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Join the Yale African American Affinity Group for a book club discussion of A Promised Land by Barack Obama. A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. Register by Friday, June 25 for your chance to win a free copy of the book!

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 the Yale African American Affinity Group, LGBTQ Affinity Group, and Working Women’s Network to dive into Jodie Patterson’s first book The Bold World: A Memoir of Family and Transformation. We will be joined by special guest and activist Jodie Patterson for an exploration of identity, gender, race, and authenticity. Register by Friday, June 4th for your chance to win a free copy of the book!

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.

Join the Yale African American Affinity Group, Working Women’s Network, and The New Haven Club of The National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women’s Club’s Inc. for a virtual screening and discussion of The Trials of Constance Baker Motley with Constance Royster. The Trials of Constance Baker Motley is a short documentary that profiles one of the lesser-known, yet most influential players of the civil rights movement.

Please join Staffing and Career Development, Future Leaders of Yale, Yale African American Affinity Group, and Yale Latino Networking Group for a career at Yale finance track conversation with panelists that perform, direct, or hire for jobs related to finance at Yale. We encourage you to share a question for our panelists upon registration and look forward to exploring career possibilities. Live auto-captions will be provided for this event. Our panelists will include:
•Joanne Bentley, Senior Director in Faculty Research Management

Join the Yale African American Affinity Group for beginner yoga and meditation. Learn essential stretches to relieve your muscles of tension and relax with Taylor Sykes.

Delve into the stereotypes that black women in American have faced both past and present and how they shape our perceptions of each other and ourselves. Led by Jameela Jackson and Mackenzi Davis, learn the burdens placed on black women and what we can do to change it.

This conversation will be informational for our friends and allies who would like to help change the way the world sees and treats black women.

Join DiversAbility at Yale, Working Women’s Network, Yale African American Affinity Group, and WorkLife for a panel event that will feature university staff sharing their experiences of parenting a child with a disability. Topics will include: successful parenting techniques, child advocacy, educational resources, self-care, family networks, and more.

Join this live information session that will explore the many features that make up the Yale Parent Network. Some of the topics to be discussed include, but are not limited to: what’s happening in our community via the Dashboard, how to get to know other Yale parents, how to ask questions and get answers from our community, how to live more economically with the classifieds section. All of these, and more, will be part of this session. You don’t want to miss! A Zoom link will be sent to you in advance of the session.

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