Join Gilder Lehrman Center Director David W. Blight (Sterling Professor of History, Yale) in conversation with the film’s director, Susanna Styron YC ’76, Crystal Feimster (Associate Professor of Black Studies and American Studies, Yale University), and Willie James Jennings (Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies Yale University Divinity School) About the film: https://myfathersname.com/ Years after Lee […]

Join us for Ask OCS at Dwight Hall office hours of the semester on November 7th from 2:00 - 4:00 PM. Ask questions about summer internships, mentorship, and more through individual counseling with Jorimel Zaldivar, Senior Associate Director for Common Good Careers at the Office of Career Strategy, to further your commitment to lifelong change. Gain insights and advice on […]

Register here! "Promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it should be enlightened." President George Washington, Farewell Address, September 19, 1796 Since the 1970s, public history has become an important dimension of the historical profession. For decades, worldwide scholars, museum […]

RSVP here! Ever find yourself wondering how people land careers in public service and social justice? Ever find yourself wondering how state and local politics are shifting now? Join James Jeter, the director of the Full Citizens Coalition, and Josiah Brown, the executive director of Connecticut CASA, on November 13th, 2025 from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM for a moderated […]

RSVP here! Curious how leaders move between the public and private sectors or how public service can appear in multiple forms like policy work or consulting? Join Tom Freedman, CEO and co-founder of Freedman Consulting, and Preeta Nayak, Partner and Head of Leadership & Community Services at The Bridgespan Group, for a fireside chat on December 5th, 2025, from 12:00–1:15 […]

Join us for the last Ask OCS at Dwight Hall office hours of the semester on December 5th from 2:00 – 4:00 PM. Ask questions about summer internships, mentorship, and more through individual counseling with Jorimel Zaldivar, Senior Associate Director for Common Good Careers at the Office of Career Strategy, to further your commitment to lifelong change. Gain insights and […]

The New Haven Tutoring Initiative (NHTI) — a city-wide effort to boost literacy and math skills for K–8 students through meaningful mentorship — is currently recruiting Yale students to become tutors! With just one training session, you’ll be ready to tutor at any New Haven Reads or New Haven Counts partner site and begin building supportive, one-on-one relationships with New […]

Register here! The Center for Ethical and Effective Organizational Leadership (CEEOL)—a collaborative initiative between The Islamic Seminary of America (TISA) and Rabata—presents a special short course titled “The Fundamentals of Prophetic Leadership” designed specifically for college students. Selected participants will receive a certificate of completion in recognition of their achievement.

Register here! In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Yale University and Greater New Haven communities are invited to attend the 2026 Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration on January 29th, 2026: “Repairing the Record, Building Connection.” Focused on honoring his life and legacy, the event will feature a keynote by Col. (Ret.) Edna W. Cummings’, followed by a […]

Register at https://tinyurl.com/mxlecture Join Dr. Kameelah Mu’Min Oseguera for the 2026 Dr. Betty Shabazz & El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Malcolm X Memorial Lecture at Yale University. Grounded in the SelebeYoon healing-centered paradigm, this keynote centers Rasikh—rootedness—as a guide for healing, ethical leadership, and community well-being.Drawing from Black Muslim psychology, faith, memory work, archival justice, and the enduring legacies of Malcolm X and […]

Register here! Join us for the first Ask OCS at Dwight Hall office hours of the semester on February 6th from 2:00 – 4:00 PM. Ask questions about summer internships, mentorship, and more through individual counseling with Jorimel Zaldivar, Senior Associate Director for Common Good Careers at the Office of Career Strategy, to further your commitment to lifelong change. Gain […]

Register here! In this special program, Dr. Martin Nguyen explores the many forms of love embedded within Islamic theology—divine, prophetic, and communal—through a sustained reflection on the life and legacy of Malcolm X.Tracing Malcolm’s transformation as not only political but profoundly spiritual, the evening frames love as justice, mercy, and ethical striving. Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman, celebrated scholar and long-time […]