VIRUTAL: Daughters of the Civil Rights Movement
Join the Yale Alumni Academy and Yale Alumni College for a conversation with women whose parents changed the course of history.
General Public
Black Futures, Feminist Solidarities
Join us for this virtual discussion with Margo Okazawa-Rey—educator, writer, and social justice activist—who will be discussing the importance of and steps to building feminist solidarities to resist gendered, racialized, classed violence, militarism, and conflict in the U.S. and across the world. A founding member of the Combahee River Collective and well known for her transnational feminist advocacy, Prof.
The Heart of Fiction
Pulitzer Prize finalist Hernan Diaz to deliver spring 2021 Finzi-Contini Lecture
Why dwell on made-up stories? Why make them up in the first place? Can fiction, that pack of lies, aspire to some form of truth? Award-winning novelist Hernan Diaz will present a Finzi-Contini lecture titled “The Heart of Fiction” on Tuesday, March 16, at 4:30 pm EST via Zoom.
Mondays at Beinecke: Donald Windham and Sandy Campbell Papers with Michael Kelleher
Michael Kelleher, Director of the the Windham Campbell Prizes, will discuss the papers of Donald Windham and Sandy Campbell, great creatives and life partners, and their legacy in the Windham Campbell Prizes.
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/2M1e7Hx
Finding aid for the Windham Campbell Papers at the Beinecke Library: https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/11/resources/1579
Being Black at Yale (students across grad schools share their experiences)
Please join us for a live online conversation hosted by the Yale SOM Community & Inclusion team, in collaboration with the Black Business Alliance, and Yale School of Environment. This event will feature Black students from across Yale, including:Yale School of Management, Yale Drama, Yale School of Environment and Yale Drama School. During this time you will learn about their experience with navigating Yale, and how their identity plays out in the classroom, on campus and beyond. Key themes of this conversation will include intersectionality, privilege and belonging – among others.
Amplified Voices
In celebration of Black History Month, the Yale Women’s Athletic Network and Yale Bulldogs for Change have partnered to host a guest panel highlighting Black Yale athletics alumni. The discussion will include their Black student-athlete experience at Yale, authentic allyship, navigating their careers, supporting Black women, leadership, and their motivation for social justice and community building.
Featuring:
Patricia Melton ’83 (Women’s Track & Field)
Francine Chew ’00 (Women’s Crew)
Stephany Reaves-Couper ’10 (Women’s Track & Field)
Better Together: Demystifying Protect & Serve
Join Yale’s eight affinity groups for a community-building panel discussion with representatives from Yale and New Haven law enforcement leaders.
VIRTUAL: Over Black Coffee: Talking with Sister Betty & Brother Malcom
Join Muslim student leaders and activists as they mark the 56th anniversary of the martyrdom of Malcolm X by imagining the conversations they would have with Sister Betty and Brother Malcolm today.
Moderated by Chaplain Khalil Abdullah, Dartmouth College.
BIPOC in the Built Wiki Edit-A-Thon: Grassroots Collectives + BIPOC Futurists
This is the final day in this week-long virtual event participants will build community while creating new and edit existing Wikipedia pages of BIPOC designers, activists, planners and others whose work is connected to the built environment. Attendees will participate in training and begin editing Wikipedia pages of BIPOC figures who have left their mark on the fields of art, architecture, art history, activism, dance, graphic design, landscape architecture, urban planning, urban design, and more.
BIPOC in the Built Wiki Edit-A-Thon: Public Space + Public Art
This is the fourth day in this week-long virtual event participants will build community while creating new and edit existing Wikipedia pages of BIPOC designers, activists, planners and others whose work is connected to the built environment. Attendees will participate in training and begin editing Wikipedia pages of BIPOC figures who have left their mark on the fields of art, architecture, art history, activism, dance, graphic design, landscape architecture, urban planning, urban design, and more.
