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Yale’s affinity groups are leading the way to Alzheimer’s first survivor by participating in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s®. Currently, more than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s and that number is expected to grow to as many as 16 million by 2050. Alzheimer’s does not discriminate and we are all at risk, although African Americans, Hispanics, and women have an increased risk. Almost two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease are women. Alzheimer’s kills more that breast cancer and prostate cancer combined.

The New Haven Free Public Library’s Children’s Authors and Illustrators series returns! Join local author Tangular Irby as she conducts a read aloud of her children’s book, Pearl and her Gee’s Bend Quilt, an engaging story about family, art, and adventure. She will discuss the legacy of Gee’s Bend quilting, her relationship to Gee’s Bend quilters, and the inspiration for her children’s books. Tangular will also encourage others to consider writing and sharing their own stories. There will also be a book giveaway, while supplies last.

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.

Mandabi (Ousmane Sembène, 1968, DCP, 92 mins)
Tauw (Ousmane Sembène, 1970, 16mm, 24 mins)

Beset by family expectations and modern bureaucratic nightmares, young Tauw looks for work and older Ibrahima tries to cash a life-changing money order. Mandabi “swaggers with a keen awareness of street-level economy and survival, hard on the game and wryly empathetic toward the players” (Guy Lodge). In Wolof and French with English subtitles. DCP from Janus Films, 16mm print from the Yale Film Archive.

All are invited to this one day display of collections material and a video screening about an essential story of New Haven in 1831: the visionary – and thwarted – proposal for a Black college that would have been America’s first historically Black college (HBCU).

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.

Join the Working Women’s Network and Yale African American Affinity Group for a conversation with Monique Rainford about about her book Pregnant While Black: Advancing Justice for Maternal Health in America. Register by Friday, September 15th for your chance to win a free copy of the book!

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 the first Saturday of every month, from 11-11:30 am.

July 1 - We Move Together by Kelly Fritsch | People with Disabilities
Explore the many ways people navigate their environments, and build sensory Playdoh sculptures.

Join the Working Women’s Network and Yale African American Affinity Group for a conversation with Monique Rainford about about her book Pregnant While Black: Advancing Justice for Maternal Health in America. Register by Friday, September 15th for your chance to win a free copy of the book!

Join the YAAA & Black Employee Network (BEN) for a summer social, Juneteenth style. To honor the successful completion of YAAA co-chair, James Carr, we will be celebrating our freedom with our community, in our community through performing and visual arts.
So join us for Smokin’ Lanes BBQ & Seafood, music by DJ Excel, and activities for all ages. This is a family-friendly event.