Dwight Hall at Yale

Centering Community Engagement in Health Care Careers
2024-11-15 12:30 - 13:45 (America/New_York)
Location: Dwight Hall Library, 67 High St

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How does equitable community engagement advance public health? How can medical professionals improve global health outcomes and reduce health disparities by empowering marginalized communities? Join a panel of health care leaders as they share how thoughtful community involvement changes lives. Attendees will also learn about pathways to community-engaged health care careers.

Lunch will be provided!

Meet the panelists:

Aniyizhai Annamalai M.B.B.S., M.D.

Dr. Annamalai is the medical director of the Yale Adult Refugee Clinic that partners with the local refugee resettlement agency to provide health care for all newly arrived refugees in New Haven, Connecticut. She is also the medical director of the Wellness Center, a primary care clinic that provides medical care for people with serious mental illness.

Her academic interest is in integrating physical and mental health care for vulnerable populations, including refugees and those with serious mental illness. She has been providing direct clinical services for these populations for the last 15 years as both an internist and psychiatrist.

She has received several awards recognizing her service to these populations. As an educator, she has edited ‘Refugee Health Care’, and authored ‘Medical Management of Psychotropic Side Effects’. Both are clinical reference books for clinicians and students. She is a member of the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry and a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Refugee Health Care Providers.

In her role as a physician for these vulnerable populations, she interfaces with community organizations like IRIS, the local refugee resettlement agency, and social service agencies for mentally ill people.

Madeline Kerner ’07

Madeline is leading work to support parents raising young children with ADHD as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Luminary Impact Fund.

Madeline last served as CEO & Co-Founder of Matriculate, a national college access organization, supporting high-achieving, low-income juniors and seniors navigate the college process and attend colleges where they will thrive. During this time, Matriculate supported more than 15,000 students nationally. In 2021, results of a randomized control trial show that the Matriculate model was highly effective, with Matriculate students 25% more likely than a control group to attend the top 80 colleges and universities and to persist at statistically significant higher rates.

Prior to Matriculate, Madeline served as Director of Strategic Initiatives for America Achieves, a national education nonprofit, and Director of Operations at Amplify, an education technology business. Previously, Madeline worked as National Director of Outreach and Development and Founding Chicago Executive Director for Peer Health Exchange (PHE), a health education organization that gives teens the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy decisions by training college students to teach a comprehensive health curriculum in public schools. Madeline graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in History.

Madeline serves on the Board of Dwight Hall at Yale and Matriculate and resides in Brooklyn with her family.

Darius Mostaghimi ’25 M.D.

Darius is a fourth-year Yale School of Medicine student from Madison, Connecticut. He is a Clinical Advisor at HAVEN Free Clinic, where he manages primary care teams for low-income individuals without insurance. He is planning to practice in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.

Ask OCS at Dwight Hall: Drop-in Office Hours
2024-11-15 14:00 - 16:30, 2024-12-06 14:00 - 16:30
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 is hosted by Jorimel Zaldivar, Senior Associate Director for Common Good Careers at OCS. Bring your friends!

Volunteer with Sunrise Cafe!
2024-11-19 06:00 - 09:00, 2024-12-03 06:00 - 09:00, 2024-12-10 06:00 - 09:00
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Start your morning off on a great note! Join Dwight Hall Tuesday mornings to volunteer at Sunrise Cafe. Volunteers will meet in front of Dwight Hall at 6:00am, walk together to Sunrise Cafe, and will return to campus by 9:00am.

Volunteers are strongly encouraged to wear N95 masks during service.

Sunrise Cafe has been serving breakfast without charge to New Haven’s homeless and hungry since 2015. Each weekday morning, the Cafe welcomes guests to the undercroft of St. Paul and St. James, near Wooster Square and three blocks south of the New Haven Green with white tablecloths, flowers and a rotating menu of fresh, warm, nutritious home-cooked food. Your generosity opens our doors.

Cheerful volunteers take each order individually, deliver the breakfast to our guest and help our paid chef in the kitchen. Thelma Ragsdale, Operations Manager, and our volunteers ensure every guest is warmly welcomed.

Sunrise Cafe is uniquely welcoming and secure, based on trust and mutual respect, and the rapport built between the volunteer servers and our guests. With a warm welcome and just two rules – no drugs on the premises and no arguments – Sunrise has become a community center for the homeless, a place to come every weekday morning and gather with friends.

Hungry friends come for the home-cooked, nourishing breakfast and stay for simple medical services offered by the Cornell Scott Health Center and access to support from social services to find housing.

Sunrise provides a unique opportunity to bridge New Haven’s inequalities that separate us from one another. Volunteers come once and become regulars. Guests and volunteers become friends and greet one another on the street.

Tea Chat with David McCullough III '17
2024-12-05 17:00

A presentation & interactive discussion with Dr. Ira Helfand on The Current Nuclear Threat and Preventing Nuclear War
2025-01-12 12:00 - 13:00

2025 Yale University Martin Luther King Commemoration featuring Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
2025-01-27 18:00

Reading Group - The Autobiography of Malcolm X
2025-02-05 16:30 - 18:00, 2025-02-12 16:30 - 18:00, 2025-02-26 16:30 - 18:00, 2025-03-26 16:30 - 18:00
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, we will also explore the legacies of Dr. Betty Shabazz and other transformative personalities who emerged next to and near him .

Join us on 02/12, 02/26, 03/05, and 03/26 from 4:30-6pm as we launch a deep dive into the Autobiography of Malcolm X, 4:30 pm at Yale’s Humanities Quadrangle, Room HQ 107 (320 York Street, New Haven) – all are welcome, especially our friends from the New Haven community! This is part of the “MX100: Why Malcolm? Why Today?” series of programs. Watch out for more announcements soon!

Join us even if you haven’t started reading the Autobiography yet.

FOCUS on New Haven 2025 Information Session
2025-02-10 20:00
Location: Dwight Hall Common Room, 67 High St

Special Session: Navigating Federal Careers in 2025, Ask OCS at Dwight Hall
2025-02-14 14:00 - 16:30
Ask OCS at Dwight Hall Office Hours are back for spring 2025! Join Jorimel Zaldivar, Senior Associate Director for Common Good Careers at the Yale Office of Career Strategy, for a special session on navigating internships and careers in the federal government amidst hiring freezes, layoffs, and more.

Please complete the required interest form if you plan to attend on February 14th.

Honoring Dr. Betty Shabazz and Malcolm X El Hajj Malik El Shabazz: A Gravesite Gathering of Prayer and Reflection
2025-02-21 08:15
REGISTER at WWW.TINYURL.COM/MXZIYARA25

As part of the MX100: Why Malcolm? Why Today? series of programs and in conjunction with the Muslim Life Program at the Yale Chaplain’s Office, the Muslim Leadership Lab (MLL) is organizing a special visit to honor El Hajj Malik El Shabazz and Dr. Betty Shabazz on the 60th anniversary of Brother Malcolm’s martyrdom.

TWO Buses will leave at 8:15 am from Phelps Gate to travel to Ferncliff Cemetery.

BUS #1 will return to Yale Campus for approximately 1:00 pm.

BUS #2 will head to NYC for a special tour of Malcolm X archive at the Schomburg Center (515 Malcolm X Boulevard, Harlem, NY) led by scholar and Yale PhD candidate Iman AbdoulKarim. Registration is limited to 25 people. Special arrangements will be made for Friday prayer services at the Mosque of the Islamic Brotherhood (at the site of Brother Malcolm’s Muslim Mosque Inc. at 1:00 pm; 130 W 113th St, New York, NY)

PLEASE NOTE: Participants going to NYC will be responsible for their own travel back to New Haven

Please register by February 16, 2025. If you are signing up for the Schomburg Center visit, we will confirm your participation via email as numbers are limited.

At the maqam (gravesite), there will be communal recitation of Qur’an, spiritual reminders, remembrances, and communal prayer. There will be time for personal reflection and prayer. People of all faiths – and none – are welcome. We will also visit the gravesites of James Baldwin and Paul Robeson.

The visit will be facilitated by MLL convener Abdul-Rehman Malik (abdul-rehman.malik@yale.edu) and Iman AbdoulKarim (iman.abdoulkarim@yale.edu).

Please register your interest so we can determine the best travel arrangements for you. Seats are limited so please reserve only if you are able to make it.

2025 Common Good & Creative Careers Networking Event
2025-02-21 13:00 - 15:00
Location: The Golden CenterSt. Thomas More Catholic Church & Center at Yale268 Park StreetNew Haven, CT

To register click here: https://yale-csm.symplicity.com/events/CGCC_2025

About the Event:

This in-person networking event is a great way for organizations to engage with Yale talent. The event will be open to undergraduate students of Yale College, School of Management students, Post-Doctoral Associates, Post-Doctoral Fellows and graduate students of Yale Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.

The event set-up is similar to a career fair, but smaller in scale, offering more opportunity to network with Yale students. Participating organizations will be offering opportunities for students to learn about their work in: education, nonprofit, government, energy and the environment, think tanks, the arts, entertainment, publishing, journalism and more. Organizations are not required to have an open employment opportunity to participate.

Y-SASCA: First Small Claims Training Session
2025-02-25 19:30

Yale Alumni Service Corps: A Yale Student's Perspective
2025-02-26 20:00 - 21:00
A Conversation with Dr. Rosalia Burke ’92, Brooklyn Brauner ’26, Ronin Burke ’24, and Ashley Sottosanti ’26. Register here.

Would you like to know what Yale students do on YASC trips? Now is your chance!

Join us for an engaging conversation with Dr. Rosalia Burke ’92, YASC Vice-Chair, and student panelists Brooklyn Brauner ’26, Ronin Burke ’24, and Ashley Sottosanti ’26, who will share their experiences on YASC trips. During this session, our panelists will tell us what made them join our service trips, describe the types of projects they worked on, provide an overview of the scholarship application process, and highlight the impact service has had on their lives.Do not miss this opportunity to learn more about our organization, ask questions, and get involved! Event will be recorded.

How Racist Policies Undermine Black Home Ownership: A Conversation About Housing Justice in America
2025-02-27 17:00
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The Center for Public Theology and Public Policy is glad to join partners at Yale Law School and across the University to host Bernadette Atuahene, author of the new book Plundered, for a conversation about the moral crisis of foreclosures and the racist policies that have exacerbated it. Professor James Forman of Yale Law School will facilitate a conversation between Atuahene, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, and Alexandra Nichols, who lost her home to property tax foreclosure. This event is a part of the Pelles/McSurely/Eguavoen Lecture series.

Ask OCS at Dwight Hall: Drop-In Office Hours on Common Good & Creative Careers
2025-02-28 14:00 - 16:30
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 is hosted by Jorimel Zaldivar, Senior Associate Director for Common Good Careers at OCS. Please fill out the required interest form if you plan to attend.

Ask OCS at Dwight Hall: Drop-In Office Hours
2025-03-07 14:00 - 16:30

Virtual Event: “What's Next for Ukraine?” with Journalist Jim Brooke '77
2025-03-19 19:00 - 20:30
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Join us on Wednesday, March 19 at 7 pm ET for a talk on the war in Ukraine with distinguished journalist Jim Brooke YC ’77. This event will be hosted online via Zoom.

The war in Ukraine is now three years on. What’s the situation and future for Ukraine?

Jim worked for 24 years as a staff reporter for The New York Times, with many reporting assignments to Russia. After leaving the Times in 2006, he worked in Moscow for eight years, including stints as Bloomberg Bureau Chief and then Voice of America (VOA) Bureau Chief. He worked for six years as a journalist in Kyiv. In September 2021, he returned to his native New England. Jim writes twice a week on Russia-Ukraine for The New York Sun.

This virtual event is free, with a suggested donation of $10 or more to support I.R.I.S. We suggest a donation of $10 or more to support Ukrainian refugees who are relocating to Connecticut. We will forward contributions to Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS), a non-profit that supports refugees and asylum seekers and is based in New Haven. For more information on IRIS, go to www.irisct.org.

Donations can be made on the Yale Club of Hartford website. Write “Ukrainian Refugee Support” in the “Additional Notes” portion of the donation form.

We look forward to seeing you on March 19th!

From Summer Fellows to Social Leaders: YANA-Dwight Hall Fellowship to Strengthen the Nonprofit Sector
2025-03-26 17:00 - 18:30
Location: Dwight Hall at Yale (67 High St, New Haven, CT) and via Zoom

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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 alumni have helped fund 32 Fellows, providing transformative opportunities for students to tackle pressing social challenges in public health, education, and social justice. Yet, the need continues to grow—many students who qualify for the Fellowship still lack the resources to participate.

As nonprofits face increasing scrutiny and resource constraints, this conversation will highlight the importance of strengthening leadership pipelines and equipping emerging changemakers with the tools to sustain and grow their impact. Hear directly from former Fellows about how the program shaped their career paths and allowed them to tackle critical issues in their fields. We’ll also feature an alumni Fellowship sponsor on why they continue to invest in this impactful program.

Our distinguished speakers include Jonathan Fanton PhD ‘78, former President of the MacArthur Foundation, Asia Brown MAR MPH’19, Wellspring Consulting, and YANA Dwight Hall Summer 2024 fellow Hameeda Uloomi ‘25. The discussion will be moderated by Rob Leighton SOM ‘89 and YANA Board Member emeritus. Their insights, alongside stories from past Fellows, will provide a powerful discussion on the Fellowship’s role in shaping the nonprofit sector’s future.

Don’t miss this inspiring event, as we highlight the value of your support and drive the final push toward our campaign goal!

"Doggerel": A Poetry Reading by Reginald Dwayne Betts
2025-04-01 19:00 - 20:00
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 family, falling in love, friendship, and those who accompany us on our walk through life. Copies will be available for purchase and a book signing will be held immediately after the program.

This is a hybrid program; patrons have the option of attending in-person at the library or virtually on Zoom. Registration is required – please sign up here!

New Haven Civic Innovation Prize Pitchoff, Startup Yale 2025
2025-04-03 19:00 - 20:30
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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 event showcases the power of funding, mentorship, and networking, bringing together Yale and the Greater New Haven innovation community to amplify the impact of game-changing ventures and initiatives.You may register for the conference here.

MX100: Why Malcolm? Why Today? Conference
2025-04-04 00:00 - 2025-04-06 23:59
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 struggle to be fully human. Through panels, live performances, a pop-up exhibit at the Beinecke, and a keynote event, we engage students, academics, and the public in a conversation that reflects the dynamism of Malcolm X’s political and religious thought, its academic study, and its impact on society. Ultimately, MX100 gathers to ask: Why Malcolm, and why today?

REGISTER at mx100.yale.edu (link in bio).

Friday night will feature the 6th Annual Dr. Betty Shabazz and El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Malcolm X Memorial Lecture. This year we are honoring the pioneering activist and elder, “Queen Mother of Harlem”, Sister Aisha Al-Adawiya.

All details are at mx100.yale.edu.

Look out for more speaker announcements in the coming days!

Young Alumni in Social Impact Careers Panel
2025-04-08 17:30
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 practical advice for students interested in making a difference. This year’s panel will include Kynzie Clark ’22 and Kaley Pillinger ’21, who have built meaningful careers in law, advocacy, and social justice.

Kynzie, who studied political science, worked at an international law firm supporting anti-corruption litigation before enrolling in Columbia’s School of Social Work, with plans to attend law school. She now also works as a Program Associate at the Center for Intimacy Justice, combating gender-based digital suppression, and serves as a social worker at Bronx Defenders.

Kaley, who studied history and economics, previously worked in real estate investment and affordable housing development at Blackstone and Fairstead, with a focus on working with the NYC Housing Authority. She is now back at Yale pursuing a dual JD/MBA with Stanford and plans to return to affordable housing development after graduation.

This panel will offer students a unique chance to connect with alumni who have experience in the workplace, but also know how to navigate college and post-graduation opportunities in order to be successful in this field, making a positive impact on their communities.

Pilgrimage, Protest, and the Preservation of Memory: The Case of the 1977 Safar Uprising in Iraq
2025-04-09 17:30
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 so, what are the enduring implications for the Shia community? The talk will also reflect on the scholarly duty to preserve histories of oppression and its connection to the mission of Imam Hussain.

Marsin Alshamary, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston College: Prof. Alshamary is a scholar of Middle Eastern politics, with a primary focus on religious institutions, civil society, and protest movements. She is currently working on a book manuscript titled: “A Century of the Iraqi Hawza: How Clerics Shaped Protests and Politics in Modern Day Iraq”, which explores the historical and contemporary interactions between the Shi’a religious establishment and protest movements. Her work is driven by a commitment to understanding the Middle East’s complexities and contributing to informed discussions in both academic and public spheres.

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The Annual Imam Hussein Lecture on Social Justice, established in 2022, features leading thinkers, scholars, activists, and cultural producers who draw on the Shia Muslim tradition to explore themes of social, economic, and political justice. Inspired by the life and sacrifice of Imam Hussein (upon whom be peace)—the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and a timeless embodiment of justice, mercy, and compassion—this lecture calls us to reflect on the ongoing struggle against systems of oppression and exploitation in pursuit of a truly beloved community.

Presented by the Muslim Leadership Lab at Dwight Hall, in partnership with the Shia Racial Justice Coalition and the Muslim Life Program at the Yale Chaplain’s Office.

Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive at Yale
2025-04-15 10:00 - 17:00
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 Registration Drive at Yale, which is part of the nationwide NMDP Get in the GameSM campaign, offers multiple ways for people to register for the chance to become a life-saving marrow donor. Donors who could help save lives are located through testing that consists of simple cheek swabs.

Join in person at Beinecke Plaza on Tuesday, Apr. 15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The drive is open to anyone aged 18-40.

There will also be a site at Steep Café in Kline Tower from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

At any time, anyone who cannot attend the drive in person at Yale can go on-line to my.nmdp.org/YaleSaves or text YaleSaves to 61474 to start the process of joining the NMDP RegistrySM.

Yale’s drives are part of the NMDP Get in the GameSM program, which started at Villanova in 1992 under the guidance of head football coach Andy Talley. The program involves college athletic teams organizing drives on their campuses. Talley has since partnered with NMDPSM, formerly known as the National Marrow Donor Program and Be The Match, to take his efforts to the national level. Larry Ciotti, a long-time assistant football coach at Yale, is a friend of Talley’s and brought the idea to Yale in 2008-09.

The NMDP Get in the GameSM program, including more than 250 partnered schools, has added more than 200,000 people to the NMDP RegistrySM. Those efforts have resulted in more than 1,300 life-saving transplants.

The Yale athletic department has held drives each of the past 16 springs – ever since Mandi was first diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in December of 2008. Yale’s record-setting drives have added nearly 10,000 potential donors to the NMDP RegistrySM, and at least 102 life-saving donor matches for patients in need have been located through the Bulldogs’ efforts.

Yale’s drives were led by the football team and women’s ice hockey team each of the first two years. In 2011, the field hockey team began assisting. In 2018 the men’s soccer team joined these efforts. In 2022 the Yale volleyball team joined, and in 2023 the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams joined. This year the gymnastics team and the men’s ice hockey team have joined.

Members of these teams help spread the word about the need for donors to their classmates, friends and relatives. They also volunteer to help on Drive Day.

Mandi’s story has been one of the catalysts behind the success of the Yale drives. In her battle with cancer, she required a blood stem cell transplant to give her a new immune system. With no genetically matching adult donor available, in September 2010 she had a transplant using two anonymously donated units of umbilical cord blood. A biopsy in December 2010 indicated that she had relapsed, and she passed away at home in Saskatchewan on Apr. 3, 2011.

Mandi’s plight shed further light on the needs of cancer patients everywhere, and the value of marrow donation. Every year, thousands of people of all ages are diagnosed with leukemia and other life-threatening diseases. Many of them will pass away unless they get a marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant from a matching donor. Seventy percent of these patients do not have a fully matched donor in their family and depend on the NMDP RegistrySM to find a genetic match to save their life.

To join the NMDP RegistrySM, an individual must:

Be between the ages of 18 and 40

Meet certain health guidelines

Be willing to donate to any patient in need

The donor test consists of simple cheek swabs and will only take approximately 15 minutes.

Those who registered at previous drives are already in the NMDP RegistrySM, so there is no need for them to register again.Yale is seeking to add as many NEW potential donors as possible.

Those interested in helping with the Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive at Yale can contact Larry Ciotti with the Yale football team at larry.ciotti@yale.edu.

More information on the Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive at Yale
