Join Yale Club of Utah for a Zoom conversation with author and virtuoso violinist Gerald Elias (Yale College ‘75; Yale School of Music) about his book Devil’s Trill: A Daniel Jacobus Mystery. This online event will include live music by the author in addition to the discussion.
Tune in for a special edition of Yale Alumni LIVE featuring Dwayne Betts ’16 JD. He will be joined by special guest Amy Rodriguez, an ECHO Perfect 10 intern at the Yale Alumni Association this summer.
No registration is required. To watch, visit @YaleAlumni on Instagram on August 12 at 12 p.m. ET and tap the profile image when “LIVE” appears.
Join the Yale DiversAbility Alumni Group and Yale Blue Green for a livestream forum with our panel of experts and scholars to discuss the intersectionality of disability and climate change. Questions we will address and explore include:
What is the current state of environmental policy?
Why are resilient, inclusive policies important?
Who is impacted by inaccessible and exclusionary planning and infrastructure?
How do these policies impact everyone?
What actions can be taken to help make positive policy changes?
Join Yale’s affinity groups to support the Boys & Girls Club of New Haven Backpack & School Supply Drive that will take place through Sunday, August 15th.
The New Haven Free Public Library, in partnership with the Yale Affinity Groups, is excited to continue this new book club for families focusing on topics of social importance! This month we focus on Immigration with a reading of Introducing Islandborn by Junot Díaz. Come for the reading, and stay for the discussion! Questions? Call (203) 946-8129. No registration is required. Join us via the Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/97875618425?pwd=VU13MDM3OGJmV3VEVUdXdjRuN1FFUT09#success
First in a series of annual conferences on Black Sacred Arts
Held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide, the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® is the world’s largest fundraiser for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. This inspiring event calls on participants of all ages and abilities to join the fight against the disease.
Zoom webinar link: https://bit.ly/3wmYtJg
A presentation by Melissa Barton, curator of prose and drama in the Yale Collection of American Literature, in conjunction with the exhibition “Road Show: Travel Papers in American Literature,” organized by Nancy Kuhl, curator of poetry in YCAL.
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/3vpl5br
Claire Barnes, a graduate student at Yale Divinity School, pursuing a Masters of Arts in Religion and Ecology, will discuss materials from the Rachel Carson Papers at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Zoom webinar link: https://bit.ly/3oWTayv
Kenturah Davis will discuss her artist book, “Conditions of Contingency - a Convening” (2021).
Davis is an artist working between Los Angeles and Accra (Ghana). Davis earned her BA from Occidental College and MFA from Yale University School of Art. Davis was an inaugural artist fellow at NXTHVN in New Haven, CT. More information at her website: http://www.kenturah.com/-bio
