Yale Postdoctoral Trainees

A Conversation with Melissa Deckman: The Politics of Gen Z: How the Youngest Voters Will Shape Our Democracy (2024).

Yale Votes: A Student Initiative, alongside The Office of the Secretary and Vice President of University Life, presents A Conversation with Melissa Deckman: The Politics of Gen Z: How the Youngest Voters Will Shape Our Democracy (2024). Political scientist Melissa Deckman will share insights on how young voters are driving a shift toward progressive politics, offering a glimpse into the attitudes and motivations behind this new wave of civic engagement among younger generations.

Café con Leche con Yale Sustainability

**Bring your own mug to enter a raffle for a prize!**
Sustainability issues disproportionately affect Hispanic and Latine communities. Join the Yale Latino Networking Group and the Yale Office of Sustainability to learn about your peers’ and share your own experiences with climate change and/or environmental injustice over coffee and treats.

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Cooking with the Co-Chairs

Join the Yale Latino Networking Group and the Yale School of Medicine’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for our first “Cooking with the Co-Chairs” event of the year! We will be making sofrito (however you like it!) and will provide to-go containers for attendees. Join us from 5-7 pm at the first-floor conference room on 60 Temple Street on Thursday, October 10th.

Maadathy, an Unfairy Tale and Conversation with the Filmmaker

This is the tale of an adolescent girl who grew up in an “unseeable” Dalit caste group in southern India whose forced occupation is to wash clothes of other Dalits, the dead, and menstruating women. She transcends her lot and becomes immortalised as their local deity, Maadathy.

Screening: IRON BUTTERFLIES (2023)

Join us for the third installment of Films at the Whitney’s Fall 2024 screening series, World Documentaries Today!

Screening: MAN IN BLACK (2023)

Join us for the fourth installment of Films at the Whitney’s Fall 2024 screening series, World Documentaries Today!

Screening: ONLOOKERS (2023) followed by Q&A with director

Join us for the fifth and final installment of Films at the Whitney’s Fall 2024 screening series, World Documentaries Today, featuring director Kimi Takesue in person!

Screening: RAMONA (2023)

Join us for the second installment of Films at the Whitney’s Fall 2024 screening series, World Documentaries Today!

Black & Students with Disabilities (NSOP)

Join the New Student Outreach and Programming team for the next segment in our community-building discussion series focused on the intersectional experience of being a Black student with disabilities! Happening in the Founders’ Room!

seven methods of killing kylie jenner by Jasmine Lee-Jones

When Cleo uses her anonymous Twitter account @INCOGNEGRO to ignite an online protest against cultural appropriation, threads of overwhelming digital backlash quickly ensue. As the lines between virtual identities and real lives begin to blur, the mounting pressure threatens to unravel Cleo and Kara’s friendship. seven methods of killing kylie jenner, by Jasmine Lee-Jones, blends theatre with the online language of Twitter and the 21st Century—memes, gifs, and emojis—to explore the complexities of Black identity, white exploitation, and the volatile nature of social media activism.