Dwight Hall at Yale

Park Pitch In: National Public Lands Day 2022
2022-09-25 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | CT
The Public Service/Social Justice Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of New York (yaleNYC) and YCConnect is proud to join the Prospect Park Volunteer Corps in their “Park Pitch In: National Public Lands Day 2022”!

When: Sunday, September 25, 2022Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PMWhere: Prospect Park Brooklyn

Please join our veterans and make new friends! On “Park Pitch In: National Public Lands Day 2022” Day, our volunteers will be geared up with brooms, paint brushes, shovels, rakes, and trash grabbers for all sorts of activities.

• Activities are labor intensive and teen-friendly (18 and over).• Please try to wear something BLUE, if possible!

Please contact Andrew Burgie as soon as possible at aeb5@nyu.edu to RSVP or if you have any questions.

More information will be sent as the day approaches.

Dwight Hall Education Bazaar
2022-10-25 15:00 - 17:00 | CT
Location: Dwight Hall at Yale, 67 High Street, New Haven, CT 06511

Explore education-focused opportunities from Dwight Hall’s institutional programs, student organizations, and community partners. Paid and volunteer opportunities available. Programs include Jones-Zimmerman Academic Mentoring Program, Big Brothers Big Sisters at Truman School, and Public School Interns.

Individuals interested in exploring opportunities should RSVP.

Groups interested in recruiting volunteers should register to attend.

"Building Bridges in Transition" - Civic Allyship Initiative Workshop
2022-10-25 17:30 - 18:45 | CT
Location: Dwight Hall Common Room, 67 High Street, New Haven, CT 06511

Alicia Aviles is a Hartford, Connecticut native, mother of two, grandmother of two, and small business owner who is attempting to tackle the ails of transitioning from prison back to society for women. Alicia’s drive and desire to impact this process comes from her lived experience of having served eight years of incarceration and facing these hurdles with minimal support. Come hear her story and learn about her life-changing work with the Civic Allyship Initiative’s first workshop of the year: “Building Bridges in Transition”.

This event is open to the public. Visitors to campus must comply with Yale COVID-19 Visitor Policy as described at: https://covid19.yale.edu/visitors-policy.

Dwight Hall Opening Convening 2022
2022-10-25 20:00 - 22:00 | CT
Location: Dwight Hall Common Room, 67 High Street, New Haven, CT 06511

Dwight Hall’s Opening Convening 2022 will connect student leaders, community partners, and resources. Bring friends to consume leftover food!

Common Good & Creative Careers Peer to Peer Networking Event
2022-10-27 16:00 - 18:00 | CT
Location: Dwight Hall Common Room and Chapel, 67 High Street, New Haven, CT 06511

Are you interested in hearing from your peers how their summer internships went? Do you want to get the inside scoop on what it was like to work for an employer in the Common Good & Creative Careers space? This event will have upperclassmen representing their summer employers in the areas of the arts, education, government, nonprofit, publishing & journalism. It will be a career fair format in which you can walk around the room and speak to various Yale students who worked at summer positions. OCS will be adding employers that will be represented at the fair in the coming month so please check back regularly.

If you are an upperclassmen and would like to volunteer to help by representing your employer, please contact robyn.acampora@yale.edu.

This event is co-sponsored by Dwight Hall.

Common Good & Creative Careers is an initiative from Yale’s Office of Career Strategy to support Yale students in pursuing careers that make a difference and encourage their creativity.

Learn more about the event here.

Pierson College Tea with Kenyatta Emmanuel
2022-11-02 16:00 - 17:15 | CT
Location: 231 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06511

Tea to be followed by dinner in Pierson College Dining Hall. Meal plans or guest purchases required.

The Civic Allyship Initiative at Dwight Hall at Yale, in collaboration with Full Citizens Coalition, Pierson College, the Afro-American Cultural Center, and Yale Law School, present artist and activist Kenyatta Emmanuel from Wednesday, November 2nd through Thursday, November 3rd, 2022. As we prepare to cast our ballots we look to remind and galvanize the Yale community and Connecticut community at large–especially the families of those disenfranchised under the weight of felony convictions–that we can be the voice and power for change in Connecticut and ultimately in this country. Come celebrate with us, plan with us, build and take power through our collective vote and voice.

About Kenyatta Emmanuel:Singer and songwriter Kenyatta Emmanuel will offer song and story to contextualize and reinforce the human reality of our movement. Kenyatta is an artist and activist who has shared his music from Sing Sing to Carnegie Hall, offering a full live concert the same day of his release after serving 24½ years in prison. Kenyatta collaborated with a range of stakeholders in and outside of carceral spaces to impact the world artistically and socially, forming initiatives such as Voices From Within, which serves the children of incarcerated parents. He is an example of and tireless advocate for the wealth of potential awaiting discovery in the nation’s carceral spaces. His offering of music and message is consistent from his 2014 TEDx talk through his presentation at the 2022 International Wellbeing Summit, exploring the beauty of life, love, and the human condition, reminding us of all that we hold in common.

Kenyatta Emmanuel is currently a teaching artist with Carnegie Hall’s Musical Connections program, as well as the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program. He is a Galaxy Leaders Fellow, and is currently developing a curriculum for Racial Justice and Abolition Democracy as an Artist in Residence for the Initiative for a Just Society at Columbia Law School.

Pakistan Flood Relief Fundraiser
2022-11-03 18:30 - 21:30 | CT
Join us on November 3rd from 6:30 pm-9:30 pm at the Dwight Hall Chapel for a Pakistan Flood Relief Fundraising event! Come for keynote speaker Professor Sarah Khan, food, performances, and more! All funds will be going directly to Islamic Relief.

Unlock the Vote Concert Featuring Kenyatta Emmanuel
2022-11-03 19:00 - 21:00 | CT
Location: Afro-American Cultural Center, 211 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06511

Unlock the Vote concert featuring Kenyatta Emmanuel. Performance and refreshments at the Afro-American Cultural Center. Visitors to campus must comply with Yale COVID-19 Visitor Policy as described at: https://covid19.yale.edu/visitors-policy.

The Civic Allyship Initiative at Dwight Hall at Yale, in collaboration with Full Citizens Coalition, Pierson College, the Afro-American Cultural Center, and Yale Law School, present artist and activist Kenyatta Emmanuel from Wednesday, November 2nd through Thursday, November 3rd, 2022. As we prepare to cast our ballots we look to remind and galvanize the Yale community and Connecticut community at large–especially the families of those disenfranchised under the weight of felony convictions–that we can be the voice and power for change in Connecticut and ultimately in this country. Come celebrate with us, plan with us, build and take power through our collective vote and voice.

About Kenyatta Emmanuel:Singer and songwriter Kenyatta Emmanuel will offer song and story to contextualize and reinforce the human reality of our movement. Kenyatta is an artist and activist who has shared his music from Sing Sing to Carnegie Hall, offering a full live concert the same day of his release after serving 24½ years in prison. Kenyatta collaborated with a range of stakeholders in and outside of carceral spaces to impact the world artistically and socially, forming initiatives such as Voices From Within, which serves the children of incarcerated parents. He is an example of and tireless advocate for the wealth of potential awaiting discovery in the nation’s carceral spaces. His offering of music and message is consistent from his 2014 TEDx talk through his presentation at the 2022 International Wellbeing Summit, exploring the beauty of life, love, and the human condition, reminding us of all that we hold in common.

Kenyatta Emmanuel is currently a teaching artist with Carnegie Hall’s Musical Connections program, as well as the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program. He is a Galaxy Leaders Fellow, and is currently developing a curriculum for Racial Justice and Abolition Democracy as an Artist in Residence for the Initiative for a Just Society at Columbia Law School.

Ivy Muslim Conference 2022
2022-11-04 18:00 - 2022-11-05 20:00 | CT
Location: St. Thomas More Center at Yale, 268 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06511

Come celebrate community, conversation and culture at this year’s Ivy Muslim Conference aka IMC!

We are excited to welcome Dr. Marwa Assar as our Keynote Speaker. A psychologist, educator, and founder of The H.O.M.E Institute, Dr. Assar seeks to provide psycho-spiritual education & services that are rooted in Islamic teachings and approached through an Islamic Psychological Lens.

More speaker bios and details coming soon!

The Ivy League is a consortium of universities that share unique social, intellectual and professional opportunities and challenges. In the midst of contemporary American academic life, Muslims at these institutions grapple with these opportunities and challenges, as well as issues of identity and purpose – let alone the fallout from the long pandemic. Thus, the Ivy Muslims Conference invites Muslims to explore, interrogate and discuss these issues, especially as they relate to their intellectual and spiritual lives, by bringing together hundreds of Muslim students from across the Ivy League for a weekend of networking, fellowship, and unique conversations about the intellectual and spiritual opportunities as well as challenges of being Muslim today.

We invite students from the Ivies and beyond! This year we are back in person at the amazing St. Thomas More Catholic Centre at Yale.

The popular Coffeehouse Conversations and Changemaker Panel will be back as well!

Check out our website for schedule, accommodation and parking details: https://ivymuslims.yale.edu/

Questions can be directed to yalemsa@gmail.com or omer.bajwa@yale.edu.

PayPal receipts will be issued by Dwight Hall at Yale.

The State of our Democracy: Post-Midterm Election Reflection Panel
2022-11-09 17:00 - 18:00 | CT
Location: Afro-American Cultural Center, 211 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06511

Join us for a post-Election Day reflection panel of Yale faculty and New Haven community members on November 9th. This event will take place from 5 to 6 pm at the AFAM House (211 Park Street) in collaboration with Yale Votes, Dwight Hall, the Yale Women’s Leadership Initiative, and the Black Student Alliance at Yale. This event is open to the Yale and New Haven community.

Speakers include Emily Bazelon of the New York Times Magazine, Executive Director of Yale Law School’s Law and Racial Justice Center Kayla Vinson, James Jeter of the Dwight Hall Civic Allyship Initiative, Dean of Saybrook College Ferentz Lafargue, New Haven cultural equity leader Adriane Jefferson, and Al Lucas from Legislative Services at the New Haven Board of Aldermen.

The intention of this panel is to help our community make sense of the political moment and climate we are living in, as a follow up to a similar panel held after the 2020 election. Rather than analyzing specific results, we hope this panel can be a meditation on the state of democracy and how we can continue to engage civically in meaningful ways after November 8th.

Learn more and RSVP here.

Movie Screening - Vietnam: Fast Forward
2022-11-09 19:30 - 21:00 | CT
Location: Silliflicks Theater

Come watch Vietnam: Fast Forward on Wednesday, November 9th from 7:30-9:00 p.m. in Silliflicks (the movie theater in the Silliman basement). The film documents the life stories of various social entrepreneurs in Vietnam, including World Fellow Huong Dang. Founder of HopeBox, Huong Dang is a social entrepreneur whose NGO provides employment, training, and opportunities to victims of gender-based violence in Vietnam. Following the movie-screening, she will host a Q&A!

Making the Most of Your Yale Experience: A Conversation with Yale Alumni
2022-11-10 18:00 - 19:15 | CT
Location: Dwight Hall Common Room, 67 High Street, New Haven, CT 06511

Join Yale Alumni to hear how to make the most of your time at Yale. What did they learn at Yale that was most useful in their lives today? What was least useful? What would they change about their time at Yale? Hear from Alumni on what skills and opportunities you should seek at Yale in preparation for a career in public service.

The panelists include:

Madeline Kerner ’07: CEO & Co-Founder, Matriculate

Jeffrey S. Kim ’87: Program Director, California Wellness Foundation

Hannah Kiburz ’22: Administrative and Marketing Manager, DignityMoves

Josiah Brown ’92: Executive Director, Connecticut CASA

Dinner will be provided! RSVP here.

Panelist Biographies:

Madeline Kerner founded the national nonprofit Matriculate in the hopes of giving students the hope, support, and models for success they need to thrive in and beyond their education careers. The organization began working to train college students from top universities like Columbia, Princeton, and Yale as Advising Fellows, who would then in turn work with high-achieving, low-income high school students in order to create pipelines to excellence. Today, Matriculate partners with Advising Fellows across 16 partner colleges and universities in an effort to guide students through their applications process and provide a model for the success they can achieve.

Madeline is formerly the Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, America Achieves; Director of Operations and Special Assistant to Joel Klein, Amplify; National Director of Outreach and Development, Peer Health Exchange; Founding Chicago Executive Director, Peer Health Exchange. She received her B.A. from Yale University in 2007.

Jeffrey S. Kim is a program director at The California Wellness Foundation where he currently manages strategy and grantmaking related to the Economic Security & Dignity portfolio.

Prior to joining Cal Wellness in April 2005, Kim was associate director of development for the National Conference for Community and Justice – Los Angeles Region, and deputy director for the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center’s legal services department.

Kim serves on the board of directors of the Asset Funders Network and Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties. Previously, he was appointed to the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs. He has also served on the board of directors of Grantmakers in Aging, and the steering committees of the Funders Oral Health Policy Group (a national network of funders in oral health) and the Los Angeles chapter of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy.

A member of the State Bar of California, Kim earned his law degree from the University of Michigan and his bachelor’s degree in economics from Yale University.

Hannah Kiburz is originally from Colorado and a 2022 Yale University graduate with degrees in Anthropology and Economics. Hannah is committed to the development of NGOs and their practices of sustainability and community involvement. She joined the DignityMoves team in June of 2022, inspired by the organization’s innovative methods of addressing houselessness in California. An avid outdoorsman at heart, Hanna spends as much time as she can hiking, kayaking, and biking.

Josiah Brown is the inaugural executive director of Connecticut CASA—a newly integrated organization to grow the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) movement statewide.

He comes to this role after having served as founding executive director of CASA of Southern Connecticut. A member of the Governor’s Task Force on Justice for Abused Children since 2020, Josiah Brown joined the CASA movement in 2019 after having been the first associate director of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, and previously chief of staff to the president of the New School in New York City. Reporting directly to CEO Jon Schnur, Josiah worked with New Leaders during its start-up while he was in graduate school. In earlier roles, he was an aide to U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro and to the director of a center at Columbia University. He worked for UConn Upward Bound and volunteered with urban youth organizations and public schools.

A former president of Domestic Violence Services of Greater New Haven and longtime chair of the Literacy Coalition of Greater New Haven, he was a member of the New Haven Public Schools’ Community Engagement Team and, also as a volunteer, a youth basketball coach. At Yale, since 2008 he has been an associate fellow of Saybrook College. He and his wife, Sahar Usmani-Brown, live in New Haven with their children.

Josiah Brown has a B.A. from Yale and a master’s in public policy from Harvard. At Harvard’s Kennedy School, he and a classmate, Corinne Herlihy, co-authored a report on out-of-school programs and policy for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Social Entrepreneurship Mixer at Tsai CITY
2022-11-10 18:30 - 20:00 | CT
Location: Tsai CITY, 17 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511

This mixer is an opportunity for students to hear more about what social entrepreneurship can look like, what Tsai CITY can provide in the way of resources and support, and it’s a chance to mingle with students with similar interests.

There are three special guests who will be in attendance–students who have founded social entrepreneurship ventures–and you can find out more about them in the attached flyer.

Dinner will be provided and here is the link to RSVP: bit.ly/citymixer

Empowering New Haven Entrepreneurs: A Chat with Dawn Leaks and Caroline Smith (Yale '14) of Collab
2022-11-30 09:00 - 10:00 | CT
Location: Tsai CITY, 17 Prospect Street New Haven, CT 06511

Join us in conversation with Dawn Leaks, Executive Director, and Caroline Smith, Co-Founder and Director of External Affairs & Organizing, of Collab New Haven. Hear about their journeys building collective power and wealth in the New Haven community, guided by a values-aligned, collaborative, heart-centered approach.

Collab offers business accelerator programs to empower New Haven entrepreneurs. Ever since the organization was founded in 2017, graduates of Collab’s programs—83% of whom are founders of color and 74% of whom are women—have created hundreds of jobs for the local community and generated millions in revenue.

Global Migration and Youth Leadership in the Pursuit of Freedom
2022-12-01 18:30 - 20:30 | Luce Hall, Room 101, 34 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States
According to the UNHCR, 89.3 million people around the world were forced to flee their homes as a result of persecution, conflict or violence in 2021. That figure reached 103 million in mid-2022. Among them are nearly 27.1 million refugees, around half of whom are under the age of 18. While these young people require support, they are also uniquely capable of effective change and leadership of mobilizing civic engagement in their home communities and in the world. Yet, the odds often seem to be stacked against them. What can be done about this? This panel tries to piece together a framework for the role of youth leadership in systemic change. By using three countries—Afghanistan, Belarus, Myanmar—as case studies, the panelists representing these countries will address the challenges and opportunities of the generation that will be leading important changes to achieve the freedom for their countries.

An accompanying reception with food and refreshments will follow the panel to give students an opportunity to engage with the panelists.

Please RSVP here.

Panelists

MANASI SUBRAMANIAM: Editor-in-Chief, Penguin Random House India (Yale World Fellow 2022)

MINAMI TSUBOUCHI: Founder, BEYOND Tomorrow (Yale World Fellow 2022)

MOHAMMAD “MUSA” MAHMODI (Afghanistan): Human Rights Lawyer (Yale World Fellow 2020)

ANDREI KUREICHIK (Belarus): Playwright, director, and civil activist (Yale World Fellow 2022)

DAVID MOE (Myanmar): Postdoctoral Associate, Southeast Asian Studies, Yale University

Volunteer and Support Voting Rights with the Full Citizens Coalition
2022-12-03 12:00 - 17:00 | Dwight Hall at Yale, 67 High St, New Haven, CT, 06511, United States
Register here.

Full Citizens Coalition is conducting a survey to assess the experience of registered voters who were incarcerated in Connecticut at the time of the most recent election cycle.

Stop in Dwight Hall this Saturday, 12/3, help address and stuff envelopes, and meet other students committed to upholding the rights of all citizens.

You can select a time slot when you register. Volunteer for as little as 30 minutes up to the full time.

The Full Citizens Coalition is a Connecticut based action-group focused on undoing the unjust harms caused by felony disenfranchisement, and ensuring that every citizen is respected as a full citizen.

This event is coordinated in partnership with Dwight Hall’s Civic Allyship Initiative and the Yale Undergraduate Prison Project.

Lighting the Future: Refugee Conversations
2022-12-03 16:00 - 18:00 | Dwight Hall at Yale, 67 High St, New Haven, CT, 06511, United States
Register for the event here.

“Lighting the Future” features different speakers from different backgrounds who all speak on a common theme: the refugee experience. Inspired by our executive director’s stories about her own journey as a refugee, the series aims to shed light on refugee experiences and narratives across an array of mediums, from art to academia and more.

The stories of refugee women are those of bravery, resiliency, and courage. Having navigated hardships while adjusting to life in a new country, they offer an essential perspective on what it means to embrace identity and perservere above difficulties. Refugee women are vital leaders, lawmakers, entrepreneurs and thinkers in our society. Though their voices oftentimes go unheard, the Speaker Series aims to highlight those such empowering figures in our communities.

Join us as we speak with Miss Arab USA 2022, Marwa Lahlou and Basma Alawee, Executive Director of WeaveTales.

Originally born in Morocco, Lahlou moved to the United States at the age of ten. As the only Arab in her high school, she faced severe discrimination for her background. However, in connecting directly with her community, she discovered the beauty in her culture and its inherent unity. Since then, Lahlou has committed herself to promoting an understanding and acceptance of Arab culture, taking on several initiatives to that end. One such program led her across several Connecticut schools to share the values of Arab culture. She went on to gain her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Sciences, graduating Magna Cum Laude, and received an MBA in International Business Management and Marketing with high honors at the University of New Haven.

As a refugee from Iraq, Basma Alawee has worked towards advocating for refugee voices and rights throughout the world. She aims to unite refugee and immigrant communities in order to expand conversations surrounding their well-being as well as to build collective understanding. To that end, Alawee founded WeaveTales in 2019 to develop programs to help refugees use the mediums of writing and storytelling to share their lived experiences. Additionally, she works as the National Campaign Director for We Are All America and National Partnership of New Americans. Alawee’s ultimate goal is to build inclusivity and acceptance in the national narrative surrounding refugees and Muslims.

Yale Global Executive Leadership Program Consultation & Networking Event
2022-12-07 17:00 - 19:00 | Dwight Hall at Yale Common Room, 67 High Street, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511
Register Here!

Dwight Hall at Yale, Center for Public Service and Social Justice, is very pleased to host members from the 6th cohort of the Global Executive Leadership Program at the Yale School of Management. The cohort is comprised of 46 c-suite level executives from diverse industries across the globe.

This event will provide an opportunity for Dwight Hall student leaders and Greater New Haven community partners to gain insights, solicit advice, and exchange ideas with leaders from the corporate sector.

Please RSVP by completing this survey and let us know about your organizational aspirations and challenges. Yale students may also RSVP to discuss career pathways. Based on your responses, we will match you with mentors with related interests and area expertise who are eager to meet you!

We will have light refreshments on hand. Guests to campus are expected to comply with the current University visitor policy available here. We may be able to provide remote accommodations if you are ill or unable to comply with visitor policies. Please contact johnny.scafidi@yale.edu with any questions or concerns.

Exploring International Opportunities in Public Service
2022-12-09 13:00 - 14:30 | Dwight Hall Library, 67 High St, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States
RSVP here.

Location: Dwight Hall Common Room, 67 High St

Join virtually here: https://yale.zoom.us/j/96388067396

Want to pursue a career in public service outside the United States? Join Yale alumni and staff for a lunch to discuss how to gain international jobs or internships in public service. What skills are international employers looking for? What challenges are there working outside the United States? What steps can you take while at Yale to get a job in another country in public service?

The panelists include:

• Chendan Yan ’18 M.E.M., Senior Associate, Climate Finance, European Climate Foundation (Antwerp, Belgium)

• Michelle Rosenthal ’05, Independent Social Impact Consultant and former Professional Development Manager at McKinsey & Company

• Lisena DeSantis ’05, former Chief Executive Officer at the Clinton Global Initiative

• Emma-Jane Rose, Associate Director of Fellowships, Yale Center for International & Professional Experience

Lunch will be provided. RSVP is optional, but helps us plan the event.

Watch and Serve: Hole in the Wall Gang Camp Info Session and World Cup Watch Party
2022-12-13 14:00 - 16:00 | Dwight Hall at Yale Common Room, 67 High Street, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511
Take a study break, watch the Argentina vs. Croatia semifinal match of the World Cup, and learn about summer employment and volunteer opportunities at The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp!

Meet representatives from camp and enjoy some refreshments!

Founded in 1988 by Paul Newman, The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp provides “a different kind of healing” to more than 20,000 seriously ill children and family members annually – all completely free of charge. For many of these children and families, Hole in the Wall provides multiple Camp experiences throughout the year at the facility in Ashford, Conn., in more than 40 hospitals and clinics, directly in camper homes and communities, and through other outreach activities across the Northeast.

Creating and Funding Independent Projects: Ideas from Barry Fellowship Alumni
2022-12-13 18:00 - 19:00 | CT
Register here. Workshop on Zoom.

Learn about the Thomas C. Barry Travel Fellowship from past alumni as they share their fellowship experiences, how they made their projects happen, and the impact these experiences had on their lives and career paths.

The Thomas C. Barry Summer Travel Fellowship supports:

Independent summer projects, independent research, and other independent work in emerging-market countries.

Self-designed, personally-led projects within disenfranchised communities in the USA.

Watch and Serve: World Cup Watch Party with Full Citizens Coalition
2022-12-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Dwight Hall at Yale Common Room, 67 High Street, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511
Take a study break, watch the France vs. Morocco semifinal match of the World Cup, and uphold voting rights for all Connecticut residents!

Full Citizens Coalition is conducting a survey to assess the experience of registered voters who were incarcerated in Connecticut at the time of the most recent election cycle.

Stop in Dwight Hall during the World Cup watch party, help address and stuff envelopes, and meet other students committed to upholding the rights of all citizens.

The Full Citizens Coalition is a Connecticut based action-group focused on undoing the unjust harms caused by felony disenfranchisement, and ensuring that every citizen is respected as a full citizen.

This event is coordinated in partnership with Dwight Hall’s Civic Allyship Initiative and the Yale Undergraduate Prison Project.

Get to Know YANA! Virtual Open House
2023-01-11 18:00 | CT
Register here.

Get to know more about the Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance (YANA). There will be a brief presentation with an overview of YANA, followed by time for interaction, Q&A, and networking. Please join us!

2023 Yale University MLK Commemoration feat. Martin Luther King III
2023-01-18 17:30 - 19:30 | CT
Location: Woolsey Hall 500 College Street New Haven, CT 06511

“Sanctuary in the Storm: Healing in Action”

Wednesday, January 18, 2023 | 5:30pm to 7:30pm (Doors open at 5:15p) | Registration required | Livestream will be also be available on Yale’s YouTube channel

The Yale University and Greater New Haven communities are invited to attend this year’s MLK Commemoration that honors the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We are pleased to announce that Martin Luther King III will serve as this year’s keynote speaker.

C﻿lick the link for more information on our speaker Martin Luther King III.

Mask Policy:

M﻿ask are required upon entry of Woolsey Hall.

Bag Check:

Bags 12” x 12” or larger in size will not be permitted. All other bags are subject to search.

F﻿or more information on directions, parking, and other celebratory events visit MLK.yale.edu.

Blood Drive - American Red Cross at Yale
2023-01-23 12:00 - 2023-01-27 17:00 | Dwight Hall at Yale, 67 High St, New Haven, CT, 06511, United States
To register visit: www.redcrossblood.org [Enter Zip Code “06511” or “DwightYale”, Select an Appointment Time, Create an Account … DONE!]

YPEI Research Request Network — New Volunteer Orientation
2023-01-23 16:00 | CT
If you are interested in getting involved with the Research Request Network, which provides library support for incarcerated students enrolled in the Yale Prison Education Initiative’s college program, please join the upcoming new volunteer orientation on 1/23/23 at 4PM on Zoom at this link. The RRN provides crucial student support by facilitating research by proxy utilizing on-campus library resources — and you can participate in its work of the Research Request Network without ever leaving your room! Attending an orientation session is required to participate in the RRN. Please reach out to Emily.horning@yale.edu with any questions.

Volunteer with Sunrise Cafe - Spring 2023 Service Series
2023-01-25 06:00 - 09:00 | CT
Full event information can be found here.

Start your morning off on a great note! Join Dwight Hall Wednesday 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.

Having Courageous Conversations Equity Challenge
2023-01-25 15:30 - 17:00 | CT
United Way of Greater New Haven is preparing to launch its 5th Equity Challenge with the theme, “Having Courageous Conversations.” Join us virtually on January 25th (3:30pm- 5:00pm) for a Challenge Kickoff Panel with local GNH leaders who will share their experience having challenging conversations in their work and personal lives for the pursuit and promotion of equity. Participants will leave inspired with actionable, concrete ways to achieve this in our everyday lives.

Be a part of the challenge by registering here. Closed captioning and Spanish translation will be available.

The UWGNH 5-Day Equity Challenge begins Monday, January 30th. Participants receive daily emails with community curated resources – articles, videos, podcasts, and ways to take action to build a more equitable and anti-racist community.

NEW OFFERING! Take your impact to the next level and sign up to be a Community Conversation Facilitator. This is a new training offered in partnership with the Integrated Justice and Social Change Collaborative at Southern Connecticut State University. On January 27th from 1:00pm-3:00pm, attend an interactive virtual workshop & community building conversation to equip you with the tools to hold conversations around equity in your own circles – your workplace, place of worship, family, neighborhood, academic department, etc. Encourage others to sign up for the Equity Challenge with you and build your skills to hold a conversation afterwards to process and continue the learning. Open to any level of experience. After the end of the Equity Challenge, Community Conversation Facilitators are encouraged to hold their own community conversations and will be invited to a virtual debrief meeting in February (Date TBD). Sign up to be a facilitator by indicating your interest via the registration link.

Startup Yale 2023 Info Session
2023-01-25 16:00 - 17:00 | CT
Come learn about Startup Yale 2023, taking place in person at Tsai CITY on Thursday, March 30, and Friday, March 31. At this orientation, you will learn about the application process and all the different prizes! The Startup Yale team will be available to answer all your questions related to the application or the event itself. Come prepared with questions and big ideas! Refreshments will be provided.

REGISTER

Dwight Hall at Yale sponsors the New Haven Civic Innovation Prize as part of Startup Yale.

The New Haven Civic Innovation Prize awards up to $10,000 to the best student- or community-led venture or project focused on benefiting the City of New Haven.

The Prize aims to catalyze student- and community-led innovations that address, and are informed by, community priorities. Community members, students, or teams of students and community members who are working on projects in key areas of community development, particularly related to recovery from the health and economic crises causes by the COVID-19 pandemic, are welcome to apply.

Please see this page for more information.

"Innovations at Higher Education Institutions" YANA Tea with David Van Zandt
2023-01-25 18:30 | CT
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YANA Tea with David Van Zandt LAW ’81, Global General Counsel, Invus; Former President, The New School; Former Dean, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Join us for this intimate conversation with David Van Zandt LAW ‘81, a legendary academic and inspiring innovative leader at some of the country’s top academic institutions of higher education. We’ll discuss his life, career, what he’s learned, and what he would impart to other leaders at nonprofits.

Please indicate whether you will be attending virtually, or in-person at the Yale Club of NYC (50 Vanderbilt Ave).
