General Public

Virtual: Mejorando La Raza? (Bettering the Race?): Anti-Blackness, Latinx, & the Journey to Decolonize our Mindset

Curated in partnership with Colectivo Bámbula, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Junta for Progressive Action, Yale Latino Networking Group, and the Yale African American Affinity Group, this panel will bring together Latinx professionals across the diaspora working to challenge anti-Blackness in Latinx culture, highlighting the dynamic work of organizers, educators, artists, and freedom fighters.

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VIRTUAL: What Comes Next: Environmental Justice After the Election

Please join the Yale Environmental Dialogue for an online panel discussion with leading environmental justice scholars and practitioners on what the result of the election means for the future of the environmental justice movement. The panel will be held on Zoom on Monday, November 9, 2020, from 6:00-7:00 PM ET. Please register at https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_omxhlX__S1-J4-emp0htMg.

Virtual: FLY Friendsgiving Appetizer Trio Workshop

Join us to learn how to prepare three gourmet appetizers that will wow your family at Thanksgiving! The workshop will feature Cranberry Pecan Goat Cheese Rounds, Apple Brie Prosciutto Bruschetta, and Savory Pumpkin Hummus. Bring your favorite beverage to enjoy. Family members are encouraged to participate.

Yale GISday Virtual Conference 2020

Yale University will celebrate GIS Day 2020 with the Yale GISday Virtual Conference: Mapping Spatial Inequity. Our GIS community at Yale University has shown an innovative application of geographic information system (GIS) technology in analysis, visualization, gaining insights into geospatial data, and decision-making in many fields ranging from science and social science to medicine, among others.

Art & Protest: Victoria Lomasko on a Trip to Minsk

Victoria Lomasko is an artist, journalist and writer who has described her preferred genre or medium less as documentary comics or graphic novellas than live “graphic reporting.” Born in Serpukhov, Lomasko graduated from the Moscow State University of Printing Arts with a specialty in in graphic art and book design. A fixture at Moscow’s protests and political trials, Lomasko exposes the inequality and injustice at the heart of contemporary Russian society and gives voice to Russia’s many voiceless citizens.

Technology and Social Justice: CONTACT TRACE the Surveillance of Public Health

This event marks the second of a four part conversation series around technology and social justice; an intersectional conversation series that aims to investigate the impact of innovation upon our communities.
This month’s panel CONTACT TRACE examines contact tracing and its implications for public security and privacy. The discussion will be moderated by C. Brandon Ogbunu.
C. Brandon Ogbunu is a computational biologist at Yale University. His popular writing takes place at the intersection between sports, data science, and culture.

Technology and Social Justice: CONTACT TRACE the Surveillance of Public Health

Our apologies, this event has been canceled.
This event marks the second of a four part conversation series around technology and social justice; an intersectional conversation series that aims to investigate the impact of innovation upon our communities.
This month’s panel CONTACT TRACE examines contact tracing and its implications for public security and privacy. The discussion will be moderated by C. Brandon Ogbunu.

Technology and Social Justice: CONTACT TRACE the Surveillance of Public Health

This event marks the second of a four part conversation series around technology and social justice; an intersectional conversation series that aims to investigate the impact of innovation upon our communities.
This month’s panel CONTACT TRACE examines contact tracing and its implications for public security and privacy. The discussion will be moderated by C. Brandon Ogbunu.
C. Brandon Ogbunu is a computational biologist at Yale University. His popular writing takes place at the intersection between sports, data science, and culture.

“155 Years Overdue: Black Reparations in the United States”

Dr. William A. (“Sandy”) Darity, Jr. will deliver the third lecture of the BSTP-Sponsored Reparations Speaker Series (BSTP-RSS): “155 Years Overdue: Black Reparations in the United States.” Dr. Darity is the director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University. His latest book, coauthored with A. Kirsten Mullen, From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the 21st Century, presents a comprehensive case and roadmap for restorative justice for black Americans who inherited the trauma and economic subjugation of slavery and Jim Crow segregation.

Virtual: Mix & Mingle

Feeling socially distant? You’re not alone…for long!

Let queer dating guru and matchmaker Dr. Frankie Bashan help you spark new, lasting connections (based on more than a few selfies) in a series of 3 virtual Mix & Mingle events sponsored by the Yale LGBTQ Affinity Group. You don’t need to be Yale-affiliated to attend, and are welcome at whichever event you’ll feel most comfortable!

Thursday, October 29 - Men4Men, Thursday, November 5 - Women4Women, Thursday, November 12 - People4People