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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.Victoria Chen SOM '17 Co-Founder & Executive Director BridgeYear Mike Flanagan '94 Chief Executive Officer Mastery Transcript Consortium
YANA-Dwight Hall Fellows Cultivating the Next Generation of Social Impact Leadership Inspiring and supporting lives of impact lies at the heart of YANA’s mission. Over the past five years, the YANA-Dwight Hall Fellowship has created opportunities for 19 Yale students to embark upon their individual social impact journeys, allowing them to explore a range of […]
Details & agenda to follow Blocks and Levers in Economic Mobility Charles (“Charlie”) Homer ‘76 – health policy and practices; EMPathways, https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-homer-24bb54b/ Prof. Zach Bleemer, SOM – higher education and affirmative action, https://som.yale.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/zachary-bleemer Marcus Haymon ‘05 – philanthropy and economic mobility; racial and gender equity Prof. Rourke O'Brien, Yale Dept. of Sociology – causes and […]
Don Chen and Yale Professor Paul Sabin will discuss nonprofit advocacy and the public interest movement since the 1960s, with a focus on Prof. Sabin's most recent book Public Citizens: The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism. Wednesday, Oct. 26 | 6:30 PM EDT All welcome to attend online or at […]
1stGenYale Invites You to: "How to Stand Out as a Candidate for Nonprofit Jobs" This webinar will provide participants with an opportunity to hear from search firm professionals who work with nonprofit senior leadership and boards to fill top jobs in the nonprofit sector. Our program is open to all Yale alumni & students across […]
Sourcing and Investing Capital for Social Impact Join us for a geographically broad and detail-rich discussion on how various forms of capital have been sourced to scale social impact. For those of you attending in person at the Yale Club, please join us for drinks following the program in the main lounge. Wednesday, February 22 […]
The Yale Club of Oregon & SW Washington & the YANA Pacific Northwest Chapter are proud to present Lisa Hay, Federal Public Defender for Oregon Voices from Within: Learning from the Incarcerated about the Federal Criminal Justice System Federal public defenders have an insider's view on mass incarceration. From challenging the legal system that results […]