Saturday, December 1
Music concert with Mr. Ray
Children's Rock & Roll Star and Meatloaf Bandmate
2pm at the Connecticut Children's Museum
22 Wall Street
$5 admission to show includes museum pass
Monday, December 3
Movie screening of World Fellow Dr. Amit Wanchoo's film "Floating Lamp of the Shadow Valley."
8 pm at the Davenport theater
This one hour documentary follows the inspirational life of a 9-year-old boat boy who struggles for survival in Kashmir. There will be a Q&A session with Amit after the screening. amitmovie_poster.jpg
"Working in Global Child Health Issues"
12:15 at the TD South Common Room
Dr. Nora Groce will discuss with students her work and practical thought processes from her very recent trip from South Africa where strife broke out.
Tuesday, December 4
"Genocide from the Perspective of Children"
Paul Rudatsikira, survivor advocate
4:30 p.m. at WLH 208
Rudatsikira's presentation will look at the Rwanda experience from a national, regional and international lenses and the lessons that can be learned by the campus community in order to prevent mass atrocities and promote peace.
"The State of Children's Health Abroad"
A Panel with Yale World Fellows
7:30 p.m. at LC 101
Muluemebet Chekol Hunegnaw, Ethiopia
Deputy Africa Area Director, Save the Children
Maria Lisitsyna, Kyrgyzstan
President, Youth Human Rights Group
Dessert Buffet to follow with generosity of Saybrook College.
Wednesday, December 5
"Lost Bears, Found Treasure, and World Peace Writing Books for the 21st Century Child"
Talk with B. G. Hennessy
3:45 p.m. at Yale College Writing Center
35 Broadway
Hennessey has written books including Claire and the Unicorn, Happy Ever After, Mr. Ouchy's First Day, and Because Of You.
"An Insider's Guide to Writing, Illustrating, and Bookmaking for Children"
Writing Workshop with B. G. Hennessy
5:00 p.m. at Yale College Writing Center
35 Broadway
What makes someone 'happily-ever-after?'
Discuss the art of children's book writing with children's book author Barbara Hennessey. Feel free to bring your own writing to the workshop.
Thursday, December 6
"Challenges faced by Connecticut's Children"
Education panel featuring David Nee and
Janice Gruendel
Facilitated by Jessica Sager and Janna Wagner
from All Our Kin
3:30-5 p.m. at LC 101
Learn about current plights of Connecticut's children, work being done, and practical solutions and effective ways of dealing of obstacles to change.
David Nee '73, Executive Director, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
The Graustein Memorial fund works collaboratively to improve education for Connecticut's children by supporting school change, informing the public debate on educational issues, and strengthening the involvement of parents and the community.
Janice Gruendel, Ph.D., Senior Advisor on Early Childhood, Governor's Office, State of Connecticut
Gruendel now serves as Senior Advisor on Early Childhood for Connecticut's Governor M. Jodi Rell. She continues as a Lecturer at the Yale University Child Study Center and also serves as a part-time senior consulting fellow on youth issues at CT Voices for Children.
Friday, December 7
Children Whose Parents are the Same Sex: Implications of Available Data
Ellen Perrin
Director, Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, The Floating Hospital for Children, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
11:30-12:30 p.m. at WLH 116
This lecture is part of Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy Series
"Adoption: What are the Issues?"
1pm at WLH 002
Professor Margaret Homans and
China Adoption with Love
"Children Have Rights"
2pm at WLH 003
Love146, formerly Justice for Children International
"Helping Children from a Distance"
4pm at WLH 003
Save the Children
Bubbles and Bathrobes Benefit Dance Party
10pm-1am at Location TBA
Co-sponsored by Party for a Cause and Yale UNICEF
On-going Events
Dec. 3 - Dec 7
Pictures created by New Haven and Bangladeshi elementary school students will be exhibited at Shaw's and will be available for purchase. All proceeds will go to benefit the victims of cyclone that has reaked havoc in Bangladesh. Co-sponsored by Distressed Children International and Hull's Art Supply & Framing
What story would you tell children?
Submit a children's story! Picture books, short stories (fiction and non-fiction), chapter book (outline and sample chapter) are all welcome. Prizes: $25 Gift Certificate to Barnes and Noble Yale Bookstore Gift $25 from the Yale College Writing Center. $25 Gift Certificate to Labyrinth Books. Deadline: Friday Jan. 18. Submit to ann.shue at yale.edu or contact if need to hand in a hard copy. Entries will be judged by pre-school students.
