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Virtual: WWN Book Club Discussion: A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult

Join us for the next meeting of the WWN Book Club. We will be reading A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult. We hope you will join us for a great discussion. New members are always welcome!

Book Description:

The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center—a women’s reproductive health services clinic—its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage.

Virtual: WWN Bright Horizons Presentation - Child and Elder Care Options

Join Bright Horizons for a discussion of the current offerings from Yale, which includes subsidized back-up care for Yale faculty, staff, post-docs, and students, and Crisis Care Assist (using a caregiver from your own network). Be sure to register based on your Yale affiliation: Faculty, managerial & professional staff, post-doctoral associates & fellows, clerical & technical, and service & maintenance staff.

VIRTUAL: Yale Affinity Groups Halloween Party

Join Yale’s Affinity groups for a pre-Halloween dance party!!! Feel free to wear your costumes as we party with DJ Christine.

Complete this form to request great Halloween and dance songs: https://forms.gle/D5f2DHf5V5RbBsDT6.

Community Service with Asian Network at Yale

Community Service with Asian Network at Yale (ANY)

Tuesday, October 27 | 9:30 – 11:30 am | Pavilion at College Woods (corner of Cold Spring Street and Orange Street) New Haven, CT 06511

The Asian Network at Yale (ANY) is delighted to help the Integrated Refugees & Immigrant Services (IRIS), CT raise food and money for refugees and immigrants. Please join ANY to donate nonperishable food (such as canned, boxed or bagged food/drinks) and/or money in support of refugees and immigrants in Connecticut during this difficult time.

VIRTUAL: Racial Animation: A Conversation with Hari Kondabolu

Join us for a candid virtual conversation with Hari Kondabolu, comedian, writer, and podcaster based in Brooklyn, NY. You might recognize him from the Netflix special “Warn Your Relatives” released in 2018 and his critically acclaimed documentary “The Problem with Apu” released on truTV in 2017.

Queer Crafternoon: Halloween Edition

Queer Crafternoons are THE Office of LGBTQ’s Resources space to relax, hang out, and do whatever makes you feel crafty in a socially distanced setting! Join us for the relaunch of this beloved Office staple as we count down the days to everyone’s favorite spooky holiday. Bring a project you’re working on or learn how to make DIY Halloween decorations for your dorm/apartment! We will be screening Hocus Pocus as folks chill, mingle, and most of all—craft!

Queer BIPOC Town Hall Meeting

Do you identify as LGBTQ and BIPOC? If so,
this event is for you, a virtual town hall to build
community with one another. The purpose of this meeting is to
share your perspectives, experiences, challenges, and concerns.
We hope to form a mission and regular gathering place.

VIRTUAL: Re-Imagining the American Theater: A Conversation with Stephanie Ybarra, Clint Ramos and Eisa Davis

Please join us for a conversation exploring and re-imagining a more inclusive American Theater and how young Theater Makers can affect change. We will specifically lean into the challenges faced by BIPOC artists in predominantly white spaces.

Free Admission, Open to the Yale community, Ample time for Q & A.
Pre-Registration REQUIRED by Thursday, 10/15 at NOON.

Truth to Power: The Cost of Challenging Dictatorships

Join Evan Mawarire, Founder of #ThisFlag Citizen’s Movement and a 2020 World Fellow, as he discusses the consequences of challenging dictatorships.

Queer BIPOC Town Hall Meeting

Do you identify as LGBTQ and BIPOC? If so, this event is for you, a virtual town hall to build community with one another. The purpose of this meeting is to share your perspectives, experiences, challenges, and concerns. We hope to form a mission and regular gathering place. To ensure privacy and safety, we respectfully ask that this space be reserved for those who self-identify as QBIPOC.