In order to relax the pace of training — which is usually held during a harried week in August before freshmen arrive on campus — and to highlight cultural literacy, juniors selected to be counselors will begin meeting Wednesday to discuss Yale’s cultural community and resources as the first in a series of eight one-hour modules they will attend over the course of the...
Over 400 students from 53 different colleges and universities converged on Yale over the weekend for the 13th Annual Black Solidarity Conference, where participants discussed the racial dynamics of electoral politics and the importance of student activism.
Sociology professor Elijah Anderson transported students Tuesday from a warm room in the Afro-American Cultural Center to a street corner in the “hood,” as he described the problems of poor urban living and associated social trends.
Most freshmen said they see the logic behind the planned changes to the current ethnic counseling program and will keep an open mind until it is fully developed.
More than 70 students gathered at the Af-Am Cultural Center on Saturday for “Crank Dat for Kenya,” a performance event aimed at raising money for victims of the recent political violence in Kenya. The show featured primarily African-themed performances by Yale student groups.
Two months after hateful graffiti, a more united front against racism.
The Association of Native Americans at Yale is hosting the 2007 All-Ivy Native Council Summit, a conference that will welcome approximately 65 Native American students attending Ivy League and other nearby universities. The summit, which will begin today and run through Dec. 2,, is intended to foster networking opportunities for Native American students and provide the...
The Afro-American Cultural Center, founded by a group of students in the 1960s, is celebrating the ideals of its founders today. In a formal ceremony, the Af-Am House will rededicate itself to the values of its student founders in an evening that will include alumni presentations, recognition of donor and contractor contributions to the renovated building, a tour and...
The Yale College Dean’s Office will create an “intercultural/multicultural affairs office” to provide an outlet for students to report grievances of racial harassment or incidents of hate speech, Assistant Dean of Yale College and Director of the Afro-American Cultural Center Pamela George announced in an e-mail to some students Friday.
Following outrage from the University community in response to racist graffiti found outside Pierson College on Tuesday, College deans have said they have begun laying out specific plans to prevent similar incidents in the future — including the possible creation of a new multicultural office.
The stage wasn’t quite as packed with candidates as the recent 2008 presidential debates, but the decision by all five Ward 22 and Ward 2 aldermanic candidates to set aside their differences and sit side-by-side for a forum Tuesday night at the Afro-American Cultural Center was a first in Yale-New Haven political history.
This weekend marks the Dominican Students Association’s first-ever conference, the first step, its organizers say, in building a more connected network of Dominican college students.
