Molly James M.Div. '05 Shares Message of Hope for the Future
Thrive Global: "Hope for the Future" In this recent Thrive Global piece, Molly James M.Div. '05 & YANA Board Member talks about YANA and the power of the Yale alumni community as a source of hope for the future. Published Sept. 12, 2019 by Lisa Chau READ MORE...
DOROT Rosh Hashanah Food Package Delivery
Rosh Hashanah meal packages to homebound elderly with DOROT! September 22, 2019 | NYC Recap by Sam Rubin, Yale Community Connect Volunteer *** Sam Rubin '85 and Catherine Wilson '72 participated in the Sept. 22 DOROT Rosh Hashanah food package delivery. Overall, it...
YANA Webinar: Purpose For Performance & Finding It Where You Are
Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019 1:00-2:00 PM ET Purpose For Performance, and Finding It Where You Are — Nell Derick Debevoise, Inspiring Capital Nell Derick Debevoise, Founder and CEO of Inspiring Capital, a certified B Corp, presents the business case for working and living...
YANA Webinar: The Power of Relationship-Building & the Relentless Pursuit of the Right Metrics
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019 The Power of Relationship-Building & the Relentless Pursuit of the Right Metrics: The Story of ProUnitas & PurpleSENSE — Albert Wei, ProUnitas, Houston, TX This month’s webinar audience was treated to an inspiring yet humble and...
Spotlight: DonorsChoose
Spotlight: DonorsChoose August's New York Monthly Meeting's Spotlight featured Charles Best '98, Founder & CEO of DonorsChoose.org, a nonprofit crowdfunding platform where public school teachers create classroom project requests, and donors support the projects...
Prospect Park "It's My Park" Day
Fall 2019 "It's My Park!" Day! Saturday, October 5, 2019 | Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY 8 Yale Community Connect volunteers and 6 Stanford volunteers gathered on "It's My Park" Day. The crowd geared up with brooms, paintbrushes, shovels, rakes, and trash grabbers for...
YAA Spotlight features YANA!
YAA Spotlight: Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance In the latest Yale Alumni Association spotlight, Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance (YANA) chair Ken Inadomi ’76 spoke to us about how the group got started, its early challenges, his advice for developing interest groups,...
Spotlight: THRIVEGulu
Spotlight: THRIVEGulu – Marlborough, MA & Gulu, Uganda THRIVEGulu believes that meaningful existence is more than mere survival. We believe the invisible wounds of psychological trauma deserve healing. And, we believe that functionality and productivity can only...
Tutoring is a Great Gift — But Not in the Way You Might Think
Tutoring Is A Great Gift — But Not In The Way You Might Think by Alison Gardy '88, Chair of Yale Community Connect *** How do you think these characters feel in this scene?, I asked my group of three rising 6th graders, after each had read aloud a passage from the...
Spotlight: National Executive Service Corps (NESC)
July's New York Monthly Meeting's Spotlight featured Marv Berenblum ’56, the longstanding board chair of National Executive Service Corps (NESC), a nonprofit founded in 1977. NESC’s mission is to strengthen and empower the management of nonprofit organizations,...
Spotlight: Leadership, Education, Athletics in Partnership, Inc. (LEAP)
Spotlight: Leadership, Education, Athletics in Partnership, Inc. (LEAP) – New Haven Many Yale students, alumni, and faculty have been affiliated with LEAP over its 27-year history. LEAP’s current full-time staff consists of three Yalies: founding Executive Director...
YANA DC Welcomes New Chapter Chair
Join Us in Welcoming YANA DC's New Chapter Chair, Maria Laura Acebal YLS '94! Maria comes to YANA with amazing ideas and inspiration for the next stage of our DC chapter. We are grateful to Laura Kadetsky '99, Co-founder and first Chair of YANA DC, for her three years...