Dwight Hall at Yale

Get to Know YANA! Virtual Open House
2023-01-11 18:00 (America/New_York)
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!

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.

Creating and Funding Independent Projects: Ideas from Barry Fellowship Alumni
2022-12-13 18:00 - 19:00
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: 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Empowering New Haven Entrepreneurs: A Chat with Dawn Leaks and Caroline Smith (Yale '14) of Collab
2022-11-30 09:00 - 10:00
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.

Social Entrepreneurship Mixer at Tsai CITY
2022-11-10 18:30 - 20:00
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

Making the Most of Your Yale Experience: A Conversation with Yale Alumni
2022-11-10 18:00 - 19:15
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.

Movie Screening - Vietnam: Fast Forward
2022-11-09 19:30 - 21:00
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!

The State of our Democracy: Post-Midterm Election Reflection Panel
2022-11-09 17:00 - 18:00
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.

Ivy Muslim Conference 2022
2022-11-04 18:00 - 2022-11-05 20:00
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.

Unlock the Vote Concert Featuring Kenyatta Emmanuel
2022-11-03 19:00 - 21:00
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.

Pakistan Flood Relief Fundraiser
2022-11-03 18:30 - 21:30
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.

Pierson College Tea with Kenyatta Emmanuel
2022-11-02 16:00 - 17:15
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.

Common Good & Creative Careers Peer to Peer Networking Event
2022-10-27 16:00 - 18:00
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.

Dwight Hall Opening Convening 2022
2022-10-25 20:00 - 22:00
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!

"Building Bridges in Transition" - Civic Allyship Initiative Workshop
2022-10-25 17:30 - 18:45
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 Education Bazaar
2022-10-25 15:00 - 17:00
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.

Park Pitch In: National Public Lands Day 2022
2022-09-25 10:00 - 13:00
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.

9/23 Climate Rally
2022-09-23 16:00 - 17:00
The New Haven Climate Movement, a youth led grass-roots organization pushing for climate action in New Haven and beyond, is organizing a climate rally on Friday, September 23rd at 4pm on the corner of Elm and Church Sts.

The Rally is in alliance with the Fridays for Future movement, a movement started by Greta Thunburg calling upon officials for bold climate action. We will march to New Haven City Hall, where we will give speeches voicing our demands to the mayor regarding climate education, transportation, electrification, and more. This rally is a good chance to gain more knowledge on climate change impacts, local policy, and what we can do as a community to actively fight climate change.—

New Haven/Leon Sister City Project works to promote social justice, education and sustainable development in Nicaragua and Connecticut. For more information see www.newhavenleon.org; www.facebook.com/newhavenleon; email nh@newhavenleon.org; or call ‪(203) 479-0298‬.

The Charitable Impulse: Philanthropic Values from the 18th Century to Today
2022-09-21 16:00 - 18:00
Register here.

In the eighteenth century, charitable acts and societies in England and the American colonies were motivated by an understanding of moral and ethical obligations of the “better off” to do good works on behalf of the “needy.” Philanthropic organizations from this time reveal historical attitudes toward the benefit to the individual and the public of charitable activities.This panel will explore how views on privilege, agency, status, and the responsibilities of members of society to others have evolved over time, and the ways in which certain implicit understandings of why and how people should care for others remain unchanged.

This conversation is jointly organized by the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, and Dwight Hall at Yale: Center for Public Service and Social Justice, in conjunction with the exhibition “Knight Errant of the Distressed: Horace Walpole and Philanthropy in Eighteenth Century London,” curated by Dr. Andrew Rudd, Senior Lecturer, English Department, University of Exeter.

Guests are required to comply with the University’s Visitor Policy as stated here: https://covid19.yale.edu/visitors-policy.

Is Everyone Really Welcome? Building Inclusive Community in an Age of Extremes
2022-09-09 18:00 - 19:30
The Muslim Leadership Lab at Dwight Hall in conjunction with Muslim Life at the Chaplain’s Office are super pleased to welcome Lauren Schreiber for our first community conversation of the year!

Join us at Dwight Hall at 6:00 pm on Friday September 9th for coffee, donuts and conversation. We welcome groundbreaking community builder, artist and educator Lauren Schreiber. Here are some more details on Lauren:

Lauren Schreiber is an artist, facilitator, and event curator with a background in youth development, arts education, organizing, and community building. She lives for strategic planning & culture creation in community spaces. Her most important (and favorite!) job is being a mom. You can often find her plotting to take over the DMV, building systems, writing music and breastfeeding in public.

She is the co-founder and executive director of Center DC, a community-based organization that serves the spiritual & social needs of people practicing and exploring Islam in the metro-accessible D.C. area. Center DC serves over 1,500 folks annually and facilitates community through over 100 events a year.

Lauren is also the founder and host of #ArtBetweenUs, DC’s first quarterly all-women’s open mic for an all women’s audience. She also co-founded and facilitates the DMV Exchange (an annual gathering of Muslim community builders in the DC-MD-VA metro accessible area).

She was selected as one of the “30 under 30” 2013 awardees for Prince George’s County, MD, and was tapped as a member of the American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute (AMCLI) East 1 cohort in 2014. She is also a graduate of the Ta’Leef Collective’s Mu’alif Mentorship Program (Summer 2015 cohort), and part of the inaugural cohort of The Sanctuaries’ Collective Fellowship.

YANA-Dwight Hall Fellows: Cultivating the Next Generation of Social Impact Leadership
2022-07-27 18:30 - 19:30
Register here.

Inspiring and supporting lives of impact lies at the heart of YANA’s mission.

Over the past five years, the YANA-Dwight Hall Fellowship has created opportunities for 19 Yale students to embark upon their individual social impact journeys, allowing them to explore a range of critical areas including affordable housing, climate change, public health, and racial equity.

Please join us on July 27th when the YANA Town Hall spotlights three current YANA-Dwight Hall Fellows as they describe their unique paths to service and lessons learned from their summer internships.

Ample time will be provided for Q&A. Moderated by YANA’s Executive Director Rachel Littman ’91

Dwight Hall Reunion Open House: Weekend 3
2022-06-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Dwight Hall Library, 67 High St, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States
Reconnect with classmates, share reflections on public service, and put your story in a Dwight Hall time capsule

Further information: david.wilkins@yale.edu or 203-432-2021

Dwight Hall Reunion Open House: Weekend 2
2022-06-04 15:00 - 17:00 | Dwight Hall Library, 67 High St, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States

Dwight Hall Reunion Open House: Weekend 1
2022-05-28 15:00 - 17:00 | Dwight Hall Library, 67 High St, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States
