Event time:
Monday, March 15, 2021 - 1:00pm
Event description:
Follow-up to our 2019 in-person IMPACT Conference.
Here is the landing page for IMPACT 2 and here is our story on the series.
IMPACT 2 launches on March 15, when we’ll drop a series of pre-recorded videos – 25 in all, with 10 being shorter in-person stories – on the YAA on-demand channel and our YouTube channel. That same day we’ll launch the first of four live, virtual workshops, which will run throughout the week (more on those below).
Here is snapshot of the series:
- March 15: Series launches on the YAA on-demand showcase and YAA YouTube channel
- March 15 at 1 p.m. ET: The Fine Art of Listening | With Yale Divinity School Professor Joyce Mercer
- March 17 at 1 p.m. ET: How to Tell Your Story In Your Voice | With award-winning writer-actor-producer-teacher Kathleen Wallace ’95
- March 18 at 1 p.m. ET: Writing For Change: The Power of the Op-ed | With essay and opinion writer Doreen Oliver
- March 19 at 1 p.m. ET: How to Run for Office | With The Campaign School at Yale Executive Director Patricia Russo
- March 23 at 3 p.m. ET: IMPACT 2 Townhall
Speakers and presenters include:
- YDS grad Bishop Michael Curry ’78 MDiv
- Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum ’86
- Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and “In the Heights” writer Quiara Hudes ’99
- Former U.S. ambassador and current Yale trustee Carlos Moreno ’70
- Former NAACP Senior Vice President and Human Rights Campaign Vice President Maxim Thorne ’89, ’92 JD