Join the Yale African American Affinity Group for a moderated discussion with three local authors: Erica G. Bradley, Don’t Start Dinner Without Us!, Von Narcisse, The Forgotten Prophecy, and Marion Regina Mullings, And I Pray…My Daily Declaration to Walking in My Destiny. The first 30 attendees will receive a copy of one of the speaker’s books. Q&A will follow. This event is open to the public and will be recorded.
Join us live from New Haven during the Afro-American Cultural Center’s 50th anniversary celebration with Maxine Williams ’91, the chief diversity officer at Meta, formerly Facebook. Maxine serves as a member of Meta’s most senior executive leadership team under the CEO. Her team works to increase cognitive diversity — different ways of thinking based on different backgrounds, experiences, and information — of all Meta teams and integrate diverse perspectives into policy and product development.
Yale’s Afro-American Cultural Center was established at the height of the Black Arts Movement, and, as such, visual, literary, and performing arts have remained at the heart of our community. Join us for a panel discussion featuring some of our prominent alumni who will be sharing their insights from their work and lives in the arts and reflections on how art can change the world. Close the night out by enjoying a family-friendly showcase featuring student performance groups from the House and other cultural centers.
In honor of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, join the Working Women’s Network and Yale African American Affinity Group for a book club discussion of Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence by Anita Hill.
Join the Yale Latino Networking Group for a celebration of Cinco de Mayo! Enjoy great food, meet our current members, and learn more about our organization. Feel free to bring a friend, Yale allies, family, or your animal friends, for an afternoon of fun, conversation, and “communidad”! We hope to see you there. Free tacos and quesadillas will be available from the Taqueria Tlaxcala food truck while supplies last.
This event will take place on Thursday, May 5 from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm at 139 Ashmun Street, New Haven (across from Scantlebury Park).
In Partnership with the City of New Haven, American Legion Post 210, VFW Post 12150, National Veterans Council for Legal Redress, and Yale Veterans Network, join us for a morning of community service at the Vietnam War Memorial. Materials will be provided by the New Haven Public Works Department. Please bring your work gloves, shovels, brooms, and gas or battery powered blowers or trimmers.
COVID guidelines will be followed and masks and social distancing will be required and adhered to.
Volunteer with the Asian Network at Yale (ANY) for spring park maintenance that will include planting ferns, removing invasive plants, and raking leaves. Come prepared to work outside (bring water, sunscreen, hat and gloves), and to have fun! This family friendly event will take place on Saturday, May 7th from 9 am - 1 pm at Edgerton Park. Attendees will receive a t-shirt, lunch, and have an opportunity to meet some new friends.
Elijah Anderson, author of the newly released Black in White Space: The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life; Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholar at USC Annenberg and U.S. Sports Envoy for Skateboarding and Visiting Fellow in Race, Culture & Community Dr. Neftalie Williams; and renowned dancer and choreographer and assistant professor of physical-theatre at Montclair State University, Stefanie Batten Bland, will have a candid conversation on the nuances of race in physical spaces, moderated by YSC Associate Artistic Director Jennifer Harrison Newman.
Yale Schwarzman Center (YSC) is proud to host five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, activist, and actor Angélique Kidjo Hon. Music ’15 and her daughter, actor, writer, and multinational performer Naïma Hebrail Kidjo ’15 for an intimate conversation about identity, belonging, forgiveness, and the power of family. This event coincides with the first leg of a global tour of the Kidjos’ new original music theater work, Yemandja.
Free registration: https://bit.ly/3KJI8E9
