Spouses And Partners

A roundtable discussion with Robin D.G. Kelley, Derecka Purnell, and Garrett Felber
Moderated by Elizabeth Hinton

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 women on stage and in the recording studio. Online, free and open to all with pre-registration. Online, free, and open to all with registration.

Join us for the launch of the Yale IPCH Public Talks: a series dedicated to exploring global perspectives and critical developments that impact cultural heritage preservation. In this inaugural event, this distinguished expert panel will contextualize the highly anticipated John Randle Centre for Yoruba History and Culture within the economic, social, and cultural landscape of Lagos, the most populous city on the African continent.

Join the Yale African American Affinity Group for a National Work & Family Month Discussion with Camille J. Cooper, Ed.D. Camille will discuss the benefits of having a healthy work and family life balance. Today, our families come in all shapes and sizes. Between work, family, and personal life, we all face many responsibilities every day. Which is why finding a healthy balance among them all is so important.

The Black Panther movement played a pivotal role in New Haven during the 1970 May Day Rally. This student-curated exhibit explores the roles of the Black Panthers and Yale in creating a successful protest movement, representing the varying positions and perspectives that Yale affiliates and Black Panther organizers brought to the table in their disparate but related fights for justice and fairness.

April is Autism Awareness Month. Join the Yale African American Affinity Group and DiversAbility at Yale for a lunch and learn with James C. McPartland, Ph.D., Professor of Child Psychiatry and Psychology at the Yale Child Study Center. Dr. McPartland will discuss improving autism care with science.

Before Oprah, before Arsenio, there was Mr. SOUL! Join the Afro-American Cultural Center and YSC for a screening of the award-winning documentary followed by a discussion with writer/director and former New Haven resident Melissa Haizlip and Yale Professors Thomas Allen Harris and Daphne A. Brooks. The topic will be “Making the Archive Public: Radical History in Public Television.”

Join us online for a free Indie Lens Pop-Up screening of the documentary CODED BIAS, followed by a discussion with filmmaker Shalini Kantayya and computer scientist Joy Buolamwini of the MIT Media Lab.

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In honor of Black History Month, the MBA for Executives and SOM Community & Inclusion are hosting a virtual panel discussion with SOM alumni Lofton Holder ‘90, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Pine Street Alternative Asset Management and Jamila Abston ‘17, Partner at Ernst & Young LLP.

Join the Yale African American Affinity Group and Shari Caldwell for an African dance workshop. This dance class, also known as Contemporary African, infuses traditional African Dance with contemporary movement. An enjoyable rhythmic experience for lovers of the Motherland. The many cultures of Africa’s diaspora are well represented in this class. The music will capture and propel the soul of the novice as it does the seasoned artist. All are welcome!