TO BE RESCHEDULED:

The Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York (YAAMNY) is pleased to partner once again with PortSide New York, a Day of Service site, to host a family-friendly tour of the Mary Whalen tanker followed by happy hour at home/made wine garden grill in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

PortSide invites YAAMNY to Red Hook: Learn about the history of the tanker and its crew, catch some fabulous views of the city from the waterfront and enjoy some hot cider and treats. Afterwards, we will gather for pre-dinner drinks and appetizers at home/made wine garden grill, 293 Van Brunt Street (btwn Pioneer and King), Brooklyn, NY, http://www.homemadebklyn.com/index.html.(Please note that food/drink at home/made are not included in registration for ship tour).

PortSide NewYork breathes life into the relationship between landside communities and the maritime sector to the advantage of both, via several avenues, including an H2O arts program, reporting on port and waterfront issues and its chief ambassador: the Mary Whalen, a 170-foot retired coastal oil tanker. To see how PortSide takes advantage of this special asset, check out youtube pages: http://www.youtube.com/PortSideNewYork, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHQ4MwukoO4.

Where: Red Hook Marine Terminal, corner of Hamilton Avenue, Summit Street and Van Brunt Street, 70 Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11231; government-issued photo ID required for adults due to Homeland Security regulations (e.g., driver's license, not a job ID); the group will be escorted from security gate to the tanker (about 6 blocks from the entrance); flat shoes required; dress warmly.

The Educational Programs Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York is engaged in planning educational enrichment programs for New York City area alumni. If you are interested in crafting first-rate, engaging, and intellectually stimulating programs with fellow Yale alumni, you are warmly invited to the join the Committee. If you would like to join, please contact the Committee at: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript . All are welcome.

At just 26 years old, Seun Adebiyi is one of the most driven individuals you will ever meet. Seun has achieved nearly every goal he has set for himself in life so far. He has a couple big ones left--- and sadly not a lot of time. A 2009 graduate of the Yale Law School who was born in Nigeria and raised in Alabama, Seun was diagnosed with both leukemia and lymphoma while training for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games last year. Now his goal is to register 10,000 people as bone marrow donors with DKMS, the largest bone marrow donor center in the world. His mission is to not only save his own life, but to save thousands of others, like himself in need of a life-saving transplant.

Statistics: The likelihood of finding a match is much higher within a persons own ethnic group. However, due to a significant under-representation of minorities in the National Bone Marrow Registry, Seun is facing grim odds. Only about 515,000 of the potential donors about 8 % of the registry are African-Americans. As a result, 83% African-American patients do not receive the life saving transplants they need. Overall, only 3 out of 10 patients will receive the transplant that can save their life.*

Here is how YOU can help:

1. Attend Seun's donor drive - January 10, 2010 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Yale Club of New York City Tap Room / 50 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY
2. Register as a bone marrow donor on line at www.dkmsamericas.org
3. Organize your own donor drive anywhere in US call Alina Suprunova at 212.209.6703 or e-mail This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript
4. Help spread the word! Send out the information above to all friends, family and colleagues.
5. WE ALSO NEED 10-15 VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE YALE CLUB MEMBERS TO HELP THE DAY OF THE DRIVE

The Public Service/Social Justice Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of the Metropolitan New York wishes to invite you to attend our upcoming meeting to discuss, organize and help execute monthly public service projects in the NYC area and advance our social justice project in Newark.  We look forward to seeing you.

Agenda

1.  Update of January Projects (fundraiser at Yale Club, soup kitchen & mock interview session)

2.  Selection of February, April Projects

3.  Update regarding Day of Service Site Projects

4.  Social Justice Project Update

5.  Miscellaneous

Please join a new social & professional networking organization, The R20S Group, for our Launch Party on Wednesday, January 13th at Hudson Terrace from 7-11pm. Start off your new year in style! The group is for recent graduates and current graduate students of prestigious schools, ages 21-29. We would love to welcome all recent Yale alumni! To find out more about our group, please visit: http://www.theR20Sgroup.com Tickets for the Launch Party are currently available on our website: http://www.theR20Sgroup.com/products.html . It's a great way to meet new people if you're looking for a job or are new to New York. Please spread the word to your friends and fellow alums. You can also join our group and hear about future events on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=168613404397), LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2494749&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr), and Twitter(TheR20SGroup). For questions/suggestions/etc, please don't hesitate to contact us at: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript Thanks, Victoria Harman Stanford University '09

Join Dwight Hall and the AYA in Monterrey, Mexico for the Yale Service Tour - March 13 - 21, 2010

To apply you must complete the student application:

Click here to download the student scholarship application

Making a Difference in Monterrey, Mexico    

March 13-21, 2010 

The Association of Yale Alumni and Dwight Hall invite you to join us for the next Yale Service Tour to Monterrey, Mexico!

Building on the incredible success of our inaugural Yale Service Tour in March 2009 and the first tour to Monterrey in March 2010, we are proud to continue this initiative, which brings alumni and students together to share their passion and talents with communities in need. The AYA and Dwight Hall have forged a partnership with the University Tecnológico de Monterrey--enabling us to offer this powerful volunteer program in Mexico during March 2010.

This Service Tour will engage Yale alumni and students--together with local volunteers--providing crucial community development, enrichment programs, and medical care in and around the city of Monterrey.

The program includes an array of volunteer projects, designed to match the skills of our alumni participants and to address the particular needs of each community we serve. Our service projects will range from medical clinics to education, athletics, arts enrichment, construction, small business management, and others.

Yale Service Tours enable you, as participants, to work side by side with local community members--helping, teaching, learning, and forming friendships you will never forget. Participants will also delve into the Monterrey region's culture and history through lectures, evening excursions, celebrations, and informal discussion.

We hope you will join fellow alumni and friends in March to share this moving experience. Your time and talent will make a world of difference!

Dwight Hall gratefully acknowledges the Yale Club of New Haven for

providing $8,000 in student scholarships for this tour.

A complete program description may be found here.

What type of difference can we make?

View a video from the 2009 Yale Service Tour to Monterrey

2008 Yale Service Tour

See what happened on the inaugural tour, when nearly 100 Yale alumni, current students, and friends gathered in the Dominican Republic from March 9 - 17, 2008 to participate in the inaugural Yale Service Tour 2008: Home, Health, and Heart.  The trip was organized by the Association of Yale Alumni and Dwight Hall at Yale in partnership with the Diocese of Orlando and the people of the San Juan province of the Dominican Republic.

Click to learn about our efforts in constructing new, quality homes, staging medical clinics, and providing educational enrichment for children.

Click here to view a slideshow from the Dominican Republic trip.

Click here to see what the medical clinics looked like from the outside.

Click here to see our work on new homes.

Click here to hear a song from the children in La Cucarita.

This MLK Day, Monday, January 18, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity will be sponsoring a Day of Service hosted by Dwight Hall at Yale.  

*Please sign up here: MLK Day of Service

Please arrive at Dwight Hall at 8:30 AM on the morning of the 18th for Blue State coffee and treats, followed by opening comments from Marichal Gentry, Dean of Student Affairs, at 9:00 AM and transport to sites of service, where you will be volunteering from 9:30 AM until noon.

While we cannot pre-register individuals for specific sites, you will get a chance to sign-up for your site of choice the morning of, so get there early! Some of the sites include: New Haven Reads, Columbus House, New Haven Soup Kitchen, and Tower One Senior Center, among others!

Speaker: Warren Cooper, MD

Warren Cooper is a general surgeon who has spent the past twelve years working in the developing world.  He has worked in mission hospitals and with relief organizations.  He is currently on staff with World Medical Mission / Samaritans Purse.  Dr. Cooper has worked in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Cambodia, Nepal, Kenya, Sudan, Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, DR Congo, Zambia, Madagascar, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Benin, Niger, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana and Cameroon.  His work has covered the gamut of surgical practice in the developing world context, including disaster relief and complex humanitarian crises. 

Unite For Sight's Founder and CEO will hold a 1/2-day dynamic, immersive global health workshop. What strategies can be applied to effectively provide healthcare for the world's poorest people? The workshop will discuss the realities and complexities of global health, evidence-based design and measuring outcomes, program effectiveness and accountability, innovation and social entrepreneurship in healthcare delivery, and healthcare and sales at the Base of the Pyramid. Students and professionals are eligible to apply. Successful applicants will have demonstrated an interest in global health.

The Realities and Complexities of Global Health: Best Practices, Worst Practices, Ethics, and Strategies

          Evidence-Based Design and Measuring Outcomes; Program Effectiveness and   

          Accountability, Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in Healthcare Delivery

 He          Healthcare and Sales at the Base of the Pyramid

 Complete details and application instructions online at

http://www.uniteforsight.org/global-health-university/global-health-workshop

Crosby Street Gallery has been up in Loading Dock for the last month. This Friday, January 15, 2010, we will hold the closing reception from 6:30 PM to midnight. The gallery is located at the cafe Loading Dock, 170 Tillary St., Brooklyn, near the corner of Tillary St. and Flatbush Ave. Loading Dock will be staying open with full dinner service until 10:00 PM and serving tacos. Free beverages will be provided and artwork will be available for purchase.

Crosby Street Gallery was founded in 2009 by Julie Chan '05, Rob Sanchez '05, and Jeff Badillo.  Our show, Urban>Nature, traces the line between urban landscape and natural beauty through photographs and sculpture by local artists. Join us at the reception for refreshments and a chance to win free art. Guests welcome, please RSVP if possible.  We look forward to seeing you there!

How many times have we all made New Years resolutions that just dont work?

This year do something different. Take Kate Sandberg's Make It Happen Now! workshop

By formally setting goals and focusing on the benefits, you increase the likelihood that you'll reach them and make 2010 the best year of your life!
 

In just three hours you will:
- identify goals you havent considered before
- learn how to prioritize your goals
- define success and learn how to measure it
- identify obstacles and make a plan to get around them
- develop partnerships to help you keep on track
- come away with the know-how and handouts to keep setting goals
 

A $75 investment gets you:
- 3 hours of instruction
- a workbook to use on your own at home
- a one-to-one follow-up phone session with Kate
- 3 group accountability calls to keep you on track
 

It's the best investment you will make in yourself this year.
 

Sign up today!
The Make It Happen Now! workshop on January 16th from 2-5 at Ripley Grier Studios has limited seats. To sign up, go to www.katesandberg.com
 

Kate Sandberg (SY '98) is a professional life coach who spent several years as an actress and improvisational comedian before making the transition to coaching and training. She studied coaching at NYU and is a graduate of the Coaches Training Institute.

"I am an actor. I usually just take direction, but in my life I was losing my way. Kate is helping me learn how to be the director of my own life." --Rhonda D.
 

The YAAMNY Arts Committee provides a forum where alumni can learn from leading practitioners in the world capital of fine and performing arts and support those in the entertainment industry. Whether you have won a Pulitzer and travel by limousine or are pushing cabs between auditions, come share your ideas and help create a resource to assist us all in our work.  Please RSVP to This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

The Social / Networking Committee will be meeting on Sunday January 17th to start planning activities for 2010.  We would love for you to join us!!  We need volunteers who want to plan parties, family-friendly activities, sports-related outings, and career events.  We're open to new ideas, as we want to offer Yale alumni in NYC a variety of social and networking options to choose from.

We'll meet over brunch, place TBD (location will depend on how many people attend).  Check back here close to the date to see where we will be meeting.

Please email me at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  to let me know if you can make it.

Due to the generousity of our volunteers, this site is now filled.

The Public Service/Social Justice Committee of the YALE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK is proud to honor Dr. King's legacy by serving fellow New Yorkers at this Soup Kitchen during winter. We are looking for 15 volunteers to help serve food & drinks to approximately 700 patrons and to assist in the cleaning process.

We are pleased to have ASTRID ANDRE '94 serve as Team Leader for this site.  For more info, please contact Amanda Taffy at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

Born on January 15, 1929, Dr. King lead one of the most successful non-violent civil rights movements in history.  In addition to being the youngest recepient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his advancement of human rights,  Dr.  King was a beloved husband and father.    

An excerpt from Dr. King's acceptance speech of the Nobel Peace Prize follows:

"I accept this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind. I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him. I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsom and jetsom in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him. I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant. "

Please contact Amanda Taffy at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  for more information.

The YAAMNY Arts & Entertainment Committee strives to provide a forum where alumni can enjoy, share in, and learn from leading practicioners in the world capital of fine and performing arts, and support alumni in the arts, through regular presentations and events that will offer opportunities for networking and performance.

Whether you have won a Pulitzer and travel by limousine or are pushing cabs between auditions, come share your ideas and help create a resource to assist us all in our work.
All are welcome. Please RSVP to This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

This Monday (1.18) from 8:30-12:00, Alpha Phi Alpha is sponsoring the MLK Day of Service, a one-time service event and a great way to spend your free morning helping a community organization! Some of the sites include: New Haven Reads, Columbus House, New Haven Soup Kitchen, and Tower One Senior Center, among others! Find more information and sign up here: MLK Day of Service.

Message from Yale University Secretary Linda Lorimer:

As we begin to understand the full magnitude of devastation in Haiti, all of us have wondered how we can help, both as individuals and as a caring community. We all want to do something; the need right now is for money to provide medical care, emergency shelter, and food. Our immediate University-wide plans are focusing on fund-raising for this urgent relief effort. Many members of the Yale community have already committed to a benefit concert on Monday, January 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Woolsey Hall. The performers include Yale Bands, Glee Club and Symphony, Yale Gospel Choir, Shades, Whim 'N Rhythm, the Whiffenpoofs, Schola Cantorum and others. Complete information about the concert and the performing groups is available at www.opa.yale.edu/haiti.

Contributions will go to the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Doctors without Borders, Americares, and the United Nations. These organizations already have a presence in Haiti and have begun the work of delivering humanitarian aid, services, and supplies.

The devastating earthquake that has just occurred in Haiti is a huge public health crisis. Officials report that nearly 100,000 individuals may have perished and others are without healthcare, access to water, or other basic necessities. This catastrophic event is the largest earthquake in the country's history, and one of the biggest disasters in our hemisphere. Through our international contacts, we have learned that the best way to help is by raising funds to provide basic necessities. Every dollar counts. One of our big fundraisers is our Help Can't Wait Haiti Benefit concert, will be held this Monday, January 18 7:30 P.M. in Woosley Hall. Requested donation is $10.

Commit to service in 2010 and pursue justice in the New Haven and global communities.  Meet representatives from over 100 community-based agencies and student-run member organizations.

If you would like to reserve table space for your organization, please register using this form.

Commit to service in 2010! Come to the Dwight Hall Bazaar this Tuesday (1.19) from 7:00-9:00pm in Dwight Hall to meet representatives from over 100 community-based agencies and student-run member organizations looking for volunteers! If you're interested in learning more about service and social justice at Yale, this is your night to find all the relevant organizations in one place!

Come to the Dwight Hall Bazaar tonight from 7-9pm in Dwight Hall to meet representatives from over 100 community-based agencies and student-run undergraduate and graduate organizations dedicated to service and social justice!

Please note: If you are looking to get involved in the Haiti relief effort, we will have a sign-up for volunteers and groups interested in helping with the university-wide coordinated response to the Haiti crisis.

See you tonight!

YAAMNY is happy to partner with The Ivy Plus Society (TIPS) to bring you this exciting social event at La Pomme.  Mix and mingle with lots of Ivy League alumni at this fabulous new club in Chelsea.  La Pomme has been getting great reviews, so it's a fun way to kick-start 2010!!

To RSVP and purchase a ticket, please go to: http://www.ivyplussociety.org/nyc.html

Information Session: January 20, 2010, at 7:00 PM, WLH 208

The YAAMNY Arts & Entertainment committee cordially invites you to a showing of Fela! on Broadway. We only have 4 tickets available! Register now. First come, first served. Discounted tickets are $45 before January 15, $50 after. Register at http://yaamny-fela.eventbrite.com/.

 FELA! on Broadway

Enter the extravagant, decadent, rebellious world of a legendary musician.

A provocative hybrid of dance and Broadway musical, FELA! features the Afrobeat music of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, a book by Jim Lewis and the direction and choreography of Tony® Award winner Bill T. Jones.

His Passion Ignited a Generation.
His Music Fueled a Revolution.
His Legacy Inspires the World.

FELA! uses stirring Afrobeat music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies), to tell the story of Kuti's controversial life as artist, political activist and revolutionary musician. Featuring many of Fela Kuti's most captivating songs and Bill T. Jones's visionary staging, FELA! is the most original new musical on Broadway.

Come for the music. Come for the dancing. Come awaken your soul.

Special thanks to producer Stephen Hendel '73!  

Hi Dwight Hall!

Thank you to all of you who came out for the MLK Day of Service and our Spring Bazaar on Tuesday - both were great successes! Please let me know if you couldn't find a group you were looking for at the Bazaar! 

If you are looking for the latest news on Yale's Relief Efforts for Haiti please look here: http://opa.yale.edu/haiti/

Shopping period has ended, but a semester of service has just begun!

Hope you are all well,

Joe

Saludos!  

We would like to invite you to attend the:   New York Ivy League Latino Alumni Get Together  

Organized by:   Dartmouth Association of Latino Alumni    

Also Attending:   Yale Latino Alumni Association of the Tri-State Area Harvard Latino Alumni Brown University Latino Alumni Council Latino Alumni Association of Columbia University      

Please join us for a casual event for Latino alumni of Ivy League schools to meet and begin to establish a closer relationship between our organizations.    

In light of the recent devastating earthquake of January 12 in Haiti, we will be asking for voluntary donations at the event.  The money collected will be donated to the American Red Cross International Response Fund to be designated for Haiti relief efforts.  

We look forward to seeing you at the event!

Do you want to meet new people, but are tired of loud, crowded bars where you can't hear anyone talk?  Here's a chance to socialize with interesting people in a more cozy, intimate setting.  Join 6 alumni from Yale and 6 from Princeton at Les Halles, a french brasserie on Park Avenue South, for a lovely dinner and good conversation. 

To RSVP, email the host of the evening:  This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

Each guest will be presented with a separate check, so you will only pay for what you eat and drink. 

Attire is casual.

If you are interested in organizing a future Small Group Dinner (at either a restaurant or a potluck in your apartment), please let me know via email: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .  

Hosted by the Dominican Student Association & One
La Casa Cultural (301 Crown St.)
Friday, January 22nd, 10PM 1AM

Suggested Donation: $3. All proceeds to benefit disaster relief efforts.

THE PUBLIC SERVICE/SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE  is proud to be working with UPWARDLY GLOBAL in their monthly MOCK INTERVIEW SESSIONS.

UPWARDLY GLOBAL is a great organization that helps highly-skilled immigrants and refugees reclaim their careers here in the US. Often immigrants and refugees are exiled from the mainstream workforce. Upwardly Global helps them begin their job search, develop their talent and improve their lives and the lives of others. Come and join other Yale Alumni conduct MOCK INTERVIEW SESSIONS, which can help talented immigrant professionals overcome barriers to entering the American labor market. More info about this organization can be found at: http://www.upwardlyglobal.org/

To volunteer, or for additional info, please contact Anne Nakaoka Moss at: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

Join the Asian American Student Association

as they host 2010s first

Dwight Hall-YHHAP Moment of Service

Teach computer skills, serve a meal, and spend some time with members of the homeless community
at the Social Integration Program
January 23rd, 10:30am-1:15pm

Space is limited, RSVP at:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDdaM0ozMGlrMWNlX0k5SjdNZV92QXc6MA

For more information or to inquire about hosting an event

e-mail This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

Creative Destruction--the company that brought you OBAMA DRAMA in 2008--presents 8TRACK: B-SIDES & MASH-UPS, a one-night event of daring, experimental performances-in-the-making at the 45th Street Theatre. 8TRACK is both a showcase and experiment the B-Sides will showcase solo-generated work, while the mash-ups are 5-10 minute pieces that have resulted from the collaboration of a range of diverse performance artists. For this event, Creative Destruction is taking seventeen artists ranging from spoken word poets to dance to mask theatre- and bringing them together to create a short work of art, inspired by the issues facing the country today.

8TRACK is produced Nelson Eusebio (YSD 07), Kelly L. Miller, and Cat Tate Starmer(YSD 06). The B-Sides feature excerpts of new plays by David Wiener, Anna Ziegler, and Matt Schatz; a spoken-word performance by Lanna Joffrey as well as a musical performance by The Mighty Third Rail. The Mash-ups will feature collaborative performances between artists such as the dance company Impulse Initiative, Homonculus Mask Theatre, composers Hillary Charnas(YSD 05), Amy Altadonna(YSD 07), Sharath Patel (YSD 06), choreographer Tiffany Rachelle Stewart (YSD 07), and directors Nelson T. Eusebio III (YSD 07) and Tea Alagic (YSD 07).

8TRACK: B-SIDES & MASH-UPS runs for one-night only January 23, 2010 at 7:30PM at The Tank at The 45th Street Theater in Manhattan (354 W. 45th Street).  Tickets for all shows are $10.00 and can be purchased through www.brownpapertickets.com - 800-838-3006.  For more information about the show, please go to www.CreativeD.org.

Miscegenation in "Post-Racial" America

Join us to discuss the current issues surrounding interracial dating among today's college students.

Are you interested in a unique opportunity to provide hands-on care for terminally ill patients? Join the Yale Undergraduates at Connecticut Hospice this term and volunteer at Connecticut Hospice in Branford, CT. There is a three-hour per week time commitment and transportation is provided. You must be available and have PPD test by the morning of February 6th for training, if accepted.

If interested, please email This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript for an application.

 In the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, many people were left with nothing. Soles4Souls, a non-profit organization that collects shoes for those in need, is holding a special shoe drive from January 20 to February 13, specifically for Haiti. Begun in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia, Soles4Souls has since given away over 5.5 million pairs of shoes.

Soles4Souls is launching a nation-wide campaign to help collect new and gently worn shoes for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Soles4Souls has committed over ONE MILLION pairs
of shoes to aid in the recovery and rebuilding process.

YOU can step up to help the homeless and wounded in Haiti!

Bring your gently worn shoes to collection boxes outside dining halls, in Dwight Hall, and at Payne Whitney Gym.

The drive ends February10, so hurry! Join the Girls Run Shoe Drive for Haiti!

Hi Dwight Hall!

On the top of this newsletter you can find tons of service opportunities and social justice events happening this week!

Closer to the bottom you can find great summer and spring break opportunities.

I would like to encourage everyone to consider the Chaplain's Office Spring Break in New Haven. I did it last year and had a fantastic time! It might be the best way to get to know New Haven in a week. 

Again, if you are looking for the latest news on Yale's Relief Efforts for Haiti please look here: http://opa.yale.edu/haiti/

Hope all is well,

Joe

Ian Marvy, Added Value, Brooklyn; Jacquie Berger, Just Food, New York City; and Billy Bromage, Harvest Haven, New Haven

Thursday, January 28, 4:00 pm

Learn about food access, nutrition, and affordability, as well as efforts to improve food justice in New Haven and New York. Cosponsored by Dwight Hall.

PLAYING THROUGH FEBRUARY 13 (no Tuesday performances)

Colin McCormack is a popular columnist with a knack for bedding the bi-curious hotties in his soccer league, but he's starting to feel he's missed out on something deeper. Law professor Stew Wisniewski has a bad habit of settling, and has let his once-promising career stagnate in a comfortable but unfulfilling rut. Virtually inseparable since Yale, they've managed to go 20+ years without really examining their relationship.

Enter Tee, a bright and intense  21-year-old who sweeps Colin off his feet. Colin thinks he's found the connection he's been missing; Stew thinks his friend has lost his mind. Convinced the increasingly erratic younger man might be dangerous, Stew forces a confrontation that has unexpected and life-changing consequences.

The hot-button issue of gay marriage percolates under DADDY, forcing Colin and Stew to confront the limits -- both external and self-imposed -- that have shaped their lives. With crackling dialogue, humor and suspense, DADDY offers a provocative look at love, loyalty, and the cost of things unsaid.

Are you interested in...

Tutoring?                                   Helping the Elderly?     

          Technology?                                   Graphic Design?

If so, join T.A.G.! T.A.G. (Technology Across Generations) is a student organization that aims to bridge the intergenerational gap by making computer use accessible to people of all ages. We tutor older adults weekly at the New Haven Public Library and Tower One/Tower East in basic computer skills, design and write guides for computer use, and organize fun events that connect New Haven senior citizens to the university . No tech skills needed...If you can read this e-mail you're qualified to tutor. The time commitment is low and flexible, the work is satisfying and the company is great. JOIN NOW!

For more information,e-mail Ben Chaidell at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  or come to our Pizza Social/ Info Session this Thursday January 28th at 9 pm in the Pierson common room!

J Street U at Yale, in conjunction with the Arab Students Association, Yale Friends of Israel, Jews and Muslims, and Jews for Justice, presents:

Israeli-Palestinian Peace: Both Sides of the Table
Lunch and Dialogue with Daniel Levy and Amjad Atallah, Co-Directors of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation
       Friday, January 29
       Talk at 1:30 pm, Lunch at 12:30 pm in the Kosher Kitchen
       Slifka Center, 81 Wall Street

Sponsored by the EP&E Program, the Council on Middle East Studies, and the Joseph Slifka Center

Join the Bioethics Symposium for a Panel Discussion and Lecture Series

Are you interested in joining the green movement?  Are you looking to make a difference, and put your skills to work for social change?

Each year, Green Corps offers one-year paid fellowships to recent college graduates, providing them with hands-on training and experience theyll need to launch their environmental social change organizing and advocacy careers.

At the end of the year, Green Corps fellows can go on to start their own non-profit groups or run the field operations of leading state, local, or national groups.  Several Yale alumni have launched their social change careers through Green Corps, including:  Justin Ruben, Executive Director, MoveOn.org;  Glenn Hurowitz, DC Director, Avoided Deforestation Partners;  and Peter Colavito, Chief of Staff, SEIU 32BJ, just to name a few.

The final application deadline for Yale candidates is Friday, January 29^th.  Candidates can submit the application online at www.greencorps.org. 

If you would like more information about our program, please respond to this email with your phone number and I will have a recruiter contact you. 

Art show featuring works by Fellowship Place artists. Fellowship Place is a community center in New Haven whose mission is to help patients with mental illness lead fulfilling and healthy lives by providing resources and opportunities.

Refreshments will be provided!

Sponsored by Mind Matters, YCC, and UOFC

Subject: Duke Master of Science in Global Health- Fall 2010 Application Deadline January 30, 2010

Now Accepting Applications for
Master of Science in Global Health - Fall 2010
Priority Deadline: January 30, 2010

As the 21st century unfolds, international attention is focusing increasingly on the health concerns of poor and marginalized populations, and the ramifications of global health inequities for development. From pandemics to environmental degradation, global health is an economic concern and a human issue.

WY3c-M8ElSV6poJ9M96tBe0zcZJrMmV34DREmPXJM-1BKGYy1Tg==>Master of Science in Global Health (MSc-GH) is designed to appeal to an array of students, researchers, policy makers, managers, analysts, and clinical practitioners who desire a more complete understanding of the diverse causes of and solutions to health problems from an interdisciplinary global perspective.
Upon completion of the MSc-GH, graduates will be prepared to engage in clinical, epidemiological, social-behavioral, and policy-oriented research, as well as contribute to the design, implementation, and management of health programs.
The MSc-GH is administered by the Duke Global Health institute (DGHI) and involves many other institutes, departments, and schools. A guiding principle of the degree program is the recognition that a multidisciplinary and multi-sector approach to health is essential, as health is influenced by a multitude of factors, including, but not limited to: individual behaviors; family and childhood dynamics; community characteristics; economic status; gender; genetics; country laws and politics; the environment; and the availability, accessibility, and quality of education, health care, nutrition, water, housing, and other basic goods.

Come help the Montessori School On Edgewood raise money for teacher training and children's scholarships.  Help serve samples of the best chocolate desserts Greater New Haven restaurants, bakers, chocolatiers, and caterers have to offer.

Some students will work with IRIS in a to-be determined activity, Fellowship Place (a home for mentally disabled adults) and Tower One, a local nursing home.

This weekend
join Dwight Hall and YHHAP for a
Moment of Service

Serve dinner to the homeless at
Columbus House
January 31st, 4:30-7:15

Space is limited, RSVP at:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFMybGFodTB5SjBwejJhVGJfRWFsSVE6MA

Do you enjoy working with kids? Are you interested in teaching? Are  you looking for classroom experience and a rewarding, enriching way to  spend your summer? Apply to teach with the U.S. Grant Foundation! U.S.  Grant is an academic enrichment program for middle school students  from New Haven public schools. Yale undergraduates who are accepted as  teachers design and teach a six-week course for middle school  students, as well as collaborate with other teachers to create  elective courses. Teachers are paid $3,300 over the course of the  summer, including a week of paid teacher training. The program runs  from July 21 to August 5. There will be an information session,  featuring a short presentation and a talk with former US Grant  teachers, on Tuesday, January 26 at 7 pm in the Dwight Hall Library.  Applications can be found at www.yale.edu/usgrant and are due on  January 31, 2010. Any and all questions can be directed to This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  .