AASANNOUNCEMENTS
:: 01.13.02 ::
1. New Course: Globalization and South Asian Cities
2. SOPHOMORES & JUNIORS: Morris K. Udall Scholarships
Deadline MON. January 13
3. AYA Community Service Summer Fellowship Program: Deadline
THURS. January 16
4. RICHARD U. LIGHT Fellowships: Deadline January 17
5. Gordon Grand Fellowship
6. SOPHOMORES: The Goldman Sachs Foundation Global Leaders
Program
7. JUNIORS: Beinecke Scholarships
8. Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Travelling Fellowship Program
9. AYA Externships over Spring Break: Info meetings January 15,
21, and 23
10. MLK Events: January 15-20 with Yale College and Graduate
School
11. The AACC presents: Asian American Film Festival 2003
January 25-30
12. Life After Yale 2003: Friday, January 31 @ Rose Alumni
House
13. The South Asian College Council Presents: SOLIDARITY:
Addressing Socio-Economic Disparities in South Asian America: February 8-9
14. ECASU 2003 at Georgetown: February 21-23
15. SENIORS: Direct Action & Research Training (DART)
Center
16. "At Plank Bridge" -- A Play
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1. NEW SOUTH ASIAN COURSE
OFFERING FOR SPRING 2003.
INTS 208B/ANTH 346b/IR (also offered to graduate students)
GLOBALIZATION AND SOUTH ASIAN CITIES
WED.
Instructor: Vijayanthi Rao
The substantive question of this course is: What effects does globalization
have on urban areas in
Most of the readings come from urban studies journals,
Thomas Blom Hansen, The Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial
Bombay, Princeton University Press, 2001.
Arjun Appadurai, Deep Democracy and Urban Governmentality in
The SARAI Reader, Vol. 1 (essays on Indian cities, media, technological
change), New Delhi 2001.
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2. SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS: Morris
K. Udall Scholarships (..to provide opportunities for American
undergraduates w. excellent academic record and demonstrated interest in, and
potential for, careers in fields related to the environment, Native American
health care, and tribal public policy. For more info, visit,
http://www.udall.gov. APPLICATIONS ARE DUE JANUARY 13,
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3. AYA 2003 Community
Service Summer Fellowship Program applications are due on THURSDAY, January
16 by
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4. RICHARD U. LIGHT
Fellowships: funds language study in
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5. Gordon Grand
Fellowship: supports a year of non-academic research, travel, or work
abroad or in the
DEADLINE: Wed, January 22,
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6. An Exciting Opportunity for Sophomores: The Goldman Sachs Foundation Global Leaders Program (Nomination
Required)
The Institute of International Education, in partnership with educational
organizations in selected countries worldwide, will conduct its third annual
competition on college campuses to identify 100 of the most accomplished
second-year students. This year, direct application is not possible; students
must be nominated by a faculty member, dean, or other university administrator.
The Goldman Sachs Foundation will award each of the 100 "Goldman Sachs
Global Leaders" $3,000 and publicly recognize their achievements. A select
group of fifty will receive an expense-paid trip to participate in the Global
Leadership Institute in
Sixteen awards will be granted in the
IMPORTANT NOTES:
This is the first year that institutional endorsement is required. Preliminary
Yale application packets are available online (http://www.yale.edu/iefp/fellowships/individual/goldman.html)
and at IEFP. A completed pre-application will include a campus nomination form
signed by a faculty member, dean, or other Yale administrator; a Yale
pre-application form, a one-page resume, and an unofficial transcript which
includes Fall 2002 grades.
Application packets must be received by IEFP (
Questions may be directed to: Linda De Laurentis, Associate Director, IEFP (linda.delaurentis@yale.edu)
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7. JUNIORS: Beinecke
Scholarships are awarded to undergraduates to support Senior year at
college and two subsequent years of graduate study at a university in the
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8. Mortimer
Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellowship Program: awarded annually to three
students in the visual and fine arts, including art history, conservation,
studio art and photography. Graduating seniors and recent graduates of
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9. AYA Externships
over Spring Break 2003
What are YOU doing over spring break? TRY-OUT A CAREER....
E X T E R N S H I P T I M E!!!
Gain a glimpse into that career field you've always wondered about. Be a
surgeon for a week, advocate for sweat shop workers for two weeks, see what
it's like to be a buyer for Abercrombie and Fitch, learn about the inner
workings of a museum, shadow a Senator around for two weeks, step into the
shoes of a financier- attend one of the information sessions being held on
January 15, 21, and 23, 2003 at 6:00 p.m. Location- Undergraduate Career
Services* 55 Whitney Avenue, 3rd Floor. Mark your calendars.
Students volunteer to share the lives of respected alumni in a variety of
occupations for either a week or two weeks during Spring Break (March 10-21).
Close to 150 positions are being offered this year in a wide variety of career
fields: music, the producers of 'Pop Up Video', Abercrombie and Fitch, cardiac
surgeon, Christie's, law, advertising, Disability Rights Advocates, consultant,
banking, Disney, Environmental Defense, film, sweatshop watchdog group,
teacher, opthamologist, Attorney General's Office, National Organization for
Victim Assistance, U.S. Senate, Physicians for Social Responsibility,
engineering, forestry, publishing house......opportunities abound!
Questions? Email lanch.mccormick@yale.edu Visit our website at www.aya.yale.edu/extern
*This program is sponsored by the Association of Yale Alumni. Externships
are volunteer opportunities and do not carry academic credit. It does, however,
carry a huge "credit" in helping to determine if a career field might
be right for you, is invaluable in filling the "experience" portion
of a resume and connecting with alumni. Since an application to the Externship
program is binding, attendance at one of the information sessions is required.
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10. MLK Events:
JANUARY 15-20 with
The Life of Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr. Celebrated on Yale Campus
January 15-20
New Haven, Conn. A
celebration of the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Yale Hon. LLD. ‘64) will take place on the Yale campus beginning on January
15, King’s birthday, and concluding on January 20, the national holiday
observed in his honor.
Wednesday - January 15
Paul Robeson, Jr. Visits Yale University
4:30 p.m.: Calhoun College, 434 College Street; Master’s Tea with Paul Robeson,
Jr.,
author of The Undiscovered Paul Robeson : An Artist's Journey, 1898-1939,
co-sponsored by Film Studies Program and Afro-American Cultural Center
8:00 p.m.: Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium, 53 Wall Street. Screening of
two newly restored films (in 35mm), featuring Paul Robeson: The Emperor Jones
(Dudley Murphy, 1933), My Song Goes Forth (Joseph Best, 1937). Introduced by
Paul Robeson, Jr.. Robeson will be present for a Q & A after the films.
Sponsored by Film Studies, African American and American Studies Departments.
Friday, January 17
Salt of the Earth: A Prophetic Christian Vision of the Gospel and Social
Justice.
7 p.m., 211 Park Street (Afro-American Cultural Center); Salt of the Earth, a
Christian group at Dwight Hall committed to social justice and peacemaking, is
convening a special Martin Luther King Day event with worship and a panel
discussion on King’s prophetic vision in contemporary America. Community
leaders and theologians will discuss the relevance of the Christian Gospel in
working for social justice regarding issues particularly important to King:
race, violence and labor.
Invited panelists include Prof. Gilbert Bond, Yale Divinity School; Rev. Bonita
Grubbs, Christian Community Action; Rev. Scott Marks, New Growth Outreach
Ministries; Bishop Theodore Brooks, Beulah Heights First Pentecostal Church;
Rev. Samuel Ross-Lee, Immanuel Baptist Church.
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Saturday, January 18
A Celebration Fit for a King
Wall of Dreams
In the spirit of King’s dreams and also as a means for reflection on where we
are today and where we would like to see ourselves in the future, MLK Day will
feature a Wall of Dreams, as a portion of Communiversity Day, on Saturday, Jan.
18 in the Payne Whitney Gym, where people from Yale and the surrounding New
Haven community can voice their visions for the future.
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11-3 p.m., Payne Whitney Gym, Educational Yale tour for Roberto Clemente
students; and science, math and sports clinic for kids. Sponsored by
Pre-Medical Association for Afro-American and Latino Students (PAALS), and the
Dwight Hall Education Network.
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4-6 p.m., Yale Faculty Panel Discussion, Linsley Chittendon Hall, Room 102.
“Civil Rights Revisited and Affirmative Action: An Historical, Sociological and
Educational Perspective;” Moderator: Assistant Prof. Alondra Nelson, African
American Studies and Sociology; Prof. Glenda Gilmore, African American Studies,
Dean Liza Cariaga-Lo, Assistant Dean for the Office of Diversity, Graduate
School. Invited Guests: Stephen Carter and Drew Days, Yale Law School.
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4-6 p.m. Linsley Chittenden Hall Tabling by Yale Aids Network, Yale Students
for Peace, Students Against the Death Penalty, YHAAP. These groups will have
materials to write letters on behalf of their issues as well as educational
information
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Sunday, January 19
Interfaith Service and Discussions
Battell Chapel, Interfaith Service TBA;
2 p.m., Michael Franti, formerly of Spearhead, at the Peabody Museum speaking
on environmental justice;
5:30 p.m., dinner and discussion.
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This year, the M.L. King Coordinating Council has reached out to each
residential college and asked that they consider a project, tea or film for
M.L. King Day.
Monday, January 20
“Beginning Honest Discourse and Enacting Change”
Calhoun with Paul Robeson, Jr. on Jan 15.
Ezra Stiles George Edwards, former member of New Haven Black Panther Party,
sponsored by the Anti-Racism Group. 2:30 p.m. free and open to the public.
Pierson speech, discussion and dinner in the Master's house about King's legacy
and issues of race. Contact 432-1031 for more info.
Saybrook Most of the SY entryways are dedicated to the 43 “Worthies” selected
in 1917 for inscription. Following renovation, SY had two “blank” entryways. On
January 20, we will dedicate the more prominent of our 2 new entryways to
Edward Bouchet, Class of 1874, Ph.D. 1876, the first African-American Ph.D. in
the United States and the sixth Ph.D. in Physics in the U.S. 2002 was the 150th
anniversary of the birth of Bouchet here in New Haven, and there have been
several events in his memory. Time for initial stone cutting 2:30 p.m. Contact
432-0540 for more info.
Silliman Screening of “At the River I Stand” with reception and discussion.
Call 432-0700 for more info.
Timothy Dwight 9 p.m., Jazz musician Mark Turner with reception and discussion.
Call 432-0770 for more info. Admission restricted to Timothy Dwight students.
Afro-American Cultural Center, 12 p.m. 2 p.m., Pan-Ethnic luncheon and film
screenings: King’s speech, “The Two Americas” given at Stanford University, May
1967; and A Four Season’s production: “State of the Nation; The Color is
Green,” with Calvin Butts, Allen Callahan and Kathleen Cleaver.
Dwight Hall, Community Service Clean-Up Projects. Contact hannah.croasmun@yale.edu
for more info.
Battell Chapel, 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. performance showcase and closing ceremony with
Yale performance groups.
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Events sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Coordinating Council in
cooperation with Dwight Hall, Calhoun, Saybrook, Timothy Dwight, Ezra Stiles,
and Silliman colleges; PAALS, Interfaith Service Committee, Salt of the Earth,
Anti-Racism Group, Yale Aids Network, Yale Students for Peace, Students Against
the Death Penalty, YHAAP, Film Studies Program, the Afro- American Cultural
Center, Black Student Alliance at Yale, Muslim Student Association, and the
Yale Co-op.
Call 432-4131 for general information or email lindsey.greene@yale.edu.
One Day at a Time: Ordinary
Peoples’ Struggles
In Remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
MLK Day 2003
Schedule of Events:
Community Activism in Motion: Human Rights and the Struggle to Reform the
Criminal Justice System. Speakers: Ms. Barbara Fair, co-founder of People
Against Injustice and Mr. Shelton Tucker, community activist and youth programs
leader.
Location: Hall of Graduate Studies, Room 211 (2nd floor),
RSVP for Lunch at grad.diversity@yale.edu or call 432-0763 by Tuesday, Jan 14.
4:30-5:30 p.m. 2nd Annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration
Special Readings of Dr. King’s Essential Writings
By the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health’s faculty, staff and
students (Reception to Follow)
Location: Epidemiology and Public Health, 1st Floor Lounge, 60 College Street
6:00-7:30 p.m. MLK Day Memorial Lecture and Reception
The Struggle for Justice Continues: The Central Park Five Story
Speakers: Mr. Michael Warren, Defense Lawyer for the Central Park Five who will
be joined by a family member of one of the defendants
Location: SSS 114 (Lecture Hall, 1st floor), 1 Prospect Street
Canned Food Drive for CT Food Bank (through January 31, 2003)
Bring a canned food and/or $1 to donate to our neediest members of our
community. Boxes will be provided for your donations at all the above events
and throughout the
This year we will honor the work of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. with a brown-bag luncheon series throughout the months of January and
February. The series will kick off on the anniversary of Dr. King’s
birthdayWednesday, January 15and continue for four weeks. The series is
co-sponsored by the
These events are free and open to the public. For further information contact
the
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11. The AACC presents: Asian
American Film Festival 2003 January 25-30
Please open the Adobe
Acrobat attachment for entire schedule and information.
:: Discussion with film makers Greg Pak ('98), Joy Lin, George Dietrich, Bertha
Bay-sa Pan
:: Themes per night
The
Beginning: Discussion with Asian American Film Makers
Shaping
Desire: Coming of Age in our Age
"I'm
out": Asian Pacific Americans and Sexuality
Rewriting
History
The
Myth of Bollywood
Seekers
& Dreamers: A Conversation with Greg Pak
:: Sponsored by the Asian American Cultural Center: contact bo.kwon@yale.edu
for more information
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12. LIFE AFTER YALE
2003
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 6 PM @ ROSE ALUMNI HOUSE
::ONE-ONE-ONE TALKS WITH ALUMNI FROM DIFFERENT CAREERS OVER CATERED DINNER
::DESSERT RECEPTION FOLLOWING DINNER TO MEET ALUMNI
ADMISSION: FREE
The goal of Life After Yale 2003 is to give students an opportunity to talk
with Asian American alumni about their experiences after graduation, whether
they may involve career changes, graduate and professional school, or life responsibilities
and interests outside their profession. We hope to inspire students and to give
them a taste of the "real world." Over dinner, students and alumni
will sit together and get to know each other. During dinner, we will ask each
alumni guest to briefly introduce her/himself aloud to everyone so that
students sitting at other tables will hear from each guest. After dinner, we
will have an informal dessert reception in which students and alumni can
continue discussions as well as meet other guests and students. Hosted by
AASA and the AACC. Please contact victoria.lai@yale.edu
or yoon-jee.kim@yale.edu
for more information.
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13.
The South Asian Conference Council of
SOLIDARITY:
Addressing Socio-Economic
Disparities in South Asian America
Sat-Sun, February 8-9, 2003
To be held in LC
Keynote Speaker: Vijay Prashad, author of Karma of Brown Folk
and Director of International Studies Program at Trinity College
visit our website
www.yale.edu/sacc
for final schedule and list of speakers
Also online is the conference objective statement and SACC mission statement.
Yalies who house someone will get a discount off registration for the
conference. If you would be willing to house someone for either one or both
nights, please contact Ruchika@yale.edu.
Yalies can register online or at the conference.
Our mission is to broaden awareness of the growing socioeconomic stratification
in South Asian America and initiate discussion and action among students. At
this two-day symposium participants and panelists will question the various
contributing factors and complexities of these class disparities. It will
conclude with students addressing ways they can take action to foster
solidarity within the socio-economically disparate South Asian community, and
thus help create a stronger voice for South Asian Americans.
Please visit our website: www.yale.edu/sacc
For questions, email
Ruchika Budhraja (ruchika@yale.edu)
or Neheet Trivedi (neheet@yale.edu)
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14. ECASU 2003 at
Early registration deadline is JANUARY 25. The Asian American Cultural Center
will cover *EARLY* registration fees for 10 students who wish to attend the
ECASU conference. Please email Dean Dhall (saveena.dhall@yale.edu)
if you would like for the AACC to cover your Early Registration fee. If you are
one of the ten, go ahead and register on your own, attend the conference and
then, submit a receipt to get reimbursed.
www.ecasu2003.org
Go register NOW!
ECASU, the East Coast Asian Student Union, Conference will be held at
Go and take a part in…
Over 40 Workshops and Panels
3 Keynote Speakers
Showcases of APA Talent
“Say What Karaoke?
An AfterParty
and more!
Please register now to take advantage of the early registration discount!
www.ecasu2003.org
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15. SENIORS: Direct
Action & Research Training (DART) Center
DART ORGANIZING TRAINING FOR GRADUATING SENIORS
Do you know anyone graduating this spring or sometime in the recent
future that would be interested in career training to fight for social
and economic justice?
I am writing to you today because we are seeking applications from
folks interested in social and economic justice, to apply for our paid
community organizing training program to start on
Selected Organizer Trainees will be paid to train under seasoned
organizers in the field in several cities (see list below), and will be
given the opportunity to work directly on a multiple set of racial and
economic justice issues like police misconduct, access to health care,
education reform, living wage, environmental justice, affordable
housing, and others.
Upon completion from the DART Organizers Institute, DART will work
with graduates to secure permanent fulltime community organizing
positions working for social change. Last year, we trained nearly
twenty people all of whom received job offers after the training
starting between $26-34,000 with benefits - four people landed
Executive Director/Lead Organizing position immediately following the
training. It's a good opportunity for anyone looking to break into the
field of community organizing and I'm hoping you might be able to pass
the word onto anyone you know that might be interested.
Attached you will find a brief announcement for passing along to
others you know that might be interested. Please let me know if you
would be kind enough to pass these materials. Our national application
deadline is
are listed on our website for folks in the midwest,
and
Take care.
Sincerely,
Ben MacConnell
Direct Action & Research Training Center
Ph: (785) 841-2680
www.thedartcenter.org
DART affiliates that will be providing infield training during the
15-week DART Organizers Institute training program and their
locations:
• Building Responsibility Equality and Dignity (BREAD), Columbus, OH
• Building a United Interfaith Lexington through Direct Action
(BUILD), Lexington,
KY
• Congregations Acting for Justice (CAJ), Evansville, Indiana
• Citizens of Louisville Organized and United Together (CLOUT),
Louisville, KY
• Fighting Against Injustice Toward Harmony (FAITH), Daytona Beach, FL
• Greater Lansing Association for Development and Empowerment (GLADE),
Lansing,
MI
• Hillsborough Organization for Progress and Equality (HOPE), Tampa,
FL
• Interchurch Coalition for Action, Reconciliation and Empowerment
(ICARE), Jacksonville,
FL
• Justice for All in Broward (JAB), Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• Leaders for Equality and Action in Dayton (LEAD), Dayton, OH
• Michigan Organizing Project (MOP) with state affiliates in Muskegon,
Grand
Rapids and Kalamazoo, MI
• Lexington Sponsoring Committee (LSC), in Lexington, KY
• People Action for Community Together (PACT), Miami, FL
• People Engaged in Active Community Efforts (PEACE), West Palm Beach,
FL
• Polk Ecumenical Action Council for Empowerment (PEACE), Lakeland, FL
• Richmonders Involved to Strengthen our Communities (RISC), Richmond,
VA
• Sarasota United for Responsibility and Equity (SURE), Sarasota, FL
• Tallahassee Equality & Action Ministry (TEAM), Tallahassee, FL
• Toledoans United for Social Action (TUSA), Toledo, OH
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16. "At
Come support a fellow Alum!
This particular historical-political drama is set in
"At a Plank Bridge"
Theater for the New City
155 First Ave (between 9th and 10th Sts.)
January 9th-26th
Thursdays -Saturdays @ 8
Sundays @ 3
Tickets $10
Reservations: 212.254.1109
Cheers,
Jackson Loo
DC 2002