovation upon our communities.
This month’s panel CONTACT TRACE examines contact tracing and its implications for public security and privacy. The discussion will be moderated by C. Brandon Ogbunu.
C. Brandon Ogbunu is a computational biologist at Yale University. His popular writing takes place at the intersection between sports, data science, and culture.

Technology and Social Justice: CONTACT TRACE the Surveillance of Public Health

Our apologies, this event has been canceled.
This event marks the second of a four part conversation series around technology and social justice; an intersectional conversation series that aims to investigate the impact of innovation upon our communities.
This month’s panel CONTACT TRACE examines contact tracing and its implications for public security and privacy. The discussion will be moderated by C. Brandon Ogbunu.

Technology and Social Justice: CONTACT TRACE the Surveillance of Public Health

This event marks the second of a four part conversation series around technology and social justice; an intersectional conversation series that aims to investigate the impact of innovation upon our communities.
This month’s panel CONTACT TRACE examines contact tracing and its implications for public security and privacy. The discussion will be moderated by C. Brandon Ogbunu.
C. Brandon Ogbunu is a computational biologist at Yale University. His popular writing takes place at the intersection between sports, data science, and culture.

VIRTUAL: Bicycling, Birding, and #BLM across America in a Summer of Chaos

During summer 2020, I undertook a 76-day, ~3800 mile bicycle trip across the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, encountering extraordinary people, landscapes, and birds as I wheeled my way through towns on the brink of collapse, Native American lands, and vast private ranches. Witnessing people’s reactions to #BlackLivesMatter and other pressing issues taught me about the forces causing division in this country and how we can mend them.

VIRTUAL: Celebration of Women in Chemistry: Virtual Symposium and Networking Session

This symposium, which will take place from 1-3 pm on Tuesday, November 10, is a celebration of women’s contributions to chemistry and the history of women chemists at Yale. The symposium coincides with the unveiling of a permanent exhibit in the chemistry buildings, which features women chemists who have made prominent contributions inside and outside Yale.

Virtual:Caring for Ourselves in Challenging Times: Simple tools to boost resilience and reduce stress

The world around us is changing quickly and at times may seem overwhelming, which, if we are not careful, can lead to feelings of burnout and exhaustion. But there are simple tools and basic practices we can employ to help us navigate these changes and perhaps even grow from them. Join Danielle Casioppo, MS, Education Specialist and certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor with Being Well at Yale, for an exploration of simple daily practices to boost resilience and reduce stress, even in the midst of challenging times.

VIRTUAL: Kristina Wong for Public Office: On Race, Gender, and Comedy in Electoral Politics

Performance artist, comedian, and elected representative Kristina Wong is taking her raucous campaign online to arouse civic engagement and counter-hijack our democracy! An actual elected representative of Koreatown in Los Angeles, she was once a scrappy performance artist with a bright future in reality television. Now, the political system she used to ridicule is the one she’s become!!! Is she more effective as a performance artist or a politician? Is there actually a difference between performance art and politics? Can she Abolish ICE?!

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