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First off, I'd like to introduce myself: I'm Jennifer Friedmann, Morse '13, and your new Dwight Hall PR Coordinator. For the next year, you'll be receiving the D-Holla from me. To that end, please send along any questions or events through the Dwight Hall website or to my personal email. I look forward to hearing from you!

The most direct way to gain access to the Dwight Hall member groups is by coming the Spring Bazaar this Wednesday, 1/19. Our 85+ groups will have representatives and information available for anyone seeking a service project.

For our member groups: the application to receive Dwight Hall funding for this semester is due onJanuary 31. Please email This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript with questions and see the article below. 

Finally, be on the lookout for summer opportunities as they pop up! The D-Holla will be publicizing service- or social justice-related opportunities. If you have one to submit, feel free to email me!

Thanks for your input, and see you all at the bazaar!

Yours,

Jennifer Friedmann

Dwight Hall PR Coordinator 

Dear Colleague:

Yale University students have arrived back in New Haven for the Spring 2011 semester.  Dwight Hall currently engages 3,500 undergraduates (or nearly 2/3 of Yale College) in service and justice activities each year.  Help us expand our participation - host a group of volunteers during the MLK Day of Service or recruit students at our Bazaar for Service and Advocacy.

As always, please feel free to utilize the Dwight Hall website to post announcements for events or for general volunteer opportunities throughout the semester.

Best wishes for a happy, peaceful, and successful 2011!

Hi Dwight Hall!

Hope that your reading weeks are going well! We have some phenomenal events in this last week, many of which are TODAY so please check them out!

Your checklist for holiday-related service:
1.    Habitat for Humanity Gingerbread House Decorating Fundraiser TODAY!
2.    Before you leave, donate your extra clothes to the No Freeze Clothing Drive!
3.    Dont throw away that textbook! Donate it to the Book Exchange!

But if youd rather think about warm weather and spring or summer breaks, we already have some spring/summer opportunities listed below. Peru! Bosnia! New Haven! I can personally vouch for the Spring Break in New Haven program its the best way to get to know your city!

This is the last D-Holla of the semester! Thank you to those of you who have submitted events, looked through this newsletter, and to those of you who replied every once in a while (looking at you Marina Keegan and Diana Saverin). I hope that it has been helpful! If you ever have a question about service or social justice at Yale or in New Haven, please dont hesitate to D-HOLLA AT YOUR BOY.

Dwight Hall Love,
Joe

Hi Dwight Hall!

Hope you all had restful and productive Thanksgiving breaks, because weve got a lot for you to do this week!

Please see below for all the information about AIDS Week, the Alternative Gift Market, the Bone Marrow Dive and ongoing Clothing Drive.

There are also two very exciting new opportunities from the Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project. 1. You can be a part of the first effort of Yale students to house the homeless. 2. You can help provide maximum tax refunds to low-income New Haven families. See below for more information about both opportunities!

Id also like to make a final pitch for the New Haven Tree Lighting Celebration which will be tomorrow, Thursday December 2, from 4:00 8:00PM on the New Haven Green. A jem of the city, this holiday event is always filled with cheer! This is not a service event, but a time to join in celebration with the community we serve. Santa will be there, and so will I!

There will be one more issue of the D-Holla before Winter Break so if you have any events occurring near the end of reading week or during finals week, please let me know!

Hope all is well,
Joe

Hi Dwight Hall!

Just a quick note to encourage you to look at the events and opportunities below.

You can support the IVAWA and the DREAM Act by stopping by the women's center at some point from 1-4pm today to make a call to a legislator.

There's a clothing drive starting today, so instead of dumping your clothes before Thanksgiving, bring them to a blue bin placed in your college!

New Haven Community Services Agency is hosting a Tent City community event out on the Green tomorrow night from 6:00-10:00pm to raise money for women and children shelters. There will be Yale bands performing, check it out!

Finally, there are some good summer internship opportunities below - Peru?, Public Health? You choose!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Hope all is well,

Joe

Hi Dwight Hall!

Thank you to those of you who came out to the Cabinet meeting last night! We voted in three new member groups: Bookmarks, Fierce Advocates and Musical Cure.

The 2010 Dwight Hall Excomm announced its plans to update the old by-laws, revise the member group inventory, redo the website and restructure ExComm-membership relations. 

We also had a night of elections, and I'm excited to announce the 2011 Dwight Hall Executive Committee:

Co-Coordinators: Joseph Breen and Alexandra Brodsky

New Membership Coordinator: Nico Barawid

Finance Coordinator: Aaron Feuer

Public Relations Coordinator: Jennifer Friedmann

Education Network Liaison: Liane Membis

Social Justice Network Liaison: Alexis Mitchell

Development Coordinator At-Large: Aaron Podolny

Public Health Coalition Liaison: Willi Rechler

Institutional Service Coordinator: Jensen Reckhow

Membership Coordinator: Gabriel Zucker

Congratulations!

Until next semester the 2010 ExComm will still be working hard for you, so please continue to give us feedback.

Also, check out some of the opportunities below - especially some of the great social justice talks this week!

Hope all is well,

Joe

Hi Dwight Hall!

You may have already seen this information, but I wanted to make sure you all were aware of our upcoming elections!

Cabinet will vote to elect a new ExComm on Monday, November 9 at 7 pm, to serve for the 2011 calendar year. Any sophomore or junior who has been an active member of a Dwight Hall group for at least one semester may run for a position.

We hope you will consider joining this team! The "Old" ExComm will be having an information session about our roles in running Dwight Hall on Wednesday, October 27th TODAY at 9:00pm. We encourage all students interested in applying to attend this session. We will discuss what it's like to run a non-profit (Dwight Hall is a student-run institution), as well as what each position entails.

From there, applicants have a week to meet with current ExCommers holding their positions of interest (mandatory, but we are very flexible in our meeting availability), fill out their applications, and submit them to This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript and This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript by 11:59 PM on Thursday, November 4th.

Elections will be held during our cabinet meeting on Tuesday, November 9th at 7:00pm. Candidates must attend in order to give their speeches and be available for questions from Cabinet members. We hope you will email us and look forward to answering any questions you may have.

All best,
Dwight Hall Student Executive Committee 2010

Please also check out the volunteer opportunities listed below!

Hope all is well,

Joe

Hi Dwight Hall!

The YHHAP Shelter Now Campaign is kicking-off in 3 days at the Sleepout on Saturday and will continue with a series of events including the YHHAP FAST on Thursday, October 21st, Family Weekend Professor Lunches and more!

Shelter Now is a fundraising campaign of the Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project, supporting winter shelters in New Haven. The campaign began in October 2008, when the Cedar St. Overflow Shelter was almost entirely cut from the City budget. Its closure would have forced up to 125 men into freezing temperatures on the streets of our city. Over the next two months, Shelter Now worked with advocates and non-profits throughout the New Haven area, and successfully kept the shelter open. Because the budget crisis continues in New Haven, the Shelter Now campaign continues as well. This year, YHHAP hopes to raise $25,000 to alleviate severe cuts to women's and children's shelters: Life Haven and New Haven Home Recovery.

Please consider showing your support at one of YHHAPs upcoming events. See below for more information!

Also, TONIGHT Blue State Coffee is hosting an event with a bunch of neat New Haven non-profits. You can stop by for free coffee, cupcakes and community service!

Hope all is well,
Joe

Hi Dwight Hall!

First I'd like to call your attention to the new Dwight Hall newsletter: Advocacy Minute!

"Advocacy Minute is a biweekly email newsletter and blog with quick, easy action items generated by Yale students and student groups. Action options include, but are not limited to, writing a letter, signing a petition, attending a rally, and making a phone call. Advocacy Minute a way for Yale students who want to bring about social change to support each others work. It allows students to draw broad support for their issue of interest while, in turn, supporting issues of interest to others."

If you're interested in the Advocacy Minute, please look at the blog and signup here: http://advocacyminute.wordpress.com/

Please also be aware that the YHHAP Shelter Now Campaign is kicking-off in 10 days at the Sleepout and will continue with a series of events including the YHHAP FAST, Family Weekend Professor Lunches and more!

Shelter Now is a fundraising campaign of the Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project, supporting winter shelters in New Haven. The campaign began in October 2008, when the Cedar St. Overflow Shelter was almost entirely cut from the City budget. Its closure would have forced up to 125 men into freezing temperatures on the streets of our city. Over the next two months, Shelter Now worked with advocates and non-profits throughout the New Haven area, and successfully kept the shelter open. Because the budget crisis continues in New Haven, the Shelter Now campaign continues as well. This year, YHHAP hopes to raise $25,000 to alleviate severe cuts to women's and children's shelters: Life Haven and New Haven Home Recovery.

Please consider showing your support at one of YHHAPs upcoming events. See below for more information!

Hope all is well,
Joe

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Hi Dwight Hall!

It was an exciting weekend at Dwight Hall as hundreds of freshmen participated in the Freshman Day of Service on Saturday. It was a beautiful day for cleaning up parks, gardening at the health clinic, building bikes and more!

This week, we have the Dwight Hall Bazaar!

Wednesday, September 15th. 7:00 - 9:00pm. Dwight Hall. Come to hear from and sign up for some of our 85+ member groups and institutional programs. There will be groups at the Dwight Hall Bazaar that were not at the Yale activities Bazaar, so don't miss out!

If you're coming to represent a member group, remember to arrive early to set-up!

Keep in mind that our Distinguished Mentor, Kevin Salwen event will be Thursday, September 23rd , 4:00pm. Dwight Hall Chapel. Talk with the author of The Power of Half about his familys decision to donate half of their wealth to charity.

A note about blurbs for the newsletter (since things for the first few days have been a bit irregular here at D-Holla headquarters): If you get a blurb to me by Wednesday morning, it will go out with the D-Holla that will always be sent on Wednesdays, starting the 22^nd of this month.

As always, if you have any questions about Dwight Hall, any one of our three networks, 85+ member groups or institutional programs, please ask me!

Hope all is well,

Joe

Hi Dwight Hall! 

Welcome back to Yale! I hope you all found a way to continue your passion for service and social justice this summer!

For those of you who are receiving this newsletter for the first time, my name is Joe Breen and I am the Public Relations Coordinator for Dwight Hall, the center for community service and social justice at Yale. Dwight Hall is the umbrella organization for 85+ member groups that fall into three boarder networks (Education, Social Justice and Public Health). As part of my job, I compile this weekly newsletter, the D-Holla, which includes all the community service and social justice announcements and events on campus, so you can know whats going on, and you can advertise for your own group. If you'd like to include something in an upcoming newsletter, you can add it yourself here: http://www.dwighthall.org/new/autouserevent, or e-mail me ( This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript ) with the event/announcement information and I will be sure to add it myself!

Additionally, I am here if you have any PR needs. I can help design fliers or take photographs at your event.  Whatever you need, please feel free to ask!

Today's newsletter is a very exciting one. Below you will find the first meeting times for many of our member groups. If you are intrigued by a member group listed, but dont know much about it, or if you are just interested in exploring all of the options open to you through Dwight Hall, you can find all the information about our member groups here: http://www.match.dwighthall.org/search.php?seeall=yes.

Dwight Hall also has three important events coming up, so you'll want to mark your calendars for these:

1. Dwight Hall Bazaar Wednesday, September 15th. 7:00 - 9:00pm. Dwight Hall. Come to hear from and sign up for some of our 85+ member groups and institutional programs. There will be groups at the Dwight Hall Bazaar that were not at the Yale activities Bazaar, so don't miss out!

2. Freshmen Day of ServiceSaturday, September 11^th, 10:15am 2:00pm. Dwight Hall. The Freshmen Day of Service is an introduction to service in New Haven. Groups of freshmen, led by upperclassmen with Dwight Hall experience, will volunteer at great New Haven non-profits, making a difference in just a few hours of hands-on work. Along the way, you'll learn about all the opportunities New Haven and Dwight Hall have to offer to serve your community throughout the year. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

To sign up, please visit click here http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFkzQjROMWNkUWRTVTZkZTZIcHVHRlE6MQ. Make sure to do it before the 8th to make sure you get breakfast and lunch! Feel free to direct all questions to Alexandra Brodsky: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript Alexandra This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

3. Distinguished Mentor Kevin Salwen Thrusday, September 23^rd, 4:00pm. Dwight Hall Chapel. Talk with the author of The Power of Half about his familys decision to donate half of their wealth to charity.

Finally if you have any questions about Dwight Hall, any one of our three networks, 85+ member groups, institutional programs, or the events above or below, please ask me!

This is going to be a great semester!

Joe

Hi Dwight Hall!

I hope you are all enjoying your vacations and continuing your work in service and social justice where ever you are, all over the world.

If you missed commencement, I'd like to direct your attention to an excelent speech made by a former Dwight Hall Co-coordinator, Bradford Williams: "Why We Serve".

When you are envisioning the upcoming year, if you think you might like to make more room for service in your life at Yale, and are looking to join a Dwight Hall group, find the group that best fits your interest here: Dwight Hall Match.

If you are like me, and like to plan ahead, please check out our "Save the Date" events below.

Hope all is well,

Joe

Hi Dwight Hall!

Welcome back! I hope you all recharged your service and social justice batteries because we have some great events coming up in the next few days. Check 'em out!

It's a short, but sweet newsletter today - enjoy! (Don't you worry, your Yale Week of Service Special Edition Issue will arrive on Wednesday!)

Hope all is well,

Joe

 Dear Colleague:

Yale University students have arrived back in New Haven for the Spring 2010 semester.  Dwight Hall currently engages 3,500 undergraduates (or nearly 2/3 of Yale College) in service and justice activities each year.  Help us expand our participation - host a group of volunteers during the MLK Day of Service, recruit students at our Bazaar for Service and Advocacy, or offer a research opportunity to forge a link between theory and practice.

On a somber note Dwight Hall is partnering with students, organizations, and officials at the University to extend support to Haiti.  Please see the announcement below regarding a benefit concert on Monday, January 18.

Hi Dwight Hall!

I'm Joe Breen, your new Public Relations coordinator. Please always feel free to e-mail me information about an event or opportunity you would like to advertise in the D-Holla or if you have any questions about Dwight Hall!

The semester has started and Dwight Hall has hit the ground running! This Monday (1/18) Alpha Phi Alpha is sponsoring the MLK Day of Service - a one-time service event and a great way to spend your free morning helping a community organization! Find more information and sign up here: MLK Day of Service.

Also, the Dwight Hall Bazaar will be this Tuesday (1/19) 7-9pm in Dwight Hall. If you are looking to learn more about or join one of our 85+ service and social justice student groups, this is your night to find them all in the same place!

See you there! Also please check out spring break and summer opportunities as well as upcoming events below!

And finally, most of you are aware of the tragic earthquake in Haiti. There is no easy way to say that hundreds of thousands have died and many more are in danger as the disaster has left many injured and homeless. Dwight Hall groups have already begun to come together to brainstorm an immediate relief response. Please contact former Dwight Hall Executive Committee member This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript for more information about how you can help.

Merry Christmas and Happy (soon) New Year!

For those of you looking for summer and spring break opportunities, please check out the stuff below.  Moreover, for even more opportunities with nonprofits and other social justice/service related material, consider a perusal of the following websites at your leisure:

Yale AIESEC (Dwight Hall group)

Idealist

Yale Reach Out (Dwight Hall group)

For funding, take a look at Yale OFP - Yale has several fellowships expressly set aside for public service committments

Finally, this will be my last D-Holla of the year.  Joseph "Joe" Breen will be taking over starting next semester.  For future publicity information, please email Joe!

And remember, throw some d's on that holla.

Hopefully, everyone got stuffed this past week.  Its the home stretch now...best of luck on the last exams and finals!

If you're looking to buy a gift for a friend or family member for Christmas, be sure to check out the Alternative Gift Market, occurring this Saturday afternoon on Old Campus.  The goods come from all over the world and are fair trade certified.

And if anyone has a hunkering to figure out what SOM does for philanthropy, be sure to check out this conference that's going on this Friday.

Hello all,

The Social Justice Network will be hosting an event on social justice and democracy featuring two world fellows who have worked extensively on social justice in Latin America.  I assure you that this is a must-see talk.  Thai food will also be provided.

Additionally, please check out the conference on doing business in the Middle East, sponsored by the Arab Students Association, McKinsey and Co, and more.

Save the date: Cabinet meeting in which the new Dwight Hall Excomm will be elected will occur

Finally, if you remember getting third place at the county science fair from studying mold on toilets, you should check out how to get involved as a judge and mentor for the New Haven Science Fair.

As the school year isn't kidding around anymore, info sessions on various ways you can get involved with service and social justice will be held this week and the next.  Mentoring also begins very soon.  There's MEChA, an organization dealing with immigration rights.  There's TAG, a group that teaches seniors and the elderly how to use technology.  And for elderly seniors of an entirely different kind, there's a Teach for America info session this week that is just-can't-miss.

Also, a shout out to all the people who participated in the Freshmen Day of Service, organized by the Yale College Council and other individuals.  It wouldn't have been the same without the volunteers.  Well I guess that's obvious but seriously, way to go on waking up at 9 on a Saturday morning and braving gloomy New Haven weather.

Finally, the dissappearance of Annie Le is a tragedy and both frightening and worrisome.  A vigil will be held this week.

Hello all!

For those of you receiving this email for the first time, Dwight Hall is the center and umbrella for community service and social justice at Yale.  The D-Holla is the weekly newsletter for Dwight Hall and advertises events and service opportunities.  Pretty much everyone that passes through here has volunteered with us (80 percent) and that means you should too.  Hopefully, you will find it just as immensely rewarding as most of us.  

To learn more about Dwight Hall, come to the Dwight Hall Bazaar on Wednesday, September 9 from 7 PM to 9 PM.  There, you will see more than forty of our community service or social justice groups and get a chance to see some of the earthshaking, mindbending service and advocacy work that students are doing.  More importantly, you'll learn how to get involved.

And finally, if you've got the time and are still reading this note, take a peek at this editorial written by an active member of Dwight Hall.

That's all for now and remember to throw some d's on that holla.

Congratulations to everyone for finishing another school year. I hope everything turned out well. Thanks, also, for the countless hours put towards community service and social justice.

For people looking to volunteer over the summer, please take a look at Volunteer Match which matches people with nonprofits no matter where you are.

For those staying in New Haven, please take a look at the OPA bulletin for a list of events.  Its by no means exhaustive though.  Remember to ride your bike (with a helmet) around the Have, go swimming at the beach, and attend the myriad music (Arts and Ideas, especially) and night festivals as well...

And of course, if you've got some spare time, consider volunteering or working with some of the organizations listed below (and with one opportunity for someone looking for something to do and will be in North Carolina)...

Have a great summer!

Months are usually composed of weeks but this month is especially composed of weeks.  National Public Health Week, Muslim Awareness Week, Week of Service...this week is Semana Chicana, which will be focusing on the theme of education for immmigrants and DREAM Act.  In addition, it is Earth Week.  Enjoy your natural surroundings most of all, but check out the hikes, demonstrations, movies (Wall-E on Old Campus!), and more if you can.

The head librarian is interested in working with Dwight Hall to promote an education/awareness center near the long table where student techs work next to the printers.  If anyone has any good posters, please email me...

There will also be a Dwight Hall Bulldog Days event tomorrow, featuring cookies and delicious food.  On Wednesday, please make sure to come to the Senior Recognition Ceremony in Dwight Hall at 8:00 PM...and seniors in general, please remember all the good times with Dwight Hall and consider donating to the Dwight Hall Senior Class Gift...

Many Dwight Hall programs can work in the community only because of your donations.  Finally, if you're over here this summer, you have absolutely no excuse to not volunteer...so check out some of the summer volunteering opportnities at DESK and Teen-Senior Connect.  Many of these programs are in severe need of volunteers when school goes out.

  ...and if you're anything like me, you'll be sort of (read: really) relieved when its all over. Elections for Ward 1 occurs on April 17th.  YCC elections open sometime in the next few hours...please scroll down to see why Dwight Hall has endorsed Ryan Beauchamp for YCC president. Be sure to stay civically and college-ly engaged and whatnot.

Meanwhile, many many good events coming up in the next few weeks: the Environmental Film Festival, two years in the making, will feature some of the best documentaries, shorts, and full-length features you will have seen in a while.  Check out the website at http://environment.yale.edu/film/Home.html 

Hello friends.  Thanks for making the week of service a success.  It was nice of you.

 Welcome, friends, to the new newsletter.  This newsletter was automatically generated by the website at dwighthall.org...even better, from now on, you can add your own content to the website by clicking on the link above.  If you are receiving this email, you have already registered. Simply click on log in, then "need password?", and create your own password, then click on add event or add article under add content...everything you publish will be published on the website and this newsletter as well under the editor's oversight.

This tool will eventually be open to all member groups, though we are still working on adjusting a few kinks (adding a table of contents, etc.).  If you are interested in using this tool, please email me.

In other news the Dwight Hall - YCC Week of Service will be occurring next week starting Saturday.  Be sure to check out all the events on the following website  http://yalestation.yale.edu/weekofservice/.  If you are planning to come to the Walk in the Park, a similar event will be held on Saturday, but the time and meeting place on Sunday will be 10:15 AM in front of the Yale bookstore.

Finally, the semesterly mandatory Dwight Hall cabinet meeting for group leaders will be occurring tomorrow at Dwight Hall from 7:00 to 8:30!