Tour of Constance Baker Motley Exhibit
Join the Working Women’s Network, Yale African American Affinity Group, and Lillian Goldman Law Library for a guided tour of the Constance Baker Motley: Lady of the Law exhibit.
Yale Postdoctoral Trainees
Dancing About Architecture: Navigating Symbolic Racism in Theater, Sport, and Culture
Elijah Anderson, author of the newly released Black in White Space: The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life; Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholar at USC Annenberg and U.S. Sports Envoy for Skateboarding and Visiting Fellow in Race, Culture & Community Dr. Neftalie Williams; and renowned dancer and choreographer and assistant professor of physical-theatre at Montclair State University, Stefanie Batten Bland, will have a candid conversation on the nuances of race in physical spaces, moderated by YSC Associate Artistic Director Jennifer Harrison Newman.
Reclaiming Culture: Bringing the African Pantheon into a Modern Musical
Yale Schwarzman Center (YSC) is proud to host five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, activist, and actor Angélique Kidjo Hon. Music ’15 and her daughter, actor, writer, and multinational performer Naïma Hebrail Kidjo ’15 for an intimate conversation about identity, belonging, forgiveness, and the power of family. This event coincides with the first leg of a global tour of the Kidjos’ new original music theater work, Yemandja.
WWN Casual Coffee Break for Working Parents
The Working Women’s Network is hosting a bi-weekly casual get together for working parents to get to know each other, get advice, and provide support. Feel free to come and go at any point during the hour.
Yale Veterans Network & DiversAbility at Yale Spring Social
Join the Yale Veterans Network and Diversability at Yale for an evening of community, conversation, and culinary delights. Catering provided by Bears BBQ, a local, veteran-owned business. All attendees will be entered into a raffle for prizes donated by Athletics, Yale Repertory Theatre, and the Wine Thief. The Yale Farm is wheelchair accessible and near the Yale shuttle. This event is open to fully vaccinated and boosted Yale employees. Pre-registration is required and is capped at 70.
The Yale Women’s Center Presents Our Annual Lecture Featuring Artist and Activist Carole Alden
Alden grew up primarily in the western United States with a year in New Zealand. She is an entirely self taught artist with no formal training. At the age of 46, a career criminal, who preyed upon women for money, insinuated himself into her life and began a campaign of systematic, escalating terror. After 7 months of inept local law enforcement involvement, Ms Alden was forced to defend herself and her children with deadly force. Thirteen years into a fifteen sentence, the Utah state legislature completed a sentencing audit and ordered her immediate release.
Vaishnavism as Fine Literature
The focus of the conference is the intersection between the religion of Vaishnavism on the one hand and the conventions of fine literature and aesthetic theory in Sanskrit and South Asian vernaculars on the other. While there has been a growing scholarly production concerning this intersection, mostly focused on the tradition following the Bengali cultural hero Chaitanya, the purpose of the conference is to map the broader contours of the field in terms of the “Religion and Literature” approach.
Some of the questions that participants in the conference will consider include:
West Campus Pizza and Prosecco Social
Gathering on the West Campus Terrace with an Est Est Est Pizza truck and prosecco! Come to connect with your West Campus community!
Ethics of Knowledge-Making: Race, Genomics, and Society
The forum will address persistent questions about race and human identity in biological science and society. It will feature a presentation by Professor Charmaine Royal (Duke University). Professor Royal is a leading expert on the ethical, social, scientific, and clinical implications of human genetics and genomics and directs the Duke Center on Genomics, Race, Identity, Difference and the Duke Center for Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation.
VIRTUAL: Reconoce nuestra historia: The Impact of Migration on the Mental Health of Latinx Immigrants
Reconoce nuestra historia: The Impact of Migration on the Mental Health of Latinx Immigrants, a virtual presentation by Dr. Oscar Rojas Perez. Dr. Rojas Perez is a postdoctoral associate at the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health and a licensed clinical psychologist. Oscar has mostly studied Latinx psychological well-being, trauma, and culturally responsive measures and interventions for Latinxs. This presentation is in recognition of the Mental Health Awareness Month of May.
