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Book Club Discussion - Sisters in Arms: A Novel of the Daring Black Women Who Served During World War II

Join the Yale African American Affinity Group, Working Women’s Network, and Yale Veterans Network for a book club discussion of Sisters in Arms: A Novel of the Daring Black Women Who Served During World War II by Kaia Alderson.

Sisters in Arms reveals the untold, true story of the Six Triple Eight, the only all-Black battalion of the Women’s Army Corps, who made the dangerous voyage to Europe to ensure American servicemen received word from their loved ones during World War II.

Register by Friday, January 28th for your chance to win a free copy of the book!

Wonderful Books and Where to Find Them!

The New Haven Free Public Library, in partnership with the Yale Affinity Groups, is excited to bring you this new book club for families focusing on topics of social importance. This month we focus on winter holiday celebrations with Winter Candle by Jeron Ashford. Come for the reading and stay for the discussion. This event will take place in the Children’s Room of the New Haven Free Public Library. Questions? Call (203) 946-8129.

"Clepsydra and Other Poems" Book Discussion with Translator Adam Mahler

Join the Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies and the Yale Translation Initiative to welcome alumnus Adam Mahler back to Yale for a discussion related to a forthcoming book - a new translation of the 1920 book of poems by Portuguese symbolist poet, Camilo Pessanha, who resided in Macau for the last part of his life (1894-1926). The session will feature a reading of a selection of the original poems in Portuguese with Adam’s new translations.

Family Game Night

Join The Yale African American Affinity Group for a Virtual Family Game Night! The theme is Black Trivia with 5 rounds of trivia… Plus a bonus round! Guest will battle it out while trying to answer questions on Books, History, Movies, Music, and Sports. So log in and show us what you know!

Conference on Reckoning with Empire: The Right to Self-Determination in Historical View

On November 12-13, Yale will host an international conference on decolonization. The conference celebrates a historic occasion—the 60 th anniversary of UN Resolution 1514, “Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.” Not only was Resolution 1514 a key moment in terms of codifying the international right to self-determination. It also marked a turning point in the history of anticolonialism.

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