Community Health at the Yale School of Public Health. She created the City's first dedicated AIDS unit in the New Haven Health Department during the early days of the epidemic and was responsible for developing and managing a spectrum of HIV services .Elaine has held various state and national leadership positions. She is a former president of the CT Association of Directors of Health. Elaine has received various awards over the years for her contributions in the AIDS/HIV and broader public health practice milieu.

Global Health Idea Incubator Workshop

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

Do you have an idea for a program, project, or organization? Unite For Sight's Founder and CEO will hold a 1/2-day workshop to help you develop and launch your idea. 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. The workshop will be a small, intimate roundtable forum.  There is limited capacity, and prospective participants are encouraged to apply early.

• Who: Students and professionals are eligible to apply. Successful applicants will have demonstrated an interest in global health.
• When: Friday, October 1, from 1:00-6:00pm
• Where: Unite For Sight headquarters in downtown New Haven (across the street from Yale's Whitney Humanities Center)

Complete workshop details and application instructions online at http://www.uniteforsight.org/global-health-university/global-health-workshop

RSVP!

We'll be taking a student-led walking tour around Yale's campus. Our stops will highlight a smattering of interesting local history from the last 40 years, particularly moments when Yale students did important organizing work in collaboration with New Haven residents and joined with national movements. Topics include the 1970 Black Panther Trial, women's activism at Yale and in New Haven, organizing around the cultural houses, and struggles over New Haven's economic development. RSVP here!

Sponsored by the Undergraduate Organizing Committee and FOCUS on New Haven.

Interested in Development? Frustrated with the fact that billions of dollars have gone towards development efforts with relatively little to show? Come to the LAUNCH of the PROVEN IMPACT INITIATIVE AT YALE and see how the top experts are changing the face of poverty alleviation. Hear about cutting-edge solutions in the fields of finance, health, and education from Dean Karlan and Chris Udry of Innovations for Poverty Action.Friday October 1st, 4 pm, LC 101. Information about student involvement in the PI Initiative at Yale will be distributed at the event.

For an economy that respects people and the planet....

March for Environmental Justice in the Americas

Saturday, October, 2  2010

Speakers      Art         Music

Speakers include Ivett Fonseca (NH/LSCP) on cane workers and industrial agriculture in Nicaragua; Lynne Bonnett (New Haven Environmental Justice Network) on English Station and EJ in Fair Haven;  Marco Antonio Castillo (IIPSOCULTA) on indigenous communities in Panama struggling to stop hydroelectric plant on their land; Melinda Tuhus on mountaintop removal in Appalachia, and more.....

Starts at 10am at Long Wharf Drive (by Leons Restaurant) - ends at noon at Federal Building.  All welcome!

For more information go to: http://www.newhavenleon.org/earthathon

Organized by New Haven/Leon Sister City Project.....working for social justice in Nicaragua since 1984.

This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript ;   203.562.1607;  www.newhavenleon.org

Announcing our next Yale New York Benefit: Join other Yalies for an exciting weekend at the very exclusive Reebok Sports Club on the Upper West Side. Along with a three-day pass (usable anytime this year), enjoy a Saturday event featuring a class specially designed for Yalies and friends, followed by a delicious and healthy lunch party. Your attendance at this special event will benefit the newly rejuvenated Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan NY, a revitalized alumni community nonprofit by and for Yalies who want more out of their alumni experience in NYC. 

Reebok Sports Club is one of the premier sports clubs in the city, a 140,000-sq.-ft. facility with state-of-the-art fitness equipment, a 75-ft. swimming pool, a mind-body program, volleyball and basketball courts, a rock-climbing wall, a boxing studio, a lavish spa/massage facility, and 170 classes every week.  This is your chance to try it out for three whole days!

BUY YOUR TICKET HERE -- ticket is $40 and includes the special Saturday class, lunch, three day pass and a donation to Yale New York! 

Tickets are limited, so be sure to buy yours before they sell out. (Regular membership at Reebok costs $1200 to join, and $215/month, so $40 for a three day trial, special class, lunch AND a donation is great value!)

Saturday Schedule:
12:00 - 12:30      Sign in, go to the locker room, and change
12:30 - 1:30        Class of your choice
1:30 - 2:00          Shower, steam, sauna, change
2:00 - 3:30           Lunch party catered by Sidewalk Café

Classes -- Please choose ONE: 
1. Rock Climbing : strength training and flexibility enhancing workout: scale their 3 story, 40 foot wall. Security harness and climbing shoes will be provided, along with special instruction
2. Zenergy: a dynamic fusion of traditional yoga, aerobics, strength training and restorative meditation. New signature class only available at Reebok Sports Club 

 This event is open to all Yalies and their friends and families.

Hosted by the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York 

All proceeds from this event will benefit the newly rejuvenated Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York.    
       

Volunteer at the AIDS New Haven annual Gala! Opportunities are:

FRIDAY OCTOBER 1, 2010

EVENT SET UP   3 pm 7 pm    We need a lot of help this day!

                                SATURDAY OCTOBER 2, 2010 Day of Event

EVENT SET UP  10 am 4  pm

EVENT CHECK IN  5 pm 9  pm

AUCTION SALES  5 pm 8 pm

WINE BAG SALES  6 pm 11  pm

AUCTION RUNNERS  8 pm 11 pm

AUCTION CHECK OUT  8 pm 11  pm

CLEAN UP   10 pm 2 am

 

 

Volunteer and then attend the gala!

AIDS Project New Haven's 16th annual gala

DENIM TO DIAMONDS

Please join us in honoring one of the true heroes in Connecticut in the fight

against AIDS and for social justice. 

Shawn Lang

as she receives the

 Alvin Novick Leadership Award

 DENIM TO DIAMONDS

October 2, 2010

Michael J. Adanti Student Center Ballroom

Southern Connecticut State University

501 Crescent Street

New Haven, CT 06515

 6 p.m. to 12 a.m

Casual Chic Attire

Blue jeans to formal bling and anything in between!

Donate what you would spend on formal attire to the programs and services of APNH.

Open Bar, Silent and Live Auctions, Award Presentations,

Passed hors d'oeuvres, eclectic food stations, live music and dancing

For early purchase ticket price please visit: www.apnh.org

For information on volunteering for this event please contact:

Fran -  This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  or Miles -  This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

 Joshua Rubenstein

 Jerome Medalie End-of-Life Issues Group Talk:

Join distinguished speaker  Andres Martin, MD/MPH, Riva Ariello Ritvo Professor at the Yale Child Study Center who will be speaking about "Child Mental Health-Centered Cancer Care Across the Lifespan".

REGISTER HERE - Reserve your seat today, space is limited!

Join us for the second Yale SOM Alumni Webinar. Finance plays a critical role in supporting energy, water, and infrastructure projects, but private markets allocate capital within a framework set by governments. How much are recent government actions shaping investment? How has the current economy affected activity? What sorts of policy or market changes could have the greatest impact on financing sustainable development?

The Yale SOM Office of Alumni Relations and Qn magazine will host the discussion . Each panelist will present briefly then the event will be opened to questions and comments from the audience, the discussion will be moderated by Yale SOM Professor Arthur Campbell.

PANELISTS: 

Bradley Abelow SOM '89, Chief Operating Officer, MF Global Inc.

Bradley Abelow is Chief Operating Officer of MF Global Inc. MF is a leading cash and derivatives broker delivering access to products, solutions and insights across the worlds financial markets.

Prior to joining MF, Brad was a Founding Partner of NewWorld Capital Group, a private equity firm investing in businesses active in Environmental Opportunities (alternative energy, energy efficiency, waste and water treatment and environmental services).

Before co-founding NewWorld, he was Chief of Staff to Jon Corzine, Governor of the State of New Jersey. Prior to that he served as Treasurer of the State of New Jersey.

Before New Jersey State Government, Brad was a Partner and Managing Director of The Goldman Sachs Group where he managed Goldmans Operations Division, which was responsible for the global processing and corporate services functions of the firm. Earlier, Brad was responsible for Goldman Sachs Operations, Technology, Risk and Finance functions in Asia, based in Hong Kong. Brad joined Goldman Sachs in 1989 in the Investment Banking Divisions Corporate Finance Department. In 2005, he led the effort to create an Environmental Policy Framework for Goldman Sachs. The framework led to the creation of the Goldman Sachs Center for Environmental Markets.

Brad serves as Chairman of the Environmental Protection Agencys Environmental Finance Advisory Board. He is also a trustee of The Century Foundation and Just Vision.

Brad holds a bachelors degree in Political Science from Northwestern University and a Masters in Public and Private Management from the Yale School of Management. 

Stuart Staley SOM '95, Managing Director & Head of Global Commodities, Citigroup

Stuart is Managing Director, Head of Citis Global Commodities Group, and President of Citigroup Energy Inc. Based in London, he is responsible for Citis activities in physical and financial commodity products serving the firms global client base. Stuart joined Citi in May 2004 to help lead the build out of Citis client-facing commodities business. Prior to being named Head in January 2010, Stuart had served as Deputy Co-Head of the global business from July 2008 and prior to that was Head of Citis North American commodities business.

Before joining Citi, Stuart spent 2 years with AEP Energy Services Ltd. in London where he served as CEO and was responsible for the companys European generation, trading and marketing businesses. Prior to this role, Stuart spent 6 years with Enron where he held various positions in the companys US electricity trading business before building Enrons international coal and freight trading business out of London.

Stuart graduated from Williams College in 1988 with a B.A. with Honors in Chemistry, and he received an MBA and a Masters degree in Environmental Studies from Yale University in 1995.

MODERATOR

Arthur Campbell, Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale School of Management

Professor Campbell joined Yale School of Management in 2009 after completing his PhD at MIT. His research interests include industrial organization, economic theory, and energy/environmental economics. His most recent work studies government policies for promoting long-term changes in the mix of technologies used to produce electricity. In particular this work focuses on the impact of the intermittent nature of renewable technologies such as wind and solar power and how this effects the effectiveness of various policy alternatives for addressing climate change. His other work includes the strategic pricing and advertising behavior of firms when consumers engage in word of mouth communication, the establishment of trust in social networks and decision making in committees. This year he will teach Competitive Strategy and Energy Market Strategy.

The Public Service/Social Justice Committees Haiti Assistance Task Force was started to commence or assist projects in New York and Haiti to aid the rebuilding efforts currently underway due to the January earthquake.  The Task Force is currently developing educational and service projects to implement in the next few months.  We will be discussing our upcoming projects at our October meeting. 

  The Wilderness Medicine Interest Group proudly presents:

Denali National Park: Medicine on North America's Highest Peak

a special presentation by Paul Marcolini

At this meeting, we'll also be planning upcoming talks, workshops, and expeditions for the year.  This is a must-attend event for anyone interested in providing medical care in resource-scare environments, including wilderness, post-disaster, and international settings.

About Paul Marcolini:
Paul began working for Wilderness Medical Associates in 1981. He is one of the original instructors, and served as Executive Director for 5 years in the early 90s. He is a paramedic and has worked for ground, rotor and fixed wing EMS programs. He is the past chair of the Maine EMS Education Committee. Paul has over 17 years of experience with Outward Bound, is a member of Mahoosuc Mountain Search and Rescue, and for the past four seasons has worked as a volunteer climbing ranger for the National Park Service in Denali National Park. He is an avid climber and seasonal climbing guide. Paul lives in Greenwood, Maine.

Justice Peters received her law degree from Yale in 1954, and is the first woman professor to be granted tenure at the Yale Law School. In 1978, Justice Peters became the first woman to be named justice on the Connecticut Supreme Court, and became the first female Chief Justice in Connecticut History in 1984.

Join us at 7pm, October 7pm, at LC101

Co-organized by the new Yale Undergraduate Law Review, Dwight Hall, The Women's Leadership Institute, and The Yale Mock Trial Association

Get ready, a cappella fans, because YAAMNY and the Yale, UVa, and Dartmouth Clubs have collaborated to put together a cappella like never before! Three renowned a cappella groupsthe Dartmouth Aires, the UVa Hullabahoos, and the Yale Whiffenpoofswill show down in song at this first ever sing-off between our alma maters. Mickey Rapkin, senior editor at GQ and author of Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory, will host the evening.

Alumni may attend the concert for $5 per person paid in cash at the door. The event will take place in the Yale Club of New York City Main Lounge, which will open for seating at 7:30 pm. Reservations are not required for this event.
 

Please register at http://yaamnyarttour.eventbrite.com
 

  Discussion of Tumaini Childrens Center and the Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program with Co-founder, Tim Mercer, MPH09 and Lonnie Embleton.

  Photography Showcase at 47 College Street from 10:00am 4:00pm, and the TAC lobby from 5:00-7:00pm. 

  Tim Mercer graduated with a MPH from the Social and Behavioral Sciences division at Yale School of Public Health in 2009 and is in his final year at Indiana University School of Medicine. Mercer travelled to Kenya as a Downs Fellow in the summer of 2008 to conduct a community-based, qualitative field study of street children and their families in Eldoret and the surrounding slums. This research and community engagement led to the development of the Tumaini Childrens Center, a comprehensive service delivery and access center for street children in Eldoret, Kenya.

Lonnie Embleton is a 2nd year MPH student in the community health and epidemiology program and collaborative program in global health at the University of Toronto. Recently she completed a four month practicum with the AMPATH Partnership Center (the Academic Model for Providing Access to Healthcare) in Eldoret, Kenya. The practicum included implementing a curriculum to reduce dependence on glue for street-involved children and youth at Tumaini Children's Drop-in Center. The group of young energetic individuals that completed the curriculum participated in a special project with photography to capture life on the streets in Eldoret, Kenya.

http://www.law.yale.edu/news/12274.htm

 The New Mandate for Human Rights: Addressing Lawlessness Among the Global Poor

Sponsored by the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights,
Rivendell Institute, Yale University, and Yale Law Christian Fellowship

Yale in New York presents Sleeping Giant at (Le) Poisson Rouge

Featuring music by the Sleeping Giant composers collective, whose members are all alumni of the Yale School of Music: Timo Andres, Ted Hearne, Jacob Cooper, Christopher Cerrone, and Robert Honstein.

Cooper: Cello Octet (world premiere); Hearne: One of Us, One of Them for percussion and piano; Cerrone: Averno: A Fragment for soprano, mezzo-soprano, and mixed ensemble; Honstein: Why Are You Not Answering? for mixed ensemble; Andres: Clamber Music for two violins and piano.

More info at
http://music.yale.edu/news/?p=3972

 As part of YCC's Food Week, Roberta Friedman, Director of Public Health at the Rudd Center will explain the impact of a recent soda tax policy and the impact of sugary drinks on our health. 

The Public Service/Social Justice Committee wishes to invite you to our upcoming planning meeting to advance public service and social justice initiatives in the area. The agenda is listed below:

Agenda:

I. Fall/Winter Projects 2010/2011

II. Haiti Task Force Update

III. Juvenile Justice Reform Task Force Update

IV. Strategy for Yale Day of Service 2011 - Region 5 (NYC)

V. Other Business
 

We look forward to seeing you then.  Your constructive input is welcome!

Join us Saturday, November 13th at our Boot Camp!

Do Something is holding a Boot Camp in New York City and we want you to be part of it. Join your fellow community organizers, activists and youth leaders for a day of workshops, innovative speakers and networking.

Requirements to attend:  Attendees who get the most out of our Boot Camps are those who have a solid well thought out project plan, have already begun to turn their project ideas into action, or have an existing project or organization. All attendees must be 25 and under!

Cost: FREE (*Attendees are responsible for travel and accommodation costs.) 
Registration Deadline:November 1st

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

SOLD OUT!

Come to the Womens Table!

Co-Sponsored by YaleWomen of New York and YAAMNY, and open to all Yale alumnae. 

Monthly meeting

     Wednesday October 13th

High School in the Community (175 Water Street, New Haven, CT), 2nd Floor, Media Center; pizza provided

Mission Statement
NHEJN seeks to

improve our urban

environment and protect

the quality of life of the

New Haven community.

 Our goals are to:

• Foster awareness of environmental justice issues
• Support and help to create fair and responsible public policy on environmental issues
• Promote activities that safeguard the health of New Haven residents
• Promote remediation measures for our soil, water, and air
• Promote energy conservation and alternative forms of energy

Past Successes Include

• Farnum Courts Barrier
• Solid Waste Facilities
• English Station
• Tire Pond
• Sooty Six
• CT's New EJ Law
• School Bus Idling Law

For more information contact Chris at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

Please join Ilyon Woo (1994) at the New York event for her newly published book, THE GREAT DIVORCE, recently featured on NPR and in The New York Times, The New Yorker and The Wall Street Journal.  The event is free and open to the public.  

6:30-8:00, with a dramatic presentation at 7:00.  Actors will deliver authentic testimonials by characters such as Eunice Hawley Chapman, the fiery mother who fought the Shakers for her children; her husband James Chapman, who stole the children from their home and secretly fled the state; Mother Lucy Wright, the supreme leader of the Shakers; New York Assemblyman Nathan Williams, who decried Eunice Chapmans sexually inappropriate behavior; and Thomas Jefferson, who weighed in on the controversial affair.

For more information, please visit www.ilyonwoo.com.

...a lively, well-written and engrossing tale....
--The New York Times Book Review

...a superb book--masterfully written, deeply suspenseful....
--Debby Applegate, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Most Famous Man in America: A Biography of Henry Ward Beecher

....This is what history is all about.
--Nathaniel Philbrick, winner of the National Book Award, author of In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Free cupcakes & coffee

Meet representatives from CitySeed, Fellowship Place, Find a Friend for Life, Life Haven, Art Space, Community Alliance for Research and Engagement, Urban Foodshed Collaborative, Elmcity Enterprise Fund.

 Please join us on Thursday, October 14th to support Amandla Development's ongoing partnerships with education innovators in South Africa.  When: The party is from 6:30-10:00 p.m., and there will be a brief presentation at 7:30 p.m.  Where: Bubble Lounge on 228 W Broadway (at White St) You will have the opportunity to meet founder Scott Clarke, learn more about Amandla Development and meet other supporters. Featuring free hors d'oeuvres, vuvuzelas for a few lucky guests, a silent auction, and 2-for-1 Starr Africa Rum drinks. $15 in advance, $20 at the door. There's much to celebrate and much to do... together! Please RSVP at: http://www.razoo.com/story/Amandla-Development-Nyc-Benefit *RSVP by clicking donate. Please be sure NOT to hide your personal info.  Amandla Development is a US 501(c)(3) charitable organization and all gifts are tax deductible.

Global Health Idea Incubator Workshop on October 15

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

Do you have an idea for a program, project, organization, or research study? Unite For Sight's Founder and CEO will hold a 1/2-day workshop to help you develop and launch your idea. 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. The workshop will be a small, intimate roundtable forum.

• Who: Students and professionals are eligible to apply. Successful applicants will have demonstrated an interest in global health.
• When: Friday, October 15 (1:00-6:00pm)
• Where: Unite For Sight headquarters in downtown New Haven (across the street from Yale's Whitney Humanities Center)
• How to apply: Submit a resume and a short essay (suggested length of 300-500 words) that describes your interest in the workshop and past involvement in global health (if any).  Complete workshop details and application instructions online at http://www.uniteforsight.org/global-health-university/global-health-workshop

This week's Chaplain's Office Do-A-180! service opportunity!  We'll be going to Fellowship Place, which provides housing, classes, and support for the mentally ill, and the Ronald McDonald House, which gives families with hospitalized children a place to stay, cooking and serving dinner, and interacting with guests and staff.  It's only for three hours! - from 2 - 5 p.m. on Friday, October 15th - so it's an easy way to do some good (and have fun doing it!) on a Friday afternoon. 

You can sign up for the Do-A-180! by going to this webpage: http://www.yale.edu/chaplain/doa180.html.  There's a link to the sign-up form near the bottom of the page.  Hope to see you on Friday! =)

YAAMNY is excited to partner with fellow NYC Alumni Clubs from Bucknell, Cal, Colgate, Columbia, Duke, PennState, Notre Dame, OhioState/ Big Ten, Lehigh and NYU for a night of mingling, mixing, networking and fun!!

Drink specials all happy hour long, such as $5 Bud & Bud Light and $7 Absolute cocktails.

Event is free, but please RSVP at: http://oct2010mixer.eventbrite.com

Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice

Annual Environmental Justice Conference  "Price of Oil: Paying with Our Health"

OCTOBER 16, 2010  

UCONN School of Business, Hartford.

Featuring: Wilma Subra, chemist, Louisiana activist, and Lisa Garcia, EPA Office of the Administrator of Environmental Justice.

Conference workshops will include Taking a Peak at Peek Oil;    Ending Dependency: Exploring Options;     Climate Change and Global Injustice;    Petroleum and Food Production ...and more

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 and the general public. If you are interested in crafting first-rate, thoughtful, 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 with your name, Yale affiliation, contact information, areas of intellectual interest, and if applicable, any specific specialized skills that you may contribute to the Committee. Among specialized skills of value to the Committee are: graphic design, web design, information technology, social media, and audio and video recording. The Committee also welcomes overtures from Yale alumni involved with any educational or cultural institutions in the metropolitan New York area that may prove possible partners in developing, presenting, or hosting enrichment programming. The Committee endeavors to highlight the intellectual and cultural richness of the cityscape in its programming and partner with institutions as it shares Yale faculty, alumni, and resources with New York audiences. You can reach the Committee via e-mail at: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript . 

Our next exhibit is inspired by the Design Trust for Public Space and the Council for Fashion Designers of America's Made in Midtown project on the future of the fashion industry in New York City. Realizing that people are fascinated by the process of fashion design, we put together a collection of neo-Victorian dresses, fashion-inspired sculptures, design sketches, and drawings by New York City and New Haven-based artists. Join us at our opening reception on Saturday, October 16th, 6pm-10pm for the launch of dress boutique Morrigan New York's newest collection, a live demonstration of the creation of a dress by designer Zoh Rothberg, artist talks, and more!

The Art of Fashion show features artwork by Matt Boyle, Veronica Cianfrano, Nikki Delhomme, Silas Finch, and Zoh Rothberg. Also on display in the gallery are works by Jeff Badillo, Marina Biggs, Julie Chan, Nargus Harounzadeh, Jade Kuei, Chris Platt, Celine Pypaert-O'Neal, Robert Sanchez, and Jared Spafford.

  Continuing the age-old tradition, Yale will be hosting Science Saturdays this semester! This first event will be Saturday, October 2nd (this coming Saturday), and we need volunteers!

Science Saturdays is a special lecture series designed for kids and their families that brings the excitement of research and the passion of scientists to school-age children in New Haven. Yale professors present their research on an accessible, fun, and interactive level, and undergrads help out with setting up the event and leading some simple science demonstrations. Its a lot of fun - you can bring your friends (whether or not they are science majors), hang out with some extremely curious and intelligent kids, play with fuzzy stuffed animal microbes, magnets, hydrophobic sand, and more! Its very low pressure, lots of fun, and there is free food involved!

Contact Will Zhang at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript for more information. 

Come join us at Edgerton Park on October 17th for a three mile walk with food, fun, and entertainment. Ask family, friends, co-workers, and people in your congregation to pledge money for your walk. Fill out your walk papers with names and dollar amount of donation. Supporters can pledge per mile or make a single contribution. Remind them that the money raised will support 4 community service organizations- Community Soup Kitchen, Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, FISH of Greater New Haven, and Interfaith Volunteer Care Givers! If you are interested, check out www.cookandcare.org or e-mail us at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

Interested in international development? Come listen to all the great service trips Reach Out has planned for Spring Break!
Info Sessions will be held in the Pierson Dining Hall at 9pm on both Monday October 18th and Tuesday October 19th. Last year Reach Out sent over a hundred students abroad, and this year Reach Out will be sending students to the following countries:

-BOLIVIA
-CAMBODIA
-CAPE VERDE
-CHINA
-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
-RWANDA
-SOUTH AFRICA
-SRI LANKA
-SYRIA
-THAILAND
-TIBET
-UGANDA
-VIETNAM

David Gelernter is a Yale Professor, Computer Scientist, Nominee and Member of National Council of the Arts and a Published author.  Come see how that adds up to some great art.

http://www.aishcenter.com/the-aish-gallery-presents-word-pictures-by-david-gelernter

  Master's Tea with Larry Cox, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA

Come to the Saybrook Master's House on Wednesday, Oct. 20th at 4PM for a Master's Tea with Larry Cox, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA!  Amnesty International is one of the world's premiere human rights organizations, with more than 2.8 million members worldwide.  Mr. Cox has led the USA branch of Amnesty since 2006, and spent his career fighting for human rights around the globe.  In addition to working with Amnesty, he has worked with the Rainforest Foundation, an organization which works to protect the rights of indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon.  He has also travelled extensively, visiting countries as diverse as Indonesia, Guinea-Bissau, Vietnam, Kenya, Guatemala, Poland, and Hungary.  Come discuss the future of the international human rights movement with Larry Cox!

From 1968 to 1976, there was a moratorium on executions across the United States. Since then, fifteen states have enacted laws abolishing the death penalty. In 2009, Connecticut almost joined them - and in 2011, the state legislature will again take up the question of an end to capital punishment.  

Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) is a worldwide student organization working to improve access life-saving drugs in poor countries. Our Yale chapter works toward this goal by:

Working with Yales patent and licensing office to ensure that medicines developed at Yale are sold at affordable prices in the developing world

Engaging in advocacy at the campus and national policy levels to generate the impetus for improved drug access provisions

Lobbying universities and funding bodies increase research on neglected diseases - those that affect people too poor to attract private-sector R&D investment

UAEM is a great way to gain intimate exposure to global health activism while working with a passionate and diverse group of students. We welcome students from all schools at Yale, and are looking to increase our undergraduate membership in particular.

Please join us for a meeting / ice cream study break to learn more about how you can get involved.

This semester's YHHAP Fast will be October 21st!

By logging into yale.edu/sis,
Click on the Dining tab
Then The Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project Sign Up
...Choose YES and submit!

What's a YHHAP Fast?
ONE DAY per semester when students can choose to give up their meal swipes for a day and the proceeds are donated to combat hunger and homelessness in New Haven!

When IS the Fast?
OCTOBER 21ST! And it's all day--you won't have any meal swipes to use, so remember the date!

Where's the money going?
To nonprofits working with hunger and homelessness issues in New Haven! This semester, the majority of the money is going to the Life Haven women and children's shelter

How will I eat?
Most (if not all) colleges are hosting study breaks for the night of the Fast (just after dinner), and local businesses are helping to sponsor the Fast as well. We'll also have a service event during the day where you can make two sandwiches--one for yourself and one for people to give out on the New Haven green or to local soup kitchens for the night!

Thanks to:
Yale Dining
- Alpha Delta Pizza
- Anna Liffey's
- BAR Pizza
- Caseus Cheese Truck
- Claire's Corner Copia
- Four Flours Cookie Truck
- Wall St. Pizza
- Yorkside Pizza
-York St. Noodle

Questions?? Ask FAST coordinators, This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript or This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

THANKS and sign up SOON!

The Ins and Outs of the Nonprofit Sector; a discussion with Non-profits of New Haven!

Thinking about pursuing a career in the nonprofit sector? Come out and join the Social Justice Network at Yale in a discussion about working at a non-profit. Representatives from The People's Center of New Haven, IRIS, Columbus House, and Teach Our Children will share their personal experiences about the successes as well as struggles and triumphs of work in non-profits.

Food will be served at 6:15 and the discussion will start promptly at 6:30pm.

Yale Alumnae! Share your job leadership experience with a Yale undergrad during our Job-Shadowing Day in New York City. Co-sponsored by YAAMNY and the Yale Women's Leadership Initiative (WLI), a dynamic undergraduate organization that empowers and unites aspiring female leaders on campus, we hope to connect these amazing Yale undergrads with our incredible alumnae.

We are looking for alumnae to participate who:

      · Work in a career field in which female leadership is well-represented or underrepresented

      ·  Would like to share their experience and advice with an aspiring, young leader from Yale

      ·  Are looking for a low-commitment and fun way to get involved with the Yale community

      ·  Have an interesting work environment or lifestyle that you want undergrads to experience first-hand

Tentative itinerary for our student leaders:

9 AM Departure from Yale to travel to New York

10:30 AM Arrival in New York

11:30 AM-1 PM Possible luncheon with all mentors and mentees

1:30-5:30 PM Mentees shadow alumae mentors at various job sites

6-8 PM Possible dinner with all participating alumnae and students

(The alumnae mentors are not required to be at the luncheon or dinner, but you are more than welcome and encouraged to join!)

We really encourage you to participate in this event! If would like to have a Yalie shadow you for the day, please fill out this short form by October 13 so we can match you up with your mentee: http://madelineadams.wufoo.com/forms/womens-leadership-initiative-job-shadowing-day/. If you have any non-alumnae friends or colleagues in New York who would like to participate, please feel free to pass along this invitation to them. If you have any questions, please e-mail This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

Try on your favorite indie, retro, and vintage styles as well as neo-Victorian samples from Morrigan New York.  You can show off your new style in a stroll down the runway or just enjoy the atmosphere.  Raiin (featured in Faith Evans' Gone Already music video) will be performing a mime-to-music routine. 

Crosby Street Gallery's Art of Fashion exhibition will be open and if you can't make it Friday night, the store will also be open on Saturday from 1pm to 7pm.

We'll be making bookcases for students at Wexler-Grant elementary school. Bring your parents to make a bookcase and learn about Dwight Hall!

The YAAMNY Arts Commitee provides a forum where alumni can enjoy, share in, and learn from leading practitioners in the world capital of fine and performing arts, and support alumni in the entertainment industry, 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.

  Speaker/Performer: Rani Desai, Wietse Tol, Mark RaginsDescription: Rani Desai's research examines risk factors and correlates of several psychiatric disorders, with particular attention paid to co-occurring disorders. This research has included studies on pathological gambling, schizophrenia, substance abuse/dependence, the risk of suicide in psychiatric patients, trauma and comorbidity, criminal justice mental health, and the mental health problems experienced by the homeless. At the national level, she serves as the program evaluator for VA programs on homeless female veterans, and have served on several advisory committees to the VA on the mental health needs of female veterans, with particular attention to military sexual trauma.

Wietse Tol is a postdoctoral associate with the Global Health Initiative at the MacMillan Center at Yale University and a senior technical and research advisor for the international non-governmental organization HealthNet TPO. His main interest concerns the application of research to the development and evaluation of mental health and psychosocial support for populations in humanitarian settings, including disasters and political violence. Dr. Tol has consulted with international organizations, including the World Health Organization, UNICEF, Save the Children US and Church World Services. He is currently leading an international effort to set research priorities for mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings.

Mark Ragins, MD is a leading psychiatrist in the recovery movement in mental health care. He is a founding member of the Village ISA, where his work with people with severe mental illness led him to become one of the leading voices in recovery-based treatment theory. He was the co-recipient of the American Psychiatric Associations 1995 van Ameringen Award for his outstanding contribution to the field of psychiatric rehabilitation and was named a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association in 2006 for his continuing work in recovery-based mental health care.

Questions about Dwight Hall resources? Is your group looking for community contacts? Do you want to be more involved in community service at Yale, but are not sure where to begin?

Johnny Scafidi can help!

A member of the Dwight Hall Executive Committe in his time at Yale, Johnny now serves as the Program Director of Dwight Hall. Of anyone who works for Dwight Hall, Johnny is the most knowledgeable about student and community groups and will be able to brainstrom with you about any questions of problems you may have. Please take advantage of the opportunity to speak with him.

Join Carrie HesslerRadelet, Deputy Director of the Peace Corps as she talks about the future of public health in relation to the Peace Corps.  

The Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York and the School of Management Alumni Association New York chapter are pleased to announce an evening with  Professor Ian Ayres (TD '81, YLS '86), William K. Townsend Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a professor at Yale's School of Management, on Carrots and Sticks: Unlock the Power of Incentives to Get Things Done.

Register now at: http://yaamnysomaanycarrotsandsticks.eventbrite.com/.

In Carrot and Sticks, Professor Ian Ayres, the New York Times bestselling author of Super Crunchers, applies the lessons learned from behavioral economics the fascinating new science of rewards and punishmentsto introduce readers to the concept of commitment contracts: an easy but high-powered strategy for setting and achieving goals already in use by successful companies and individuals across America. As co-founder of the website www.stickK.com (where people have entered into their own commitment contracts and collectively put more than $3 million on the line), Ayres has developed contractsincluding the one he honored with himself to lose more than twenty pounds in one yearthat have already helped many find the best way to help themselves at work or home.

Join us for an evening in which Professor Ayres will share strategies that can give you the impetus to meet your personal and professional goals.

This program is open to the public. All are welcome, but pre-registration is required. Early advance registration is strongly encouraged as seating is strictly limited. 

This program will last from 7 to 8 p.m. and will be followed by an informal reception with light refreshments from 8 to 8:30 p.m. Please plan to arrive early as you must check in with the security desk in the building lobby prior to being directed to the event space.

 Dr. Francine Foss, Professor of Medicine, Medical Oncology and Dermatology will give a lecture on ovarian cancer.

 The counterpoint will be given by Dr. Richard Edelson, Chair and Professor of Dermatology with the prompt: Do the current findings indicate that it is time to start a phase 1 clinical trial?

Womens Health Research at Yales symposia series is designed to showcase the latest

interdisciplinary scientific investigations funded through our Pilot Project Program and focusing

on urgent womens health concerns.

The series will use a point-counterpoint format, with a primary presentation followed by a

speaker offering either a different perspective on current research methods and findings and/

or addressing the issue of translation of findings to practice.

By emphasizing multiple perspectives and encouraging discussion, the new format promises to

provide a rich and productive conversation about research in progress.

In this series, our program will sponsor three lectures per academic year, including one in the

fall, one during the winter and an annual Grand Rounds lecture in the spring co-sponsored by

the Womens Behavioral Health Division in the Department of Psychiatry, directed by Carolyn

M. Mazure, Ph.D. All of the lectures will be held on or near the Yale University School of

Medicine campus and will be open to the public.

 Universities Allied for Essential M edicines (UAEM ) is a worldwide student organization working

Serve with ACE. The Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) is a two-year service program

offering college graduates the opportunity to serve as full-time teachers in under-resourced

Catholic schools across the southern United States. Because we believe that good teachers need

excellent training, ACE prepares its teachers through a fully funded Master of Education

program at the University of Notre Dame. ACE teachers spend two summers (June-July)

studying in the Master of Education program at Notre Dame and two school years (August-May)

teaching in under-resourced Catholic schools across the country. While teaching, participants

live in small communities of 4-7 members and together share the many challenges and rewards

of beginning teaching. ACE participants are encouraged to develop their own personal

spirituality in the context of community, and to share with one another the journey of becoming

committed Catholic school teachers.

After their two-year service commitment, ACE graduates contribute to diverse disciplines and

varied professions, including public policy, teaching, law, and doctoral studies in fields from

education to physics.

All are invited to a brief presentation and conversation with an ACE representative from

5:30pm-6:30pm on Thursday, October 28th in The Thomas E. Golden, Jr. Center Student

Lounge at Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel & Center on 268 Park Street. PIZZA

PROVIDED!

Please visit ACEs website at http://ace.nd.edu to obtain further information and to view this

years application.  

If you are unable to attend, but would still like to meet with an ACE representative on the 28th, please email Michael Suso, This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript , to arrange an alternate time to talk.

Beyond Belief is an award-winning documentary about two American women widowed on September 11 who dedicate themselves to empowering Afghan widows whose lives have been ravaged by decades of war, poverty and oppression. After screening this film on development and empowerment in Afghanistan, there will be a discussion with Professor Catherine Panter-Brick. Free thai food will be served.

This event is sponsored by the College Council for Care and Yale Afghanistan Forum.

Beyond Belief is an award-winning documentary about two American women widowed on September 11 who dedicate themselves to empowering Afghan widows whose lives have been ravaged by decades of war, poverty and oppression. After screening this film on development and empowerment in Afghanistan, there will be a discussion with Professor Catherine Panter-Brick. Free thai food will be served.

This event is sponsored by the College Council for Care and Yale Afghanistan Forum.

Unite For Sight Global Impact Corps Information Session
Immersive Global Health Volunteer Abroad Opportunity
Thursday, October 28, 7pm
Room 119, William L. Harkness Hall (WLH), 100 Wall Street
http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad

Come hear Unite For Sight's Yale Campus Representatives speak about their immersive global health experience: Rachel Bian (sophomore), Vera Wuesche (junior), and Tony Su (senior). 

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.  Global Impact Fellows support and learn from the partner clinics' talented medical professionals who are social entrepreneurs addressing complex global health issues. Through hands-on, structured training, Global Impact Fellows gain a comprehensive understanding about best practices in global health and social entrepreneurship.  Global Impact Fellows gain skills and are nurtured to become new leaders in global health, and they receive a Certificate in Global Health & Program Delivery.  

Global Impact Fellows participate daily with local doctors to eliminate patient barriers to care and to facilitate comprehensive year-round eye care for patients living in extreme poverty. They assist with patient education, visual acuity screening, patient intake, distributing the glasses and medication prescribed by the local eye doctors, and other important support tasks.  They also have the opportunity to observe the surgeries provided by the local doctors. Additionally, Global Impact Fellows may participate in the Global Impact Lab, an optional program for those interested in pursuing global health research. For example, current Global Impact Fellows are pursuing research studies about medication management, the use of visual resources for patient education, traditional medicine practices, and patient barriers to care.

Complete details online at http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad

Come hear Unite For Sight's Yale Campus Representatives speak about their immersive global health experience: Rachel Bian (sophomore), Vera Wuesche (junior), and Tony Su (senior).  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.  Global Impact Fellows support and learn from the partner clinics' talented medical professionals who are social entrepreneurs addressing complex global health issues. Through hands-on, structured training, Global Impact Fellows gain a comprehensive understanding about best practices in global health and social entrepreneurship.  Global Impact Fellows gain skills and are nurtured to become new leaders in global health, and they receive a Certificate in Global Health & Program Delivery.  

Global Impact Fellows participate daily with local doctors to eliminate patient barriers to care and to facilitate comprehensive year-round eye care for patients living in extreme poverty. They assist with patient education, visual acuity screening, patient intake, distributing the glasses and medication prescribed by the local eye doctors, and other important support tasks.  They also have the opportunity to observe the surgeries provided by the local doctors. Additionally, Global Impact Fellows may participate in the Global Impact Lab, an optional program for those interested in pursuing global health research. For example, current Global Impact Fellows are pursuing research studies about medication management, the use of visual resources for patient education, traditional medicine practices, and patient barriers to care.

Complete details online at http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad

Join the College Council for Care at this month's Professor Dinner with Aziz Royesh. Mr Royesh is a World Fellow from Afghanistan who is a leading advocate for equal access to primary and secondary education. He founded the Marefat High School in 1994 for Afghan refugees in Pakistan, and it has since moved to Afghanistan where it teaches 2,500 students, half of whom are girls. The school is considered a model for a new approach to community building in Afghanistan.

Don't miss the Yale Schola Cantorum under the direction of renowned conductor Masaaki Suzuki perform Monteverdi's Vespers (1610) this Sunday.