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Join Yale’s Affinity groups for a pre-Halloween dance party!!! Feel free to wear your costumes as we party with DJ Christine.

Complete this form to request great Halloween and dance songs: https://forms.gle/D5f2DHf5V5RbBsDT6.

Join YAAA for a book club discussion of The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table by Minda Harts. From microaggressions to the wage gap, The Memo empowers women of color with actionable advice on challenges and offers a clear path to success.

Most business books provide a one-size-fits-all approach to career advice that overlooks the unique barriers that women of color face. In The Memo, Minda Harts offers a much-needed career guide tailored specifically for women of color.

Join the Yale African American Affinity Group, Working Women’s Network, and Yale Latino Networking Group for a book club discussion on Daughters of the Stone by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa. Daughters of the Stone is a lyrical powerful novel about a family of Afro-Puerto Rican women spanning five generations, detailing their physical and spiritual journey from the Old World to the New.

Do you identify as LGBTQ and BIPOC? If so, this event is for you, a virtual town hall to build community with one another. The purpose of this meeting is to share your perspectives, experiences, challenges, and concerns. We hope to form a mission and regular gathering place. To ensure privacy and safety, we respectfully ask that this space be reserved for those who self-identify as QBIPOC.

Join the Yale Latino Networking Group, Yale African American Affinity Group, and Office of Diversity & Inclusion for a documentary screening and discussion of AfroLatinos - An Untaught History.

“Afro-Latinos” is a documentary that tells the history and celebrates the rich culture of people in Latin America of African descent. From the history of how and when enslaved Africans came to Central and South America to identity issues in the Hispanic community today.

Join Future Leaders of Yale, Working Women’s Network, Yale African American Affinity Group, and WorkLife for a Parent and Me Hip Hop Dance Class with Jeff Manley.

Parent and Me Hip Hop is a fantastic rhythm and movement class, and an amazing bonding experience with you and your child. Let’s get your body moving and have some fun!!

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, please join the Yale Latino Networking Group, Yale African American Affinity Group, and Brazilian Fitness Center for a virtual demonstration of capoeira, maculele, and samba. The purpose of this event is to impart key facts about Afro-Brazilian culture, demonstrate Afro-Brazilian culture using dance, inspire attendees to relate to Afro-Brazilian culture through participation in its music and dance, and share aspects of Latin American culture with which many are unfamiliar.

Join the Yale African American Affinity Group (YAAA) and Future Leaders of Yale (FLY) for a book club discussion on Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Frances Winters. Register by Wednesday, September 30 for your chance to win a free copy of the book!

This is the first book to define and explore Black fatigue, the intergenerational impact of systemic racism on the physical and psychological health of Black people–and explain why and how society needs to collectively do more to combat its pernicious effects.

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