Service and Social Change in Unique Times: Your Participation in the Dwight Hall Annual Campaign Makes a Difference

Your generosity builds communities, develops student leaders, and creates social change!

Dwight Hall sincerely thanks its loyal supporters who have already made a gift in the past 12 months. Annual Campaign participants allow the Hall to adapt amidst societal and public health crises, act against systemic racism, move programs online, and continue to provide employment and leadership development opportunities for hundreds of students.  

1971 Students for a Democratic SocietyWhile public service looks and feels different during a global pandemic, Dwight Hall is connecting students with service opportunities this summer and in the academic year ahead. The Hall is launching a New Haven Civic Allyship initiative, continuing service opportunities for undergraduates as well as graduate and professional students, strengthening partnerships with community organizations, and building support for emerging projects that address societal needs.

If you have yet to contribute in fiscal year 2020, there is still time. The Annual Campaign for Dwight Hall wraps up on June 30th, and your gift could make it a record year!

Will you push the Hall past its $360,000 goal by making a contribution today?

Solar Smoothie Earth Day photoWhether you contribute $10, $100, or $1,000, your gift has a tremendous impact on the development of Yale student leaders.

A strong finish now inspires a robust start to the fiscal year that begins on July 1st.

You may make a gift online at www.dwighthall.org/donate or phone 203-432-2021.

Yours in Service,

Peter G. Crumlish ‘09MAR

P.S.  Be the person who pushes us past our goal and receive a limited-edition Dwight Hall hat. Plus, the Hall will gift a hat to one other person in your name! 

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Photo Credits: Michael Marsland (top photo, third photo, fourth photo), Yale Library archives (second photo)

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Lydia Burleson

Lydia Burleson served as the Communications and Alumni Engagement Associate for Dwight Hall at Yale, Center for Public Service and Social Justice from June 2021-June 2022. A first-generation low-income student from rural Texas, Lydia graduated from Yale cum laude in 2021 with a degree in English and a nonfiction creative writing concentration. During her college years, Lydia increased awareness of marginalized voices with the public writing she did for The Yale Daily News and the Yale Admissions office. Her Dwight Hall experiences included free college advising with student-led member groups REACH and Matriculate. Dwight Hall empowered Lydia to uplift other disadvantaged students and to increase access to education for people who might not have otherwise received these resources. She is currently completing an English PhD at Stanford University with a Knight-Hennessy Fellowship.