General Public

Achieving Goals Through Adversity

Join DiversAbility at Yale, Future Leaders of Yale, Office of Diversity & Inclusion, and Yale Athletics for a discussion with Aaron Golub about how you can overcome any obstacle or challenge in front of you, and turn your disadvantages into your advantages.

Aaron will share his story of becoming the first legally blind D1 athlete to play a game, how he achieved success in sports, and how your team and business can succeed no matter what. He will also discuss the importance of staying motivated and having the right perspective to accomplish your goals.

IRIS Run for Refugess

Join the annual Run for Refugees hosted by the Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS), a non-profit agency whose mission is to work with refugees and immigrants to become self-sufficient and integrated into their new communities.
To register, please follow the link here (make sure to sign up for the in-person run!): https://runsignup.com/Race/CT/NewHaven/IRISRunforRefugees

Celebration for International Women’s Day

Celebrate International Women’s Day with Women United, Hopkins School, and Yale University Office of Diversity and Inclusion; featuring Pulitzer Prize-Winning New York Times Investigative Reporter, Andrea Elliott.

Phenomenal I Am Information Session

Please join the Future Leaders of Yale, Working Women’s Network, and Yale African American Affinity Group for an information session with Brittany Baines, Founder and Executive Director of Phenomenal I Am, Inc. (PIA).

Phenomenal I Am is a youth-led organization with the mission to address the emotional, social, and overall student engagement needs of “at-risk” female youth ages 9-18 of New Haven, CT.

Today is My Birthday Yale Rep Talk Back

Join the Asian Network at Yale, Future Leaders of Yale, and Yale Repertory Theatre on Zoom for a Q&A with members of the cast and creative team of Susan Soon He Stanton’s Today is My Birthday. Production Dramaturg Jisun Kim (David Geffen School of Drama ’22) will moderate.

Today is My Birthday runs at Yale Rep through Saturday, February 19. We invite members of Yale’s affinity groups for this special post-show event to hear more about the play and its company.

Lunarfest 2022: Healing for the Whole Family, a Graphic Novel about AAPI Mental Health

Join us as we read and discuss a new graphic novel created by artist Nealie Ngo based on Grace Chiang’s story about family healing. Healthcare providers Eunice Yuen, Alice Shen, Jamille Rancourt, and Nichole Roxas will lead a discussion about intergenerational trauma and mental health in an AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) family. This panel is hosted by Yale Compassionate Home, Action Together (CHATogether) and Yale-China.

E-Conversation, In Search of Gold Mountain: Chinese Immigration and the California Gold Rush

The discovery of gold in California in 1848 drew thousands of people from across the United States, Latin America, and China. The Gold Rush permanently changed the landscape, demographics, and economy of the nation and provoked cultural tensions among the settlers.

E-Conversation, Exploring Yorùbá Woodcarving

The Yale University Art Gallery has a renowned collection of Yorùbá sculpture from West Africa. Opening in fall 2022, the special exhibition Bámigbóyè: A Master Sculptor of the Yorùbá Tradition is dedicated to the workshop of the Nigerian artist Moshood Olúṣọmọ Bámigbóyè (ca. 1885–1975). In celebration of this upcoming event, master carver Lukman Àlàdé Fákẹ́yẹ (born Ibadan, Nigeria, 1983) guides a close-looking session via Zoom with Cathy Silverman, Assistant Conservator of Objects and Furniture.

YAAA Book Club Discussion - The Personal Librarian

Join the Yale African American Affinity Group for a book club discussion of The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray.

The Personal Librarian tells the story of an extraordinary woman, famous for her intellect, style, and wit, and shares the lengths she must go to—for the protection of her family and her legacy—to preserve her carefully crafted white identity in the racist world in which she lives.

Register by Friday, June 24th for your chance to win a free copy of the book!

Lunarfest 2022: Stories from Home by ACSSY + ISPY

For Lunar New Year, the Association of Chinese Students and Scholars at Yale (ACSSY), the OISS International Spouses and Partners at Yale (ISPY), and Yale-China are compiling stories of heritage, culture, art, and celebration. Their stories explore themes of joy + comfort, arts + culture, and family + homecoming. These stories embrace the distance and longing that many international families feel during this homecoming time of the year and the steps they take to create new traditions in their New Haven community.