General Public

The first in a weekly series on Wednesdays at 12 noon ET featuring 2021 Windham-Campbell Prize Recipients in a 30-40 minute pre-recorded streaming video presentation featuring a live chat box, followed by a Zoom Q&A with that week’s featured writer. Future sessions include:
9/22 – Vivian Gornick
9/29 – Renee Gladman
10/6 – Natalie Scenters-Zapico
10/12 – Canisia Lubrin
10/20 – Nathan Alan Davis
10/27 – Kate Briggs
11/3 – Dionne Brand
11/10 – The Windham-Campbell Lecture by US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo.

In honor of Constance Baker Motley’s 100th birthday, join the Yale African American Affinity Group, Working Women’s Network, and The New Haven Club of The National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club’s Inc. for a virtual screening of Justice is a Black Woman: The Life and Work of Constance Baker Motley. This documentary chronicles the life and work of Motley, an “unsung” hero of the civil rights movement. Following the screening, we will have a Q&A with filmmaker Dr. Gary Ford Jr.

Join Yale’s affinity groups to support the Boys & Girls Club of New Haven Backpack & School Supply Drive that will take place through Sunday, August 15th.

Held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide, the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® is the world’s largest fundraiser for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. This inspiring event calls on participants of all ages and abilities to join the fight against the disease.

The New Haven Free Public Library, in partnership with the Yale Affinity Groups, is excited to continue this new book club for families focusing on topics of social importance! This month we focus on Immigration with a reading of Introducing Islandborn by Junot Díaz. 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 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.

Social Justice meets sci-fi meets songwriting in this panel discussion between musician, composer, and curator Toshi Reagon; cultural producer & sacred artivist Hanifa Nayo Washington; and writer, activist, educator, and spoken word artist Walidah Imarisha. In partnership with the Yale Schwarzman Center, these award-winning luminaries will touch on themes of Afrofuturism, Octavia Butler, and bringing a creative approach to our understanding of what social justice initiatives of the future might look like.

David W. Blight will draw on his research in progress on the life and work of the African-American poet, novelist, songwriter, and diplomat, James Weldon Johnson.
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/3eFc9Ie