Upcoming Events
April 2022
December 13, 2021 to April 24, 2022 | |||
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Free the New Haven Panthers: The New Haven Nine, Yale, and the May Day 1970 Protests That Brought Them Together | 12:00am |
The Black Panther movement played a pivotal role in New Haven during the 1970 May Day Rally. |
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March 17, 2022 to April 21, 2022 | |||
"Brought It Home: A Continuum" | 4:00pm to 10:00pm |
An exhibition of work by MFA artists at the Afro-American Cultural Center |
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April 1, 2022 | |||
“Abolition: Where Do We Go From Here?” | 3:00pm to 5:00pm |
A roundtable discussion with Robin D.G. Kelley, Derecka Purnell, and Garrett Felber |
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April 2, 2022 | |||
Wonderful Books and Where to Find Them! | 11:00am |
The New Haven Free Public Library, in partnership with the Yale Affinity Groups, is excited to bring you this book club for families focusing on topics of social importance! Come for the reading, and stay for the |
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April 4, 2022 | |||
Mondays at Beinecke: New Faculty, New Research in African American Literary Studies (Part 2) | 4:00pm to 4:30pm |
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/34RmWMQ |
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April 6, 2022 | |||
Yale Library Book Talk: Daphne Brooks, "Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound" | 4:30pm to 5:45pm |
Professor Daphne Brooks will discuss her new book “Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound” (Harvard UP, 2021) which explores more than a century of music archives to examine the critics, collectors, and listeners who have determined perceptions of Black wome |
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April 12, 2022 | |||
The Signs and Symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder | 12:00pm to 1:00pm |
Join Yale’s Affinity Groups, Kelly Powell, Ph.D, and Kashala Smith-Tavaris, CCC-SLP, for a discussion on the signs and symptoms of autism spectrum disorder. |
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April 18, 2022 | |||
Mondays at Beinecke: New Haven 1831 & What Could Have Been with Tubyez Cropper, Charles Warner, Jr., and Alvin Ashiatey | 4:00pm to 4:30pm |
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/3LCYjnh |
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April 19, 2022 | |||
YAAA Book Club Discussion - Erasing Institutional Bias: How to Create Systemic Change for Organizational Inclusion | 12:00pm to 1:00pm |
Join the Yale African American Affinity Group for a book club discussion of Erasing Institutional Bias: How to Create Systemic Change for Organizational Inclusion by Tiffany Jana and Ashley Diaz Mejias. |
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April 21, 2022 | |||
Finding the Right Key: Identity and Institutions in Tarell Alvin McCraney's Choir Boy | 12:00pm to 1:00pm |
The Yale African American Affinity Group and Yale LGBTQ Affinity Group invite you to join a virtual panel discussion on the themes of Yale Repertory Theatre’s production of CHOIR BOY. |
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April 25, 2022 | |||
Mondays at Beinecke: Revisiting Jethro Luke and Race and Slavery in 18th Century New Haven and Yale with Michael Morand | 4:00pm to 4:30pm |
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/3r0HHhk |
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April 26, 2022 | |||
Preservation Week Lecture | 10:00am to 11:00am |
Please join Yale Library’s Preservation and Conservation Services for Dr. Jontyle Robinson’s talk entitled “Tuskegee University Preservation: Active Pride, People, Places, Possibilities.” |
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April 27, 2022 | |||
Reclaiming Culture: Bringing the African Pantheon into a Modern Musical | 1:30am to 3:00am |
Yale Schwarzman Center (YSC) is proud to host five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, activist, and actor Angélique Kidjo Hon. |
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Tracing the Black Indian Narrative with Author Shonda Buchanan | 3:00pm to 4:00pm |
Join the Yale African American Affinity Group and Indigenous Leaders at Yale for a discussion with Shonda Buchanan, author of award-winning memoir, Black Indian. All attendees will have a chance to win a free copy of Black Indian. This event will be recorded. |
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April 28, 2022 | |||
YAAA: Virtual Steering Committee Meeting | 12:00pm to 1:00pm |
Please join in our monthly YAAA meetings. These meetings are an opportunity to hear about what has been happening with YAAA and what is in the works. We welcome all those who are interested in getting involved and sharing their ideas. |
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April 29, 2022 | |||
Understand and Embrace Diversity | 12:00pm to 1:00pm |
Exploring the many facets of diversity, this program examines cultural differences, as well as differences in age, gender, marital status, and sexual orientation. |
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Dancing About Architecture: Navigating Symbolic Racism in Theater, Sport, and Culture | 6:00pm to 7:15pm |
Elijah Anderson, author of the newly released Black in White Space: The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life; Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholar at USC Annenberg and U.S. Sports Envoy for Skateboarding and Visiting Fellow in Race, Culture & Community Dr. |