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YC Connect: MLK Day of Service w/ The Mission Continues
2021-01-16 11:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
YC Connect & The Mission Continues
MLK – 134 st Community Space & Garden Build!

Saturday, Feb. 16, 2021 | 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM ET
134th St Community Lot
521 134th Street
New York City, NY 10031

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Come join us to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by practicing what he preached and help connect the people of Harlem with the building of a Community Space and Garden on 134th Street. The 134th Street Block Association has been using an empty lot to gather for neighborhood events and gathers. The Mission Continues has been working hard with the 134th Street Block Association to make the lot a space that the neighborhood can be proud of and a center for activity for the community. On this Dr. Martin Luther King Day we are going to continue to make this dream a reality by continuing the plan to revitalize the lot into a Community Space and Garden with the construction of a performance stage, garden beds and a shaded pergola for the summer. Please join us in building our communities one brick ( or garden bed) at a time!

Public Art: Supporting Art as a Way to Build Up & Bind Local Communities
2021-01-12 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
YANA WEBINAR
Necessary Relevance: The Role of the Arts in Society
YANA has developed a series of programs to explore the role of arts and culture in society, particularly in a tenuous economy and amidst fervent social justice movements. Join us for any or all of the upcoming programs featuring Yalies in all parts of the arts and cultural sectors.
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Public Art: Supporting Art as a Way to Build Up & Bind Local Communities
Supporting art as a way to build up and bind local communities, and engage in creative placemaking and urban revitalization
Panelists discussed “Public Art” through prompts such as: What is the role that art plays in public space? Why and how should the public be given art in communal and public spaces? Who should financially support public works and space of art, and how much?

Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021
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JONATHAN HARRIS
Emeritus Professor in Global Art & Design Studies, Birmingham City University
EMILY HOOPER LANSANA ’88
Director of Community Arts, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts / University of Chicago
SAMANTHA MATLIN, PhD
VP of Learning & Community Impact, Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation
SARA ANSELL
Director, Mural Arts Porch Light Program
TOVA SNYDER ’82
International Painter & Muralist
SPEAKER BIOS
We began with opening remarks about the series, gave some background data points on the Federal and State budgets and private philanthropy in the US, and then we moved into the program:

Jonathan Harris gave a brief history lecture on the history of federal arts grants in the US starting in a similar crisis of power and transition in US history in the 1930s during the New Deal and the community art centers operated by the Federal Art Project; he raised the issue of not having a commonly understood definition of what is “public” — never mind what constitutes “art” in a multicultural society like ours; he also advocated for radically de-centralized control of resources that help support the creation of and access to art as a way for democracy to move forward;
Samantha Matlin and Sara Ansell discussed the Porch Light Project and the study of whether public art can improve public health;
Tova spoke about her experiences as a public art and mural artist, and her flexibility of engagement with the local communities in which she travels and works; and
Emily Hooper Lansana described the empowering work of developing storytelling for individuals to be living tributes to culture and history in their communities

SUMMARY & RESOURCES

Yale-Jefferson Award for Public Service: A Fireside Chat
2020-12-17 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Yale-Jefferson Award for Public Service:

A Virtual Fireside Chat with 2020 Award Recipients
Virtual Fireside Chat
Thursday, Dec. 17 | 3:00 PM ET
All welcome to attend; Registration required
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The Yale-Jefferson Awards are presented annually, recognizing sustained public service that is individual, innovative, impactful, and inspiring. The recipients are three Yalies – a Yale College student, a graduate or professional school student, and a member of the alumni body – all of whom have demonstrated service that draws on the Yale community and benefits the world beyond Yale.
Join us for this event as we honor the 2020 award winners. They have made an impact – for minorities in STEM, for those in need, and for those with special needs – improving the lives of their communities and those within them.
In this virtual interactive chat, the honorees will share their stories and discuss the impact of their service engagement. In addition, they will talk about their work in the context of today’s challenges, including the COVID-19 landscape, and ways to get involved.
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PANELISTS / 2020 AWARD RECIPIENTS

Robert W. Fernandez ’20 PhD

A dedicated mentor, Fernandez served as a coordinator for Yale’s Science, Technology, and Research Scholars program (known as STARS II), which is committed to supporting women, minorities, the economically underprivileged, and historically underrepresented students in the sciences, engineering, and math. He also co-founded Científico Latino, a STEM organization that works to bolster the pipeline of underrepresented students in higher education in the sciences. Fernandez is a decorated scientist, having been named a 2014 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow and as one of the 100 most inspiring Hispanic/Latinx scientists in America by Cell Mentor. He received his PhD from the Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Department at Yale and is currently a postdoctoral scientist at Columbia University.

Morris is the founder and chief executive officer of Church Health in Memphis, Tennessee, which provides quality, affordable healthcare for working, uninsured people and their families. A family practice physician and an ordained United Methodist minister, Morris has revolutionized healthcare for the working poor in Memphis, recruiting doctors, nurses, dentists, and more to volunteer, all while securing a broad base of financial support from the faith community. Buoyed by those efforts, Church Health has grown to become the largest faith-based, privately funded health center in the nation, serving more than 75,000 patients and handling approximately 44,000 patient visits annually. For his efforts and great work, Morris has been recognized by major organizations including the American Medical Association, which awarded him its Excellence in Medicine Award in 2008.

G. Scott Morris ’80 MDiv

Megan Sardis ’21

A believer in the power of community to help vulnerable children reach their full potential, Sardis founded the nonprofit organization SNUGS National, which has developed free aquatic clinics for special needs children at eight locations across the U.S. That includes Yale’s Payne Whitney gymnasium, where the sessions are run by Yale student volunteers. To date, SNUGS National has served more than 150 families and has raised more than $15,000 in donations, and it has cultivated a 13-member board with teams in finance, communications, marketing, and development. As a student of Global Affairs, Sardis is on pace to graduate in May 2021. She has a specific interest in health initiatives on the African continent. She hopes to attend medical school and pursue a career in pediatric global health after her time at Yale.

Orlando Yarborough III, PhD GRD ’10, Moderator

Yarborough is passionate about values-based transformation and empowering executive and global leaders to change the world. A consultant, speaker, and coach, Yarborough co-founded the Well Company for leaders committed to creating an environment of leadership development and personal growth. He facilitates values-based collaborative leadership with the Community Leadership Program of New Haven, and also with learning labs for interpersonal and group dynamics (IDP) and global team leadership with the Yale School of Management. He serves on the executive board of Friends Center for Children and on the Meyerhoff Alumni advisory board. Yarborough earned his BS in Biology and Africana Studies from University of Maryland and a PhD in Genetics from Yale. Yarborough pastors Black Church at Yale and is co-president of Students and Alumni of Yale (STAY).

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This webinar is brought to you by:
STAY – Students and Alumni of Yale | Yale Day of Service | YANA | Yale Alumni Service Corps

"Hope for the Holidays" Nonprofit Fundraising Discussion
2020-12-16 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
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Beyond Performance & Exhibition: The Many Roles of Arts in Society
2020-12-16 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
YANA WEBINAR
Necessary Relevance: The Role of the Arts in Society
YANA has developed a series of programs to explore the role of arts and culture in society, particularly in a tenuous economy and amidst fervent social justice movements.
Join us for any or all of the upcoming programs featuring Yalies in all parts of the arts and cultural sectors.
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Beyond Performance & Exhibition: The Many Roles of Arts in Society
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 | 1:00 PM ET
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Art and music touch all of our lives in some way or another. They are deeply entrenched in human experience and history and have been studied in a wide range of fields. From history and performance to anthropology, sociology, and the sacred and ceremonial rituals in many world religions, the “arts” are intrinsically part of our lives.
Explore this larger role of arts, music, and culture in our society beyond performance and exhibition. We have practitioners and experts from the fields of K-12 school programs, social justice, religion, ableness inclusivity, and trauma healing.
SPEAKER BIOS

Saturday Write Live! w/ Uptown Stories
2020-12-12 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
Saturday Write Live! with Uptown Stories

Usually, Uptown Stories (A YANA Spotlight partner organization) is all about the kids, but due to the mind-altering effect of these writing games, this special event is for ADULTS ONLY. (Not even the 12 sons of Odin will be invited.) 12 games will be played, 12 futures will be determined, and 12 lives will be changed forever. We also have 12 amazing prizes for 12 lucky winners.
“GAH, not more Zoom!” I hear you saying, and I feel the same way. Which is why we’re creating not one, but twelve interactive virtual rooms, each hosted by a rock-star Uptown Stories teacher, including myself! That’s right, it’s a virtual sideshow for you to explore. Spin the Wheel-of-Stories, roll Haiku dice, get your cards read by Madame Fareye, crack open Magic Eggs, peek through the keyhole in the Door of Perception, or just lurk in the shadows and enjoy the show. The doors open at 8:00 ET and close at 10:00, but you can come late, leave early, or wander and play the whole two hours.

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Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020 | 8:00 PM ET
Invitation to YANA Community from Founder & ED Kate Reuther
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YANA Virtual Town Hall | Fighting Inequality: Democratizing Access to Education
2020-12-02 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Hope to see you online!
Looking forward to seeing many of you on Wednesday, Dec. 2nd!
Details to follow
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Fighting Inequality: Democratizing Access to Education
Please join us as we spotlight change-makers advancing educational opportunities through affirmative action and pre-college services.
YANA Town Hall
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020 | 6:30 PM EDT

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SPEAKERS

Cara McClellan ’10, ’15 LAW is Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the premier legal organization fighting for racial justice, where she works primarily on increasing equitable access to education and ending the criminalization of Black people. She is Founder of My Sister’s Keeper Collective a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that at-risk girls have access to a high-quality secondary education.

Monique Lin-Luse is Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. Monique has over ten years of advocacy, organizing, and educator experience in youth development, education access, social justice, and civil rights. She has focused her work on removing barriers to educational success for all students and ending the criminalization of youth of color.

Kate Reuther ’96, is Executive Director and Founder of Uptown Stories, a Manhattan-based organization that has inspired over 1,500 kids in Manhattan’s uptown neighborhoods to discover and develop their inner voices by offering small-group writing workshops for children ages eight to fifteen, led by master teachers and professional authors.

Madeline Kerner ’07 is CEO and Co-Founder of Matriculate whose mission is to empower high-achieving, low income high school students to make the leap to our nation’s best colleges. Their vision is that one day all the best students in America will have fair access to the best colleges, regardless of their socio-economic status or background.

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This meeting will be held on Zoom
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Please note that this meeting will be conducted virtually over the Zoom platform, and that in order to participate you’ll first need to download Zoom. We hope you can join us for this global session which promises to be an informative and uplifting evening.

Update on Opportunity Zones & Community Investing | YANA Panel
2020-12-02 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
You Are Invited to a YANA Panel Discussion

Update on Opportunity Zones & Community Investing

Join us for a discussion about community and impact investing

PANELISTS

Anna Blanding ’03, SOM ’09
ConnCAT and ConnCORP

Jay Readey ’94, JD/MBA ’04
Ginsberg Jacobs LLC; The MetroAlliance

Rob Lalka ’05
Tulane University; Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

SPEAKER BIOS

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December 2, 2020 | 1:00 PM ET
All welcome to attend; Registration required

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"What's the Social Impact Community Like In...?"
2020-12-01 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
What’s The Social Impact Community Like In . . . . An Introduction to the YANA Chapter Communities
Dec. 1, 2020 | 6:30 PM ET

Curious to know what the social impact community is like where you live…or where you would like to live? Want to meet YANA members working in nonprofits and social impact endeavors? Then please join us! This program is geared towards students, recent graduates, and alums looking to move into the social impact space. When you register, pick a geographic region for the breakout session and tell us the social impact area you are interested in. Next year, we’ll host a similar program focusing on areas of social impact unbounded by geography.

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"Purpose, Passion, & Profit: Finding Meaningful Work in a Stressful World" YANA Evening Tea
2020-11-18 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
YANA Evening Tea
Purpose, Passion, and Profit:
Finding Meaningful Work in a Stressful World

In an age of Covid, economic hardship, and racial inequity, people are searching for purpose and meaning in their lives as never before. With record numbers in transition through layoffs, rescinded job offers, student gap years, and more, how can we successfully navigate this new reality to find work and build careers with meaning?
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Join our YANA Evening Tea for a candid conversation between Dasia Moore ’18 and Nell Derick Debevoise, Harvard ’02, as they share insights and lessons from their personal journeys
November 18, 2020
Event Video | Event Recording

Dasia Moore ’18 is a YANA Board Member, Co-Founder & Director of Go South, and currently works as a reporter for the Boston Globe’s metro desk. Prior to joining the Globe in 2020, she worked as a researcher and writer for Quartz and as a news associate for Katie Couric Media.

Nell Derick Debevoise is Founder & CEO of Inspiring Capital, a certified B Corp based in New York City. Inspiring Capital’s experiential learning programs and workshops engage and train under-represented professionals to do work that integrates profit and purpose.

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YANA 10th Anniversary Virtual Gala
2020-11-10 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Click here to watch the program on Tuesday, November 10th @ 6:30pm ET:
https://yalenonprofitalliance.org/10th-anniversary-gala/

Guest appearances from Yale President, Peter Salovey and Yale’s own celebrity academic, “Happiness Professor” Laurie Santos, teacher of Psychology and the Good Life, Yale’s most popular course in Yale’s 300+ year history.
Entertainment from some of Yale’s rising stars and partners: Tarek Ziad ’20, Shades of Yale, and Drama Club NYC with Board Chair, David Blasher ’01.
Honoring the work of three significant social impact organizations that YANA helped launch: The Climate Museum, COFFEED, Teens for Food Justice.
SUPPORT THE GALA! **
** Every donation at $250 & above will receive a thank-you gift tin of sweet treats from Havenly
(valued at $25 + shipping)

Your support helps sustain the quality programming and community-building and support for which YANA is so well known.

* The Gala is FREE and open to the public. No registration required. Sponsorship tickets and donations are most welcome! *

Pre-Gala Zoom Cocktail Hour
2020-11-10 17:45 - 18:30 (America/New_York)
We hope you are looking forward to joining us for YANA’s 10th Anniversary Gala!
You Are Invited to a
Pre-Gala Zoom Cocktail Hour
Tuesday, November 10th | 5:45 PM ET
RSVP HERE
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Then head on over to the YANA GALA PAGE at 6:30 PM to
Help us celebrate a decade of
Working Together, Giving Back, & Changing Lives

Chicago Chapter Virtual Networking
2020-11-06 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Join fellow Yalies and social impactors in the Chicago area for an informal meet and greet networking session.
Register HERE!
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

YANA Virtual Town Hall | Fighting Inequality Outside the US: Lessons Learned From Abroad
2020-10-28 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Hope to see you online!
Looking forward to seeing many of you on Wednesday, Oct. 28th!
Please join us as we spotlight the impact of Yale alumni leaders Neal Keny-Guyer and Mick Hirsch in fighting inequality, extreme poverty, and social injustice overseas.
We are also featuring an Election Special with Tiffany Gardner, CEO of ReflectUS, a national coalition advancing the number of women serving in public office across America.
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Fighting Inequality by Democratizing Access
Please join us as we spotlight the impact of Yale alumni leaders Neal Keny-Guyer and Mick Hirsch in fighting inequality, extreme poverty, and social injustice overseas.
We are also featuring an Election Special with Tiffany Gardner, CEO of ReflectUS, a national coalition advancing the number of women serving in public office across America

YANA Town Hall
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020 | 6:30 PM EDT

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SPEAKERS

Neal Keny-Guyer ’82 SOM served as the CEO of Mercy Corps for 25 years before stepping down in 2019. Under his leadership, Mercy became one of the largest relief and development NGO’s in the world, focusing on alleviating poverty, suffering, and oppression among the world’s most vulnerable populations. Featuring Neal and YANA Executive Director, Rachel Littman ’91, in conversation.

Mick Hirsch ’03 M.Div. is the President & Executive Director of THRIVEGulu, a trauma recovery organization operating in Northern Uganda that helps people heal from the devastating impact of war, sexual exploitation, and extreme poverty. His multiple roles include serving as a psychiatric chaplain and specialist in refugee settlement.

ELECTION SPECIAL

With our national election less than a week away, we’ve invited Tiffany Gardner ’98, the newly appointed CEO of ReflectUS, a nonpartisan, nonprofit coalition of the nation’s leading women’s representation organizations. The mission of ReflectUS is to increase the number of women elected at the local, state and federal levels.

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This meeting will be held on Zoom
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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Please note that this meeting will be conducted virtually over the Zoom platform, and that in order to participate you’ll first need to download Zoom. We hope you can join us for this global session which promises to be an informative and uplifting evening.

YC Connect: 28th Ave Beach Cleanup with TMC Queen's Platoon
2020-10-24 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
28th Ave Beach Cleanup with The Mission Continues
Building Up & Breaking Down
October 24,2020 10:00 AM-03:00 PM
28th Ave Beach:
119-6 28th Ave, Queens, NY 11354

Event Overview

Join the Queens Platoon as we partner up again with Coastal Prevention Network to build up on the 28th ave beach. Some of the tasks we will be focusing on are the following: 1. There are steps that leads to the beach that are on their last leg. We need volunteers who will be willing to come out and help rebuild the stairs to make it easier to access the area and avoid serious injuries. 2. There are very large debris that are still on the beach that we would very like to get rid of. We need people to help break it down and take it out of the beach area so we can open up more space for people to use and capitalize on it by building something new there when the weather gets warmer again. 3. There is still some trash we didn’t manage to get to the last time we was out there and was hoping to cover the area that we didn’t get. If you or someone you know is interested in either breaking some stuff, building stuff or both, please sign up below.
What To Wear: TMC swag and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty in. Dress for the weather as it may get chilly throughout the day.

What to Bring: TMC swag and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty in.
Parking: Street Parking available
Inclement Weather: In the event of bad weather, we will postpone the event to a later date. Anyone with questions can contact Daquane Mays with The Mission Continues (dmays@missioncontinues.org, (347) 344-7929).
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Racism in Healthcare: Racism is a Public Health Crisis
2020-10-13 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Mexico_City)
Racism in Healthcare: Racism is a Public Health Crisis

Join us for a dialogue about Racism in Healthcare with Dr. Krenie Stowe, recipient of the Ally Award from the Center for the Healing of Racism in 1995.
Krenie Stowe describes herself as a mother and activist first, a pediatrician and attorney second. She is a board-certified pediatrician with over 30 years of experience in the trenches of clinical medicine.
Grounded in a lifelong commitment to social justice, she is a tireless advocate of sweeping health care reform.
She received her BA from Yale University in 1981, an MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1985. Following a pediatric internship at New York University Medical Center, she attended Harvard Law School, graduating magna cum laude in 1990. She then returned to New York to complete pediatric residency training at Montefiore Medical Center’s Residency Program in Social Medicine.
Committed to providing medical care to underserved communities, she has worked with Native American communities rural North Dakota and Portland, Oregon, with migrant communities in Oregon’s agricultural valley and urban immigrant communities in Massachusetts.
She practiced for 19 years in Texas, founding the Frontis Project, a non-profit health care facility that provided medical care, emergency assistance, and social support and advocacy services to 11,500 children and their families; then establishing HEAL, Health Education, Advocacy & Literacy, with a mission to support, inform and empower people caring for children and to reform the role of health care in the lives of individuals and in our society at large.
Dr Stowe describes her approach to medicine as follows: “My work emphasizes empowerment, education and prevention, encouraging people to be active participants in care rather than passive recipients of care.
Class, race/ethnicity and gender/gender identity all continue to profoundly impact health status and access to care. To address health disparities, we must identify and break down economic and racial and cultural barriers to care, as well as deeper internal barriers that stem from feelings of isolation, hopelessness and marginalization.”
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Current Leadership & Funding Issues in Nonprofits Arts & Cultural Institutions
2020-10-07 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Necessary Relevance: The Role of the Arts in Society
Join a panel of artists and arts organization managers to discuss the necessary relevance of arts and culture to a just, equitable, and meaningful community.
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Current Leadership and Funding Issues in Nonprofits Arts & Cultural Institutions
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MODERATOR

Dr. Akosua Barthwell Evans (LAW ‘90), The Barthwell Group (Detroit, MI)
PANELISTS
Sarah Williams (DRAMA ‘15), California Shakespeare Theater (Orinda, CA)
Brian Hodge ‘96, The Printing Museum (Houston, TX)
Clement So ‘06, San Diego Symphony (San Diego, CA)
Gary Dauphin ‘90, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (Los Angeles, CA)
SPEAKER BIOS
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Wednesday, Oct. 7 | 1:00 PM (EDT)

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Co-Sponsors: Yale Alumni Art League, Yale Club of Houston, Yale Club of San Diego

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UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
December 16, 2020, 1pm ET: Beyond Performance and Exhibition: The many roles of arts in society
January 12, 2021, 1pm ET: Public Art — Supporting art as a way to build up and bind local communities, and engage in creative placemaking and urban revitalization
February 9, 2021, 1pm ET: The Role and Support of Individual Artists — pro bono services, emergency grants, public support

YANA Virtual Town Hall: Social Entrepreneurs Fighting Inequality
2020-09-30 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Hope to see you online!
Looking forward to seeing many of you on Wednesday, Sept. 30th!
Please join us as we spotlight social entrepreneurs fighting inequality by democratizing access to essential resources.
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Fighting Inequality by Democratizing Access
Please join us as we spotlight social entrepreneurs fighting inequality by
democratizing access to essential resources.
YANA Town Hall
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020 | 6:30 PM EDT

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SPEAKERS

Tim McChristian ‘77 is the Executive Director of Madison Square Boys and Girls Club, a youth program that provides a safe, supportive environment for children of color living in many of New York’s most under-resourced neighborhoods. Tim’s program reaches over 5,000 kids a year, 90% of whom identify as Black and Brown.

Sarah Tomita ’06 is the Head of Finance, Strategy & Planning for Revolution Foods, an Oakland, California-based social enterprise and provider of free and reduced school lunches for kids, as well as millions of adults and families nationwide affected by food insecurity. As a former YANA board member and NYC resident, Sarah is thrilled to participate in this Town Hall and reconnect with colleagues.

Danny Egol ’20 SOM is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Inclusion NextWork (INW), a nonprofit dedicated to connecting, supporting, and elevating the next generation of leaders and communities committed to advancing IDEAS: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Social justice.

Hannah Verma ’21 is a senior Political Science major. She co-founded TeleHealth Access for Seniors at the start of the pandemic to provide low-income, high-risk patients access to free tablets for telemedicine appointments. The nonprofit has now raised over $100,000, donated over 2300 devices, and is entirely student-run.

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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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Please note that this meeting will be conducted virtually over the Zoom platform, and that in order to participate you’ll first need to download Zoom. We hope you can join us for this global session which promises to be an informative and uplifting evening.

YASC in the Americas: Community Responses to COVID-19
2020-09-29 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
YASC in the Americas: Community Responses to COVID-19
Perspectives from Brazil, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico
Join via webinar on Tuesday, September 29, at 8 p.m. EDT
Learn about three fascinating areas and how local communities are handling the pandemic during this interactive webinar. Our panelists join us from YASC partners Instituto Floresta Viva in Brazil, Yspaniola in Dominican Republic, and Instituto Nueva Escuela in Puerto Rico. After a brief presentation by each panelist, you will have the opportunity to join a separate breakout room to discuss the situation in a particular community in more depth.
This webinar supports the Yale Alumni Service Corps (YASC) mission to promote mutual cross-cultural awareness and sustainable development in under-served communities. We do this by bringing Yale alumni, family, and friends to work with people in communities throughout the world – via the arts, education and sports, health, and economic development – to inspire hope and produce meaningful change in the lives of the people we serve.
SPEAKERS
Amy Porter: Amy is Yspaniola’s executive director. She is passionate about community-led development and greatly enjoys overseeing Yspaniola’s education programming, which employs local teachers and classroom assistants to provide high-quality, literacy-focused education to 160 students in the community of Batey Libertad.
Paulo Sanjines Barreiro ’12 MESc: Paulo is a liaison to Floresta Viva, an organization that brings sustainable economic alternatives to small agricultural producers in protected areas. He’s also the founder of Cachoeira Travel, an innovative social enterprise that aims to promote cultural and technological exchange between local communities, students, researchers, and other professionals from Brazil and around the world.
Nerialis Vasquez: Nerialis is a volunteer and special project operational structure VISTA for Instituto Nueva Escuela (INE). As an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, INE is dedicated to improving Puerto Rican students’ academic and socio-emotional outcomes through the implementation of Montessori education in the public school setting.
MODERATOR
Perry Sayles ’88: Perry is currently chair of the Yale Alumni Service Corps Advisory Board and a member of YASC since 2016. He has been on five YASC trips and was the trip producer for the March 2019 trip to the Dominican Republic in partnership with Yspaniola. Perry has his own interior design practice.

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This webinar is brought to you by:
Yale Alumni Service Corps
YAA Shared Interest Groups
Yale Day of Service
Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance
Yale Women

Natural Areas Conservancy: Climate Week NYC
2020-09-21 - 2020-09-27
Mark your calendar! Tune in from September 21-27 for
Climate Week NYC — the largest climate summit taking place this year.
Join the Natural Areas Conservancy as we host events exploring how New York City’s natural resources play a pivotal role in mitigating climate change. We’ll also share our latest work in climate adaptation, including new tools and research that advance the city’s planning, restoration, and conservation efforts now and into the future.

Tuesday, September 22 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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COVID-19. Racial injustice. Climate change. Parks and open spaces have often served as a haven for New Yorkers in good and in challenging times. They provide a safe and inclusive space to experience nature and come together as a community in celebration and in protest — all while cleaning our air and improving our environment.
As New York City works to become a more equitable city in the face of these growing challenges, what role do our parks and natural resources play in achieving that goal? Whether they’re mitigating the urban heat island effect or simply providing safe and inclusive spaces to experience nature, our city’s parks need investment by our government, as well as community support, funding, and advocacy to be beneficial for all New Yorkers.
Join the Natural Areas Conservancy, Prospect Park Alliance, and WE ACT for Environmental Justice on Tuesday, September 22, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. for a virtual panel discussion as we share how our organizations are employing a wide range of strategies and solutions to advance equity and accessibility in New York City’s parks.
This event is limited to 100 spots. If you’re unable to access the Zoom webinar on event day, visit our Facebook page to watch it streamed live during the broadcast.

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Thursday, September 24 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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Celebrate Climate Week NYC with us as we host a virtual event that explores the findings of the NAC’s recent analysis of carbon storage and sequestration in NYC’s forests and highlights how our organization is advancing climate adaptation and forest management in New York City.
New York City is home to over 7,000 acres of ecologically diverse, native forest — a vast natural resource that plays a large role in how the city adapts to challenges presented by climate change. When we think about carbon, the value of rural forests in mitigating climate change and offsetting emissions is well understood. However, in urban settings, the contribution of forests in capturing and storing carbon is not well quantified.
In 2019, the NAC used extensive forest assessment data to calculate the amount of carbon sequestered and stored in New York City’s forested natural areas. We completed this study to better understand the value of this resource in mitigating climate change and to evaluate the role of restoration and management in influencing carbon capture. Spoiler alert: New York City’s urban forests have a lot of potential to be part of the climate solution.
This event is limited to 100 spots. If you’re unable to access the Zoom webinar on event day, visit our Facebook page to watch it streamed live during the broadcast. This event was made possible through support to the Natural Areas Conservancy from Con Edison.

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Thursday, September 24 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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Celebrate Climate Week NYC and learn how climate change has affected Prospect Park and other natural areas in New York City and the projections for the future, including how Prospect Park Alliance and the Natural Areas Conservancy are using the best available science to mitigate the negative effects of climate change and preserve our urban forests.
Hear from Prospect Park Alliance forest ecologist Howard Goldstein and the Natural Areas Conservancy’s Justin Bowers, program manager for Natural Areas Restoration and the creator of Forest Identification and Restoration Selection Tool (FIRST), which helps forest restoration practitioners manage for and adapt to geographic and climate conditions.

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Philanthropy, Fundraising, and Funds Allocation in the COVID Era
2020-09-16 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
PHILANTHROPY, FUNDRAISING, AND FUNDS ALLOCATION
IN THE COVID ERA
Panel Discussion
Join the YANA Colorado chapter for a midday discussion with experts from various nonprofits and foundations.
If you’ve been struggling with fundraising during the coronavirus pandemic, you’re not alone. Much of the philanthropic world has been turned on its head, and we want to help you navigate it. Please join us for a zoom webinar to learn how two different nonprofit organizations have successfully altered their fundraising strategies in the time of COVID. We’ll also hear from two foundations on how their funding priorities have changed, and what you should know to successfully secure grants for your organization.
Our panelists include executives from two foundations (family foundation and community foundation) and two nonprofits. While all the participants are located in Colorado, the subject matter applies to everyone in the philanthropic field.
The session will be moderated by Patty Breech (Yale 2006), CEO of the Purpose Collective, a consulting firm that specializes in digital marketing for purpose-driven organizations.

PANELISTS
Patty Breech ’06, The Purpose Collective (moderator)
Lauren Arnold, The Adoption Exchange
Vicki Nichols Goldstein ’90 MEM, Inland Ocean Coalition
Tony Lewis, Donnell-Kay Foundation
Benny Samuels, Rose Community Foundation

Wednesday, Sept. 16 | 12:00 PM (MDT) // 2:00PM (EDT)

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Patty Breech

Lauren Arnold

Vicki Nichols Goldstein

Tony Lewis

Benny Samuels

YANA Webinar | Nonprofit Leaders' Fiduciary Duties
2020-09-02 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Nonprofit Leaders' Fiduciary Duties
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 | 1:00-2:00pm EDT
Nonprofit Leaders' Fiduciary Duties – Matthew D. Gelfand '77, Richard T. Moreland, Robert A. Scott, Moreland Associates, LLC
As a nonprofit leader, do you know your fiduciary responsibilities for your organization’s finances? Do the words “fiduciary” or “finance” scare you away from serving in nonprofit leadership roles or from taking on more responsibility at your organization?
This webinar will describe the nature of fiduciary responsibilities, especially with respect to financial and investment matters, provide a model of good fiduciary governance, and review some of the tools available to nonprofit financial fiduciaries for prudent financial management.
Matt Gelfand, Rich Moreland, and Bob Scott, of Moreland Associates, LLC, each has decades of experience serving as fiduciaries for nonprofit organizations in executive, board, committee, and vendor roles. They will guide you through the thicket of fiduciary duties so you can feel confident in taking on and exercising more responsibility for the financial and broader benefit of your nonprofit organizations.
This webinar will cover essential elements of fiduciary responsibility, good governance, and prudent financial management.

Defining fiduciary responsibilities
Model governance structures
The Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (“UPMIFA”)
Documenting governance structures and processes and the investment policy statement (IPS)
The importance of good recordkeeping
What behavior, actions, and decisions are prudent?
Self-dealing and conflicts of interest

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Speaker Bios

Nonprofit Leaders' Fiduciary Duties
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 | 1:00-2:00pm EDT
Nonprofit Leaders' Fiduciary Duties – Matthew D. Gelfand '77, Richard T. Moreland, Robert A. Scott, Moreland Associates, LLC
As a nonprofit leader, do you know your fiduciary responsibilities for your organization’s finances? Do the words “fiduciary” or “finance” scare you away from serving in nonprofit leadership roles or from taking on more responsibility at your organization?
This webinar will describe the nature of fiduciary responsibilities, especially with respect to financial and investment matters, provide a model of good fiduciary governance, and review some of the tools available to nonprofit financial fiduciaries for prudent financial management.
Matt Gelfand, Rich Moreland, and Bob Scott, of Moreland Associates, LLC, each has decades of experience serving as fiduciaries for nonprofit organizations in executive, board, committee, and vendor roles. They will guide you through the thicket of fiduciary duties so you can feel confident in taking on and exercising more responsibility for the financial and broader benefit of your nonprofit organizations.
This webinar will cover essential elements of fiduciary responsibility, good governance, and prudent financial management.

Defining fiduciary responsibilities
Model governance structures
The Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (“UPMIFA”)
Documenting governance structures and processes and the investment policy statement (IPS)
The importance of good recordkeeping
What behavior, actions, and decisions are prudent?
Self-dealing and conflicts of interest

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Speaker Bios

Nonprofit Leaders' Fiduciary Duties
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 | 1:00-2:00pm EDT
Nonprofit Leaders' Fiduciary Duties – Matthew D. Gelfand '77, Richard T. Moreland, Robert A. Scott, Moreland Associates, LLC
As a nonprofit leader, do you know your fiduciary responsibilities for your organization’s finances? Do the words “fiduciary” or “finance” scare you away from serving in nonprofit leadership roles or from taking on more responsibility at your organization?
This webinar will describe the nature of fiduciary responsibilities, especially with respect to financial and investment matters, provide a model of good fiduciary governance, and review some of the tools available to nonprofit financial fiduciaries for prudent financial management.
Matt Gelfand, Rich Moreland, and Bob Scott, of Moreland Associates, LLC, each has decades of experience serving as fiduciaries for nonprofit organizations in executive, board, committee, and vendor roles. They will guide you through the thicket of fiduciary duties so you can feel confident in taking on and exercising more responsibility for the financial and broader benefit of your nonprofit organizations.
This webinar will cover essential elements of fiduciary responsibility, good governance, and prudent financial management.

Defining fiduciary responsibilities
Model governance structures
The Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (“UPMIFA”)
Documenting governance structures and processes and the investment policy statement (IPS)
The importance of good recordkeeping
What behavior, actions, and decisions are prudent?
Self-dealing and conflicts of interest

REGISTER
Speaker Bios

Nonprofit Leaders' Fiduciary Duties
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 | 1:00-2:00pm EDT
Nonprofit Leaders' Fiduciary Duties – Matthew D. Gelfand '77, Richard T. Moreland, Robert A. Scott, Moreland Associates, LLC
As a nonprofit leader, do you know your fiduciary responsibilities for your organization’s finances? Do the words “fiduciary” or “finance” scare you away from serving in nonprofit leadership roles or from taking on more responsibility at your organization?
This webinar will describe the nature of fiduciary responsibilities, especially with respect to financial and investment matters, provide a model of good fiduciary governance, and review some of the tools available to nonprofit financial fiduciaries for prudent financial management.
Matt Gelfand, Rich Moreland, and Bob Scott, of Moreland Associates, LLC, each has decades of experience serving as fiduciaries for nonprofit organizations in executive, board, committee, and vendor roles. They will guide you through the thicket of fiduciary duties so you can feel confident in taking on and exercising more responsibility for the financial and broader benefit of your nonprofit organizations.
This webinar will cover essential elements of fiduciary responsibility, good governance, and prudent financial management.

Defining fiduciary responsibilities
Model governance structures
The Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (“UPMIFA”)
Documenting governance structures and processes and the investment policy statement (IPS)
The importance of good recordkeeping
What behavior, actions, and decisions are prudent?
Self-dealing and conflicts of interest

REGISTER
Speaker Bios

Nonprofit Leaders' Fiduciary Duties
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 | 1:00-2:00pm EDT
Nonprofit Leaders' Fiduciary Duties – Matthew D. Gelfand '77, Richard T. Moreland, Robert A. Scott, Moreland Associates, LLC
As a nonprofit leader, do you know your fiduciary responsibilities for your organization’s finances? Do the words “fiduciary” or “finance” scare you away from serving in nonprofit leadership roles or from taking on more responsibility at your organization?
This webinar will describe the nature of fiduciary responsibilities, especially with respect to financial and investment matters, provide a model of good fiduciary governance, and review some of the tools available to nonprofit financial fiduciaries for prudent financial management.
Matt Gelfand, Rich Moreland, and Bob Scott, of Moreland Associates, LLC, each has decades of experience serving as fiduciaries for nonprofit organizations in executive, board, committee, and vendor roles. They will guide you through the thicket of fiduciary duties so you can feel confident in taking on and exercising more responsibility for the financial and broader benefit of your nonprofit organizations.
This webinar will cover essential elements of fiduciary responsibility, good governance, and prudent financial management.

Defining fiduciary responsibilities
Model governance structures
The Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (“UPMIFA”)
Documenting governance structures and processes and the investment policy statement (IPS)
The importance of good recordkeeping
What behavior, actions, and decisions are prudent?
Self-dealing and conflicts of interest

REGISTER
Speaker Bios

Nonprofit Leaders' Fiduciary Duties
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 | 1:00-2:00pm EDT
Nonprofit Leaders' Fiduciary Duties – Matthew D. Gelfand '77, Richard T. Moreland, Robert A. Scott, Moreland Associates, LLC
As a nonprofit leader, do you know your fiduciary responsibilities for your organization’s finances? Do the words “fiduciary” or “finance” scare you away from serving in nonprofit leadership roles or from taking on more responsibility at your organization?
This webinar will describe the nature of fiduciary responsibilities, especially with respect to financial and investment matters, provide a model of good fiduciary governance, and review some of the tools available to nonprofit financial fiduciaries for prudent financial management.
Matt Gelfand, Rich Moreland, and Bob Scott, of Moreland Associates, LLC, each has decades of experience serving as fiduciaries for nonprofit organizations in executive, board, committee, and vendor roles. They will guide you through the thicket of fiduciary duties so you can feel confident in taking on and exercising more responsibility for the financial and broader benefit of your nonprofit organizations.
This webinar will cover essential elements of fiduciary responsibility, good governance, and prudent financial management.

Defining fiduciary responsibilities
Model governance structures
The Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (“UPMIFA”)
Documenting governance structures and processes and the investment policy statement (IPS)
The importance of good recordkeeping
What behavior, actions, and decisions are prudent?
Self-dealing and conflicts of interest

REGISTER
Speaker Bios

Meet the 2020 Yale DC Community Service Summer Fellows
2020-08-26 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Virtual discussion with the DC Community Service Summer Fellows!
About the Event

Join the Yale Club and Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance (YANA) of Washington, D.C., along with 1stGenYale, to meet the 2020 DC Community Service Summer Fellows! Each year, the Yale Club of Washington, D.C. awards Community Service Summer Fellowships to current Yale undergraduates, who spend the summer interning at nonprofit organizations in the Washington metropolitan area.
The program is fully funded by the Yale Club at no cost to the participating nonprofits, thanks to support from Yale community members like you. In this virtual event, participants will learn about YANA, the Yale Club of D.C. Summer Fellowship program, and the service projects that this summer’s three interns completed working remotely for the Capital Area Food Bank, DC Youth Orchestra, and A Wider Circle.
Join us to learn more and ask questions!
Speakers:

Barbara Tyran, YANA DC
Maria Vera Whelan – VP, Community Service, Yale Club of Washington, D.C.
Kara O’Rourke (YC ‘22) – A Wider Circle
Laura Clapp (YC ‘21) – DC Youth Orchestra
Sophie Lieberman (YC ‘21) – Capital Area Food Bank

YC Connect: Food Distribution with Queens Liberation Project
2020-08-22 11:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
FOOD DISTRIBUTION WITH QUEENS LIBERATION PROJECT
WITH THE NEW YORK 4TH SERVICE PLATOON
AUGUST 22, 2020 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
LOCATION:
THE FIRST REFORMED CHURCH OF ASTORIA
2726 12th St, Astoria, NY 11102
Astoria, NY
CONTACT:
Daquane Mays
dmays@missioncontinues.org
(347) 344-7929
The Queens Platoon is getting back into the swing of things, despite the pandemic we are currently in right now. Join us as we partner with Queens Liberation Project to Redistribute Food across the Astoria and surrounding areas for families that need help while practicing social distancing. There will be food, music and…possibly a twerk contest (don’t quote me on that ).
Some Info on Queens Liberation Project:
Queens Liberation Project is an action-driven organization focused on the advancement of the Black community. Our primary goal is to achieve full liberation of marginalized communities by uplifting, protecting, and advocating for our civil rights. Together, we fight to dismantle the institutionalized oppression upheld by systems of power with the demand for a more equitable tomorrow.
WHAT TO WEAR:
Any TMC gear that you have and A MASK!
WHAT TO BRING:
A positive attitude, a mask, and someone who may need food for their home.
PARKING:
Street Parking is available

YANA Virtual Town Hall: July 2020
2020-07-29 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Hope to see you online!
Looking forward to seeing many of you on Wednesday, July 29th!
Please join us as we continue shining the spotlight on Yale alumni leaders fighting inequality and social injustice
Register here.
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You Are Invited

Fighting Inequality: Four Yale Nonprofits

Please join us as we continue shining the spotlight on Yale alumni leaders fighting inequality and social injustice

YANA Town Hall
Wednesday, July 29 | 6:30 PM EDT
All welcome to attend; Registration required

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SPEAKERS

Kristin Urquiza ’03 is the granddaughter of migrant farmworkers and the daughter of a first-generation Mexican-American, Mark Urquiza, who lost his life to Covid-19 last month. To honor her father, Kristin started a grassroots organization Marked By Covid dedicated to collecting stories and elevating the truth about the virus that is killing Black and Latino people at twice the rate of whites.

David Blasher ’01 serves as board chair for Drama Club a nonprofit that provides theater, improv programming, and mentoring to incarcerated and court-involved youth in New York City. Drama Club realizes that the sense of play, belonging, and collaboration inherent in theater making are key elements that can promote positive mental health in everyone, particularly our vulnerable youth.

Kiran Chokshi ‘20 and Zo Orchingwa ’21 Law & SOM (Co-Founder, pictured ) are on the leadership team of Ameelio , the nation’s first free prison communications platform. The mission of Ameelio is to reconnect the incarcerated with their loved ones through digital solutions that facilitate the free delivery of letters and video-conferencing. Their ultimate goal is to decouple incarceration and profit.

Dasia Moore ’18 is the chair of Go South , a social impact organization that encourages and mobilizes college students in the Northeast to consider mission-driven careers in the American South. Go South believes that exposing Ivy League graduates to the many cultural, economic, and political opportunities in the South can have a transformative impact on both the young leaders and ultimately the region.

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July 29, 2020 | 6:30 PM EDT
This meeting will be held on Zoom
Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance Monthly Meeting
July 29, 2020 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpd-yoqzIpH9LiWAeWhciOZdCZoYwWMsCw
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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Please note that this meeting will be conducted virtually over the Zoom platform, and that in order to participate you’ll first need to download Zoom. We hope you can join us on the 29th for this global session which promises to be an informative and uplifting evening.

YANA Arts Community Get-Together
2020-07-09 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Thursday, July 9, 2020 | 12:00pm EDT

Join fellow YANA members of the arts and cultural communities. If you are an artist of any kind, or work or volunteer with an arts-related organization, and want to work on some YANA programming, then this get-together is for you!
REGISTER

Thursday, July 9, 2020 | 12:00pm EDT

Join fellow YANA members of the arts and cultural communities. If you are an artist of any kind, or work or volunteer with an arts-related organization, and want to work on some YANA programming, then this get-together is for you!
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Thursday, July 9, 2020 | 12:00pm EDT

Join fellow YANA members of the arts and cultural communities. If you are an artist of any kind, or work or volunteer with an arts-related organization, and want to work on some YANA programming, then this get-together is for you!
REGISTER

Thursday, July 9, 2020 | 12:00pm EDT

Join fellow YANA members of the arts and cultural communities. If you are an artist of any kind, or work or volunteer with an arts-related organization, and want to work on some YANA programming, then this get-together is for you!
REGISTER

Thursday, July 9, 2020 | 12:00pm EDT

Join fellow YANA members of the arts and cultural communities. If you are an artist of any kind, or work or volunteer with an arts-related organization, and want to work on some YANA programming, then this get-together is for you!
REGISTER

YANA Webinar | Going Forward with Trust & Equity
2020-07-08 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Going Forward with Trust & Equity
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 | 1:00-2:00pm EDT
Going Forward with Trust & Equity – Speakers Below
As the COVID crisis continues to devastate communities of color, how can philanthropy address the existential threat to nonprofits serving our most vulnerable populations?
Please join us on July 8th for a YANA webinar featuring four of the leading thought leaders addressing this challenge:

Antony Bugg-Levine ‘96, Nonprofit Finance Fund (moderator)
Crystal Hayling ‘86, The Libra Foundation
Nike Irvin ‘85, Civil Society Fellowship: A Partnership of ADL & The Aspen Institute
Noel Poyo ‘98, National Association of Latino Community Asset Builders

Panel Bios
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The panel will be moderated by Antony Bugg-Levine, CEO of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, and will discuss a range of timely issues, including:

To what degree has structural racism impacted the foundation and grant-making communities?
What role can philanthropy play in preventing COVID from entrenching further inequity?
How can we reimagine how nonprofits are funded to ensure racial equity in a post COVID world?
How can grantmakers, nonprofits, and communities work together with a unified sense of purpose and urgency?

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Going Forward with Trust & Equity
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 | 1:00-2:00pm EDT
Going Forward with Trust & Equity – Speakers Below
As the COVID crisis continues to devastate communities of color, how can philanthropy address the existential threat to nonprofits serving our most vulnerable populations?
Please join us on July 8th for a YANA webinar featuring four of the leading thought leaders addressing this challenge:

Antony Bugg-Levine ‘96, Nonprofit Finance Fund (moderator)
Crystal Hayling ‘86, The Libra Foundation
Nike Irvin ‘85, Civil Society Fellowship: A Partnership of ADL & The Aspen Institute
Noel Poyo ‘98, National Association of Latino Community Asset Builders

Panel Bios
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The panel will be moderated by Antony Bugg-Levine, CEO of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, and will discuss a range of timely issues, including:

To what degree has structural racism impacted the foundation and grant-making communities?
What role can philanthropy play in preventing COVID from entrenching further inequity?
How can we reimagine how nonprofits are funded to ensure racial equity in a post COVID world?
How can grantmakers, nonprofits, and communities work together with a unified sense of purpose and urgency?

REGISTER

Going Forward with Trust & Equity
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 | 1:00-2:00pm EDT
Going Forward with Trust & Equity – Speakers Below
As the COVID crisis continues to devastate communities of color, how can philanthropy address the existential threat to nonprofits serving our most vulnerable populations?
Please join us on July 8th for a YANA webinar featuring four of the leading thought leaders addressing this challenge:

Antony Bugg-Levine ‘96, Nonprofit Finance Fund (moderator)
Crystal Hayling ‘86, The Libra Foundation
Nike Irvin ‘85, Civil Society Fellowship: A Partnership of ADL & The Aspen Institute
Noel Poyo ‘98, National Association of Latino Community Asset Builders

Panel Bios
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The panel will be moderated by Antony Bugg-Levine, CEO of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, and will discuss a range of timely issues, including:

To what degree has structural racism impacted the foundation and grant-making communities?
What role can philanthropy play in preventing COVID from entrenching further inequity?
How can we reimagine how nonprofits are funded to ensure racial equity in a post COVID world?
How can grantmakers, nonprofits, and communities work together with a unified sense of purpose and urgency?

REGISTER

Going Forward with Trust & Equity
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 | 1:00-2:00pm EDT
Going Forward with Trust & Equity – Speakers Below
As the COVID crisis continues to devastate communities of color, how can philanthropy address the existential threat to nonprofits serving our most vulnerable populations?
Please join us on July 8th for a YANA webinar featuring four of the leading thought leaders addressing this challenge:

Antony Bugg-Levine ‘96, Nonprofit Finance Fund (moderator)
Crystal Hayling ‘86, The Libra Foundation
Nike Irvin ‘85, Civil Society Fellowship: A Partnership of ADL & The Aspen Institute
Noel Poyo ‘98, National Association of Latino Community Asset Builders

Panel Bios
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The panel will be moderated by Antony Bugg-Levine, CEO of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, and will discuss a range of timely issues, including:

To what degree has structural racism impacted the foundation and grant-making communities?
What role can philanthropy play in preventing COVID from entrenching further inequity?
How can we reimagine how nonprofits are funded to ensure racial equity in a post COVID world?
How can grantmakers, nonprofits, and communities work together with a unified sense of purpose and urgency?

REGISTER

YIA: The Global Impact of Climate Change
2020-07-07 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
DescriptionThis live stream panel program is part of the Yale International Alliance Virtual Series on Global Citizenship.
Climate change connects us all – the magnitude of its effects on the interdependency between the global environment and human society may jeopardize our survival as a species in the not-too-distant future. And yet efforts to mitigate the looming risk of climate change are often uncoordinated and conflicting, differing from country to country and industry to industry. What does it mean to be a Global Citizen in the face of this reality? This panel will discuss how we can use interdependence of our own to counter the threat that climate change poses and the role that Global Citizenship can – and should – play in tackling this vital issue.
PANELISTS

Devrim Celal ’96 MPPM (moderator), CEO, Upside Energy
Marc DuBois ’81, Independent humanitarian analyst/consultant; Senior Fellow at SOAS; former Executive Director at Medicins Sans Frontieres-UK/IE
Gernot Laganda, 2016 World Fellow; Director, Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction, UN World Food Programme
Susan Tambi Matambo ’04 MEM, Senior Environmental Specialist, World Bank
Adrien Couton, 2011 World Fellow; Vice President, Americas Sustainability Services, Engie Impact, and Principal, Firefly

THIS WEBINAR IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE YALE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE (YIA) AND YALE SHARED INTEREST GROUPS.
Register

DescriptionThis live stream panel program is part of the Yale International Alliance Virtual Series on Global Citizenship.
Climate change connects us all – the magnitude of its effects on the interdependency between the global environment and human society may jeopardize our survival as a species in the not-too-distant future. And yet efforts to mitigate the looming risk of climate change are often uncoordinated and conflicting, differing from country to country and industry to industry. What does it mean to be a Global Citizen in the face of this reality? This panel will discuss how we can use interdependence of our own to counter the threat that climate change poses and the role that Global Citizenship can – and should – play in tackling this vital issue.
PANELISTS

Devrim Celal ’96 MPPM (moderator), CEO, Upside Energy
Marc DuBois ’81, Independent humanitarian analyst/consultant; Senior Fellow at SOAS; former Executive Director at Medicins Sans Frontieres-UK/IE
Gernot Laganda, 2016 World Fellow; Director, Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction, UN World Food Programme
Susan Tambi Matambo ’04 MEM, Senior Environmental Specialist, World Bank
Adrien Couton, 2011 World Fellow; Vice President, Americas Sustainability Services, Engie Impact, and Principal, Firefly

THIS WEBINAR IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE YALE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE (YIA) AND YALE SHARED INTEREST GROUPS.
Register

DescriptionThis live stream panel program is part of the Yale International Alliance Virtual Series on Global Citizenship.
Climate change connects us all – the magnitude of its effects on the interdependency between the global environment and human society may jeopardize our survival as a species in the not-too-distant future. And yet efforts to mitigate the looming risk of climate change are often uncoordinated and conflicting, differing from country to country and industry to industry. What does it mean to be a Global Citizen in the face of this reality? This panel will discuss how we can use interdependence of our own to counter the threat that climate change poses and the role that Global Citizenship can – and should – play in tackling this vital issue.
PANELISTS

Devrim Celal ’96 MPPM (moderator), CEO, Upside Energy
Marc DuBois ’81, Independent humanitarian analyst/consultant; Senior Fellow at SOAS; former Executive Director at Medicins Sans Frontieres-UK/IE
Gernot Laganda, 2016 World Fellow; Director, Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction, UN World Food Programme
Susan Tambi Matambo ’04 MEM, Senior Environmental Specialist, World Bank
Adrien Couton, 2011 World Fellow; Vice President, Americas Sustainability Services, Engie Impact, and Principal, Firefly

THIS WEBINAR IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE YALE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE (YIA) AND YALE SHARED INTEREST GROUPS.
Register

DescriptionThis live stream panel program is part of the Yale International Alliance Virtual Series on Global Citizenship.
Climate change connects us all – the magnitude of its effects on the interdependency between the global environment and human society may jeopardize our survival as a species in the not-too-distant future. And yet efforts to mitigate the looming risk of climate change are often uncoordinated and conflicting, differing from country to country and industry to industry. What does it mean to be a Global Citizen in the face of this reality? This panel will discuss how we can use interdependence of our own to counter the threat that climate change poses and the role that Global Citizenship can – and should – play in tackling this vital issue.
PANELISTS

Devrim Celal ’96 MPPM (moderator), CEO, Upside Energy
Marc DuBois ’81, Independent humanitarian analyst/consultant; Senior Fellow at SOAS; former Executive Director at Medicins Sans Frontieres-UK/IE
Gernot Laganda, 2016 World Fellow; Director, Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction, UN World Food Programme
Susan Tambi Matambo ’04 MEM, Senior Environmental Specialist, World Bank
Adrien Couton, 2011 World Fellow; Vice President, Americas Sustainability Services, Engie Impact, and Principal, Firefly

THIS WEBINAR IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE YALE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE (YIA) AND YALE SHARED INTEREST GROUPS.
Register

YANA Virtual Town Hall: Four Yale Nonprofits Fighting Inequality
2020-06-24 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Fighting Inequality: Four Yale Nonprofits

Please join us as we spotlight the work of four
high-impact nonprofits led by Yale alums

YANA Town Hall
Wednesday, June 24 | 6:30 PM EDT
All welcome to attend; Registration required

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SPEAKERS

Joe English ‘17: Founder & ED, Hope in a Box, which recognizes the prominent roles that LGBTQ people have played throughout history and across cultures. Joe and his team work with educators to fight against LGBTQ discrimination by cultivating inclusive environments and weaving queer history and literature into the classroom.

Andrea McChristian ‘08: Law & Policy Director, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, which focuses on providing residents of NJ’s urban communities with opportunities for meaningful employment, promoting more humane alternatives to incarceration for youth, and reshaping the state’s criminal justice system to assure equal access to justice.

Felipe Aragão Pires ‘20: Co-Founder, Generation Do It, an organization started by Yale students in response to the pandemic. Their goal is to connect college students whose summer plans were canceled with remote internships and work opportunities. The platform has attracted hundreds of students, 75% of whom are seeking nonprofit work.

Jane Veron ‘86, Co-Founder & CEO, The Acceleration Project (TAP), a nonprofit consulting firm that provides high caliber business advice at affordable rates to underserved small businesses across the nation, with a focus on minority and women-owned enterprises.

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June 24, 2020 | 6:30 PM EDT
This meeting will be held on Zoom
Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance Monthly Meeting
June 24, 2020 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpd-yoqzIpH9LiWAeWhciOZdCZoYwWMsCw
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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Please note that this meeting will be conducted virtually over the Zoom platform, and that in order to participate you’ll first need to download Zoom. We hope you can join us on the 24th for this global session which promises to be an informative and uplifting evening.

YANA Chicago Chapter | Planning Meeting
2020-06-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
Would you like to play an active role in fostering a vibrant nonprofit community in Chicago?
Please join new YANA Chicago chapter chair Stephanie Rath ’96 and fellow Yale alumni in the Chicago area involved or interested in the nonprofit and social impact communities to share ideas and planning for future events and programming.
This will be an online meeting to get to know one another, share ideas, and begin to sketch out plans for starting the Chicago chapter of the Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance. Bring your ideas! The format will be a virtual round table on zoom, so everyone will be able to see and share with each other. Please come ready to introduce yourself and to share an idea for how you’d like to contribute to building the nonprofit community in Chicago. Feel free to eat lunch during the call. Kids and pets in the background are welcome!
The call is on Wednesday, June 24th at 12 PM CT.
Register here
