2025 marks 100 years since the birth of Malcolm X El Hajj Malik El Shabazz. It's an important anniversary and an opportunity for us to deeply engage his vision, life and activism so it can enrich and inform our work in the world today - especially in this time of mass death, social fracture, and climate catastrophe. Alongside Brother Malcolm, […]
Location: Dwight Hall at Yale (67 High St, New Haven, CT) and via Zoom Register here! Schedule for event: 5:00-5:30 - Networking and Light Refreshments 5:30-6:30 - Panel Discussion and Q&A If you’re joining us on Zoom we will start at 5:30. Join us for a special evening celebrating 8 years of the YANA–Dwight Hall Summer Fellowship. To date, Yale […]
Location: Wallingford Public Library, 200 N Main St, Wallingford, CT, 06492 or on Zoom Join us for a celebration of verse from one of America's greatest living poets! Reginald Dwayne Betts, a MacArthur Fellow and the founder & director of Freedom Reads, will perform an interpretive reading from his new poetry collection Doggerel. Simultaneously philosophical and playful, these poems are a meditation on […]
Register here! Join Dwight Hall for the New Haven Civic Innovation Prize Pitchoff on April 3rd at Hotel Marcel! The New Haven Civic Innovation Prize, managed by Dwight Hall, awards up to $25,000 to the best student- or community-led venture or project focused on benefiting the City of New Haven. This pitchoff will kick off Startup Yale 2025, a milestone […]
Join us for a national gathering of activists, artists, scholars and organizers as we explore the enduring and living legacy of Malcolm X - El Hajj Malik El Shabazz - in the 100th year of his birth. It's an opportunity to reflect on Malcolm’s intellectual legacy and its continued impact on American culture, Black liberation movements, decolonial thought, and the […]
Location: Dwight Hall Library, 67 High St RSVP here! Dinner will be catered by Havenly. The Dwight Hall Young Alumni in Social Impact Careers Panel will feature recent Yale graduates who are driving change through careers in public policy, law, and social impact organizations. These panelists will share their career journeys, insights that they have gained through their impactful work, and […]
Location: WLH 309, 100 Wall St, New Haven, CT In 1977, an attempt to ban the Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq transformed a religious procession into a mass anti-government movement. The crackdown that followed—marked by armed confrontation, arrests, executions, and suppression—highlights a critical question: will gatherings for Imam Hussein always be understood, by political authorities, as carrying latent political potential? If […]
In recognition of the impact her courageous battle with cancer has had on efforts to save lives through marrow donor registration drives, the Yale athletic department is once again holding a drive in memory of women's ice hockey player Mandi Schwartz '10 (Wilcox, Sask.) (1988-2011). This is Yale's 17th annual drive, matching Mandi's uniform number (17). The Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor […]
Location: Dwight Hall Common Room, 67 High St, New Haven RSVP here! Curious about careers in public service and social justice? Wondering how to turn your passion into meaningful work? Join Dwight Hall, Yale alumni, and local community partners for an engaging networking event designed to connect students with professionals in social impact careers. This reception offers a unique opportunity […]
Join the Office of Career Strategy and Dwight Hall for drop-in office hours centered on demystifying common good and creative careers! Confused about job and internship application cycles? Want to learn how to better network with alumni in your fields of interest? Come by between 2 and 4:30 pm to share your questions alongside students with similar interests. This event […]
