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Felon: An American Washi Tale | A solo performance by Reginald Dwayne Betts

New Haven local poet, Yale Law School Ph.D. candidate, and MacArthur Genius Fellow, Reginald Dwayne Betts adapts his critically-acclaimed book of poetry, Felon, into a solo performance about re-imaging paper. Felon: An American Washi Tale begins with the pages of a book being slid into a cell, traverses stoves made of toilet paper, kites from a father, handwritten affidavits, legal complaints, handmade paper, certificates of pardon, & 1,000 squares fashioned from the clothing of men serving life sentences.

Felon: An American Washi Tale | A solo performance by Reginald Dwayne Betts

New Haven local poet, Yale Law School Ph.D. candidate, and MacArthur Genius Fellow, Reginald Dwayne Betts adapts his critically-acclaimed book of poetry, Felon, into a solo performance about re-imaging paper. Felon: An American Washi Tale begins with the pages of a book being slid into a cell, traverses stoves made of toilet paper, kites from a father, handwritten affidavits, legal complaints, handmade paper, certificates of pardon, & 1,000 squares fashioned from the clothing of men serving life sentences.

Felon: An American Washi Tale | A solo performance by Reginald Dwayne Betts

New Haven local poet, Yale Law School Ph.D. candidate, and MacArthur Genius Fellow, Reginald Dwayne Betts adapts his critically-acclaimed book of poetry, Felon, into a solo performance about re-imaging paper. Felon: An American Washi Tale begins with the pages of a book being slid into a cell, traverses stoves made of toilet paper, kites from a father, handwritten affidavits, legal complaints, handmade paper, certificates of pardon, & 1,000 squares fashioned from the clothing of men serving life sentences.

Yale English Department’s Initiative on Literature & Racial Justice presents Randall Horton on Monday April 4th at 5pm

Randall Horton is the author of Dead Weight: A Memoir in Essays (2022) and several books of poetry, including Pitch Dark Anarchy: Poems ( 2013) and The Lingua Franca of Ninth Street (2009). His most recent poetry collection, #289–128: Poems (2020) was awarded the American Book Award. In 2019 he served as poet-in-residence for the Civil Rights Corps in Washington, DC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to challenging systemic injustice in the American legal system.

2022 Greater New Haven Heart Walk

The Greater New Haven Heart Walk is back and ready to reinvigorate your heart-healthy lifestyle by uniting our community for better health, a fun experience and opportunity to help save lives.

This year, you can Heart Walk Here, there or anywhere! Choose our path or yours. We invite you to walk with our affinity group members at our in-person event on 5/7 at Savin Rock in West Haven, or wherever you feel inspired. No matter where you choose to walk, participating and donating to the Heart Walk will save lives and improve lives.

3 Myths About America’s Favorite Habit: From Gray Area Drinking to Vibrant Living!

If you’ve found yourself drinking a little more to cope during the pandemic, you are in good company! It has been a hard two years, for women particularly. It’s spring 2022 and a time for new beginnings. If you want to change up some habits you collected during the last two years, join DiversAbility at Yale, Working Women’s Network, Yale Latino Networking Group, and Susan Larkin for an enlightening talk about habits, health, and wellness.

Leveraging Your Transferable Skills To Drive Your Career

Leveraging your transferable skills is an important part of being able to adapt to an evolving work environment, whether looking to advance in your current workstream or applying for a new role. By learning how to harness skills such as problem-solving, current thinking, teamwork, communication, leadership, and more, members of the workforce can be better prepared for a variety of career opportunities.

“100% Disruptive: Don’t Mute DC, ‘Pushy Women,” and the Campaign to End Anti-Blackness in the Arts and Public Life.”

Dr. Natalie Hopkinson is Associate Professor of Communication, Culture and Media Studies at Howard University. She is the author of Go-Go Live (Duke University Press, 2012) and A Mouth is Always Muzzled (The New Press, 2018). These book-length essays exploring the arts, history, place, and social change were recognized by jurors at PEN America, the Hurston-Wright Foundation, Caribbean Studies Association, and the Independent Publishers Association, among others.

Yale Day of Service: New Haven, CT - G.R.O.W.E.R.S., Inc. @ Greenbrier

G.R.O.W.E.R.S., Inc. @ Greenbrier offers a multi-path approach to providing horticultural education, employment opportunities, and therapy for adults with developmental and physical disabilities. Register and join us any time between 9 am - 12 pm at Edgerton Park, 75 Cliff Street, New Haven, CT.

E-Conversation, Gilded Heroes: Jewelry, Metalwork, Military Power, and Queer Longing

Badges and awards are public displays that often conceal more personal and often contradictory sentiments. In this live virtual discussion, Aaron Decker, an artist and enamelist, and John Stuart Gordon, the Benjamin Attmore Hewitt Curator of American Decorative Arts, explore how jewelry and metalwork communicate queer identity in relation to the military.