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Yale Prison Education InitiativeEducation & Literacy Prison Reform & Reentry Racial Inequality Direct Service Research & Policy Analysis Advocacy and Education |
The Yale Prison Education Initiative at Dwight Hall seeks to expand upon existing Yale programming in correctional facilities by offering Yale courses to incarcerated students in Connecticut
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Yale Refugee ProjectChildren & Youth Human Rights Immigrants & Refugees International Affairs Direct Service Fundraising and Financial Support Advocacy and Education |
The Yale Refugee Project (YRP) is a coalition of undergraduate students providing direct assistance and advocacy for those refugees resettled in New Haven.
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Yale Sight SaversDirect Service Research & Policy Analysis |
We are committed to identifying individuals at risk in the community for glaucoma-related vision loss and enhancing access to vision health care among local underserved communities. We seek to provide undergraduates with hands-on clinical experience as well as research opportunities.
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Yale Students for Prison DivestmentHuman Rights Prison Reform & Reentry Victims' Rights Research & Policy Analysis |
There is growing consensus on campus and political world that investments in the private prison industry promote an industry broadly engaged in cost cutting at the expense of human lives. As a university, we cannot be complicit in the face human rights violations in our own country. The time to act was yesterday.
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Yale Students for Veterans |
The mission of Yale Students for Veterans shall be to provide programming on and off campus that promotes appreciation of and advocacy for veterans. YSV shall aim to engage all undergraduates at Yale, including those who do not have direct connections to the military.
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Yale Undergraduate Association for African Peace and Development (YAAPD)Children & Youth Homelessness & Housing International Affairs Direct Service Advocacy and Education |
The Yale Undergraduate Association for African Peace and Development (YAAPD) seeks to ignite passion among students and youth at-large for conflict resolution, peace, and development on the continent.
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Yale Undergraduate Legal Aid Association (YULAA)Children & Youth Human Rights Immigrants & Refugees International Affairs Prison Reform & Reentry |
The Yale Undergraduate Legal Aid Association (YULAA) is an organization open to young, human rights and legal aid-interested undergraduate students, which broadly speaking promotes human rights through legal empowerment off and on campus. YULAA is focused primarily on offering its members volunteer opportunities on various legal projects in the greater New Haven area throughout the semester. YULAA also organizes advocacy events on campus to expand awareness on legal issues that pertain to the criminal justice system, refugee resettlement, asylum-seeking, and immigration among other things. Through annual international service trips, the organization also works with lawyers on the ground to open civil actions for denizens without access to restitution in the courts.
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Yale Undergraduate Mindfulness Education Initiative (YUMEI)Crisis Support Health & Medicine |
The Yale Undergraduate Mindfulness Education Initiative (YUMEI) is a student group looking to address a gap in health education in local schools by teaching students strategies to maintain their mental health by managing stress. The initiative aims to empower local students, through workshops about mindfulness, by equipping them with tools and knowledge to mindfully deal with stress and other difficult situations. It trains and supports its Yale undergrad student members to deliver these workshops, and also guides them in their own mindfulness education.
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Yale Undergraduate Prison Project (YUPP)Education & Literacy Human Rights Prison Reform & Reentry Direct Service Research & Policy Analysis Advocacy and Education |
The Yale Undergraduate Prison Project (YUPP) is a student-run social justice organization with over 150 members. Our mission is to reduce recidivism and promote dialogue around issues connected to mass incarceration.
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Yale Undergraduate Science Olympiad (YUSO)Direct Service Advocacy and Education |
Science Olympiad is a national non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of K-12 science education, increasing male, female and minority interest in science, creating a technologically-literate workforce and providing recognition for outstanding achievement by both students and teachers. These goals are achieved by participating in Science Olympiad tournaments and non-competitive events, incorporating Science Olympiad into classroom curriculum and attending teacher training institutes.
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