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Advocacy Campaign with Junta for Progressive Action

When:   April 1, 2009 11:00am-3:00pm
Where:   Woolsey Rotunda
 
[Dwight Hall / Yale College Council Week of Service] Letter writing and call-in campaign with Junta against the legislation slashing budgets for Latino social service agencies. Please stop by and help out the New Haven community!          

New Haven Solidarity - Register for a New Haven ID Card

When:   April 1, 2009 12:00pm-4:00pm
Where:   Dwight Hall Common Room
Cost:   $11
 
 [Dwight Hall / Yale College Council Week of Service]    Come register for a New Haven ID card at Dwight Hall.  The New Haven ID card gives discounts at local businesses, works as a library card, and serves as a debit card at many local stores. Bring three forms ...

Interfaith Panel on Religion and Global Women's Rights

When:   April 1, 2009 6:00pm
Where:   WLH 119
 
[Dwight Hall / Yale College Council Week of Service]   Engage in a discussion about women's rights and religion with moderator Ian Oliver, scholar Andrea Blanch, and local Jewish, Muslim, and Christian religious leaders.  

Yale Symphony Orchestra at the Yale Club of New York City

When:   April 1, 2009 8:00pm-9:30pm
Where:   Yale Club of New York City
50 Vanderbilt Drive
Cost:   15
 
Event is open to non-club members via reservation with the Yale Symphony.  E-mail This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript to make reservations.   Less than 70 tickets are currently available.  Reservations will be fulfilled on a first-come first-served basis.   W.A. Mozart                  Serenade No. 12, for Wind Octet, in ...

Petition for Better Health Care in CT

When:   April 2, 2009 2:00pm-5:00pm
Where:   Old Campus
 
[Dwight Hall / Yale College Council Week of Service] Join the Public Health Coalition and the Yale Dems to stand up for better healthcare in Connecticut! Students will be petitioning, handing out flyers and phonebanking, particularly trying to rally support for the SustiNet bill, which aims to establish universal ...

Sick Around America and John Q film screenings

When:   April 2, 2009 8:00pm
Where:   Old Campus
Cost:   Free
 
[Dwight Hall / Yale College Council Week of Service] The Public Health Coalition and the Yale Dems will be showing a brand-new Frontline documentary called Sick Around America, which addresses healthcare concerns around the country and shows us that healthcare disparities have increasingly become a divider between rich and poor, ...

Yale Healthcare Conference

When:   April 3, 2009 8:00am-3:00pm
Where:   Omni Hotel of New Haven
155 Temple St
New Haven, CT 06511
Cost:   visit www.yalehealthcare.com for information
 
The Yale Healthcare Conference 2009 Where is the Value? Managing Cost and Quality in a Healthcare System Facing Reform.   Friday, April 3, 2009 The OMNI Hotel of New Haven   A full-day summit of industry leaders, students, and academics discussing current topics of industry concern as Obama attempts to ...

Volunteer at Marrakesh, Inc.

When:   April 3, 2009 10:30am-11:30am
Where:   Interested volunteers will meet on campus - contact This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript
 
[Dwight Hall / Yale College Council Week of Service] Marrakesh, Inc is a non-profit agency that provides a wide range of services for the homeless.  Along with educational programming, they provide a wide range of housing opportunities.   We will be helping them clean up from 10:30 to 12. 

Volunteer at the Diaper Bank

When:   April 3, 2009 12:15pm-2:15pm
Where:   Meet at Dwight Hall at 2:15 to ride to site.
 
 [Dwight Hall / Yale College Council Week of Service] Come help out at the bank, sorting some of the supplies and helping distribute and learn a bit about how the Diaper Bank works.   Sponsored by YHHAP 

Mural Painting at New Haven Home Recovery

When:   April 3, 2009 1:30pm-4:30pm
 
[Dwight Hall / Yale College Council Week of Service] NHHR provides shelter for homeless women and children. Come help YHHAP paint a mural for the children. Learn more about New Haven Home Recovery, www.nhhr.org Meet in DH to catch a ride there with us. Contact  This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  for ...

Mural Painting at New Haven Home Recovery

When:   April 3, 2009 1:30pm-4:30pm
 
[Dwight Hall / Yale College Council Week of Service] NHHR provides shelter for homeless women and children. Come help YHHAP paint a mural for the children. Learn more about New Haven Home Recovery, www.nhhr.org Meet in DH to catch a ride there with us. Contact  This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  for ...

Tour of the New Cooperative Arts High School

When:   April 3, 2009 2:45pm
Where:   Meet at Dwight Hall at 2:45pm and walk over to Cooperative Arts Magnet High School for a special tour.
Cost:   free
 
[Dwight Hall / Yale College Council Week of Service] Come and see the amazing arts space of the brand-new COOP High School, designed by Cesar Pelli.  Find out how YOU can become part of this exciting learning community.  2:45pm  Meet at Dwight Hall (enter the building on the ...

Volunteer at the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK)

When:   April 3, 2009 5:30pm-5:31pm
Where:   United Church Parish House - 323 Temple Street - corner of Temple and Wall
 
DESK needs help, REALLY needs help in the summer. The main time we need help this summer is Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 3 pm. We need help unloading the Van, stocking shelves, prepping food, making lunches etc. We could also use a bit of help 12 to ...

The First LBT Women's Mixer (All-Ivy & Friends) at the Yale Club Friday April 3 6 PM

When:   April 3, 2009 6:00pm-9:00pm
Where:   The Yale Club of NYC. Tap Room (3rd Floor)
50 Vanderbilt Avenue (across from Grand Central Station)
New York, NY

Mandatory RSVP in advance (non-members of the Club) for admission.
RSVP at: http://www.yalegala.org/YaleClubNYWomensMixer.html
Cost:   40.00
 
Please join us for the first LBT GALA Women's Mixer in the Yale Club's Tap Room. Catch up with old friends and meet new ones, in this beautiful club setting Enjoy an open bar of beer, wine and soda--and a bounteous buffet of hors d'oeuvres (including a 3' tall chocolate ...

Yale Latino Alumni Reunion

When:   April 3-6, 2009
Where:   Yale University
 
Register Today!  http://latinoreunion.alumni.yale.edu/   On behalf of the Interim Board of the Yale Latino Alumni Association, we would like to invite you to join us as we gather to celebrate the Yale Latino Community. While there have been gatherings of this nature in other cities around ...

YAAMNY Visit to Picasso & Darwin Exhibitions at Yale

When:   April 4, 2009 9:45am
Where:   Guided tours of two special exhibits at the Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven
Cost:   $12 (plus the cost of travel to New Haven)
 

The Education Programs Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York (YAAMNY), in collaboration with the Arts & Entertainment Committee, presents a visit to Yale University for special group tours of two stellar exhibitions:

"Picasso and the Allure of Language" at the Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG) &
 "Endless Forms: Charles Darwin, Natural Science and the Visual Arts" at the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA).

Join us for memorable tours of two first-rate exhibitions. See the website for full event details.The number of participants is strictly limited. Register today! All are welcome. To register, visit: http://yaamny-picasso-darwin.eventbrite.com/

YHHAP Canned Food Drive

When:   April 4, 2009 12:00pm-4:00pm
Where:   Shaw's, Whalley Avenue
 
[Dwight Hall / Yale College Council Week of Service]   We will be asking shoppers at Shaw's to donate a can of food on their way out of the supermarket.   The event will take place from 12-4 (we will have multiple shifts)

Carmel Street Community Garden Workday

When:   April 5, 2009 10:15am-2:15pm
Where:   Meet at Yale Bookstore to walk to Carmel Street Garden
 
  [Dwight Hall / Yale College Council Week of Service] Come to help out a local community garden prepare for its growing season alongside neighborhood garden members. Preparations will include clearing the garden of overgrown grass and debris, and building beds and compost piles. Work begins at the Carmel St. ...

NY Philomusica - Last Concert of 2008-09 Season!

When:   April 6, 2009 8:00pm-10:00pm
Where:   Broadway Presbyterian Church, 601 W. 114th Street at Broadway, New York, NY
Cost:   $30, $25 seniors, $10 students
 
On Monday, April 6th, New York Philomusica presents works of Copland, Debussy, Beethoven, and Mozart.  The concert will take place at 8pm at the Broadway Presbyterian Church, 114th Street and Broadway, with a 7:30 Meet-the-Artists talk. Please note the date change from the originally announced Thursday date.   PROGRAM:     ...

Luncheon

When:   April 7, 2009 12:00pm
Where:   The New Haven Lawn Club
193 Whitney Avenue
New Haven
Cost:   22.00
 
The Yale Club of New Haven Presents Bruce A. Ackerman, Steling Professor of Law and Plitical Science to talk at the Tuesday, April 7, 2009 luncheon his topic will be: Themes from his book, Before the Next Attack: Preserving Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism The cut off date ...

Federal-Municipal Relations: Is Change on the Way?

When:   April 7, 2009 7:00pm-8:30pm
Where:   Dwight Hall Common Room
 
What does the Obama presidency mean for city hall? A discussion with John DeStefano, Mayor of New Haven, and James Finley, Executive Director of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities.   Moderated by Alex Knopp, Executive Director of Dwight Hall at Yale.   Q and A to follow.

The Annual Critical Islamic Reflections Conference: Community Leadership in American Islam

When:   April 11-12, 2009
Where:   LC 102, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street, Yale University
Cost:   Free
 
Please join us for the Eighth Annual Critical Islamic Reflections Conference, "Community Leadership in American Islam," which will explore individual and institutional leadership in the American Muslim community and the future of such leadership. Breakfast and lunch will be served.

Rally to help end chronic homelessness in New Haven and CT

When:   April 11, 2009 10:00am-12:00pm
Where:   Lower New Haven Green (by the stage)
 
HELP END CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS IN NEW HAVEN AND THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT - AND GAIN VISIBILITY FOR YOUR GROUP IN THE FIGHT   Join the Yale College Democrats, Shelter Now, homelessness advocates throughout the greater New Haven region, city officials, and members of the homeless community for a rally and ...

Bringing New Faces to Healthcare: Taking Charge of Our Future Panel

When:   April 11, 2009 1:00pm-3:00pm
Where:   Dwight Hall Chapel
Cost:   Free
 
Minorities in Medicine Movement, Synergy Science Outreach, MAPS, MAS Familias, and the Yale Black Men's Union would like to invite you to our upcoming event. This panel will discuss the medical school admissions process and address the lack of ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic diversity in healthcare professionals. Panelists will include ...

Teach For America Underclassmen Info Session: Planning For The Future

When:   April 13, 2009 12:00am
Where:   Branford College Common Room
 
 We would like to welcome all juniors and underclassmen to come learn about Teach For America.  This is an opportunity to speak with representatives from the organization, as well as some Yale/TFA alumni, about their corps member experiences. * *Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college ...

Dwight Hall Alumni Reunion

When:   April 13, 2009 5:00pm-6:30pm
Where:   Dwight Hall Library
 
Through the storied doors of Dwight Hall, the Center for Public Service and Social Justice at Yale, thousands have passed.  Now, Dwight Hall is taking time out to invite its many alumni, graduate students, teaching and Yale staff and members of the community back for a First Annual Dwight ...

PepsiCo CEO (and Yale SOM alumna) Indra Nooyi at Asia Society

When:   April 14, 2009 6:30pm-8:00pm
Where:   Asia Society
725 Park Ave at 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
Cost:   $15 Members/Students with ID/Seniors; $20 Nonmembers
 

In 2006, Yale School of Management alumna ('80 MPPM) Indra K. Nooyi became CEO of PepsiCo. Best known for its Pepsi soft drinks, the multi-national billion dollar corporation that Nooyi oversees is one of the world's largest snack-food companies Recently ranked 3rd in Forbes Magazines List of The 100 Most Powerful Women, Nooyi is one of the top female executives in the United States and she is the highest-ranking woman of Indian heritage in corporate America.

 Asia Society President Vishakha N. Desai will talk with Indra Nooyi about the challenges and successes she has experienced in her career at the highest levels of international business.  President's Forum is a series of programs which features the President of Asia Society interviewing prominent guests who have included His Holiness the
Dalai Lama, Maya Lin, Thich Nhat Hanh and Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad.

President's Forum programs are endowed by a grant from the Hazen Polsky Foundation.

For tickets, call the Asia Society box office at (212) 517-ASIA or visit  https://tickets.asiasociety.org

YAAMNY is an outreach partner for this event.

Public Service/Social Justice Committee Meeting

When:   April 14, 2009 6:45pm-7:30pm
Where:   Ashiya Sushi
167 First Avenue
(btwn 10th & 11th Street)
Cost:   1/2 price sushi
 
AGENDA I. Finalizing details of April Project (Team Leader-Ceu Martinez) II. Selecting May/June Projects III.  Progress of Juvenile Justice Reform Project with Mayor Corey Booker's Office (Newark, NJ) IV.  Day of Service (10 mins) V. Final Comments/Conclusions  

Environmental Film Festival: Featuring Over 10 Films including several premieres

When:   April 16-19, 2009
Where:   WHC, Criterion, Davies, LC and more
 
The Environmental Film Festival at Yale, two years in the making, will occur from April 16th to April 19th.  The festival will include several regional premieres, featuring exciting new documentaries, shorts, and dramas that you've never seen before.  For a full list of events, please check out http://environment.yale.edu/film/Home.html ...

FRONTIERS IN SOCIAL JUSTICE LAWYERING: CRITICAL RACE REVISITED

When:   April 16-18, 2009
Where:   Yale Law School
Cost:   free
 
FRONTIERS IN SOCIAL JUSTICE LAWYERING: CRITICAL RACE REVISITED April 16-17, 2009 Yale Law School  http://islandia.law.yale.edu/crt Thursday, April 16: 5:00-6:30pm Opening Remarks by Derrick Bell Keynote Address by Ian Haney López Post-Racial Racism: Policing Race in the Age of Obama Friday, April 17: 9:30am-3:45pm Welcoming Remarks by Acting ...

SPRING MULTI-SCHOOL HAPPY HOUR FOR YOUNG ALUMNI

When:   April 17, 2009 6:00pm-9:00pm
Where:   Stout NYC
www.stoutnyc.com
133 West 33rd Street (between 6th and 7th Aves)
New York, NY 10001
Cost:   No Cover
 

Colgate, Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Princeton, NYU, USC, Vanderbilt, and Yale!

Young Alumni who graduated from their undergraduate college within the last ten years!
**Drink Specials**No Cover**

RSVP NOW at http://spring2009multischool.eventbrite.com

We have the entire basement reserved for our group so just walk in the door and head downstairs to meet up with everyone. There's no better way to start your weekend - we hope to see you there!!!!

YAAMNY Educational Programs Committee Meeting

When:   April 18, 2009 11:00am-12:30pm
Where:   Think Coffee, 248 Mercer Street
Cost:   0
 
The Educational Programs Committee of the Yale Alumni Association will meet on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 11 a.m. at Think Coffee at 248 Mercer Street in Manhattan. The Committee is engaged in planning educational enrichment programs for New York City area alumni. If you are interested in crafting ...

Artlog.com's Collect LES Art Crawl

When:   April 18, 2009 6:00pm-11:00pm
Where:   Lower East Side of New York, New Museum & 25 Galleries
Cost:   $10
 

Artlog.com's Collect LES Art Crawl  Collect LES 2009 Saturday, April 18th 6:00pm-8:30pm Purchase Advance Tickets. Check-in at the door.This is a 21+ event.   use promo code: Yale for $10 tickets (Normal $15) Join Artlog for Collect LES, an art crawl through the Lower East Side's burgeoning art community. Coordinated by Artlog in ...

YAAMNY Explore New York: Dim Sum

When:   April 19, 2009 11:00am-1:00pm
Where:   Jing Fong
20 Elizabeth St. 2nd Floor
New York, NY
 

Join the YAAMNY Social Activities Committee for MONTHLY DIM SUM as part of our Explore New York series!

Location: Jing Fong
                 20 Elizabeth St, 2nd Floor
Cost:       Bill will be divided among attendees

Please RSVP at least 24 hours prior: http://yaamnydimsum.eventbrite.com/

Thanks to YAAMNY Social Activities Committee member Pam Weinstock '88 for organizing this event!

Admitted Student Reception

When:   April 19, 2009 2:00pm-5:00pm
Where:   4427 Purves St.
Apt. 4A
LIC, NY 11101
 

The Yale Latino Alumni Association of the Tri-State Area

 cordially invite you to a reception for Latino/a students

who have been admitted to Yale from the Tri-State Area.
You are welcome and encouraged to bring parents, guardians, and siblings.

YAAMNY Arts & Entertainment Commitee Meeting

When:   April 19, 2009 2:30pm-3:30pm
Where:   Le Pain Quotidien
50 W. 72 St (btw Columbus & Central Park West)
 
Come with your ideas and please extend an invitation to fellow alums who would be interested in becoming committee members. All are welcome!

Scott Borg - Carnegie Hall Debut

When:   April 19, 2009 5:30pm-7:30pm
Where:   Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
881 7th Ave, New York, NY
Cost:   $28.00
 
Praised for his enormous facility on the guitar, a fluent technique, who plays with total confidence and professional expertise, panache and artful spontaneity - Grammy Award winning guitarist Sharon Isbin, Australian classical guitarist Scott Borg will make his Carnegie Hall Debut in Weill Recital Hall as a winner of Artists ...

Earth Week

When:   April 20-27, 2009
Where:   Everywhere
 

Earth Week 

The Yale Cellos: Celebrating Aldo Parisot

When:   April 21, 2009 8:00pm
Where:   Zankel Hall in Carnegie Hall
 
A special concert with the Yale Cellos in recognition of Aldo Parisot's 50 years on the Yale School of Music faculty. Featuring the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos, a close friend of Parisot's. The Yale Cellos Aldo Parisot, director Hyunah Yu, soprano Elizabeth Parisot, piano Program Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras ...

Dwight Hall Senior Recognition Ceremony (underclassmen welcome as well))

When:   April 22, 2009 8:00pm-8:45pm
Where:   Dwight Hall Library
 

Dwight Hall Senior Recognition Ceremony (underclassmen welcome as well))Evite   Before the year draws to a close, and our Class of 2009 ends its college years, Dwight Hall wants to gather with its seniors and appreciate all of their time, effort, and work dedicated to the Yale, New Haven, and global community through Dwight Hall. Please join us this Wednesday ...

The First LGBT Reunion at Yale (All Classes & All Ages) April 23-26, 2009

When:   April 23-26, 2009
Where:   Yale University Campus
New Haven, CT

Come for a day or the whole weekend!
The reunion you have always wanted ... but Yale has never (before) held.

Cost:   $25 Students; $75 recent alumni (graduated in the past 5 years); $150 other attendees
 
Yale GALA and AYA (The Association of Yale Alumni) proudly present ...   The First LGBTQ Reunion at Yale (all classes & all ages)   Make plans to attend the first LGBT Reunion on Yales Campus.  Come celebrate with Yale GALA as Yale opens its campus to us, for this ...

Semana Chicana: Educational Disparities in Immigrants, the DREAM Act

When:   April 23-27, 2009
Where:   Everywhere
 

Semana Chicana: Educational Disparities in Immigrants, the DREAM ActSemana Chicana is an annual week-long event organized by MEChA de Yale that addresses Chicano/a issues. This year, we plan to hold Semana Chicana from April 23rd to the 26th. Our theme this year will address contemporary and historical educational disparities in the United States, with a focus on DREAM ...

Cesar Pelli and Paul Tange to speak at Japan Society

When:   April 23, 2009 6:30pm-8:00pm
Where:   Japan Society
333 E 47 St
New York, NY 10017
Cost:   $15/$12 Japan Society members/$10 seniors & students
 
What is causing the transition from the Modernist mantra of "Form Follows Function" to the fanciful forms of architecture today? Is it post-post modernism, a consumerist economy, new technology or lofty expressions of the human spirit? Since architecture represents the spirit of its times, the answer to this question also ...

A Life for a Life? A discussion of the death penalty

When:   April 23, 2009 7:00pm-8:30pm
Where:   LC 102
Cost:   Free
 
 Yale Amnesty International will be holding a panel discussion of the death penalty and current death penalty activism on Thursday, April 23 at 7 PM in LC 102 (63 High Street, Linsly-Chittenden Hall on Yale's Old Campus)   The panel will feature: - Renny Cushing: a NH State Representative and ...

Rufus Wainwright in Concert Woolsey Hall (Yale U, CT) April 23, 8 PM

When:   April 23, 2009 8:00pm-11:00pm
Cost:   $50 Adults; $25 Students
 
Yale GALA (Yale's LGBTQ Alumni Group) & Yale's Office of New Haven & State Affairs ... RUFUS WAINWRIGHT in Concert, Celebrating LGBT Life at Yale & in New Haven Part of the 1st LGBT Reunion at Yale, April 23-26 2009. All Classes. Yale GALA Turns 25   Please join RUFUS WAINWRIGHT ...

Comedy Showcase featuring Phoebe Tree, '77

When:   April 23, 2009 9:00pm-10:30pm
Where:   New York Comedy Club, 241 E. 24th St. New York, NY
Cost:   $10
 
 Enjoy up-and-coming comics in New York City at Al Martin's comedy showcase, including Phoebe Tree, '77.  Good times will be had by all.  $10 cover, 2-drink minimum.

Rally for Universial Healthcare in Hartford, CT

When:   April 24, 2009 9:00am-3:00pm
Where:   Hartford
 
Friday, April 24 9AM-3PM Bus Leaves from Phelps Gate Join the Yale College Democrats, the Yale Public Health Coalition, as well as undergraduates and medical students from all across Connecticut at The Capitol Building in Hartford to lobby the legislature for health care reform on Friday, April 24. This is ...

MURAL PAINTING

When:   April 24, 2009 1:00pm-5:00pm
Where:   New Haven Home Recovery
Cost:   FREEs
 
Mural Painting (continued) THIS Friday, April 24th, 1-5pm. YHHAP will continue painting a mural for homeless families at New Haven Home Recovery that was started during the YHHAP day of service. Like last time, we'll arrange transportation from Dwight Hall. New Haven Home Recovery is a length of stay shelter ...

Prepare a Meal for the Homeless with the Yale Sikh Student Association

When:   April 24, 2009 2:00pm-5:00pm
Cost:   free
 
Prepare a Meal for New Haven Home Recovery with the Yale Sikh Student Association, Friday, April 24th. Cooking will take place from 2:00 to 5:30pm in the Saybrook College Kitchen. Serving will take place from 5:30 to 7:30pm. Learn how to cook Indian food and learn a little bit about ...

Communiversity Day

When:   April 25, 2009 11:00am-3:00pm
Where:   Yale's Old Campus! (near L-Dub/Durfee)
 
Come to Communiversity Day, a huge spring festival on Old Campus open to everyone in the Yale and New Haven communities. We'll have music, a barbecue, and performances by Yale Children's Theater, Purple Crayon, and others. The event is completely free and open to the public.   We are looking ...

YAAMNY Public Service Committee and CREATIVE ARTS WORKSHOP 4 KIDS

When:   April 25, 2009 11:30am-3:30pm
Where:   PS 194, 242 West 144th Street (between Adam Clayton Powell and Fredrick Douglas Blvd.)
Cost:   0
 

Join CAW4KIDS and spent a Saturday afternoon engaged in a creative workshop for children ages 5-10.  The workshops are designed to build social skills, enable self expression and provide a safe and peaceful play-time for kids.  We are seeking 10 volunteers for the day between the hours of 11:30am and 3:30pm.  Meals will not be provided during the event.  The volunteers will serve as mentors during an instructor-led class.  There will be 1 mentor for every 3 kids.  The day begins with preparation and a general gathering of volunteers and the kids.  Story-time begins and each mentor will assist the children with reading a story.  Later the mentor will work with the children as they create an art project in response to the reading.  At the end of the event the art work will be on display for participants and volunteers to view.  This is a family friendly event.

YALE-AIDS Walk New Haven

When:   April 26, 2009 1:00pm
Where:   New Haven, CT
 

   While only in its fifth year, the 5K walk has seen enormous success not only among Yale students, but the entire New Haven community.  Founded by Yale students and organized by Yale students, the walk is an important part of the university's service towards the local community.  With all proceeds going directly to the ten organizations on the Mayors Task Force on AIDS, the event addresses a greatly-overlooked health problem on the front lawn of our school.

 

AIDS Walk New Haven is a great way for alumni to stay involved in giving back to the New Haven community. See the YAAMNY website for more information.    

New Haven Youth Event: Volunteers needed!

When:   April 27, 2009 12:00am
Where:   Hillhouse High School/Goffe Street Park
 
Volunteers Needed for New Haven Youth Event! This event is an opportunity to highlight positive youth achievements (both through performance of artistic abilities and a recognition of youth making outstanding contributions to the city) and also to highlight positive opportunites available to youth (through a resource fair with 30+ youth-serving ...

The Future, the Present and the Origins of the Reasonable Doubt Rule and the Right to a Jury Trial

When:   April 28, 2009 7:00pm-9:00pm
Where:   New York City Bar Association
42 West 44th Street
(between 5th & 6th Avenues)
New York, NY 10036
Cost:   FREE
 
          No one may be convicted by an American court unless shown guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.  This rule originated centuries ago, not to protect criminal defendants from erroneous convictions, but to protect the souls of jurors.  How have this rule and the role of juries evolved?...

Preparing for Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting in the U.S.: A Dialogue with the EPA

When:   April 29, 2009 2:00pm-3:00pm
Where:   Webcast Hosted by the Conference Board
Register at:
http://www.conference-board.org/webcasts/upcomingWebcast.cfm?id=1964
Cost:   Conference Board members $250; non-members $350; non-profit employees $175
 
PREPARING FOR MANDATORY GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING IN THE U.S. A Dialogue with the Environmental Protection Agency Webcast Hosted by The Conference Board Panelist: William N. Irving, Chief of the Program Integration Branch. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Change Division.  This EPA branch is responsible for preparing the ...