Curse of Black Gold: Discussion and Dessert
Lost Tribe, Broken Tribe, One Tribe–
Graduate And Professional
Mentorship Program TV Night
Join us at The House for a screening party of the one, the only, Abbott Elementary! Folks in the mentorship program and interested undergrads and grads are invited!
Food Provided (We will have snacks!)
Gender & Policy Forum (Session 3)
SESSION 3
Sustainable Development
March 3rd 2023 – 2 pm to 3.30 pm (ET)
Public policy challenges: territory, society and gender
Scholars:
Margarita Velázquez Gutiérrez,
Professor-Researcher, Center for Multidisciplinary and Regional Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Co-founder Gender, Society and Environment Research Network
VIRTUAL: Black Alumni & Student Mixer
Taylor Evans (CNM/WHNP) and Cheryl Canty (FNP), students and leaders of the Black Council, will facilitate an interactive discussion during the Alumni Mixer. We hope to bring Black students, faculty, and alumni together to network and build lasting relationships as students move into their professional careers after YSN.
Trumbull College Tea with Steve Wyche
As part two of The House’s Black History Month event series about the Kaepernick & America documentary, we will co-host a Trumbull College Tea featuring Steve Wyche, the reporter who broke the Colin Kaepernick story. He will share about his career in journalism, and the impact that the media had and continues to have on the Kaepernick saga and racial politics in general. This event is co-sponsored by Trumbull College and the Yale Journalism Initiative.
Kaepernick & America Screening & Discussion
Join us for a screening of the award-winning documentary Kaepernick & America. It was nominated as Best Sports Documentary by the Critic’s Choice Awards, was called “exemplary” in the New York Times, and premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. The documentary explores the life of Colin Kaepernick, former NFL quarterback and activist, as he took a stance against racism and police brutality. Following the screening, there will be Q&A with the co-producers, director, and the reporter who broke the Colin Kaepernick story.
Financial Inclusivity: A Conversation with Women in Finance at Yale SOM
Please join Yale SOM’s Women in Management Club as we welcome three Yale and SOM alumnae to discuss their extensive backgrounds in the financial services industry: Diana Wagner ’95) from Capital Group, Jamila Abston ’17) from Ernst & Young, and Renee Greene ’21) from Goldman Sachs. The conversation will be moderated by SOM faculty members Alex Zentefis and Heather Tookes and will explore topics surrounding how to think about and navigate diversity, equity, and inclusion in finance.
Yale Concert Band "Pre-Commute Mini-Concert" for the Yale Community
Yale Concert Band, Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director.
Our students want you to hear them play in the Yale Concert Band, without you having to come back to campus after a long day of work! Announcing the “Pre-Commute Mini-Concert” on Tuesday, February 21 at 5:15 p.m. – a 45-minute free concert in Woolsey Hall at the end of the work day.
Come for one or all of the four compositions on the short program:
Developers Lunch-and-Learn: Accessibility
The topic for this session is Testing for Accessibility Part II, which includes an in-depth look at some of the techniques covered in the first Testing for Accessibility training, with additional tips and methods for a comprehensive review.
Big Man: An Incredible Journey from Mississippi to Hollywood Community Conversation about Race and Book Discussion
Please join us at the Yale School of Management or via Zoom for an engaging discussion about Black History as Tim Shea will be talking to Zoë Chance, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Yale SOM about his new book “Big Man: An Incredible Journey from Mississippi to Hollywood”. Big Man is a story about the life of Willie Harris, a man who was raised as a sharecropper on a cotton plantation in Mississippi during Jim Crow, served in the U.S. Air Force, and went on to become one of the leaders of the Black Stuntmen’s Association (BSA) in Hollywood in the 1970s.
