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Flexible Pathways: Learning Models for Equity and Success
2022-07-19 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION Flexible Pathways: Learning Models for Equity and Success
Join us for a discussion with two education innovators who are working to make a variety of post-secondary school pathways viable, supported, and sustainable.

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Victoria Chen SOM '17
Co-Founder & Executive Director
BridgeYear

Mike Flanagan '94
Chief Executive Officer
Mastery Transcript Consortium

Choosing Forms for Philanthropy
2022-06-29 18:30 - 19:30 UTC
Choosing Forms for Philanthropy

Carrie Trowbridge ’99, J.D. ‘06, General Counsel at The New York Community Trust, and Justin Zaremby ’03, Ph.D. 07, J.D. ‘10, Counsel in the Tax-Exempt Organizations practice at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, will explore how different types of tax-exempt organizations can be used to advance charitable goals. They will cover public charities, private foundations, donor-advised funds, and community foundations, as well as some new trends in philanthropy.

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***Please note: this program will not be recorded!
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Carrie Trowbridge ’99, J.D. ‘06
The New York Community Trust

Justin Zaremby ’03, Ph.D. 07, J.D. ‘10
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

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YANA Tea with Law Professors Bridget Crawford '91 & Emily Gold Waldman '99
2022-06-28 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Menstruation Matters for Everyone:
How Nonprofits Can Lead the Way
Join authors Bridget J. Crawford ’91 and Emily Gold Waldman ’99 as they discuss their book, Menstruation Matters: Challenging the Law’s Silence on Periods, which explores the burgeoning menstrual advocacy movement and analyzes how the law should evolve to take menstruation into account.
YANA Evening Tea
Tuesday, June 28 | 6:30 PM EDT
All welcome to attend; Registration required

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Conversation with Renowned Playwright & Librettist David Henry Hwang
2022-06-16 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Conversation with Renowned Playwright & Librettist
David Henry Hwang (Yale Drama ’83)
The Yale Club of San Francisco & the Stanford Women’s Club of San Francisco invite YANA members to an online conversation with renowned playwright and librettist David Henry Hwang (Stanford ’79, Yale Drama School ’83), who was featured in a YANA event last year.
He will discuss his career and how he came to adapt the great classic of Chinese literature, “Dream of the Red Chamber,” into an opera commissioned by the San Francisco Opera. This is a rare opportunity to explore the process by which a new opera is created and is sure to enrich our understanding of how this time-honored art form continues to evolve in the modern age.
Thursday, June 16 | 7:00-8:00 PM PDT
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Yale Club of San Francisco & Stanford Women’s Club of San Francisco Joint Event

David Henry Hwang is an Obie, Tony and Grammy Award-winning author of works including the plays “M. Butterfly” and “Golden Child,” and the musicals “Aida” and “Flower Drum Song” (2002 revival). His opera work includes “Ainadamar” with music by Osvaldo Golijov, and 5 pieces with Philip Glass. He also co-wrote the Gold Record “Solo” with the late pop icon Prince and was a Writer/Consulting Producer for the Golden Globe-winning television series “The Affair.”

This online conversation is a prelude the performance of the Dream of the Red Chambers performance on Friday evening, June 17, 2022. The Yale Club of San Francisco has arranged with the San Francisco Opera for discounted ticketing for the “Dream of the Red Chambers.” More details here.

Efforts in Health Equity: Working Towards More Diverse and Value-Based Medical Care
2022-06-01 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Efforts in Health Equity: Working Towards More Diverse and Value-Based Medical Care
Data have shown for years that the lack of diversity in medical schools, the financial incentives to choose well-compensated specialties over community-based family practice, and the fee-for-service reimbursement system in our country have disproportionately negatively impacted the most marginalized and vulnerable populations who already face barriers in access to quality health care.
Join YANA for an in-depth discussion with two physicians who have spent their careers working to correct for these disparities: YANA Board member and community health practitioner, Dr. Patrice Yang ‘98, MD & MPH Emory University ‘06, and University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine founding faculty member and Pozen-Commonwealth Fund Fellow in Health Equity Leadership at Yale’s School of Management, Dr. Steven Starks SOM ’23.
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YANA Virtual Town Hall: United for Ukraine
2022-05-25 18:30 - 19:30 UTC
United For Ukraine

As heartbreak in Ukraine continues, the Yale community is working
together in many ways to support this war-torn country.

On Wednesday, May 25th, YANA will dedicate the entire Town Hall to spotlight United For Ukraine and the heroic work of three Ukrainian-born members of the Yale School of Medicine, who mobilized immediately to launch a program delivering medical supplies and technology to help the wounded.

SPEAKERS

Andrey Zinchuk, MD

Assistant Professor; Director, Advanced Apnea Management Program; Director, Yale Sleep Fellowship Didactic and Research Curriculum, Internal Medicine, PCCSM; Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

Irina Esterlis, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Molecular Imaging Program, NCPTSD, VA; Director, Mood, Anxiety, and Cognitive Sciences Division

Alla Vash-Margita, MD

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Genecology and Reproductive Sciences; Chief, Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Please join Andrey, Irina, and Alla as they discuss the war, their work, and how the Yale community can help. Ample time will be provided for Q&A.

Moderated by YANA’s Executive Director Rachel Littman ’91.

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Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Reflections & Learnings from the Northwest Response to COVID-19
2022-05-19 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow:
Reflections & Learnings from the Northwest Response to COVID-19
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Reflections and learnings from the Northwest response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the movements for greater environmental, social, and racial equity
More than two years into the ongoing global pandemics of COVID-19, systematic racism, and environmental degradation, the nonprofit and other mission-driven organizations in the Pacific Northwest have worked hard to turn adversity into opportunity. What has worked and what could we do better? What lessons can we all learn to inform the next challenge/s?
The new Yale Alumni Network Alliance Pacific Northwest Chapter invites you to join environmental conservation leader Nick Hardigg ’99 SOM, communications, engagement, and events professional and small business owner Emee Pumarega ‘95, and capacity builder and social justice advocate Allie Yee ’19 SOM to talk about how their organizations have adapted to the changing environment, provide practical tips for how to pivot when the unexpected happens and make predictions about how organizations may need to continue to evolve in the future. Sandra Medrano ‘15 will moderate the discussion. There will also be a live Q&A following the main panel discussion.

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YANA 2022 Gala: Generation to Generation
2022-05-12 17:15 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Please join us for the 2022 Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance Virtual Gala:
“Generation to Generation” Join former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Yale President Peter Salovey in honoring two Yale families and an organization advancing social impact across the generations!
Marian Wright Edelman ’63 Law, Founder of the Children’s Defense Fund and Jonah Edelman ’92, Founder of Stand for Children & Tim McChristian ’77, Executive Director of the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club and Andrea McChristian ’08, Law & Policy Director of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice & Fred Krupp ‘75, President of the Environmental Defense Fund
A special welcome from Peter Salovey, Yale President
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Regional Differences in U.S. Climate Change YANA Panel
2022-04-21 18:45 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
On the eve of Earth Day, join us for an exceptional webinar sponsored by the
YANA Bay Area and New England chapters and Yale BlueGreen

U.S. Climate Change: Regional Differences & How to Prepare for What’s Ahead
National Webinar
Thursday, April 21 | 6:45 PM EDT
All welcome to attend; Registration required
We’re already living through the beginnings of climate chaos. Join us for insights from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication: public knowledge, attitudes, policy preferences, and behavior, and the underlying psychological, cultural, and political factors that influence them.
Discover how the Business Council for Climate Change fosters innovative approaches to collaboration and best practices with members such as Google, Salesforce, and Autodesk. What are current trends in climate change goal setting, supply chain sustainability, and the influence employees, customers and investors have on disclosures?
And learn what you can do to prepare for the change that is accelerating.
We hope you can join us on the eve of Earth Day for an exceptional webinar sponsored by YANA’s Bay Area & New England Chapters and Yale Blue Green
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"COVID-19: Turning Pain into Purpose" Panel
2022-03-30 18:30 - 19:30 UTC
COVID-19: Turning Pain into Purpose

When COVID struck two years ago, two courageous Yalies saw and seized the opportunity to transform adversity into positive social change.

Kristin Urquiza ’03 started Marked By COVID to give a voice to the voiceless after the tragic and unnecessary death of her father Mark Urquiza from the disease.
Liam Elkind ’22 launched Invisible Hands to deliver groceries, medicine, and other necessities to shut-ins throughout New York City during the lockdown.

They each overcame countless obstacles at the height of COVID to build thriving organizations - and two years later both programs have national exposure and impact.

Please join Kristin and Liam as they discuss the lessons learned over
the past two years. Facilitated by YANA’s Executive Director Rachel Littman ’91.

Wednesday, March 30 | 6:30 PM EDT

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Liam Elkind is a graduating senior at Yale University and co-founder of Invisible Hands, a nonprofit founded in March at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic to deliver food, medicine, and other essentials to the elderly and at-risk. His work has been featured by Fox and Friends, Andrea Mitchell Reports, Good Morning America, the Associated Press, Men's Health, the New Yorker, and the New York Times, among others. He has also served in executive positions in Yale's largest political action organization and Class Councils. He is the founder of Registration Is Student Empowerment (RISE), a student voter registration organization devoted to the notion that when we all vote, we all rise. He has earned the 2020 Webby Award for Special Achievement, the George H. W. Bush Points of Light Award, and the Manhattan Institute's Civil Society Award, and was recognized as one of 2020's top philanthropists by Town & Country Magazine, alongside Dr. Anthony Fauci and Oprah Winfrey.
Kristin Urquiza is a graduate of Yale University and the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley where she earned a Master of Public Affairs. She is an economic, social, and environmental justice advocate and co-founder of Marked By COVID. Her activism is powered by both expertise and lived experience and is a direct response to the heartache she has endured by the broken promises of this country. She is a rebel whose goal for her life is to be a good ancestor for her Latine community. She can be followed on Twitter @kdurquiza and @MarkedByCOVID.

"What is Public Art?" Panel
2022-03-24 20:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York)
What is Public Art?
YANA Panel
Thursday, March 24 | 5 PM PDT // 8 PM EDT
All welcome to attend; Registration required
Why does it matter to society, what counts and how do artists reflect upon its power to engage audiences? When foundations are involved, how do they decide which art and artists to support? Is there diversity on both sides? How are Yalies in nonprofits making a difference?
We hope you can join us for what promises to be a compelling conversation moderated by YANA’s Bay Area Chapter Chair, Eleanor Evans Pepples Yale ’86.
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Panelists:
Zheng Chongbin, Pre-eminent Chinese American Artist
Ted Russell, Director of Arts Strategy & Ventures, Kenneth Rainin Foundation
Eleanor Evans Pepples (moderator), YANA Bay Area Chapter Chair

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Yale’s Common Good & Creative Careers Networking Event
2022-03-04 13:00 - 16:00 UTC
We invite you to participate in Yale’s Common Good & Creative Careers Networking Event taking place virtually on Friday, March 4th from 1:00pm-4:00pm ET. This event provides your organization a unique opportunity to engage with talented Yale students who are interested in learning about opportunities within Non-Profits, Education, Government and the Arts.
With 38% of Yale College graduates consistently securing positions within the areas of non-profit, government, NGO, education, or other public agency, we know that Yale students have a commitment to service. Additionally, Yale has a Summer Experience Award (formerly the DSA) to support all Yale undergraduate students on financial aid who have secured an unpaid summer internship with an organization in the Non-Profit, Government, Arts and Science sectors. There were over 300 Summer Experience Award (SEA) recipients for the 2021 summer.
There are no fees to attend this event! Details and registration!
Unable to attend Yale’s Common Good & Creative Careers Networking Event but still want to recruit Yale students? In addition to this event, we also offer a number of services for free to employers. Recruit at Yale explains the variety of ways that Yale’s Office of Career Strategy can help you in recruiting Yale students.
Please contact Julia.Coppola@yale.edu with any questions about the event.

"Healing Through Compassion and Community" YANA Virtual Town Hall
2022-02-23 18:30 - 19:30 UTC
ADDICTION RECOVERY
Healing Through Compassion and Community
YANA Virtual Town Hall
Wednesday, February 23 | 6:30 PM EST
All welcome to attend; Registration required

Addiction in the US was already at a crisis level when Covid struck. The pandemic fueled an increase in financial insecurity and social isolation, triggering a surge in addiction rates. On February 23rd, YANA’s Town Hall will address addiction for the first time by describing how two Yale-related nonprofits are using community-based approaches to support recovery.
Rabbi Iggy Gurin-Malous, CEO of the T’shuvah Center in New York, and Daniel J. McDermott ’76, Executive Director of Florida Lawyers Assistance in South Florida, will describe how both secular and non-secular recovery programs can be effective in treating addiction.
We hope you can join us for what promises to be a compelling conversation moderated by YANA’s Executive Director Rachel Littman ‘91.
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"Stories of Afghan Refugees: Hope in Resettlement" Panel
2022-02-15 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Stories of Afghan Refugees: Hope in Resettlement
YANA Panel
Tuesday, February 15 | 6:30 PM EST
Since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in August 2021, the US evacuated more than 75,000 Afghans to the United States. This is truly a historic effort, second in scale only to the Vietnamese resettlement in the 1970’s and made especially difficult by our dismantled resettlement infrastructure – and housing crunch.
The trauma suffered by the Afghans — first, life in a war-torn country, abrupt departure, loss of community; and now, unfamiliar language, culture, and future — all of this is unimaginable for those of us who do not share such lived experience.
Join us for a discussion with Dr. Richard Mollica (Yale Div MAR), Director of the Harvard Program on Refugee Trauma on the importance of storytelling in helping to heal trauma. Learn what the resettlement process is today – and hear the stories of Afghan natives who are working to help their countrymen begin new lives in the U.S.
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SPEAKERS

Khalil A Arab, SIVs & Allies Program Manager, Combined Arms
Shabana Basij-Rasikh, President, School of Leadership Afghanistan (SOLA)
Chris George, Executive Director, Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS)
Richard Mollica, Prof. of Psychiatry, Harvard Med.; Director, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT) at Mass Gen. Hospital
Hossna Samadi, IRIS Ambassador
Kaveh Khoshnood (moderator), Assoc. Prof & Director of Undergraduate Studies, Yale School of Public Health

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2021 Yale Alumni Recognition Awards Ceremony
2022-01-27 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Please join us for a celebration of this year’s YAA Leadership Awards, Alumni Schools Committee Service Awards, Yale Alumni Fund Chair’s Awards, and YAA Board of Governors Excellence Awards for alumni groups and programs.
Together, we will congratulate these outstanding volunteers and groups for their efforts on behalf of Yale and their communities.

"Two Fearless Champions of the Environment" YANA Town Hall
2022-01-26 18:30 - 19:30 UTC
Two Fearless Champions of the Environment
YANA Town Hall
The Yale Club of New York City
In-Person & Virtual
Wednesday, January 26 | 6:30 PM EST
All welcome to attend; Registration required

Urban parks and natural areas have never been more important for our collective sanity than during Covid. On January 26th, two alums from the Yale School of the Environment – Sarah Charlop-Powers ’09 MEM and Georgia Silvera-Seamans ’01 MEM – will describe what they and their organizations are doing to protect our urban ecosystems and the biodiversity that inhabit them.

We hope you can join us for what promises to be a compelling discussion moderated by YANA’s Executive Director Rachel Littman ‘91.
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Co-sponsored by YANA & Yale Blue Green

NOTES:

Please indicate when registering if you will attend in-person or virtually
Details regarding COVID protocol at the Yale Club are noted on the registration page
Those who are attending in person are invited to gather for drinks in the Main Lounge after the Town Hall concludes at 7:30pm

Sarah Charlop-Powers is the co-founder and executive director of the Natural Areas Conservancy (NAC), a nonprofit dedicated to managing New York City’s 20,000 acres of forests and wetlands. The NAC is a pioneer in the field of urban conservation, using data and science to develop new ways to manage urban natural areas so that they provide recreation opportunities for diverse users, protect biodiversity, and provide environmental benefits. Sarah has a BA in Economics from Binghamton University and an MEM from the Yale School of Forestry.

Georgia Silvera-Seamans lives and breathes city trees–with field experience in New Haven, Boston, Oakland, and NYC, and a dissertation about urban forestry policy in Northern California cities. Georgia’s research has been published in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening and Arboriculture & Urban Forestry. She is the founder of Local Nature Lab and directs Washington Square Park Eco Projects where she designs urban ecology programs for New Yorkers of all ages. Georgia also writes about trees with bylines in City Trees and about birds with articles at Popular Science and Audubon.

Advancing Educational Success for Under-Resourced Students & How You Can Help
2022-01-20 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Join us for a conversation about how we advance the success of under-resourced students. How do we define educational success? What challenges exist at each juncture along the educational journey — entering college, as an undergraduate, and post-collegiate — and how are higher ed academic institutions providing resources and services to support success and ensure students are prepared to accomplish their current and future academic, personal, and professional goals?
We will hear from a current student, recent grad, and two professionals working at nonprofits whose work uses various approaches to respond to the needs and challenges in this space. We also hope to highlight actionable opportunities for further engagement.
SPEAKERS:

Ellie Dupler ‘16 (recent alum), Fulbright and Truman Scholar; Law clerk, US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
Nick Randos ‘23 (current undergrad)
Liana Epstein ‘14, Associate Major Gifts Officer, American Indian College Fund
Lise Pfeiffer Chapman ‘81, President, 1stGenYale

Moderated by Seth Zimmerman MA ’10 M.Phil ‘11 PhD ‘14, Associate Professor of Economics, Yale School of Management
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Co-sponsored by YANA & 1stGenYale

YANA Tea with Jitasa founder, Jeff Russell
2022-01-10 18:30 - 19:30 UTC
You Are Invited to a YANA Evening Tea
Jeff Russell SOM ’08
Founder & CEO, Jitasa
Join the Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance for an intimate Evening Tea with Jeff Russell SOM ‘08, Founder and CEO of Jitasa, a certified B-Corporation that offers bookkeeping and accounting services exclusively to nonprofits, and author of Do What You Do Best: Outsourcing as Capacity Building in the Nonprofit Sector (2013). Audience members are encouraged to bring and submit questions.
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Monday, January 10 | 6:30 PM EST
All welcome to attend; Registration required
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Jeff is the Founder and CEO of Jitasa, a certified B-Corporation, serving nonprofits nationwide. Jeff has extensive international experience in consulting, client management and back-office operations. He served as the Executive Director for an international development non-profit, The Momentum Group. Jeff has worked at Accenture as a business process outsourcing advisor and consultant for Fortune 500 companies, and at PACCESS, a supply chain services company, overseeing their Asian operations from his office in Bangkok. He is a Georgia Tech Industrial Engineer and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Yale University

YANA Networking & Fundraising Evening
2021-12-07 18:30 - 20:00 UTC
YANA Networking & Fundraising Evening
Back by popular demand, YANA will be hosting another networking session with breakout rooms based on topical areas of interest. Come meet fellow Yalies to explore career areas or share resources and ideas.
Tuesday, December 7 | 6:30 PM ET
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Public Service Fellowships Information Session
2021-12-01 19:30 - 20:30 UTC
Join Dwight Hall and friends for a Public Service Fellowship information session on Wednesday, December 1st at 7:30 pm EST on Zoom. We will be discussing available public service fellowship opportunities for undergraduates and postgraduate opportunities, as well as suggestions for writing a strong fellowship application. There will be an opportunity to connect with Yale’s Office of Career Strategy and the Yale Fellowships Office.
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Panelists:

Lindsay Lawton is Yale Fellowship’s Senior Associate Director. She will speak on available resources through the fellowship office as you discover and prepare to apply for fellowships.
Robyn Acampora is the Office of Career Strategy’s Director of Strategic Initiatives and Public Service Careers. She will speak on OCS resources for career preparation and planning.
Mark Fopeano is Dwight Hall’s Director of Programming and Evaluation. He will speak on what makes a strong fellowship application for Dwight Hall Public Service fellowships.

Finding Meaningful Social Impact Engagement in Later Years: Opportunities and Obstacles
2021-12-01 19:00 - 20:30 UTC
Finding Meaningful Social Impact Engagement in Later Years:
Opportunities and Obstacles

Wednesday, December 1 | 7:00 PM ET
All welcome to attend; Registration required

Many professionals aged 65 and older find themselves approaching, transitioning to, or even in retirement with a feeling of wanting to give back but having no idea how or where to start. Questions arise such as: What do I want to do with the next phase of my life? What is the best fit for my skills and years of experience? Where will I be welcome? Is there even a place for me in the social impact world?

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Marc Freedman SOM ’84
President, CEO, Founder
Encore.org

Jody Shue, MPH
Executive Director
AgeFriendly.org

Ashton Applewhite
Author
This Chair Rocks

Becca Levy, PhD
Professor
Yale School of Public Health
Yale University Dept. of Psychology

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Avoiding burnout in social impact jobs
2021-11-10 18:30 - 20:00 UTC
Avoiding Burnout in Social Impact Work
Wednesday, November 10 | 6:30 PM ET
All welcome to attend; Registration required

Health practitioners, managers, and startup nonprofit leaders will talk about how they approach managing and supporting the mental health of employees, direct service providers, and school and local communities.

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Nicola Fleischer SOM ’22
Co-founder
edwell

Daisy Rosales SOM ’20
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Brio

Allison Hertz ’05
Senior Director, People Experience & Well-Being
City Year, Inc.

Sylvia Perry ’91
Nurse Practitioner
BA, MS, MSN, DNP Candidate
Massachusetts General Hospital

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Storytelling through Architecture: Lessons for Nonprofits
2021-11-09 18:30 - 20:00 UTC
Storytelling through Architecture: Lessons for Nonprofits
Physical space can be a powerful way for nonprofits to tell their stories.
Not just origin stories and founding myths, but also stories of transformation,
reinvention, and renewal—in other words, both who you are as an organization
and who you are becoming or aspire to be, and why it matters for the communities you serve.
Join Celia Imrey ARCH ’93 and Arielle Gorin M.A.’11, M.Phil.’13, PhD.’16 for a lively discussion of how nonprofits can tell their stories through offices, meeting rooms, gathering spaces, and other aspects of their built environment.
Drawing on their respective backgrounds as an architect and a consulting historian, Celia and Arielle will share real-life examples of organizations that have used physical space to engage audiences in their identity and purpose—something that is all the more timely as we begin to gather again.
SPEAKERS:
— Celia Imrey ARCH ’93 (Principal, AIA Associate/LEED GA, Imrey Studio) >> Full Bio
— Arielle Gorin M.A.’11, M.Phil.’13, Ph.D.’16 (Senior Consultant, Saybrook Partners) >. Full Bio
Moderated by Rachel Littman ’91 (YANA Executive Director)
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YANA Virtual Town Hall: "Empowering Underserved Youth Through the Gateway of Sports"
2021-10-27 18:30 - 20:00 UTC
Please join our next YANA Town Hall on October 27th to learn how three seasoned social impact leaders – Terence Li ‘04, Tim McChristian ‘77, and Ted Smith ’00 – have created innovative programs that use sports as a gateway to help under-served youth achieve their academic, leadership, and career potential.
All three of the featured programs are New York-based but the challenges they face and the principles they practice are universal. We hope you can join us for what promises to be a compelling discussion moderated by Andrea McChristian ’08.
***IN-PERSON PROTOCOL (please indicate with your registration):
–Masks, photo ID, and proof of vax required at front desk when entering the building.
–YANA Town Hall will be in the Council Room on 18th floor.
–The Club now has an “Owl” video camera for Zoom hybrid meetings – the Owl will rotate to capture whomever speaking.
Those who are attending in person for our first in-person get together in over a year and a half (!!) are invited to gather for drinks in the Main Lounge after the Town Hall concludes at 7:30pm.
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How Traditional Wisdoms & Faiths Guide Social Justice Work
2021-10-25 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
An open and multi-faceted discussion on how foundational texts and traditions of various religions, faiths, and wisdoms translate into and compel/command engagement in social justice and positive good in the world.
SPEAKERS:

Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson DIV ’90 (Senior Pastor, Grace Baptist Church)
Peter Giblin ’92 (Co-founder & Network Relations Manager, LeCiel Foundation)
Rabbi Brad Hirschfield (President, National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership)

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Celebrating Service: 5 Years of the YANA-Dwight Hall Summer Fellowship
2021-10-07 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Celebrating Service: 5 Years of the YANA-Dwight Hall Summer Fellowship
Thursday, October 7 | 7:00pm ET
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Join Yale Alumni Service Initiatives, Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance (YANA), and Dwight Hall at Yale in celebrating five years of successful partnership expanding opportunities for Yale students to create social change. Building upon the framework of the Dwight Hall Summer Fellowship program that transformed community engagement at Yale in 1968 and has operated for more than 50 years, YANA’s collaborative vision and its networks of support have expanded the program in three key ways: to include seniors who recently graduated, to sponsor engagement with organizations outside of Greater New Haven, and to generally grow the reach and impact of the Dwight Hall Summer Fellowship program.

The joint YANA-Dwight Hall Summer Fellowship provides summer funding to Yale undergraduates and recently graduated seniors for public service and justice-oriented positions. Applicants must have a demonstrated financial need and those who face barriers to exploring opportunities in the nonprofit and social sectors are strongly encouraged to apply. Fellows convene for weekly meetings and receive mentoring and guidance from YANA leaders and Dwight Hall’s professional staff.
This panel honors the work that recent YANA-Dwight Hall Summer Fellows have accomplished and explores the impact that YANA-Dwight Hall Summer Fellows feel that the program has had on their academic and career trajectory. It will be moderated by Dwight Hall’s Director of Programming and Evaluation, Mark Fopeano.
PANELISTS:
Olivia Paschal ’18
History PhD Candidate, UVA
Trinh Truong ’19
Cofounder, Bakhita Center
Luisa Graden ’20
Fulbright Grantee in Madrid

Virtual Discussion Forum with Duriel E. Harris
2021-10-05 20:00 - 21:00 UTC
YANA Chicago Virtual Discussion Forum with Duriel E. Harris
Editing, Publishing & The U.S. Black Literary Ecosystem
October 5, 2021, 7-8pm CST – RSVP
Please join us for a virtual discussion forum featuring Duriel E. Harris ‘91, performance artist and scholar and Professor of Poetry and Poetics at Illinois State University and Editor of Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, moderated by Stephanie Rath ‘96, Chair of YANA Chicago. Duriel will discuss the Obsidian publishing platform and US Black literary ecosystem, the promise of nonprofit partnerships, and the challenges and opportunities for literary publishing in US higher ed at a time of social upheaval. She will also share her experiences as an editor and artist, and explore the role of editing in the arts practice.
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Nonprofit Networking Event
2021-10-01 13:00 - 15:00 UTC
Showcase Your Nonprofit to Yale Students
Friday, October 1 | 1:00-3:00 PM ET
No registration fees; Contact Julia Coppola with questions

Yale Office of Career Strategy invites your organization to participate in Yale’s Nonprofit Networking Event. This event provides your organization a unique opportunity to connect with talented Yale students who are interested in learning about opportunities within the non-profit sector.

With 36% of Yale College graduates securing positions within the areas of non-profit, government, NGO, education, or other public agency, we know that Yale students have a commitment to service. Additionally, Yale has a Summer Experience Award (SEA) to support all Yale undergraduate students on financial aid who have secured an unpaid summer internship with an organization in the Non-Profit, Arts, Sciences, and Government sectors. There were over 300 SEA recipients for the 2021 summer.

If you are unable to attend but want to recruit Yale students, check out these resources for employers

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Envisioning the Future of the American City (YANA Town Hall)
2021-09-29 18:30 - 20:00 UTC
Envisioning the Future of the American City
Wednesday, September 29 | 6:30 PM ET
All welcome to attend; Registration required
Tune in as Jacob Koch ’10 and Manasvi Menon ’07, co-founders of Yale/City, join Yale Professor Elihu Rubin ’99 to share thoughts on re-imagining the American city and Yale’s role in shaping a new urban reality.
Yale/City is a bold new initiative seeking to build a global community of Yale students and alumni engaged in urban studies, policy, and practice. Yale/City will organize programs that convene Yale alumni in related fields including architecture, city planning, real estate, and sustainability.
YANA is pleased to host our first forum with Yale/City and we hope you can join us for what promises to be a riveting conversation.
SPEAKERS:
Professor Elihu Rubin ’99
Director of Undergraduate Studies for Urban Studies at Yale

Manasvi Menon ’07
Yale/City Co-Founder
Principal, UrbanSense

Jacob Koch ’10
Yale/City Co-Founder
Manager – Sustainability, Bloomberg Associates

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Exploring Life Stories
2021-09-28 18:30 - 19:30 UTC
Exploring Life Stories
Experience the intersection of social justice and the arts in this interactive workshop. Deb Gottesman and Buzz Mauro ’84, founders and Co-Executive Directors of The Theatre Lab, Washington, DC’s largest theatre school, will discuss the techniques of The Theatre Lab’s Life Stories program, designed to elevate the voices of people whose stories too often go unheard. In Life Stories, incarcerated youth, people in addiction recovery, wounded veterans, seniors in assisted living, and many others learn to create original dramatic works based on their lived experiences. Attendees will have the opportunity to turn their cameras on and take part in a fun and hopefully enlightening exercise, to demonstrate the work in action. Participation not required, but encouraged!
YANA DC Presentation w/ The Theatre Lab
Tuesday, September 28 | 6:30 PM ET
All welcome to attend; Registration required
