We invite you to join Simidele Adeagbo, 2019 World Fellow, Olympian, and former head of Nike Africa Marketing for the Running category, for a conversation as part of Yale’s Africa Week events. Simidele will speak about the the power of sport to move Africa forward, its role in developing the next generation of female of leaders and her historic Olympic journey.
What:
A Borrowed Dress, hawkish leaders, a war of proxies and the bargains on the future lives of Syrian refugees. Where is home for them?
Who:
A conversation with Syrian-Turkish journalist and 2019 World Fellow Onur Burçak Belli followed by an hour-long documentary screening of ‘The Borrowed Dress”
Why:
Mona Bijoor is a partner at King Circle Capital LLC and the founder of JOOR.
Julius Krein is the editor of American Affairs, a quarterly journal of public policy and political thought founded to provide a forum for people who believe that the conventional partisan platforms are no longer relevant to the most pressing challenges facing the United States. Mr. Krein has contributed to publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Times Literary Supplement.
As if being away from home isn’t stressful enough. Add new food, homework, new friends, FOMO, and no sleep to the mix. Join 2019 World Fellows Rebecca Sullivan (food) Bev Ho (medicine) and Simi Adeagbo (fitness) in a casual conversation about three core areas to help you survive your time at Yale. Eating right, avoiding bad habits, sleeping well, and exercising all on a budget. Plenty of tips and tricks to take away!
Join Grace Hopper College for a conversation with Olympian, 2019 World Fellow, and advocate Simidele Adeagbo. Simidele is best known for becoming the first African and Black woman to compete in Olympic Skeleton. She has also led innovative marketing campaigns at Nike, and today is a popular keynote speaker who helps girls build leadership skills through the uplifting power of sport. Simidele has been hailed by the New York Times as “a role model for Africa and beyond.”
Phil Rigdon Lecture
The Yale Forest Forum offers weekly lunch talks during the academic year, providing opportunities to hear from leaders in forest management, conservation, or policy in an informal setting. The YFF speaker series is the longest continuously-running speaker series at F&ES. Speakers come from a wide range of organizations and perspectives, including government, NGOs and businesses, working at scales from local to international.
This is a casual dinner & cooking/baking session, and a chance meet other folks around campus! We will have diverse group of people from all around Yale, and RSVP (peihua.chen@yale.edu) if you want to join in! We will probably cap the event around 13 people. Feel free to send requests for recipes you want to cook/bake!
Please save the date for our first Yale SOM Leaders Forum talk of the semester. We will be welcoming Jim Snabe, Chairman of the Board, Mærsk and Siemens, and member of the Board of Trustees at World Economic Forum. The talk is entitled “Dreams and Details - Reinvent your Business and your Leadership from a Position of Strength.” Our speaker will present for 40 minutes, and there will be time for Q & A. The talk will be moderated by Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, Senior Associate Dean for Leadership Studies & Lester Crown Professor in the Practice of Management at Yale.
The office of LGBTQ Resources and the LGBTQ Affinity group host lunches for parents of LGBTQ children (and their allies) every third Thursday of each month. All parents of LGBTQ children–as well as LGBTQ staff & faculty and allies–are invited to share this space for support, community, and conversation.
