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Sections:Groups and Initiatives, Service and Opportunities, Students

When:   November 2, 2005 7:30pm-8:30pm
Where:   Dwight Hall Library
Type:   Meeting

Want to take a larger role in the leadership of Dwight Hall? Dwight Hall, the Center for Public Service and Social Justice, is an independent, student-run non-profit. That’s right, you read it correctly: STUDENT-RUN. The non-profit’s programs and initiatives are managed by the group coordinators and the Executive Committee (ExComm). Composed of ten people, positions run for one-year terms (to be ELECTED ON NOVEMBER 9 and to begin in January 2006). ExComm Information Session Wednesday, October 19 at 7:30 pm Dwight Hall Library Contact This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript or This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript for more information on elections. If financial aid responsibilities factor into your consideration of these positions, please contact Kathrine Burdick, General Secretary of Dwight Hall, at 2-2428 or This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript


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Sections:Service and Opportunities, Students

When:   November 3, 2005 7:00pm-8:00pm
Where:   WLH 119
Type:   Other

Looking for an engaging summer opportunity? Hoping to make a difference while earning summer income? Come learn about Yale-affiliated Summer Service opportunities! Featuring: * Allison Biele from the AYA Community Service Summer Fellowship Program * Reggie Solomon from the President's Public Service Fellowship (administered via the Yale Office of New Haven and State Affairs) * Tess Wheelwright '06 - the 2005 Dwight Hall Summer Fellowship Coordinator All three representatives will discuss their respective programs and be available to answer questions about Summer 2006!


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When:   November 4, 2005 3:30pm-4:30pm
Where:   Dwight Hall Library
Type:   Other

Do you have an innovative idea for social change that could be turned into action? The Echoing Green Foundation provides Fellowships of $60,000 in seed funding and technical assistance for individuals who want to start new organizations anywhere in the world. www.echoinggreen.org Cheryl Dorsey, President Echoing Green Foundation @ Dwight Hall Friday, November 4 3.30pm Come and hear Echoing Green’s President, Cheryl Dorsey discuss student funding opportunities as well as her own story as a medical doctor, turned public health activist turned philanthropic leader. Sponsored by the Magee Fellowship. For questions please contact Karilyn Crockett, Magee Fellow at Dwight Hall: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript or 203. 432.2446


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Sections:Service and Opportunities

When:   November 5, 2005 3:00pm
Where:   Calhoun College Common Room
Type:   Meeting

The Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project (YHHAP) will be holding an organizational meeting about this semester's YHHAP Fast. The Fast is a unique campus-wide fundraiser through which students may opt-out of their meal swipes for a day and donate them to charity. This year, local and international charities benefited include: Harmony Place, National Student Partnerships, the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, Earthquake Relief (in Pakistan), and may more. Please come to the meeting if you're interested in helping out with this cause.


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Sections:Groups and Initiatives, New Haven, Service and Opportunities, Students

When:   November 9, 2005 6:00pm-7:15pm
Where:   Dwight Hall Common Room
Type:   Meeting

This meeting is mandatory for coordinators of Dwight Hall student-run, full member groups.


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When:   November 19, 2005 4:00pm
Where:   John Street Church
44 John Street, New York City
Price:   buy tickets at the door
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Come see the choir directed by Tom Cunningham JE '95, featuring Yalie members Mary Tobler, Prash Akkapeddi, Stephanie Hagan, Matt Borgmeyer, Evelyn Chu, Julia Heaton, Rebecca Hunter, Jessica Nevins, Niles Cole, Matt Laufer, Roland Tomford, Anthony Weiss The Manhattan Choral Ensemble will present an evening of English choral music for Christmas, featuring traditional English Christmas carols and works by Byrd, Tallis, and Warlock, as well as Britten’s Hymn to the Virgin. Encompassing music from the medieval period to the present, the performance will evoke the rich compositional history of England as well as that expression of the spirit of Christmas uniquely English. Celebrate this joyful season with a concert of music at times delicate, at times exuberant, but always exquisite. The setting is one of New York's most beautiful churches with a long history of connection to the English culture, the perfect place to enjoy a choral experience like no other this December. Admission: $15, $12 for students and seniors Directions: Located at 44 John Street, John Street United Methodist Church is 1.5 blocks east of Broadway between Nassau and William Streets. Subway: The closest subway stations are Broadway/Nassau (A & C lines) and Fulton Street (2,3,4,&5 lines). John Street is 1 block south of Fulton Street. Bus service: Take Bus #15 to John Street, Bus #6 to Fulton Street, or The Downtown Connection to South Street Seaport & Fulton Street. Driving: From New Jersey Turnpike #95: Follow the signs to Holland Tunnel, then to Canal Street. Travel south on Broadway to John Street and turn left to 44 John Street. On the street parking is limited, but free. Several pay parking lots are within walking distance of the church. We encourage all our visitors to use mass transit whenever possible.


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Sections:Students

When:   November 30, 2005 7:00pm-9:00pm
Where:   Dwight Hall Chapel
Type:   Other

Screening of the new documentary, "The Wal-mart Movie: the High Cost of Low Price." Co-sponsored by the University Church (Battell Chapel); St. Thomas More Catholic Church; & Dwight Hall.


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