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So, You Want to Start a Non-Profit?Published October 21, 2019 A few words on the workshop facilitated by Executive Directer Crumlish |
Public Psychiatry Fellowship: A year in reviewPublished April 1, 2019 After successful first year, Public Psychiatry program changes name to Community Mental Health Fellowship |
Organization Profile: CodeSouth @ The Social Innovation LabPublished March 13, 2019 Social Innovation Lab helps foster CodeSouth, non-profit aimed to bring computer science awareness to low income communities in Mississippi |
A conversation with YUPP: Histories of Mental Health and Imprisonment DiscussionPublished March 8, 2019 Danielle Harris (BK ‘21) and Jordan Ashby (DC ‘22) reflect on a discussion panel about mass incareceration and mental health |
Article from the CourantPublished July 8, 2018 Paroled After Two Decades In Prison, James Jeter Will Attend Trinity College This Fall |
Fall 2017 Member Group ReviewPublished January 25, 2018 Take a look at the work done through Dwight Hall in the fall 2017 semester. |
Donor Spotlight: Keniel Yao '19Published October 5, 2017 It's an injustice to hold any part of ourselves back when interacting with and serving those around us. We need to learn to love our communities with our whole hearts, all aspects of our minds, to listen with both ears, and to give of everything that has |
Don't Shop: SWAP! at Dwight HallPublished October 5, 2017 130 Visitors came to the most recent SWAP event organized by AmeriCorps alumni and students |
Dwight Hall Record: Fall 2017Published October 5, 2017 Dwight Hall piloted a programmatic database in the Fall of 2016, and effort led by Program Manager Mark  |
More New Members of the New Haven Community: FOCUS participation grows nearly 125% in 2017Published September 7, 2017 In 2017, FOCUS participation went up nearly 125%. Read some reflections from our first-year participants here.  |
Summer (Fellows) in the City: Marwan Safar Jalani ‘20, Arabic Interpreter and Summer Learning Program Outreach Coordinator at Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS)Published August 9, 2017 When I was a refugee in Egypt and Turkey, I did not have the chance to go to school with students from the country. Therefore, I found it hard to integrate in a society that refused to admit refugees and immigrants as part of it. |
New Haven LEAP’s Outdoor Corps Brings Science to Life for Urban YouthPublished August 3, 2017 As rises in sea levels continue to accelerate at alarming rates, the program’s implementation comes at a time when Earth stewardship and environmental education of the youth in our communities have never been so important. |
Donor Spotlight: Nancy Alexander and Ricardo Henriquez Complete 8 Years of Service on the BoardPublished July 30, 2017 We will greatly miss the presence of Nancy Alexander and Ricardo Henriquez on our board. |
Summer (Fellows) in the City: Christina Pao '20, Co Lead Youth Summer School Instructor at International Rescue CommitteePublished July 19, 2017 I feel that I have learned more this summer than I have the past five years of my life. Seriously. |
Summer (Fellows) in the City: Lorna Chitty '20, Communications and Legislation Intern at Connecticut Veterans Legal CenterPublished July 19, 2017 I wanted to be involved in this work because I find that the work of the CVLC is at a fascinating intersection of three fields I'm passionate about: politics, human rights, and non-profit work. |
Summer (Fellows) in the City: Pamela Torola '18, Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Intern at City of New Haven Department of EngineeringPublished July 19, 2017 What excites me is how New Haven is truly a leader in Connecticut for taking steps in climate change mitigation... |
Summer (Fellows) in the City: Karina Xie '19, Volunteer Teaching Assistant at IRISPublished July 19, 2017 I would definitely encourage anyone to work with ESL or learning programs for refugees! I would tell them this kind of work is important now more than ever. |
Summer (Fellows) in the City: Arabelle Schoenberg ’19, Nature Preserves Intern at New Haven Land TrustPublished July 18, 2017 I would recommend to every Yale student that they stay in the city (to work, not to take classes) for at least one summer during college. You have the time and mental space to see the city in a whole different way... |
The Politics of People: A Docuseries by Briana Burroughs '17Published July 10, 2017 "The Politics of People" is a five part political docuseries about four voters and two local elected officials in New Haven. |
Lessons Beyond the Classroom: What I Have Learned Through Finding my Home in Students for Autism Awareness at YalePublished June 25, 2017 My experience at Wilbur Cross wholly exemplifies exactly why service is so important to me. It’s a symbiotic relationship in which I truly gain just as much as I give...  |