Latest Past Events

Pilgrimage, Protest, and the Preservation of Memory: The Case of the 1977 Safar Uprising in Iraq

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 […]

Young Alumni in Social Impact Careers Panel

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 […]

MX100: Why Malcolm? Why Today? Conference

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 […]