The Yale SOM Alumni Association of New York City cordially invites alumni to

Game Theory Night

Speaker: Patricia Johnson '02

Founder, The Game Theory Academy

October 1, 2009

6:30 - 8:30 pm

Wachovia Securities

375 Park Avenue @ 53rd Street

New York, NY

6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. General Networking

7:00 pm 8:00 p.m. Presentation and Q&A

8:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. General Networking

REGISTRATION: http://events.som.yale.edu/index.php?eventid=626

Cost: $10 per person; includes beverages and snacks..

Patricia has graciously agreed to speak to SOM alumni in the New York area.  She will give a short presentation about the organization and take us through a sample lesson on the curriculum, followed by Q&A and general networking.    

About the Game Theory Academy

Game Theory Academy (GTA) is an emerging nonprofit organization based in Oakland, CA. GTAs mission is to help young people involved in the justice system, child welfare system or street economy envision alternatives for themselves through reward-based programs that teach money management and business decision making skills.  The core of GTA is a unique financial literacy curriculum that applies the basic concepts of economics and decision analysis to the context of young peoples individual life decisions about money, relationships and education.

MBA curricula are designed to teach students to become successful by making decisions that maximize value. Young people in the juvenile justice system, for instance, make life or death decisions without any frameworks like those taught to MBA students. Game Theory Academy is a safe space for young people to reflect on their decisions by tapping into their inherent knowledge of their environment and enhancing it with decision-making tools. Participants sketch and analyze their own tradeoffs and over time envision alternatives and make better choices.

New York Philomusica presents the first concert of the 2009-10 season! Featuring works of Vincent D'Indy, Debussy, Franck and Stravinski. There will be a 7:30 pre-concert lecture with an artist free with your concert ticket.

$30 ($10 with student ID).  Please visit our website at http://www.nyphilomusica.org for more information or online ticket purchase.

PROGRAM: Vincent D'Indy's Sonata in C, Op. 59 (1903-1904) for violin & piano, Claude Debussy's Premiere rhapsody (1909-1910) for clarinet & piano, Igor Stravinski's Three Pieces for Clarinet (1919), and Cesar Franck's Sonata for Violin & Piano (1886)

ARTISTS:  Featuring Joseph Rabbai, clarinet, Christopher Oldfather, piano and Naoko Tanaka, violin

I'm excited to invite all Yalies to the launch event for The Cinematics, the new division of The Film Society of Lincoln Center geared towards members ages 21-39.  The event is this Friday, October 2nd, at 9pm with a screening and after party to Lars Von Trier's ANTICHRIST (one of the most talked about and controversial films at Cannes).  The special guest will be the film's star, the renowned actor Willem Dafoe. 

As you may know, the Film Society of Lincoln Center (http://www.filmlinc.com/) is an incredible organization for both film and New York, not only hosting countless special screenings and events, but more importantly, for the past 47 years, The New York Film Festival (arguably among the top ten festivals of the year).  This year's festival is taking place now.

Judging from the Film Society's premiere party on Monday for the new Michael Moore movie, the party will be fantastic, and a great introduction to the group, The Film Society, and 150 other members our age. 

Please kindly be advised that as tickets will be issued, you must RSVP to:

Susan Sharer
The Film Society
212-875-5630 or
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(and note "Per Michael Shulman")

Hope you can make it!

Mike

The Climate Is Warming!  The Seas Are Rising!

Salt Water March From the Sea

Saturday, October 3^rd 11am

Climate Action NOW. Wake Up!   This march (about 2 miles) will involve splashing sea water to wake up our institutions!  Targets: Federal government; Oil/Gas Industry; Chamber of Commerce;  US Congress; CT Department of Transportation.  This march (about 2 miles) will involve splashing sea water at key sites to wake up our institutions!  This nonviolent March is in honor of Gandhis birthday (10/2) and his 1930 Salt March to the Sea to push the British out of India.

Meet on Long Wharf Drive to left of Long Wharf Pier     (Under I95 from Ikea by Canal Dock Rd.  Its about a 35 minute walk from the Green;  or 10 minute bike ride; or  take Z bus; or two parking lots nearby on Long Wharf.)

  Bring empty container for sea water.

For more info contact Chris at 203.562.1607 or This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  or see www.newhavenleon.org.  Sponsored by New Haven/Leon Sister City Project

You have way too much going on

YHHAPs Moment of Service Initiative gets it

Join us for quick, effective, one-shot opportunities to work for our New Haven community

Find a new medium for committed service,

or just come to do something good with a small part of one day

THIS WEEK:

Saturday, October 3^rd

1pm-4pm

Paint a Room at Sojourners Place,

Columbus Houses transitional housing for women

with mental health and substance abuse disorders

Transportation and materials provided

Space limited to 10

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About Sojourners Place:

This unique program provides up to two years of transitional housing for 16 women who are diagnosed with both mental health and substance abuse disorders. This program is part of the Supportive Housing Project, a nine-agency collaboration that provides social and vocational rehab as well as clinical and residential services

http://www.columbushouse.org/programs/

Community Sing on Sunday, October 4th from 2-4 pm on Old Campus in front of Dwight Hall. The idea is to bring people in from both Yale and greater New Haven - to have group leaders invite and honor those they work with. Micah Hendler '11 will teach songs of social justice from around the world, and we encourage you to bring favorites from your own traditions.  There will also be FREE APPLE CIDER, and all ages are welcome.

Thanks very much, hope to see you there and feel free to get in touch with me if you have any questions.

 Come Row for TEAM YALE, HAVE FUN, AND VOLUNTEER!

ROCKING MANHATTAN - Fundraiser Regatta & Barbecue Party on the Hudson.

PLEASE NOTE: Date has been changed to Sunday Oct. 4 due to weather conditions!

The Public Service Committee is proud to sponsor the first ever Rocking Manhattan Fundraiser Regatta to benefit Rocking the Boat. We are looking for volunteers to help out at the afternoon barbecue party at Pier 66 Maritime (aka The Frying Pan), Hudson River at 26th Street.

PLEASE SPONSOR & SUPPORT THE YALE ROWERS: We are looking for donations in support of the Yale Rowing Team, all proceeds to benefit Rocking the Boat! Please go to the following website and make your contribution, even $5 or $10 would be hugely appreciated!

http://rockingmanhattan.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=323504&lis=1&kntae323504=5480D126962346F382B1FDA45CD6A9D7&supId=0&team=3511648

Our team leader John Joseph Hopkins '05, former captain of the Yale Crew Team, will lead two Yale Alumni boats for a day long rowing adventure around the island of Manhattan! Rowers will compete to benefit a great organization, Rocking the Boat, in collaboration with the Village Community Boathouse.

The day will culminate in a fabulous and fun filled afternoon outdoor Barbecue Party.  We'll have great food and drinks, as well as terrific educational activities for kids and adults to learn about boat building, river life, and all things aquatic. There will also be boat rides on hand built wooden rowboats -- you can ride and enjoy being out on the Hudson, or try your hand at rowing!

As this fabulous event is a fundraiser, we are asking for contributions in the form of a pledge donation to sponsor either a Yale boat or rower, all proceeds to benefit Rocking the Boat.

We are looking for volunteers to help run this event in the following shifts, as well as rowers for the regatta, and donations!

Lunch Shift, 11 AM to 1 PM: Swindlers Cove, Harlem River, upper Manhattan, 10 volunteers are needed to help serve lunch to all the rowers and cheer them on!

Afternoon Barbeque Party, 1st Shift: 3 to 6 PM, 2nd Shift: 5 to 8 PM: Pier 66, Hudson River at 26th Street, Twenty volunteers are needed to help organize and run this after party, which will be a fun and fantastic event.

We are also looking for ROWERS to compete for Team Yale in hand-built wooden rowboats around Manhattan. The row is 26 miles and will be split into two shifts: a morning 5 hour shift and a 3 hour afternoon shift. Previous rowing experience is NOT required, but you should be reasonably fit. If you are not an experienced rower, you will need to attend a rowing orientation session which will be held on a weekday evening before the event.

Please contact This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript Anne Nakaoka Moss or log onto www.rockingtheboat.org. Specific details about registration and donations can be found at: http://rockingmanhattan.kintera.org/

Distressed Children and Infants International ( www.distressedchildren.org ) is hosting an all-day conference on Child Rights followed by a benefit concert on Saturday, October 17th.  DCI works to provide quality education and healthcare to underprivileged children, with a focus on Bangladesh. The conference will feature internationally renowned speakers and performers. We are looking for volunteers to assist with the many tasks that need to be done to make this event a success.  Registration starts at 8 am for the conference (any morning people out there?) and the concert ends at 9:30 pm, so we can use any time that you can give during the day or evening.  Lunch is 12 - 1 and dinner is 5 - 6:30 pm so we will need assistance around those times to distribute meals.  We need people to man the registration table (4 or 5 from 8- 9:30 am and then 2 for the rest of the conference), people to assist the VIP guests with whatever they need, box office people (5 - 7 pm) and ushers (6- 9:45 pm) for the show as well as a couple "runners" to assist backstage and in the room reserved for the performers.  There are many other jobs available.  Let us know when you can be there, and we will find something for you to do.  Also, if anyone is especially good with AV Equipment please let us know.  If you have a car and are willing to provide a ride to or from the concert or conference for a speaker or a performer, also let us know.  We appreciate any time that you can donate to this worthy cause.  Certificates will be given on request to those that need proof of community service hours.

Please email your availability and contact information (including cell phone # and email address) to This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript and This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript as soon as possible. Thank you!

T.A.G. Intergenerational Mixer & Tutoring This Friday:

Want to make a world of difference to a senior citizen?

T.A.G. (Technology is Across Generations) is an organization of student
volunteers that teaches senior citizens computer skills. This Friday at 1:00
pm, we will be co-sponsoring a concert at Tower One/Tower East with Musical
Cure, an on-campus organization that brings Yale performers to retirement
communities.

Whether or not you have tutored with us before, this is a great time to meet
our awesome clients, fraternize with your fellow volunteers, and learn more
about what T.A.G. Is about.

We will be holding a standard computer tutoring session after the concert
from 2 - 4 pm.

If you'd like more information and/or would like to RSVP for the concert,
please email Erica Schild at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript erica This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

On October 5 at 5:30, a Hiroshima Survivor, Setsuko Thurlow, will be speaking at Yale (see her bio below), at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

As the bombing took place 64 years ago, soon it will not be possible to hear testimonials live and in person. Her talk is part of an exhibition "From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Peace: Transforming the Human Spirit."         

This exhibit highlights how an inner change in individuals can help in the global movement for nuclear disarmament. The exhibit was presented at the United Nations in Geneva and at university campuses around the world.

**Please RSVP by October 1 to This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript <mailto:transformspirit@gmail.com>

Education Reform in New Haven: The Next Phase

Do you tutor in New Haven schools?
Heard about school reform in New York, Chicago, New Orleans, and DC?
Care about the future of education in New Haven?

Come learn more!

Like other cities around the country, New Haven is gearing up for the next step in an educational revolution. In the last few months, the mayor has proposed a project to turn around failing schools, change how teachers are evaluated, give successful principals more control over their schools, and make a college education a reality for more students, but the details of the plan are just beginning to take shape. Come hear from Garth Harries, assistant superintendent of the New Haven schools and veteran of the New York City school reform effort, Ward 1 alderwoman and Yale alum Rachel Plattus, and two New Haven principals, Dolores Garcia-Blocker of Co-Op Arts and Humanities High School and Lizanne Cox of Common Ground High school, about where New Haven is going and how you can help!

Monday, October 5 at 8pm
Branford Common Room

Contact Ben Stango ( This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript ) with any questions.

Cosponsored by the Yale College Democrats, New Haven Action, and the Education Network of Dwight Hall

Join the Public Health Coalition at Dwight Hall and the Undergraduate Students for Autism Awareness and Advocacy at Yale for a lunch with Dr. Paul Offit, developer of the rotavirus vaccine and one the world's leading experts on autism.

Come learn about the Yale Undergraduate Philanthropic Society's annual haunted house, which will take place in Dwight Hall from 1-3pm on Saturday, October 31. The haunted house typically draws hundreds of elementary school kids from the New Haven community. We need volunteers to help set up, as well as to act/ dress up for the haunted house!

Come learn about ways you or your organization can get involved in this fun event. Halloween treats will be served.

The Ryan Repertory Company, in its 37th year of producing resident theatre in Brooklyn, proudly presents an entertaining and adventurous multimedia performance, Decades Apart: Reflections of Three Gay Men, written and performed by Rick Pulos. October 7-10, 2009. www.decadesapart.org

Decades Apart is an intriguing performance that is often poignant as well as humorous. Pulos' performance is crafted to complement the media and story he has designed. Barbara Parisi will direct, adding to her 300-plus directing and producing credits in New York City.

Rick Pulos is a published playwright, experienced theatre producer, multimedia artist, and performer. He studied film and theatre at Yale University and film at the University of Southern California. His one-act play Deadtrees, that depicts a Malawian coffin makers struggles with his son, is currently available as a part of the Hal Leonard/Applause Books Best American Short Plays 2007-2008.

Performance Schedule:
Wednesday, October 7 at 8 PM.
Thursday, October 8 at 9 PM (Wine and Cheese at 8 PM - yum)
Friday, October 9 at 7 PM
Friday, October 9 at 10 PM (Wine and Cheese at 9 PM - yum)
Saturday, October 10 at 3 PM AND 8 PM.

visit: www.decadesapart.org

SIP@Y INFORMATION SESSION

Thurs Oct 8   •   8 PM   •   WLH 117

 
Social Innovation Park at Yale (SIP@Y) is a new nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering social entrepreneurs and advancing New Haven development.  Our members will get hands-on experience in social entrepreneurship, business consulting, management, and marketing through three main initiatives: 
 
Platform for New Haven cultural entrepreneurs :: We will create New Haven's first social enterprise talent development platform by establishing a market for under-served New Haven and Yale artists. 
 
Nonprofit business consulting :: This year, the consulting division will work with a Connecticut nonprofit that provides basic primary health care to the uninsured. Like other SIP divisions, consulting will be supervised by a Board of Advisors, members of which will include professional consultants, nonprofit executives, SOM professors, and graduate students.

 
Social Entrepreneurship speaker series :: In conjunction with the Yale Entrepreneurial Society (YES), we will host a series of conversations with high-impact leaders in the field of social entrepreneurship, drawing from the public, private, and academic sectors. 
 
Please come to our information session on Thursday, or send us a message if you're interested but can't make it! 
 
The SIP@Yale Executive Board

Unite For Sight Global Impact Corps Information Session on Wednesday

Wednesday, October 14, 7:30-8:30pm
William L. Harkness Hall (WLH) 119
http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad

Come hear Unite For Sight's Five Yale StudentCampus Representatives speak about their immersive global health experience: Samantha Diamond (MC'10), Abraar Karan (ES'11), Benjamin Long (JE'11), Jessica Qu (PC'10), and Tony Su (MC'11).  Unite For Sight's Founder and CEO Jennifer Staple-Clark will also discuss the global health volunteer abroad opportunities.

Unite For Sight is the world's leader in socially responsible, effective volunteering abroad. Unite For Sight's Global Impact Corps is an immersive global health experience for students and for professionals. 

All volunteers participating in Unite For Sight's international programs are Global Impact Fellows.  They participate daily with local ophthalmic nurses, local optometrists, and local ophthalmologists to eliminate patient barriers to care and to facilitate comprehensive year-round eye care for patients living in extreme poverty.  Through hands-on, structured training, volunteers gain a comprehensive understanding about best practices in volunteerism, global health, and international development.  Global Impact Fellows gain skills and are nurtured to become new leaders in global health.  Additionally, Global Impact Fellows may participate in the Global Impact Lab, an optional program for volunteers interested in pursuing global health research.

Locations (volunteer for 10 days, 20 days, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks, 10 weeks, or more)

• Accra and Kumasi Region, Ghana

• Rural Villages, Ghana

• Tamale, Ghana

• Tegucigalpa, Honduras

• Bihar, India

• Chennai, India

• New Delhi, India

• Orissa, India

Human Animals' presents the World Premiere of middlemen, an existential office comedy about adulthood, non-dairy creamer, and the collapse of the American workplace. A funny, strange, topical new play produced by Jenny Mercein, Yale '95. Yale discount available for previews on Oct. 9th @ 8 pm, Oct. 10th @ 3pm. Use code LKDHEE at www.smarttix.com. Runs through Oct. 30th, 2009.

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.

The College Council for CARE presents A Powerful Noise, a documentary on women's empowerment in the developing world. The documentary follows three women:

Hanh, who started a self-help group for women living with HIV/AIDS in Vietnam

Nada, a refugee who works to alleviate ethnic tension through an agricultural co-op

and Jaqueline, who fights forced labor practices in the slums of Mali through basic education.

World Fellow Zafar Sobhan, an influential journalist who works with several training and development organizations, will be giving an introduction and free Thai food will be served!

"A dissection of the current healthcare debate, geared toward both the confused onlooker and the public health master.Come and learn what American healthcare is REALLY about these days."        Wednesday October 14, 8:30 PM, Dwight Hall Common Room See Flyer for more detail                                       
               
                Featuring:

•     Howard Forman--Professor of Economics and a practicing radiologist
      Ellen Andrews--Executive Director of the Connecticut Health Policy Project
      Gregg Gonsalves--A world-renowned AIDS activist, knowledgeable about healthcare issues, COBRA and problems of inadequate healthcare.

• Design and Launch New Idea Incubator for Unite For Sight  on November 6   A ½-day workshop to help workshop participants launch ideas for innovative programs, projects, or organizations.  The workshop will focus on effective healthcare delivery and the importance of best practices in global health, successful strategies of social innovation and social entrepreneurship, and mentoring and guidance on how to establish new initiatives and organizations.  http://www.uniteforsight.org/global-health-university/global-health-workshop

Join PHC Lunch with Anne Middleton from the Rudd Center
Ann Middleton is a Research Associate at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University. Prior to earning her MPH at Yale University, Ann worked in academic, financial, and non-profit communication, and most recently in health communication with the Academy for Educational Development (AED). With AED, Ann helped plan, develop, and evaluate the community roll out of We Can!, a national education program created with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. She was also involved in communication and social marketing projects on obesity, traumatic brain injury, immunization, and second-hand smoke exposure for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At the Rudd Center, Ann applies her diverse background to support research on the nutrition and physical activity environment in low-income Connecticut preschools.

The College Council for CARE presents A Powerful Noise, a documentary on women's empowerment in the developing world. The documentary follows three women:

Hanh, who started a self-help group for women living with HIV/AIDS in Vietnam

Nada, a refugee who works to alleviate ethnic tension through an agricultural co-op

and Jaqueline, who fights forced labor practices in the slums of Mali through basic education.

World Fellow Zafar Sobhan, an influential journalist who works with several training and development organizations, will be giving an introduction and free Thai food will be served!

Brooklyn Greenway Initiative seeks volunteers to help plant 600 native grass plants at this native plant restoration site near the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The site is being restored in conjunction with the installation of the interim route for the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway on Kent Avenue & Williamsburg Street. It is physical work, but fun and satisfying because it will transform the experience of this area fro interim greenway users. Bring gloves, sturdy shoes and lunch if you want. We'll provide water, bananas and GORP (good old raisins and peanuts) to keep you going. You will also receive a free Users Guide to the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, a waterproof and sweatproof pocket map that shows the planned and interim routes that you can explore.

The Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway is a project to implement a 14-mile long greenway from Greenpoint to Bay Ridge Brooklyn where it will connect to existing  greenways around Brooklyn's waterfront that stretch nearly to Kennedy Airport. The greenway will include separate paths for bikes and pedestrians and continuous landscaping in most locations. The project is a commnity based initiative that the City has committed to build.

GNOMES--
We're Bladderball champions...

...shouldn't we give back to the community that has made us great?


DAVENPORT DAY OF

SERVICE

Sponsored by the Moment of Service, a YHHAP-Dwight Hall Initiative

This Saturday, October 17th

(Redeem yourself before the Screw)


Join your neighbors for one of four events:

1. Play with kids at Life Haven (shelter for homeless women and children)
1pm-3pm
Space limited to 10 students

2. Serve lunch and teach computer skills to the homeless
at the Social Integration Program
11am-1pm
Space limited to 6 students

3. Make care packages for the homeless
in the Davenport Common Room
Any 20 minutes from 1pm-3pm
Space limited to 20 students

4. Promote the Davenport glove and mitten drive
to keep the homeless warm
Whatever half hour you can spare!
Space unlimited


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Over 150 artists will participate in the 13th Annual Gowanus Artists Studio Tour during the weekend of October 17 & 18, 1-6 PM. Be sure to stop by my studio to see recent works and maybe even find a bargain or two! Wear comfy shoes. Visit www.agastbrooklyn.com for complete tour map and pedicab stops. My studio is a couple of blocks from the F, M, R 4th Ave/9th St station.

Visit my website, EllaYangStudio.com, for a look at my cityscapes and landscape oil paintings.

Look forward to seeing some fellow alums!

Thanks,

Ella Yang, ES '82

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 .

Page 73 Productions (Executive Directors Liz Jones '96 and Asher Richelli '97),  is pleased to present, in collaboration with New Georges, the world premiere of CREATURE by Heidi Schreck, directed by Leigh Silverman. Performances begin Tuesday, October 27tn and run through Saturday, November 21st at the Ohio Theater, 66 Wooster Street in Soho. Page 73 is dedicated to developing and producing the works of early-career playwrights. Be among the first ever to see this exciting premiere play.

England, 1401.   After being pestered by devils for more than half a year, Margery Kempe  new mother, mayors daughter, and proprietress of a highly profitable beer business is liberated from her torment by a vision of Jesus Christ in purple robes. 

But should the new Margery with her fasting and her weeping and her chastity fixation be trusted?  Or should she be burned with the other heretics?  Can a woman of insatiable appetites just up and audition for sainthood? 

Playwright and OBIE-winning actor Heidi Schreck conjures a collision of contemporary and medieval imaginations: a very funny, a little bit scary new play about faith and its messengers.

October 27 November 21
(Mon Sat @ 8 PM / Sat, Nov. 21 @ 3 PM)
at the Ohio Theater
(66 Wooster Street, b/w Spring and Broome)

$25 per ticket (general admission)
$35 per ticket (reserved seating)
 
Buy your tickets here: https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/692305

For more information, visit www.p73.org, or email us at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

We hope to see you there!

The Association of Yale Alumni, The Yale Club of Lower Fairfield County, The Yale Alumni Association of Greenwich and The Yale Westchester Alumni Association would like to invite you to an upcoming reception with President Richard C. Levin '74 Ph.D., 22nd President of Yale University.

The reception, including cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, begins at 6:00 p.m. and will be followed by President Levin's remarks at 7:00 p.m.

Reserve your place by contacting Jacquelyn McGrath at the Association of Yale Alumni at 203-432-8015 or visit http://alumni.yale.edu/aya/rcloctober/ for on-line registration. When submitting your reservation, please note your name, Yale degree/affiliation, phone, email address, name(s) of guest(s) and total amount of payment.

We look forward to seeing you on October 20!
The Association of Yale Alumni
The Yale Club of Lower Fairfield County
The Yale Alumni Association of Greenwich
The Yale Westchester Alumni Association

The Public Service/Social Justice Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York wishes to invite you to our upcoming meeting. We are always looking for projects that inspire alumni to serve their community. Please contact This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  for further information.

Agenda
I. Discussion of Previous Events -- International Coastal Clean Up in Prospect Park  and Rock the Boat Regatta
II. Review of Upcoming Events -- Halloween in Prospect Park (October) and St. Xavier's Soup Kitchen (November)
III. Selection of December and January Projects.
IV. Update on Newark Juvenile Justice Project.

Michelle Woodward: Photographer and photojournalist
Lecturing on: Stylistic developments of the photojournalism of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
October 20th 7:30-9:00 PM
LC 317

Do you want visit an exciting Latin American nation? Explore sustainable agriculture? Help locals in *Guatemala*? The 2010 Slifka Spring Break Service trip to El Tizate, Guatemala is for you! We will spend one week (March 14th to 2st) in rural Guatemala learning, working, and exploring in an effort to do tikkun olam (heal the world).

Come learn more at our orientation session on October 20nd at 8:30 pm in the Susman Hall at Slifka Center - there will be fun, friends, and snacks!

You are invited to Policy on the Rocks

OPEN WIDE AND SAY AHHHHH!!!!

A party and conversation about Health Care Policy.

Would a national health care program be the miracle pill this country needs, a poison pill, or just a placebo? Join us for a party and conversation with Jonathan Cohn, a senior editor at The New Republic and author of Sick: The Untold Story of Americas Health Care Crisis and the People Who Pay the Price. If lucky, we'll be celebrating a new national health policy. But more likely, Cohn will give us the scoop on the players, the problems, and possibilities for reaching a solution.

Doors open at 7pm, discussion starts at 8pm, and we'll be self-medicating all night long -- including Rusty Nail and Tetanus Shot drink specials, playing doctor, quizzes, trivia, and great conversation!

Only a $10 co-pay at the door.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Hosted by: Alvin Crawford, Ann Davlin, Eric Engler, Debra Everett-Lane, Laura Gunther, Victoria Harman, Tamara Holt, Julia Kamin, Charlene Kuo, Jen Lane, Risa Levine, Molly Martin, John Neffinger, Danielle Noto, Eloise Paul, Nicole Poindexter, Atif Qadir, Lucy Riederer, Ivy Shyu, Juny Sridhara.

Policy on the Rocks is an event series of citizenJoe, a multi-partisan nonprofit that promotes awareness and open dialogue on national policy issues. What's our formula for Policy on the Rocks? Grab a hip venue, toss in a crowd of young urbanites (conservatives, liberals and 'tweeners), add in experts and a splash of friendly policy talk and shake!  

SJN Training: Political Activism
Thursday, October 22, 6:30pm | SJN Room at Dwight Hall (on the right side, top of the stairs)
 
Please come join us at our second Social Justice Network workshop at Dwight Hall (SJN room) on Thursday, October 22. Benjamin Stango, a fellow Yalie and experienced political activist, will be leading the workshop. He has served as Campus Coordinator for the Yale College Democrats, President of Yale Students for Hillary, and lobbying coordinator for the College Democrats of Connecticut. The workshop will focus on a variety of topics including a 101 on group leadership, effective on-campus campaigns and lobbying strategies.  This training will be applicable to virtually all Dwight Hall groups - we recommend attending!

New Haven 1 of 1,900 venues in 145 countries calling for action on Oct. 24 to solve the climate crisis

As part of the International Day of Climate Action, New Haven is holding an event on the Lower Green from 2-4 p.m. featuring information tables, music, bell ringing, a bike ride, and, at 3:50 p.m., a human 3-5-0 will take shape, to be photographed from the air and displayed on the 30-foot screens at Times Square in New York City. The photo will also be given to our states Congressional delegation, urging Congress and the Obama administration to take strong action to reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million the level which scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon in our atmosphere in order to avoid massive climate change.

 Colleges Against Cancer and YCouture present:

Pretty in Pink: A Breast Cancer Awareness Fashion Show and Charity Auction!

Featuring models from the hottest sororities:
Pi Beta Phi
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Delta Sigma Theta
Alpha Epsilon Phi

...and the coolest fraternities at Yale: 
Alpha Delta Phi
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Sigma Chi
Sigma Phi Epsilon

Come watch them strut on the catwalk, wearing original pink designs from YCouture, as well as pink pieces from clothing and accessories stores all over New Haven, including:
Seychelles
Wish List
Yur Way
Archetype
Raggs
Enson's
Bottega Giuliana
Tracy B
Ten Thousand Villages
Thom Browne
Laila Rowe
The Yale Bookstore
Campus Customs (Yale sweatshirts are HOT!)

Designed and donated pieces will be featured in a silent auction, along with gift items and certificates from multiple stores. All proceeds will go to Yale's Beat Harvard Relay for Life team (www.BeatHarvard.com)!

Other sponsoring organizations include:
Yale College Council (YCC)
UOFC
Black Students Alliance at Yale
La Casa

Come see pretty people in pink outfits, bid on the hottest new and original outfits, and have a great time - all while fighting the terrible disease that is breast cancer! Every 13 seconds, a woman dies from breast cancer, so let's fight back!

The afterparty will be hosted by the sororities at Keys to the City's sick new private space - complete with open bar! Tickets are $5 presale, $8 at the door.

We'll see you in the Ezra Stiles Dining Hall on Saturday, October 24th, at 8:00 PM. Tickets are free, with a suggested donation of $3 to $5. 

Be there!

Shelter Now Sleepout!

Come sleepout this Saturday October 24th from 9pm - 10am. There will be s'mores and hot chocolate, singing and spoken word performances by Proof of the Pudding, Something Extra and WORD and a community sing, as well as a late night movie and of course sleeping outside in tents, with a pancake breakfast in the morning!

Get a tent with a group of friends for a donation of $10/person (contact: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript ) or come enjoy the food and performances for a donation of $5/person.

All proceeds go to helping the New Haven overflow shelter stay open this winter.

YHHAP’s advocacy and fundraising arm for the homeless, and I want you to join me on Saturday October 24^th 9pm to 7am on Sunday to support New Haven’s homeless.

This month YHHAP is planning its second Shelter Now Sleepout fundraiser on Old Campus on the night of Saturday October 24th and we could really use your help. The sleepout fundraises by having groups that participate raise $50, or about $10 a person, for a tent for the night. The groups themselves are entertained by activities and performances all night long, include singing, speakers, performances, and s’mores. Every group that sponsors a tent will make a huge impact; last year, the Sleep Out functioned as one of our major fundraisers, and all the money went directly to the overflow shelter funds. Plus, it raised a lot of awareness (we were on the news!) and was part of the inspiration for the city of New Haven’s own similar event on the Green. Would you be willing to gather together members of your organization or some friends and sleep out with us?

So, what does it mean to participate in the Sleep Out?

1. Email  This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript shelternowsleepout@panlists.yale.edu to let us know of your interest. We will reply with more information and a more detailed list of festivities!
2. Get a group of people together, either as part of your organization or as a group of friends, and confirm a final list of names with us by October 18.
3. Raise at least $50 (about $10 a person if you want five people in your tent) for each tent that you would like to rent for the night. We have several sizes of tents, so ask us if you need advice on what will be best for you. Individuals are also welcome at a donation of $10 each. Consider raising even more to benefit Shelter Now if you can!
4. Recruit more people and spread the word.
5. Show up and sleep out!

If you have any questions, let me know or email This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript shelternowsleepout@panlists.yale.edu! Can’t wait to see you on the 24^th!

 
SPONSORS
Yalies for Pakistan (YPAK)
Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS)
Yale Muslim Students Association (Yale MSA)
Pakistani American Public Affairs Committee (PAKPAC)
 

SPEAKERS
 
Azi Hussain
Vice President Preventive Diplomacy,
International Center for Religion and Diplomacy, Washington, DC
 
Hassan Abbas,
Bernard Schwartz Fellow at the Asia Society, NY,
 
Fiazan Haq
Professor, Cora P. Maloney College ay SUNY Buffalo, NY,
   
ONLINE FREE REGISTRATION
https://secure.yourpatriot.com/ou/pakpac/405/376/eventsignup.aspx 
 
CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION:
The intent of this event is to discuss with the groups of South Asian American Muslims including Bangaldeshi, Indian and Pakistani Americans about their historical identity, their common heritage and the inherent pluralism, and respect for all, that traditionally flowed in the hearts and minds of people of South Asia .
 
The conference will explore the various factors and influences beyond the social fabric challenges in the “Home Countries” and in United States which may have led to some loss of this identity. Such loss may have led to a lower capacity of tolerance and mutual respect in this current era.
 
This conference will also converse on the challenges the South Asian American Muslims students face in college campuses nowadays when they have to maintain a balance in academia, while being offered a different new identity by religious groups in these most formative years.
 
 
SPEAKERS BIO’S
 
Azhar (Azi) Hussain
 
Azhar Hussain is the Vice President for Preventive Diplomacy at the International Center for Religion & Diplomacy (ICRD). A native of Pakistan , he holds a Masters Degree in International/Intercultural Management from the School of International Training in Vermont . Mr. Hussain has been providing educational and intercultural consulting services for numerous multi-national organizations for the past ten years, and has a well-established history of successful training and development initiatives throughout the world, including in India , Pakistan , Britain , the United States , and Mexico . He has served as Senior Consultant to the Government of Mexico's Ministry of Education and as an adjunct professor at the Tecnológico de Monterrey University in Mexico , where he taught courses on international relations and history and served as a teacher trainer for various university faculty. More recently, Mr. Hussain held the position of Senior Consultant on International Education and Development at the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). He has organized and delivered presentations at numerous conferences around the world, including at the Council on Foreign Relations, the Conflict Prevention and Resolution Forum at Johns Hopkins University, and Georgetown University, and to foreign guests of the US State Department's International Visitors Leadership Program, and chaired the Inter-Cultural Seminar on Peace, Tolerance, and Coexistence for the Committee on Cultural Awareness in New Jersey. He has also collaborated with the United States Institute of Peace to initiate, develop, and deliver a peace education training program for Pakistani religious leaders. Mr. Hussain currently heads ICRD's Pakistan Madrasa Project, working in partnership with various Pakistani civic and religious organizations. The focus of this project is to: (1) encourage expansion of the madrasa curriculums to include the scientific and social disciplines, with a special emphasis on religious tolerance and human rights (particularly women's rights), (2) encourage the adoption of pedagogical techniques that can promote critical thinking skills among the students, (3) teach conflict resolution and dialogue facilitation skills, and (4) equip newly-trained teachers with the skills to train other previously uninvolved madrasa leaders in the above areas. The programs Mr. Hussain has initiated have trained nearly 1,000 madrasa leaders throughout Pakistan to date. He has also pioneered recent initiatives to engage religious and political leaders in Afghanistan . Mr. Hussain was recently named the recipient of the 2006 Peacemakers in Action Award by the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding in New York .
 
 
Dr. Hassan Abbas
Dr. Hassan Abbas is an Affiliate with the Belfer Center and a former joint research fellow with Project on Managing the Atom and the International Security Program from 2005–2009. Currently, he is a Bernard Schwartz Fellow at the Asia Society's New York headquarters working on U.S. relations with South and Central Asia . He is also a non-resident Fellow at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), Michigan , and an Associate of the Pakistan Security Research Unit (PSRU), University of Bradford , in the United Kingdom . He received his Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University , and an LL.M. in International Law from Nottingham University , United Kingdom , where he was a Britannia Chevening Scholar (1999). Hassan also remained a fellow at the Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School (2002–2003) and as a visiting scholar at the Harvard Law School 's Program on Negotiation (2003–2004).
 
His research interests are nuclear proliferation, religious extremism in South and Central Asia , and relations between Muslims and the West. In association with the Belfer Center , he is currently working on a project focusing on police reforms and counterinsurgency in Pakistan .
 
Hassan is a former Pakistani government official who served in the administrations of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (1995–1996) and President Pervez Musharraf (1999–2000). His latest book, Pakistan's Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army and America's War on Terror (M.E. Sharpe) has been on bestseller lists in India and Pakistan and was widely reviewed internationally, including by the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Far Eastern Economic Review, The Hindu, and Dawn. He has also appeared as an analyst on CNN, MSNBC, C-Span, Al-Jazeera, and PBS, and as a political commentator on VOA and BBC. His forthcoming book is Letters to Young Muslims on Science, Sovereignty and Sufis. He runs WATANDOST, which is a blog on Pakistan and its neighbors' related affairs.
 
 
Faizan Haq
Faizan Haq is currently Professor Cora P. Maloney College , SUNY, Buffalo , NY and a lecturer, Communication Department Buffalo State College. Prof Haq has earned his Bachelors  in American Studies with concentration in Intercultural Studies from SUNY at Buffalo . His graduate course work included economics, multiculturalism and cultural history. His Masters' focus at Buffalo State College was in Multidisciplinary Studies with concentration in Public Relations and Education Technology. He also holds an M.S. in Education Technology.
 
Faizan Haq is also a fellow of American Institute of International Studies (AIIS), California and a founding member of Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID), Washington D.C. Faizan Haq is also a fellow member of Association of Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST)

Looking for a YHHAP-Dwight Hall Moment of Service this week? 
Come join us
Sunday, October 25th
for cooking (2:30-5:00 in Davenport)
or serving (5:00-7:00) to share with the residents of
New Haven Home Recovery
as part of Shelter Now Week

RSVP This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript
Space is limited


About New Haven Home Recovery:
"It is the mission of New Haven Home Recovery to promote the independence of women and children
confronted with homelessness, HIV/AIDS and behavioral health issues
in a supportive environment where their potential can be realized."
www.nhhr.org

The Educational Programs and Arts & Entertainment Committees of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York (YAAMNY), in collaboration with the 6BC Botanical Garden, present an afternoon out of doors concert by violinist Qi Cao of the Yale School of Music on Sunday, October 25, 2009 from 3 to 4 p.m. at the 6BC Botanical Garden, on sixth street between Avenues B and C. Qi Cao will present a series of pieces on aspects of love from friendship to patriotism to amorous encounters to spiritual love scored by the greatest composers of musical history.

Register today at: http://yaamny-6bc-qicao.eventbrite.com/.

All are welcome including friends and family. There is limited seating available in the garden. Attendees will be encouraged to enjoy the garden and partake in the music from any area of the garden. This concert will continue rain or shine. In the event of inclement weather, Qi will perform at the black box theater not far from 6BC at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, at 113-A 2nd Avenue, between 6th and 7th Streets.

Qi Cao is a second year master's student at the Yale School of Music, studying with Hyo Kang. She was the winner of the senior violin category and the overall grand prize winner in CT- American Strings Teaching Association Music Competition and the first prize winner of the artist category in the National Piano and Violin Competition in Singapore. In the Gisborne music Competition in New Zealand, she was awarded a special prize, "International String Player Award".  In July 2007, at the Kennedy Center/National Symphony Orchestra Summer Institute in Washington D.C, she won the Concerto Competition and performed Paganini's Violin Concerto No.1 with the SMI Orchestra at the Kennedy Center.

Miss Cao has been the recipient of numerous scholarships and fellowships including the Round Top International Summer Music Festival, Italy Lyrics Academy, Toronto Music Academy, Pacific Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, the Australia Summer Orchestra Institute, the National D.C Kennedy Centre/NSO Summer Institute, the Cleveland Encore Strings Summer Institute and Chautauqua Music Festival. She was chosen as an exchange student to the Peabody Institute, John Hopkins University in the U.S and awarded the Dean's List. Miss Cao has been awarded the Student Achievement Award for Arts and Culture, Artist Development Award by the National University of Singapore and she has also made the Dean's List four times and graduated with first class honors.

Miss Cao is a very active soloist, chamber and orchestra player, and teacher who has been performing and teaching extensively in the United States, Australia, Japan, China and Singapore. She was chosen as a freelancer of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Singapore Festival Orchestra.

If you have any questions, please e-mail the Educational Programs Committee at: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

Please join Mayor John DeStefano, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Reginald Mayo, and New Haven Federation of Teachers President David Cicarella in an education panel as we welcome local policy makers and distinguished national education leaders.  The panel will address the state of school change in New Haven and education reform around the nation. 
 
The panel will be moderated by Rick Green from the Hartford Courant and panelists will be asked questions from a pool submitted in advance.  If you are interested in submitting a question please visit the City's website: www.cityofnewhaven.com <http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/> . 
 
Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School
Theater (Ground Floor)
177 College Street
New Haven, CT
 
Monday, October 26, 2009 (3:30 - 5:00pm)
 
Guests
Randi Weingarten- American Federation of Teachers, President
Martha J. Kanter- United States Department of Education, Under Secretary
Charles P. Rose- United States Department of Education, General Counsel
 
We invite you to hear what our panelists have to say and learn more about school change in New Haven as we embark on an exciting opportunity for the city but most importantly for our young people.

Just like the U.S. economy, the field of art collecting is changing rapidly and unpredictably. Come hear a group of experts assess the state of the market, describe where and how they are looking today, and discuss ways to develop your art collection. There will be ample opportunity for questions.

Preceding our conversation, guests can enjoy an optional 20-minute tour with Tom Pniewski of the Kosciuszko Foundation highlighting the remarkable collection of Polish artworks. (The ESU of NY is co-located with the Kosciuszko Foundation.)

The panelists will be:

Norman Dubrow, Collector
Tim Newton, Collector
Richard Porter, Collector and Former Gallery Director
Mikaela Sardo Lamarche, ACA Galleries, Chelsea
Ella Yang, Oil Painter and Printmaker (ES, '82)

The panel moderator will be Peter Trippi, Editor of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine.

Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York,  Yale University School of Management - New York Alumni Group, CornellUniversity Johnson School - Alumni Club of New York & MBA Corps

Are Honored to Present:

Mr. James E. Fuchs

President

Silver Shield Foundation

 (founded by George Steinbrenner)

 Yale Class of 1950

1948 & 1952 Olympic Medalist

World Record Holder

Serial Chief Executive Officer

& 

Mr. Charles Moore

Executive Director

Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy

(founded by Actor Paul Newman)

Cornell Class of 1951

1952 Olympic Gold Medalist

Serial Chief Executive Officer

For a Fireside Chat Regarding Philanthropy, Business and Athletics:

Common Threads, Uncommon Achievements, Upcoming Challenges

James E. Fuchs and Charles Moore were exceptional athletes who went on to lead numerous corporations through outstanding business careers.  Today we find them at the helm of two philanthropies making important contributions to improve our world.  We hope you can join us for what is sure to be an enjoyable evening.  

Mr. Fuchs and Mr. Moore will discuss:

- Philanthropy, Business and Athletics: The Common Qualities and Strategies Leading to Success

- Growing and Operating a Philanthropy

- Working with a Major Philanthropys Famous Founder  (George SteinbrennerPrincipal Owner of the New York Yankees franchise and Actor Paul Newman)

- Fruitfully Applying the Lessons Learned in One Pursuit to Another

- Insightful and enjoyable anecdotes about succeeding on the most competitive corporate and athletic playing fields

- Succession Planning, and Preventing Philanthropic Mission Drift

REGISTER at: http://www.mbacorps.org/events/events.asp. Yale alumni can register at the member price.

Date: Monday, October 26th 

Time:  6:30 PM to 8:30 PM 

Program:

6:30 to 7:00 Cocktail Reception and Networking

7:00 to 8:00 Remarks and Q&A

8:00 to 8:30 Cocktail Reception and Networking

Location: 

Down Town Association.  60 Pine Street. An appropriately august venue for such an event, the DTA has had presidents, secretary of state and secretary of war as members.  It is one of the oldest clubs in the U.S.

WANT TO MAKE AN IMPACT IMMEDIATELY AFTER GRADUATION?
Teach For America is hosting a Thai food Study Break for all SENIORS on Monday, October 26th at 9:30PM in the Branford dining hall. Come chat with current Teach For America corps members and alumni about their experiences working to close the achievement gap in low-income communities in the classroom as well as in their current careers. Bring your friends!
Next deadline: Wednesday, October 28th. Click here to apply!

Are you thinking about a job or a career in environmental advocacy?

If you are, check out the Environment America Fellowship Program. You can
learn more or apply online by clicking here:
<http://www.EnvironmentAmerica.org/jobs> www.EnvironmentAmerica.org/jobs.

Each year, our Fellowship Program offers a select number of graduating
seniors like you the training, experience and opportunity you need to make
an impact and become a leader in the environmental movement. Together with
our experienced staff, you can work on campaigns to build the kind of
cleaner, greener future that so many of us want for our planet.

Of course, actually making a real difference can be tough.

For example, we want to help build a new clean energy economy through new
policies in Washington and in the states - but the coal industry is fighting
hard to stop us. We want to reduce our dependence on oil and shrink our
carbon footprint by reducing the pollution we create by burning fossil fuels
- but the oil companies are resisting. We want to protect and preserve the
Grand Canyon, our national forests, and other places we love - but mining
companies, timber companies and big developers have other ideas.

That's where you come in. The Environment America Fellowship Program hires
and trains people like you to help us better document the problems, more
forcefully advocate solutions, educate more members of the public, organize
broader and stronger coalitions, and mobilize more people to take action.
These exact strategies and tactics help us win in state capitols around the
country and in Washington D.C. - even when we're up against the most
powerful opponents.

There's much more to talk about, of course. To learn more or apply, visit
our Web site at  <http://www.environmentamerica.org/jobs>
www.EnvironmentAmerica.org/jobs. Or you can contact me directly at
<mailto: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript mschweitzer@environmentamerica.org>
This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript mschweitzer@environmentamerica.org or 202-461-2448 so we can set up a time
to meet when I'm on campus on Tuesday, Oct. 27.  You can also apply online
through Yale's e-recruiting network at  <http://yaleucs.experience.com>
http://yaleucs.experience.com.

Meet two world fellows and their experiences with social entrepreneurship: Penny Low, member of the parliament of Singapore, President and Founder of the Social Innovation Park, and 2007 World Fellow; and Unmesh Brahme, Senior Vice President, Corporate Sustainability, HSBC India, 2009 Yale University Fellow.

Fleur de Lis. Constant Bliss. Vermont Shepherd. Pleasant Ridge Reserve. Allow us a moment to put our right hands over our hearts. These are some of the worlds best cheeses, and they're proudly, lovingly made in the U.S.A.

Liz Thorpe, VP of Murray's Cheese and author of the recently released The Cheese Chronicles (and a Yale '00 graduate), conducts a guided tour and tasting of these and other luscious, mouthful American originals.  By and large, the cheesemakers have learned their crafts from the masters of Europe, and brought it here, where a different and unique terroir has given us another reason to love America.

Enjoy this delicious cheese tasting with other Yalies on October 28th. Sparkling wine, bread, dried fruit and nuts will be served as well.

Register quickly at http://yaamnycheese.eventbrite.com - Cheese Class size is limited, so register before tickets sell out!

In honor of the mother of our fraternity, Mrs. Annie Singleton, the brothers of the Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated are holding a study break with brownies and ice cream for the women of Yale.

Edwin Cameron, the 2009-10 recipient of the Brudner Prize, is a Justice of the Constitutional Court, South Africa’s highest court, as well as a human rights lawyer, an author, and a Rhodes Scholar. For a full biography and event details, please see the link below.

The Brudner prize at Yale, named for James Robert Brudner '83 and established in 2000, is awarded annually to an accomplished scholar or activist whose work has made significant contributions to the understanding of LGBT issues or furthered the tolerance of LGBT people.

Unite For Sight Global Impact Corps Information Session at UCS
Immersive Global Health Experience
Thursday, October 29, 6pm
Undergraduate Career Services (UCS), 55 Whitney Avenue, 3^rd Floor
http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad

ISA Funding is available from UCS for students participating with Unite For Sight.  Learn more at the info session.

Come hear Unite For Sight's Yale Campus Representatives speak about their immersive global health experience: Samantha Diamond (MC'10), Abraar Karan (ES'11), Emily Lin (MC09), and Tony Su (MC'11). 

Unite For Sight is the world's leader in socially responsible, effective volunteering abroad. Unite For Sight's Global Impact Corps is an immersive global health experience for students and for professionals. 

All volunteers participating in Unite For Sight's international programs in Ghana, Honduras, and India, are Global Impact Fellows.  They participate daily with local ophthalmic nurses, local optometrists, and local ophthalmologists to eliminate patient barriers to care and to facilitate comprehensive year-round eye care for patients living in extreme poverty.  Through hands-on, structured training, volunteers gain a comprehensive understanding about best practices in volunteerism, global health, and international development.  Global Impact Fellows gain skills and are nurtured to become new leaders in global health.  Additionally, Global Impact Fellows may participate in the Global Impact Lab, an optional program for volunteers interested in pursuing global health research.  Complete details online at http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad

October 30:  Elizabeth Bradley, Yale School of Public Health

Research Interests: quality of hospital care for heart attack patients, as well as the use and quality of hospice services, strengthening health systems abroad 
 

Professor Bradley is the director of the Health Management Program within the Division of Health Policy and Administration. She is also the director of Global Health Initiatives at the School of Public Health and chairs the Global Health Concentration Committee. Her research focuses on health services, with an emphasis on management and quality improvement. Her work in the U.S. focuses on the quality of hospital care for heart attack patients, as well as the use and quality of hospice services. Bradley also is involved in several projects in international settings, including ones in Ethiopia, Liberia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, which focus on strengthening health systems. She is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda for Healthcare Systems and the Steering Committee for the Open Educational Resources in Public Health Conference, both of which seek innovative ways to enhance health system delivery in global settings. Bradley is a faculty associate for the American College of Healthcare Executives and a member of Academy Health 

Purchase tickets and more info here: http://artlog.com/collectdumbo

Artlog.com & Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) present a special one night Halloween themed art crawl. Held on Friday, October 30, 2009 from 6:30-9pm, the event includes numerous participating galleries, free drinks and Halloween treats, a Depaz Rum Cocktail Lounge, a special Boo cocktail at Rebar and a massive dance party at the UnderWater Lounge. Did we mention that art inspired costumes are encouraged?

Collect Dumbo is in partnership with Two Trees Management & the Dumbo Improvement District. Following the success of DUMBO's monthly 1st Thursday Gallery Walks, Artlog has partnered with BAC, Two Trees & the Dumbo Improvement District to produce a special Halloween themed Collect art crawl, the sixth event in Artlog's "Collect" series. A portion of all proceeds from the ticketed event go to supporting the nonprofit Brooklyn Arts Council based in DUMBO. Collect Dumbo is also sponsored by Yelp, Gawker Artists, Depaz Rum, Petes Downtown, Foragers Market, Bubbys DUMBO, ReBar, Rooftop Films and Arlo/Artists.

Special projects include "Down Under Goat's Gruff Bridge," a video installation inside the Archway under the Manhattan Bridge by the artist and filmmaker collective Dawn of Man Productions.

Purchase tickets and more info here: http://artlog.com/collectdumbo

Yale Football Invades NYC - Yale @ Columbia!

Click here for event registration and more details:
http://yale-columbia-football.eventbrite.com/

The bulldogs continue their run for another Ivy Championship with a visit to Columbia... just a quick subway ride (1 or A trains) uptown.  YAAMNY will be rocking the visitor section!

Columbia's Wien Stadium was featured in Sports Illustrated as one of the most beautiful places in the country to watch a football game.

We are organizing a section in the visitor stands, as well as a mini-tailgate before the game at noon.  Just $10 for the ticket + mini-tailgate (with some refreshments) if you register this week... still just $15 after that!  What a deal!  We'll send out the meetup/tailgate location closer to gametime.

If interested in helping to organize this or other Yale/NYC sports events, please contact Mike Jacobs at  This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

Click here for event registration and more details:
http://yale-columbia-football.eventbrite.com/ 

DIRECTIONS TO THE BAKER FIELD ATHLETICS COMPLEX:

(Note - Parking for Football games in and around the Baker Athletics Complex is extremely limited. Fans are encouraged to use mass transit when possible.)

The Public Service/Social Justice Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York is proud to join the Prospect Park Volunteer Corps in their 28th Annual Halloween Haunted Walk & Carnival.  We are looking for Carnival Game Leaders to assist Prospect Park staff as they run the Carnival Games and hand out candy to all the children an the end of each game as well as other related activities, such as face painting for the children.

The shifts are as follows:
Volunteer Shift A: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Volunteer Shift B: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Actual Event Time: 12:00 Noon - 3:00 PM

If you wish to register, or for further information, please contact This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .  Additional information can be found at Prospect Park Halloween Haunted Walk & Carnival.

A fun haunted house for families and Yale students! Come for trick-or-treating with YCC, science experiments with DEMOS, story time with Yale Children's Theater, and of course, a kid-friendly haunted house in Dwight Hall!

Admission is free, but donation of a non-perishable food item is greatly appreciated.

The Brothers of the Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated are holding voter registration drives this weekend as part of  their "A Voteless People Is A Hopeless People" program.  We will be wearing costumes and registering last minute costume shoppers at stores around New Haven. Don't worry if you can't stay the whole time. Come support and have fun! Meet at the Af-Am House at 1pm.