The Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is pleased to invite you and your guest to a reception hosted by Jon Butler, Dean of the Graduate School, featuring a conversation on poetry with Elizabeth Alexander '84, Professor, African American Studies, American Studies and English.

Complimentary hors d'oeuvres, cash bar
Professor Alexander's talk will begin at 7:00

R.S.V.P. by February 18 to This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript   or (203) 432-7730
Space is limited

Elizabeth Alexander ’84 BA was invited by President Barack Obama to compose and read a poem at his inauguration on January 20, 2009. She is the author of four books of poems, The Venus Hottentot (1990), Body of Life (1996), Antebellum Dream Book (2001), and American Sublime (2005, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), and a collection of essays on African American literature, painting, and popular culture, The Black Interior (2004). Professor Alexander is an inaugural recipient of the Alphonse Fletcher, Sr. Fellowship for work that “contributes to improving race relations in American society and furthers the broad social goals of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954.” She earned a Ph.D. in English at the University of Pennsylvania, and is now chair of the Yale Department of African American Studies.

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The Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York (YAAMNY) is co-sponsoring a program spearheaded by the Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York. You are cordially invited to an evening with Professor Jeffrey Sachs to discuss investment opportunities in the wake of the Copenhagen summit.

Professor Sachs will speak on the role of the private sector in driving sustainable investment and offer his thoughts on
-- Where these opportunities exist in the face of political gridlock.
-- How the business community can participate in the development of the sustainability market.
-- The sweet spot for investors, i.e. where business can contribute to sustainability, environmental justice and increased profits.

Professor Sachs is the Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He is also Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. He was recently named among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.

Register today at: http://www.cbsacny.org/store.html?event_id=810. Yalies should select the "partner" ticket option at $30 per ticket.

YAAMNY is excited to partner with The Ivy Plus Society (TIPS) to bring you this multi-school party at Marquee, one of the trendiest venues in the city. This is a great opportunity to meet and catch up with with fabulous alumni in NYC!! 

Dress Code: Wear pink or red to continue the Valentine's Day spirit. 

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

The UWS party was the first Feb Club Emeritus party!  Check out the Feb Club website for more details:

www.febclubemeritus.com

The Brooklyn party ends the month!  It will be fun, hip and happening.

Check the Feb Club website for more information:  www.febclubemeritus.com

The Public Service/Social Justice Committee 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.

We need 30 volunteers to sort donated books into appropriate categories while meeting and re-connecting with fellow Yalies. Two shifts are available on March 6 and 7. If interested, please register at http://tinyurl.com/yd7p53b. Children 13 and above are welcome to join their parents to help out.  If you are interested in donating books for the drive, please visit www.yaamny.net/13529. 

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  or visit http://projectcicero.org.

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/

THE ASSOCIATION OF ASIAN AMERICAN YALE ALUMNI CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO THE YEAR OF THE TIGER 2nd ANNUAL LUNAR NEW YEAR BANQUET/FUNDRAISER. All alumni (not only those of Asian decent) and guests are welcome!
 
Banquet will be a sumptuous and elegant twelve course gourmet Chinese feast including Peking Duck, Fresh lobster and snow crab claws. Tickets are $100/person.   Proceeds from this event will support summer interns who will work at NYC non-profit organizations serving the Asian community. Please see website for further details:  www.aaaya.org

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

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 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 share some of the new global initiatives of the AYA that have sparked the interest of alumni worldwide and given them the opportunity to travel to Australia, Japan, Iceland, and Mexico. You can also learn the specific ways to get involved.

There is a $5 per person charge for this event, payable in cash at the door, plus a cash bar. 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 . (Dress Code: business casual ... no jeans, no sneakers).

The Public Service/Social Justice Committee of the YALE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK is proud to partner with the Yale Club of New York City and the Association of Yale Alumni to sponsor the Second Annual YALE DAY OF SERVICE, on May 15, 2010 (or for certain specified events May 1, May 7, May 16 or May 22 - please click on the Day of Service link below for more details).

On this day, thousands of Yale Alumni, family members and friends will gather to volunteer for meaningful events and projects ranging from the labor intensive (sprucing up parks, planting gardens & painting) to the more intellectually stimulating (reading books to children, assisting with job applications & college applications and tutoring) throughout the New York City Area and around the globe.  During the first global Yale Day of Service (2009), we had the pleasure of helping over 500 Yale Alumni & their family & friends serve at approximately 20 sites throughout the area.

Among the possible activities are park clean-up activities, tutoring, planting gardens, teaching tennis, various walks and assisting with job and college applications. This year we have added more sites including additional child-friendly sites, we have a broader range of activities and have activities on various dates throughout the month of May to allow alumni to participate on the day that best suits them.  Our first event as part of this year's Day of Service, at the Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program, was very well attended with 26 volunteers and 50 children. Mayor Dinkins gave an inspirational introductory speech at this event.It was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Click here to learn more and register for a Yale Day of Service site in your area.

PLEASE NOTE - DATE CHANGE due to inclement weather (NOW FEB 16)

We wish to invite you to the upcoming Public Service/ Social Justice Committee meeting to discuss many great opportunities for alum to engage in meaningful service projects and advancing social justice.

We are particularly interested in discussing and organizing a fundraiser for the children of Haiti. We ask all alumni to consider donating to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund (www.clintonbushhaitifund.org), Doctors without Borders (www.doctorswithoutborders.org), the United Nations Children's Fund (www.unicefusa.org) or the American Red Cross (www.redcross.org).

The agenda is as follows:
1. Report on January Projects (soup kitchen and mock interview session)
2. Discussion of upcoming events -- considering Haiti Fundraiser
3. Selection of April Project
4. Update regarding Day of Service
5. Social Justice Project Update
6. Discussion of YAAMNY Charity Ball Fundraiser
7. Final Comments

The YAAMNY Arts & Entertainment Committee strives to provide 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 .

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.