Join the Yale Healthcare Society in its kickoff event of the semester, a roundtable discussion in which we will be exploring the rising cost of health care, what influences increased spending and the creation of a sustainable system. We will briefly investigate the different players in both domestic and international health care systems in an effort to ascertain what will constitute an effective, efficient system on the eve of an overhaul of the system.

All are welcome to join and participate! Refreshments will be served.

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The Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen needs a new webmaster.

www.downtowneveningsoupkitchen.com

Friday night DESK meals are entirely run by Yale students through Hunger Heroes, a project of YHHAP (Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project).

Hosted by the Yale Healthcare Society

Join the Yale Healthcare Society in its kickoff event of the semester, a roundtable discussion in which we will be exploring the rising cost of health care, what influences increased spending and the creation of a sustainable system. We will briefly investigate the different players in both domestic and international health care systems in an effort to ascertain what will constitute an effective, efficient system on the eve of an overhaul of the system.

All are welcome to join and participate! Refreshments will be served.

Questions? Please contact This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript or This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

Dr. Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya, Rwandas Minister of Gender and Family Promotion

Dr. Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya is Rwanda's Minister of Gender and Family Promotion. Prior to this appointment, she served as Rwanda's Minister of Education; Minister of State in Charge of Higher Education; Minister of State in Charge of Primary and Secondary Education in the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Scientific Research; Administration Secretary in Charge of Hydrocarbons, Department of Energy in the Infrastructure's Ministry, MININFRA (formerly MINITRAPE), Rwanda; and was Professor of Physical Chemistry in the Faculty of Education, Department of Biology & Chemistry at the National University of Rwanda.

 Come find out how YOU can get involved with the passage of the DREAM Act!

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Immigration is NOT a Latino issue.

Contrary to the images perpetuated by the media, the realities of immigration policies affect all of our communities, not just the Latino working class. Every year, over 65,000 undocumented students, who entered this country before reaching 16 years of age, graduate from high school with their arms tied behind their back. Though these students have graduated despite all the odds in a country they have taken up as their own, they face additional obstacles in the form of college tuition, an inability to legally work, and the daily fear of deportation and discrimination.

The DREAM Act would grant these students, as selected by strict guidelines, a six year period of temporary residence in which they would be expected to complete two years worth of courses toward a bachelor's degree or two years worth of military service. If they accomplish one or the other, they will be granted citizenship.

These students are your friends. Status is not something loosely revealed, so it may very well be that your best friends at Yale are among those daily affected by the debilitating fear of deportation or of graduating from Yale with nowhere to go.

Support your friends and undocumented students throughout the country. Support the DREAM Act.

Interested in helping shape the long term vision and programming of the largest student-run organization in the country, a major non-profit operating in New Haven and around the world, the center for social justice and public service at Yale?  Apply to be a student Board Member on the Dwight Hall at Yale Board of Directors!

If you are involved in any one of Dwight Hall's 85+ member groups and institutional programs, you are qualified to apply to the position.  You do not have to have led a group at Dwight Hall.  This is an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in the non-profit management aspect of public service, social justice, and advocacy!

Please stop by our information session Wednesday, March 3 in the Dwight Hall SJN Room from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM.  Applications due to  This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  by March 6th at Midnight.

Join college students from all over New England for a week of rebuilding in New Orleans. During the days we will serve in partnership with local organizations in New Orleans. The evenings will include discussions of Jesus' teachings about poverty, faith, and service. This trip is open to people from any or no religious background. It is a great opportunity to serve in a practical way, to explore the intersection of faith and justice, and to hang out for a week with some great people! Sponsored by Yale Christian Fellowship.        

For More Info / To Register: http://intervarsityne.org/krup/. We will leave New Haven on Friday evening, March 5 and return Sunday afternoon, March 14. We will travel by bus.

Cost: $495 ($125 additional discount for anyone who is not a member of Yale Christian Fellowship and is coming on this trip for the first time). Fundraising help and some need-based partial scholarships are also available (masters offices are often willing to help, too); contact Greg ( This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript ) for more info.

**2010 Spring Break : Katrina Relief Urban Plunge** March 5-14 (first week of spring break)http://intervarsityne.org/krup/

Join college students from all over New England for a week of rebuilding in New Orleans. During the days we will serve in partnership with local organizations in New Orleans. The evenings will include discussions of Jesus' teachings about poverty, faith, and service. This trip is open to people from any or no religious background. It is a great opportunity to serve in a practical way, to explore the intersection of faith and justice, and to hang out for a week with some great people! Sponsored by Yale Christian Fellowship.

For More Info / To Register: http://intervarsityne.org/krup/. We will leave New Haven on Friday evening, March 5 and return Sunday afternoon, March 14. We will travel by bus.

Cost: $495/person ($125 additional discount for anyone who is not a member of Yale Christian Fellowship and is coming on this trip for the first time). Fundraising help and some need-based partial scholarships are also available (masters offices are often willing to help, too); contact Greg ( This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript ) for more info.

The IvyLife-Yale Referral Network offers Yale alumni across the world a chance to engage in professional networking via online and in-person forums.  IvyLife has 11,000 members and holds in-person weekly networking events for graduates of the eight Ivy League universities in nearly all major global cities.  We host morning, after-work, and other events to let alumni connect with professionals from all walks of life.
 
Beginning Friday, March 5, 2010, all Yale alumni are invited to meet on Friday mornings at 8:15am in the Yale Club of NYC's Grill Room for meetings of the IvyLife - Yale Referral Network for coffee and professional conversation. These meetings open communication among participants with a professional rather than social focus. The forum has offered a synergistic opportunity to meet, share thoughts, strategies, contacts, and other appropriate business information whether for general networking, building a business, or career change. For more information, please contact the IvyLife - Yale Referral Network's Global Director, Holland Sullivan, at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  Also visit www.ivylifeyale.net for more information, and visit www.ivylife.com to join our parent group, IvyLife.

All attendees are required to reserve a place by the preceding Wednesday by sending an RSVP to This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

The Yale Women's Slavic Chorus (better known as the "Slavs") will be touring New York City March 6-13, 2010, presenting workshops and concerts of traditional and arranged music from all over the Balkans and Eastern Europe, including Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Russia, and the Ukraine.

The chorus, founded in 1969, celebrated its 40th anniversary last year. Now 14 undergraduates and a law student carry the tradition, singing mostly a capella with occasional dumbek, violin or accordion and wearing traditional costumes. We have performed at the White House and a Yale presidential dinner with a Supreme Court judge of China, in addition to weddings, schools, cultural festivals, nursing homes, and Dwight hall for our own semester concerts at Yale.

We are an entirely student-run, student-directed ensemble. We transcribe and arrange much of our own music, learning from recordings of authentic Slavic and Balkan groups, workshops with well-known singers, and travels the countries from which our songs originate including Bulgaria in 2007 and Croatia this coming summer. On these trips, we visit small villages, taking master classes and learning songs from local vocalists. We sing songs of love, work, war, country life, and sorrow, striving to maintain the dissonant harmonies, unusual rhythms, and distinctive vocal qualities which make Slavic music unique and exciting for many listeners.

Classical Voice of North Carolina said of our music: The intonation of these women was nothing short of miraculous. In addition to the incredibly complex rhythmic and harmonic elements, sometimes you just marveled at the beauty of something as simple as their crystalline and perfect unisons Despite what must be extremely difficult music, they exuded a totally natural and effortless demeanor and each song was a new and thrilling adventure for the audience.

If you are interested in learning more about us or hearing the music yourself, our website is http://www.yale.edu/ysc/. Hear more at http://www.youtube.com/user/YaleSlavs.

If you know of a church, museum, party or other organization that might benefit from our music this spring, or if you are interested in sponsoring a public concert, please call or email Anna Rose Gable at 404 226 0996 or anna[dot]gable[at]yale[dot]edu.
 

The Public Service/Social Justice Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York is proud to participate in Project Cicero's 10th Annual Book Drive.  Project Cicero has distributed nearly 1,300,000 books to under-resourced New York City public schools and others in need by creating or supplementing school and classroom libraries through the collaborative efforts of more than 100 New York City Independent, Parochial and Public Schools, The New York Society Library, Children for Children and many other great partners. To learn more about the project, please visit http://projectcicero.org.   

We need 30 volunteers (for each shift listed below) to advance the educational opportunities of children by sorting donated books into appropriate categories while meeting and re-connecting with fellow Yalies; if interested, please register by logging onto http://tinyurl.com/yd7p53b.  Children 13 and above are welcome to join their parents to help out.

Available Shifts:

Saturday, March 6, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm  or

Sunday, March 7, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

If you are interested in donating books for the drive, please keep the following guidelines in mind: New and gentle used hardcover and paperback books for children and young adults such as picture books, test prep, fiction, nonfiction and biographies. NO: Textbooks, adult books, library discards or reference books more than 5 years old.

For further information, please contact our veteran Cicero volunteer and Team Leader Matthew Haiken (BK '86) at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  or Amanda Taffy at  This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

North Fort Myers HFH is located on the west coast of Florida, about 30 mi. from beautiful beaches, including Sanibel Island. Many attractions such as the Manatee Park, Kayaking, Shell Factory, Edison & Ford Estates, and the standard past times are available. Due to the real estate downturn, we can effectively serve families in need of affordable housing & help to stabilize neighborhoods by utilizing existing foreclosed homes & rehabbing them, instead of building new. Come enjoy the sunshine with us!

Email This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript for an application. Due November 5th.

Get to know your city! Do community service, try food from local restaurants, bike to the beach, get to know other Yale students & New Haven city leaders. Cost is $50 (includes 15 meals). For more information, contact Callista Isabelle, Associate University Chaplain: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript . Sponsored by the Yale University Chaplains Office, the Office of New Haven & State Affairs, the McDougal Center, Slifka Center, and the Office of International Students & Scholars.

Thinking About the Next Step? A Workshop for Women Lawyers

Are you thinking about the next step in your career? Possibly changing jobs within the law or embarking on a new career or path? Are you unhappy in your current position but feel stuck, uncertain or unclear about your options? If so, this workshop is for you.  

On Sunday, March 7, 2010, Jen Bird, Esq., Vice President at Empire Search Partners, and Suzanne Grossman, career coach and lecturer, are holding a one-day workshop for women attorneys who are thinking about the next step in their careers and are considering changing positions within the law or leaving the law altogether. 

Full details at: http://lyjnow.wordpress.com/events-and-workshops/  

Thank you in advance for forwarding this post to anyone who might be interested and please feel free to contact Jen Bird, YLS 04, at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript with any questions.  

Application is due Jan 31^st. Help build a house, replant the bayou, stuff your face with jambalaya, share your spiritual autobiography, tour the French Quarter, visit unique religious sites,  meet leaders of local nonprofits, hear jazz in its native habitat, and have a free day to explore.  Cost is $100 plus transportation on your own to NOLA. Visit http://www.yale.edu/chaplain/2010nola.html for details and to apply today! 

Experience what Classical Voice of North Carolina called "A new and thrilling adventure for the audience," brought to you by the 40-year-old a capella group rated highest in musicality out of Yale's female and coed groups in a poll by the Yale Herald!

This spring, the Yale Women's Slavic Chorus is excited to bring you the songs you love from all over the Balkans and Eastern Europe live from the beautiful venue of New York's Ukrainian Institute. Come one, come all, and revel in Yale's "Chicks who YIK!"

Visit http://www.yale.edu/ysc/, http://www.youtube.com/user/YaleSlavs, or http://www.ukrainianinstitute.org/index.php for more information.

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

Agenda

I.  Discussion of Day of Service

II.  Haiti Task Force Update

III. Project Cicero - March Project

IV. Junior Achievement League Project in April

V. Juvenile Justice Reform Task Force Update

VI. Final Comments

REGISTER NOW!

The Association of Yale Alumni Presents:
Special Preview of the new opera Before Night Falls and discussion with Composer Jorge Martin '81

Sponsored by: YAAMNY, Yale GALA, Yale Latino Alumni Association, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program

Jorge Martin’s Before Night Falls, an opera based on the memoirs of Reinaldo Arenas, the gay, Cuban, dissident author who died of AIDS in New York in 1990, premiers at the Fort Worth Opera in May 2010 (www.fwopera.org). The opera follows the life of Arenas from his time as a rebel in the Cuban revolution to his eventual escape to and death in the United States and explores issues of sexuality, ethnicity, and immigration. Yale Opera students Chrystal Williams ’10 MUS, Eric Barry ’10 MUS and Vince Vincent ’10 MUS will perform excerpts from the work. Following the performance, we will have a conversation with composer Jorge Martin ’81 and a reception.

RESERVE YOUR SEAT NOW here: http://beforenightfalls.eventbrite.com/

Applications due March 12th. Please see website at www.jewishorganizing.org. For more information, please contact Beth at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

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 IvyLife-Yale Referral Network offers Yale alumni across the world a chance to engage in professional networking via online and in-person forums.  IvyLife has 11,000 members and holds in-person weekly networking events for graduates of the eight Ivy League universities in nearly all major global cities.  We host morning, after-work, and other events to let alumni connect with professionals from all walks of life.
 
All Yale alumni are invited to meet on Friday mornings at 8:15am in the Yale Club of NYC's Grill Room for meetings of the IvyLife - Yale Referral Network for coffee and professional conversation. These meetings open communication among participants with a professional rather than social focus. The forum has offered a synergistic opportunity to meet, share thoughts, strategies, contacts, and other appropriate business information whether for general networking, building a business, or career change. For more information, please contact the IvyLife - Yale Referral Network's Global Director, Holland Sullivan, at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  Also visit www.ivylifeyale.net for more information, and visit www.ivylife.com to join our parent group, IvyLife.

All attendees are required to reserve a place by the preceding Wednesday by sending an RSVP to This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

The Association of Asian American Yale Alumni (AAAYA) and 
the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan NY (YAAMNY) invite 
Yale Alumni, Families, & Friends to Celebrate the Year of the Tiger. 
All alumni (not only those of Asian descent) and guests are welcome!

2nd ANNUAL LUNAR NEW YEAR BANQUET/FUNDRAISER

 Sumptuous gourmet twelve course feast:
Appetizers:
Steamed shu-mai
Crystal shrimp dumplings
Crispy snow crab claw
Szechuan dumplings
Soup: Hot and Sour soup
Main Courses:
Peking Duck
Fresh lobster with spicy ginger sauce
House Special Beef
Sweet & sour crispy fish
Dried sauteed string beans
Ten-ingredient fried rice
Dessert: Ice cream and assorted seasonal fresh fruit

Tickets are $100/person. Please see our website for further details:  www.aaaya.org

Proceeds from this event will support summer interns who will work at NYC non-profit organizations serving the Asian community.

S Dynasty Restaurant
511 Lexington Ave (48th Street)

6 pm: Reception, 7 pm: Dinner

The Association of Asian American Yale Alumni is a 501(c)3 organization.  A portion of your contribution is tax deductible.

If you have any questions, please email: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

Co-sponsored by
The Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York

Featuring a Showcase of New Haven Restaurants

The Yale Club of New York City, the Association of Yale Alumni (AYA), the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York (YAAMNY), and Market New Haven bring an international extravaganza to the Yale Club for a special event open to all Yale alumni. Enjoy a small sampling of award winning cuisine from 116 Crown (Wine & Small Plates Lounge);  Barcelona (Spanish Wine Bar); bespoke (Modern American Cuisine); Thali (Regional Cuisine of India); Union League Café (Parisian Style Brasserie) and Zinc (Modern American), as well as several passed hors d’oeuvres from the Club’s own Executive Chef, Charles Kehrli.

Complementing New Haven's world class cuisine and Yale's ambition to be a world leading university, the AYA has made it a mission to be a world leading alumni association. New initiatives launched as part of the AYA's strategic plan have placed Yale's alumni relations programs on a world stage in a leading role. AYA Executive Director, Mark Dollhopf '77, will join alumni from the New York area in the Tap Room to share some of the new global initiatives of the AYA that have sparked the interest of alumni around the world and have recently given alumni the opportunity to travel to Australia, Japan, Iceland, and Mexico. You can also learn the specific ways to get involved. The evening will begin and end with the showcase of New Haven restaurants and a chance to taste something from each. There will be a cash bar.

There is a $5 per person charge for this event, payable in cash at the door. Please reserve your spot in advance by calling the Yale Club at 212-716-2133 or by emailing This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

Dress code: business casual (no jeans, no sneakers).

Garden Design Competition sponsored by New HavenLand Trust and Architecture for Humanity New Haven

Hi Dwight Hall!

Welcome to your guide to the Dwight Hall-YCC Week of Service! Below is the calendar and event descriptions for a full week of events designed for you to explore service and social justice from many points of view. Give back to our community by taking part in one of the Days of Service or learn about everything from responsible investing to sex trafficking by attending one of the many discussions and movie screenings hosted by the Dwight Hall networks.

Whether you are an avid Dwight Hall volunteer or have never done anything community service or social justice-related before, we encourage you to take part in the events we have this week! Enjoy!

See you out there!

Joe

 WED, 3/24 6-9:00 PM Becton Ctr (15 Prospect) Davies Auditorium: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON ABORTION 

NOT YET RAIN and VESSEL (followed by speaker forum with the directors Lisa Russell and Diana Whitten)

THURS, 3/25 6-9:00 PM Becton Ctr (15 Prospect) Davies Auditorium:Salud! (with speaker after movie)

FRI, 3/26 6-9:00 PM Anlyan Ctr (300 Cedar) N107 Auditorium: THE ENGLISH SURGEON

SAT (day), 3/27 2-5:00 PM Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, Rm.114,1 Prospect St.: AIDS IN AFRICA

WHERE THE WATER MEETS THE SKY andTHING WITH NO NAME (followed by speaker)

SAT (evening), 3/27 6-9:00 PM Whitney H Ctr (53 Wall Street) Auditorium: THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT and SHIPBREAKERS

"The Obama Administration and Human Rights: Reality versus Reputation"

Prison Gerrymandering: Where will we count prisoners?  A panel discussion announcing a new report on CT and a legislative fix for 2010
Sandwiches & snacks will be served

Panelists Miles Rapoport, President of Demos & former CT Secretary of State; Peter Wagner, Executive Director of Prison Policy Initiative; Gary Holder-Winfield, State Representative for New Haven, CT; and Mike Lawlor, State Representative for East Haven, CT (and Chair of the Joint Committee on Judiciary) discuss the political impact of counting prisoners.  In Connecticut, without using prison populations as padding, 7 districts are missing more than 5 percent of their required population.  These prisoners cant vote and come mostly from Connecticuts cities.  How does this impact policy decisions?  How does this play out in Connecticut and elsewhere in the country?  And how should we count prisoners?  This event is cosponsored by Yale Law Schools chapter of the American Constitution Society, the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program, and Dwight Hall at Yale.

See the report highlights: http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/50states/CT.html
Track the bill: http://search.cga.state.ct.us/dtSearch_lpa.html type 5523 and highlight "Bill Text"

  Randalls Island Sports Foundation, Inc. cordially invites you

to a cocktail reception to kick-off the formation of the

Young Professionals Council

Come learn how you can help us protect the great outdoors at Randalls Island Park, and ensure that our children, and our childrens children, will have a wonderful place in NYC to go outside and play.

 Click Here to Register

Host

Bruce Mosler, Cushman Wakefield, Inc.

Chairs

Alicia Fabé, Pryor Cashman LLP  *  Justin Green, HaysVentures LLC

Michael Heller, Talent Resources  *  Robert Herzog, Zog Sports

Stewart Hescheles, Certified Financial Services, LLC  *  Deborah Maher, RISF

This Event Has Been Canceled.

Join your fellow Yalies for an all-class mixer! 

We're gathering at Retreat Lounge on March 25th, starting at 6:30pm.  It's a chance to catch up with friends, meet new people, flirt and network!! 

Appetizers will be provided.

If you are interested in joining the Host Committee (to help publicize the event and assist at the door), please email me at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

Please use this link to RSVP:http://marchalumniparty.eventbrite.com/

Celebrating Yale Women: 40 Years in Yale College, 140 Years at Yale University promises to be an amazing alumni event.  This conference will celebrate, as the name suggests, the 40th anniversary of coeducation in Yale College and honor 140 years of women in Yales graduate and professional schools.  Although designed with Yale alumnae in mind, all graduates (men and women) are welcome.  Please see our website for the full range of details related to the conference and our easy, online registration.

An incredible program awaits those who register.  Our featured speakers include Indra Nooyi 80 MPPM, Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo; Margaret Marshall '76 JD,  Chief Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court; Margaret Warner '71, senior correspondent and on-air anchor, The PBS NewsHour; Karen Lawrence '71, Kim Bottomly, Carol Christ '70 PhD, presidents of Sarah Lawrence, Wellesley, and Smith, respectively; Kim Goff-Crews '83, '86 JD, Vice President for Campus Life and Dean of Students in the University, University of Chicago; and Cathy Quense '76 and Jennifer Staple-Clark '03 from the non-profit sector.  The weekend will also include a special look back at the coeducation of Yale College featuring Elga Wasserman '76 JD, former Special Assistant to the President on Coeducation; Henry "Sam" Chauncey, Jr. '57, former Secretary of the University; and John Wilkinson '60, '63 MAT, former Dean of Students and moderated by Mary Miller '81 PhD, Dean of Yale College.  Rounding out the weekend will be presentations from Yale faculty such as Sharon Oster, Dean and Frederic D. Wolfe Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at the Yale School of Management; Tamar Gendler '87, Professor of Philosophy and Psychology and Chair of Cognitive Science; Carolyn Mazure, Director, Womens Health Research at Yale; and Priyamvada (Priya) Natarajan, Professor, Department of Astronomy and Associate Professor, Department of Physics.  Wow!  What a weekend!

We want you to be part of this exciting weekend and invite you to register now.  This is a weekend you won't want to miss.

There will be an All-Ivy GALA Art & Cocktails Series at the glorious Metropolitan Museum of Art on Friday, March 26, 6-9 pm.  We will see the drawings of Bronzino, Victorian photocollage and contemporary photographs while meeting other gay & lesbian alumni interested in art.

6:00 to 7:00 PM - Intro & Meet & Greet - Art Study room of The Ruth & Harold D. Uris Center for Education (81st Street entrance, ground level)

From 6-7 pm we will mix and mingle and listen to a short talk, prepared just for us.

At about 7PM we will head upstairs through the Greek and Roman Art gallery, and we'll break up into groups to go to see one of a few of special exhibits:

Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage
February 2, 2010-May 9, 2010
The Howard Gilman Gallery

The Drawings of Bronzino
January 20, 2010-April 18, 2010
Galleries for Drawings, Prints, and Photographs, 2nd floor

Surface Tension: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection
September 15, 2009-May 16, 2010
Joyce and Robert Menschel Hall for Modern Photography, 2nd floor

Afterwards, those who wish to will have cocktails at the Great Hall Balcony Bar on the 2nd floor. 

We invite all of our Ivy League, Seven Sisters, NYU, Stanford, Duke, UVA, Georgetown, Northwestern, Amherst, USC & Emory friends. Alumni, faculty, staff & students 21+ are all welcome.

Thanks to all the GALA Co-hosts for their support: FFR/Princeton BTGALA, Yale GALA, Penn GALA, HGLC (Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus), CUGALA (Cornell), Columbia Pride, Brown TBGALA, Georgetown GLBT, USC Lambda Alumni Association and DGALA (Dartmouth).  (List in formation). 

Cost: Admission to the museum involves a cash donation -- any amount is welcome; there will be a cash bar as well.  The suggested donation is $20 for adults, $15 seniors (65+), $10 students. Students of Columbia, Barnard, Bard and the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University receive free admission with student id, as do Met Museum members.

Come to the informal Life After Yale dinner to ask questions to a Yale alumni currently working in the field. RSVP to  This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

Welcome back to Yale! Looking to volunteer?

Come join Yale Habitat for Humanity in a volunteer painting project at the New Haven Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen this Saturday, March 27! The hours are from 10 am to approximately 2 pm.

No experience necessary. Come in painting clothes, eat free snacks, meet fellow Yalies, and start your Saturday right!

Please email This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  by midnight this Thursday if you're interested in volunteering. There are a limited number of spots, so reply soon!

As the kickoff event for the Dwight Hall-YCC Week of Service, FCC & FOCUS are sponsor-ing a class-wide day of community service to help get 2013 involved and connected with the needs of the New Haven community! Here's a convenient opportunity for everyone who has been meaning to get involved with community service.

Volunteer sites will include:
Catholic Worker House, Columbus House, Eli Whitney Museum, Life Haven, New Haven Reads Book Bank, East Rock Park and many more!

SIGN ME UP!
Sign ups are available:   
        electronically at   http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGhGTDJuRF9qU3ltZ1A1Y2M1bUFrLXc6MA
        at tables in Commons throughout the week
        with your FCC representatives
Sign up by Wednesday, March 24 and lunch will be provided!

The YAAMNY Arts & Entertainment Committee 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 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 .

Perspectives on Sustainable and Responsible Investing

SRI, or Socially Responsible Investment, an increasingly important issue on Yales campus and within the investment and activist community as a whole, has turned sustainability and responsi-bility into a viable investment strategies, and turned  capital into an effective tool for social and environmental change.  Join us for a conversation with two experts in the field of sustainable and responsible investing.  

Cary Krosinsky, Vice President of TruCost, the worlds most comprehensive provider of re-search on corporate environmental impact, Cary is a member of the 70 person Expert Group that created the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), which has been commit-ted to by over US$15 Trillion worth of asset managers and owners. He also co-edited and wrote the book Sustainable Investing: The Art of Long Term Performance' with Nick Robins of HSBC, which features contributions from other leading practitioners.

Graham Sinclair, visiting us from Cape Town, South Africa, is a sustainable investment strate-gist, ESG investment architect and global project leader. His research and advisory engagements model investment architecture integrating environmental, social and governance factors in emerging and frontier markets, especially Africa. Since 2006 Sinclair & Company has delivered design and strategy for the IFC, UN, WBCSD, trillion-dollar investment managers, and interna-tional organizations.
 

Interested in teaching after college? Currently working with New Haven students?
Join the Education Network of Dwight Hall for a lunch discussion about the benefits and chal-lenges of teaching in an urban context. We will discuss the instructional, curricular, professional, and financial realities in which teachers operate and more. Come with ideas, thoughts, and ques-tions! The discussion will be led by Professor Jonathon Gillette, the Director of Yales Teacher Preparation and Education Studies Program. Wed love to have you join us! Lunch will be served.

Join the Education Network of Dwight Hall and the Black Student Alliance at Yale for a screen-ing of The Marva Collins Story, an inspirational movie that moves beyond the typical teacher-as-savior education movie. Instead, this film tells the true story of how a Chicago educator took on students the system called unteachable and helped them learn how to bring out the best in themselves.

YEI-NYC in collaboration with YAAMNY presents a unique panel discussion + networking reception on the Future of Social Entrepreneurship. Join your fellow Yale alumni entrepreneurs in NYC for interesting conversation, tasty hors d'oeuvres, and sociable libations.

What: [YEI-NYC] The Future of Social Entrepreneurship: Panel + Reception

Where: Pranna, 79 Madison Ave (at 28th St)

When: 6:30 pm, Wednesday, March 31st

This month's event will feature a panel discussion focusing on the future of social enterprise from an enlightening group of Yale alumni social entrepreneurs, educators, and organizers. We'll get together to engage with the panelists, mingle with other Yale innovators, and talk about the future in Pranna's swanky Cellar Room. We've arranged a drink special, plus a selection of complimentary Asian cuisine hors d'oeuvres.

A $10 donation will be asked for at the door to cover expenses. This event is for Yale alumni and their guests only. 

RSVP HERE: http://anyvite.com/fvnx57bq0p

YAAMNY is excited to tell you about this Ivy Plus Society (TIPS) event happening end of March.  TIPS has secured the very trendy club Tenjune for the festivities.  Meet NYC alumni from various schools.  There will be drink specials throughout the night.

For more information, and to RSVP, please go to: http://www.ivyplussociety.org/nyc.html

What are the connections between healthy bodies, healthy bank accounts and skin color? Join the Public Health Coalition to explore whether medical care cures us but to see why we get sick in the first place, and why patterns of health and illness reflect underlying patterns of class and racial inequities.

               1.            To help them learn about the global economy.
               2.            To mentor them and provide positive outlooks.
               3.            To be big brothers and sisters who can inspire them to seek higher goals.
               4.            To share their stories and how you overcame obstacles to get into college and succeed.
               5.            To inspire them so that they can succeed at whatever they desire.
               6.            To teach them what is required to succeed in the global world.
               7.            To share their knowledge in finance, technology, science, writing, math, "dress for success"and attitude,etc.

Anyone interested should contact Curlena McDonald 203-624-3923 or  This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

Advocacy Event hosted by Amnesty International

Write to Senators asking for an extension of unemployment benefits for jobless Americans. This action is based on materials from The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, a national civil and human rights advocacy and research organization.

Hi Dwight Hall!

You are in the midst of the Dwight Hall-YCC Week of Service! At the top of the newsletter are descriptions for the remaining events this week, all of which are excellent opportunities to explore service and social justice!

This Saturday, give back to our community by taking part in the Yale Day of Service: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dFByd0ZVZEFaZ3MtNzEwU0VvVHJpX2c6MA

This is going to be an AWESOME event. We have great volunteer sites where you can make a significant difference.

Whether you are an avid Dwight Hall volunteer or have never done anything community service or social justice-related before, we encourage you to take part in the events we have this week!

See you at the Day of Service!

Joe