All events and programs free unless otherwise noted
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Sunday, January 14, 2007 |
Noon to 4:30 pm
Yale Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Avenue
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Legacy of Environmental and Social Justice 2007
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Legacy of Environmental and Social Justice 2007
From Noon to 4:30 pm (also Monday, January 15 from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm)
Yale Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Avenue
In his tireless effort to work toward equality for, and harmony between, all people, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. strove to raise awareness about public health concerns and urban environmental issues that disproportionately affect minority and low-income communities. This is now referred to as environmental justice, a term that was coined long after Dr. King's death. From world-class performances to fun and educational activities for visitors of all ages and backgrounds, the Peabody will open its doors for the 11th year in honor of Dr. King and his efforts to ensure environmental and social justice among all people. Visit www.peabody.yale.edu in early January for a complete schedule of this two-day event.
Sponsored by Citizen's Bank, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, the Connecticut Humanities Council, CTTRANSIT, Poland Springs, and the Yale Office of New Haven and State Affairs |
2:00 pm
Yale Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Avenue |
Advancing Environmental Justice and Urban Sustainability
The 6th Annual Arnold J. Alderman Memorial Lecture
Peggy Shepard
 Peggy Shepard is executive director and co-founder of West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. Founded in 1988, WE ACT was New York's first environmental justice organization created to improve environmental health and quality of life in communities of color. A recipient of the 2003 Heinz Award for the Environment, she was the first female chair (2001-2003) of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A former member of the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council of the National Institutes of Health, Ms. Shepard co-chairs the Northeast Environmental Justice Network and is on the Environmental Justice Advisory Committee to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Sponsored by Susan and Barry Buxbaum, Laury and Edward Walker, and Harold and Claudia Alderman. |
Monday, January 15, 2007 |
10:00 am to 4:30 pm
Yale Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Avenue |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Legacy of Environmental and Social Justice 2007
See description above |
Thursday, January 18, 2007 |
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Hall of Graduate Studies, Room 211
320 York Street |
New Haven-Yale Community Leadership Forum Information Session
If you are interested in working with New Haven youth leaders to help mentor and develop their leadership skills in creating activities and programs for youth across New Haven, please join us for this information session.
Sponsored by the Yale Graduate School Office for Diversity & Equal Opportunity and the Office of New Haven and State Affairs. Contact grad.diversity@yale.edu or (203) 432-0763 for further information. |
6:00 to 7:30 pm
Hall of Graduate Studies, Room 211
320 York Street
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Building Healthy Communities: Foods and Traditions from Our Diverse Community
Come and enjoy the wonderful food traditions from our diverse community groups in New Haven, featuring specialties from our ethnic restaurants. We will also be providing information on how to prepare ethnic foods that are healthy and nutritious.
Sponsored by the Yale Graduate School Office for Diversity & Equal Opportunity and the Coalition for Diversity at Yale. Contact grad.diversity@yale.edu or (203) 432-0763 for further information. |
6:00 pm
Branford College Common Room
74 High St. |
The Life and Work of Bayard Rustin: Queer Activists Working alongside Martin Luther King Jr. (film screening and discussion)
Come hear the unsung histories of Bayard Rustin and other queer people deeply involved in the Black Civil Rights Movement working alongside Dr. King. Rustin, best known for organizing the 1963 March on Washington, is often left out of histories of the movement because of his homosexuality. Walter Naegle, Rustin's surviving partner will introduce the film Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin, and the screening will be followed by a Q&A discussion with him.
Sponsored by the LGBT Student Cooperative, Black Student Alliance at Yale, Queer Political Action Committee, Afro-American Cultural Center, the Yale Research Initiative on the History of Sexuality, Joseph Slifka Center, Lesbian and Gay Studies.
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Friday, January 19, 2007 |
5:30 to 7:00 pm
Hall of Graduate Studies, Room 119
320 York Street |
Family "First Friday at Five" Story Hour
McDougal Center Family Fellows
Bring your kids and come relax at the Family First Friday at Five with other families. Yale's Story Troupe will entertain with a story in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For more information, call 432-BLUE or website:
http://research.yale.edu/cgi-bin/mcdougal/publish2.72/webevent.cgi
Sponsored by the McDougal Graduate Student Center |
Saturday, January 20, 2007 |
7:00 pm
Battell Chapel, Corner of College and Elm Streets |
4th Annual MLK Jr. Gospel Extravaganza: "Justice and Love"
Tickets: $5 General admission
Black Church at Yale is excited to celebrate its 4th annual Gospel Extravaganza in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In keeping with the legacy of Dr. King and BCAY's mission to reach out to the Yale and Greater New Haven communities, this year's Gospel Extravaganza theme is "Justice and Love." More than a concert, GE 2007 hopes to minister in a powerful way to those communities through song, dance, poetry, scripture and spoken word. Headlining the program are the nationally acclaimed Nubian Gents (www.nubiangents.org) and guest Youth Group speaker Devin Tuner (www.devinturnerministries.com), as well as a number of locally renowned community choirs and performing groups including New Vision International Ministries Praise Team, Kathleen Turner, and Kersten Stevens (SY '05). There are also an unprecedented number of diverse Yale performances with Total Praise (YDS), Yale Gospel Choir, Funmi Showole (SM '08), Living Water, Christopher Williams (BK '08), and Tina Colon (BR '09).
Sponsored by the Black Church at Yale |
January 12 through February 10, 2007 |
January 12 through February 10
Times vary
Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120 Chapel Street (at York)
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In the Continuum
Tickets $35-$55; 50% off for students. Discounts available for Yale Community
Praised by The New York Times as one of the ten best plays of 2005, In the Continuum puts a human face on the devastating impact of AIDS in Africa and America through the lives of two unforgettably courageous women. Living worlds apart, one in South Central L. A. and the other in Zimbabwe - each experience a kaleidoscopic weekend of life-changing revelations in this story of parallel denials and self-discoveries. Fresh from its sold-out Off-Broadway engagement, this compelling drama was praised by The New Yorker as "fiery, intelligent and comedic."
See Yale Repertory Theatre's schedule for this play.
Contact: Jacques Lamarre |
Events co-sponsored and coordinated by
Coalition for Diversity at Yale
The Coalition for Diversity at Yale (CDAY) is a group of faculty, staff, and students working to foster an educational and work environment that embraces and promotes diversity and equity at all levels of the institution. The CDAY mission is to support specialized education for the Yale community on issues of race, gender, culture, and lifestyle, as well as promote the recruitment and retention of diverse faculty, students, and staff. Through our collaborative activities we strive to celebrate, not simply tolerate, the differences within the body of the university as well as increase our awareness of and sensitivity to national and global diversity. For more information contact: coalition.diversity@yale.edu.
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Schedule 2007
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