All Ages

Shining Light on Truth presents evidence of the essential role of enslaved and free Black people in New Haven and at Yale. It celebrates Black resistance and community building. And it illuminates knowledge kept alive in archives and memory for more than three centuries—even when the dominant culture chose to ignore, bury, or forget.

Join the Future Leaders of Yale, Working Women’s Network, Yale African American Affinity Group, and New Haven Hiring Initiative, for a panel discussion designed for young women of color (ages 16-25) focusing on workforce development.

Attendees will:

Erica R. Edwards moderates a conversation about Black feminist authorship with 2023 Windham-Campbell Prize recipients Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Jasmine Lee-Jones, and Dominique Morisseau.
Co-hosted by the Black Feminist Collective at Yale University.

Alexis Pauline Gumbs, a self-described Queer Black Troublemaker and Black Feminist Love Evangelist, recently completed a biography of the OG Queer Black Troublemaker, poet Audre Lorde. Join her for a trip through the poet’s life and a blessing including original archival materials from the Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscript Library.

Black burnout is an epidemic that has yet to be remedied. Black students, faculty, and staff are often asked to take on the burden of educating their peers, advocating for the next generation, and are looked at as the voices of an entire community. How can we work to ensure that Black students, faculty, and staff prioritize themselves and prevent burnout?

Lead Sessionist: MiChaela Barker (MPH/MBA candidate)

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! Join us in person in the Children’s Room of the Ives Main Library (133 Elm Street, New Haven, CT 06510) the first Saturday of every month, from 11-11:30 am.

January 7 - We March by Shane W. Evans | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Read about the 1963 March on Washington and express your dreams in a rainbow craft.

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! Join us in person in the Children’s Room of the Ives Main Library (133 Elm Street, New Haven, CT 06510) the first Saturday of every month, from 11-11:30 am.

January 7 - We March by Shane W. Evans | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Read about the 1963 March on Washington and express your dreams in a rainbow craft.

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! Join us in person in the Children’s Room of the Ives Main Library (133 Elm Street, New Haven, CT 06510) the first Saturday of every month, from 11-11:30 am.

January 7 - We March by Shane W. Evans | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Read about the 1963 March on Washington and express your dreams in a rainbow craft.

After receiving the Windham-Campbell Prize for drama, Kia Corthron published two novels; Abbie Spallen is currently working on her first book. Professor of English, Theater, and Performance Studies, and American Studies, Marc Robinson talks with both writers about leaving their comfort zone to tell stories in a different form.

Tsisti Dangarembga’s three novels have had an enormous impact on women’s writing in Africa and around the world. She’ll discuss all three works in a career-spanning conversation with Courtney J. Martin, the Paul Mellon director of the Yale Center for British Art.
The event will also be livestreamed on the Yale Center for British Art YouTube channel.