Join the Yale African American Affinity Group, Asian Network at Yale, Working Women’s Network, Yale Latino Networking Group, and New York University Women of Color Leadership Network for a conversation with Minda Harts about her new book Right Within: How to Heal from Racial Trauma in the Workplace.
The New Haven Free Public Library, in partnership with the Yale Affinity Groups, is excited to bring you this new book club for families focusing on topics of social importance! This month we focus on PRIDE with a reading of Introducing Teddy, by Jessica Walden. Come for the reading, and stay for the discussion! Questions? Call (203) 946-8129. No registration is required. Join us via the Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/97875618425?pwd=VU13MDM3OGJmV3VEVUdXdjRuN1FFUT09#success.
Join the Future Leaders of Yale, Yale Latino Networking Group, and Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services, for our next immigration series event. We will be joined by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio to discuss her book The Undocumented Americans. As one of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard University, Karla reveals the hidden lives of her fellow undocumented Americans in this deeply personal and groundbreaking portrait of a nation. Register by Friday, June 25th for your chance to win a free copy of the book!
Yale’s Affinity Groups, New Haven Fire Department, New Haven Police Department, and Yale New Haven Health are partnering to collect toiletries and cosmetics for mothers at New Reach, the Kinship Program, and Christian Community Action Agency. Items are being collected from Monday, March 15 through Monday, May 3, 2021.
Due to Covid-19 restrictions we are unable to accept in person donations. Please order items from our wish list on the link below, and have them delivered directly to: New Haven Fire Department, Attention: Lt. Meade, 105 Fountain St., New Haven, CT 06515.
We’re all aware or how our lives are different now due to COVID-19 and this year’s Greater New Haven Heart Walk celebration will be too. While the traditional event will not be held in person this year, we are just as excited because we want this to be the biggest Heart Walk you’ve seen yet. Together, we will reach more people, stay active, and raise critical funds to save lives, and we will do so in fun, new ways.
In honor of Black History Month, please join the Yale African American Affinity Group, Future Leaders of Yale, and Yale Latino Networking Group for a family friendly virtual Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba dance workshop that will be led by Movimiento Cultural Afro-Continental (MCAC), Inc.
Bomba is the oldest Puerto Rican dance and music style that is rooted in resistance and dates back to the days of slavery.
The Yale Peabody Museum’s annual MLK celebration has been reimagined and transformed into a digital festival experience. This year the Peabody is hosting a series of free, online programs with opportunities to engage in critical dialogue and enjoy storytelling, music, dance, and spoken word performances.
Curated in partnership with Colectivo Bámbula, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Junta for Progressive Action, Yale Latino Networking Group, and the Yale African American Affinity Group, this panel will bring together Latinx professionals across the diaspora working to challenge anti-Blackness in Latinx culture, highlighting the dynamic work of organizers, educators, artists, and freedom fighters.
Panelists will include:
Due to the uptick in cases and change to COVID restrictions we will not be hosting a “Drive-up” toy collection but online donations only. Please see the attached flyer to send out to your departments, contacts, and post on social media sites.
Thank you to all our partners Yale Police Department, Yale University, Yale Veterans Network, New Haven American Legion Post 210, WYBC 94.3, Cricket Wireless, and the US Marine Corps Reserves New Haven unit as we look forward to working with you to keep making this a success and in the years to come.
Women United Mayo School Supply Drive - Support Young Students and Their Families While Learning Remotely
Adapting our tradition of reading to students at Dr. Reginald Mayo Early Childhood School (185 Goffe Street, New Haven, CT 06511), this year we will be inspiring students and educators virtually. Young learners need supplies to support their interactive, hands-on learning at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers use these specific materials during their live virtual class sessions. Children will be able to complete follow-up activities with your support!
