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Bee Cyber Fit Kahoot: Kids' Summer Online Safety Tips & Tricks

Do you know what information you should share with your kids or grandkids to keep them cyber safe?

School’s out, kids are home, and free time is plentiful. Whatever their age, protecting our kids’ online safety is crucial. Find out what you can do to help boost their know-how and keep them safe!

Join us for a fun and interactive Kahoot game about cyber safety for children of all ages. You can win exclusive prizes and learn practical tips to help your kids stay safe this summer and beyond.

LAUNCH PARTY / brilliant boba: amplifying ASIAN voices

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Yale-China invites to their official launch party of Brilliant Boba on Friday, May 20th 4:00-6:00pm at the Whitneyville Cultural Commons. Light refreshments will be served. Bring your colleagues and friends. This event is all-ages, families welcome! There will be an outdoors area too, weather permitting.

Latin American Policy Leader Series: Visit of Regional Director of UN Women for Latin America & Caribbean: “Diversity, Equality, and Gender”

The Yale MacMillan Center Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies, Fox International Fellowship Program, and Program on Peace and Development are delighted to announce the 2022 Latin American Policy Leader Series.
From January to May 2022, the Yale community will have the opportunity to hear from and discuss with high-level Latin American experts and policymakers about how we can work together towards a more equal and just world.

We Were Always Here: Celebrating ALL Women at Yale

Women have always contributed to the life and history of Yale University. This exhibition honors these women — the named and unnamed, the seen and unseen, to applaud their heroic efforts that have contributed to and enriched Yale University immensely.

2022 IRIS 5k Run For Refugees

The IRIS Run for Refugees is back in-person! Join us on Super Bowl Sunday, February 13th at 10:00 AM for a flat & fast 5K through New Haven’s East Rock neighborhood.

The in-person event is limited to 2,000 participants!

Virtual run option: If you don’t feel comfortable joining us in-person, run or walk, or bike a 5k in your neighborhood, on your treadmill, or wherever you like. We will mail your shirt and bib out to you.

Mondays at Beinecke: John Hersey's Hiroshima with Lesley M. M. Blume

Lesley M. M. Blume, Los Angeles-based journalist and historian, is the author of Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World (Simon & Schuster, Aug 2020). Blume worked extensively with archivists at the Beinecke Library while researching the book. The reporter in question is John Hersey, whose 30,000 word article “Hiroshima” was released 75 years ago, in the August 31, 1946 issue of the New Yorker magazine, and revealed for the first time the true radioactive aftermath of the Japan bombings.

Wonderful Books and Where to Find Them!

The New Haven Free Public Library, in partnership with the Yale Affinity Groups, is excited to continue this new book club for families focusing on topics of social importance! This month we focus on people with disabilities with a reading of What Happened to YOU?, by James Catch-pole. Come for the reading, and stay for the discussion! Questions? Call (203) 946-8129. No registration is required. Join us via the Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/97875618425?pwd=VU13MDM3OGJmV3VEVUdXdjRuN1FFUT09#success

Wonderful Books and Where to Find Them!

The New Haven Free Public Library, in partnership with the Yale Affinity Groups, is excited to continue this new book club for families focusing on topics of social importance! This month we focus on Immigration with a reading of Introducing Islandborn by Junot Díaz. Come for the reading, and stay for the discussion! Questions? Call (203) 946-8129. No registration is required. Join us via the Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/97875618425?pwd=VU13MDM3OGJmV3VEVUdXdjRuN1FFUT09#success

CODED BIAS, A Film by Shalini Kantayya

When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that many facial recognition technologies misclassify women and darker-skinned faces, she delves into an investigation of widespread bias in algorithms.
Immediately following the screening, Professor Elisa Celis will moderate a discussion with the filmmaker, Shalini Kantayya.

Join Us in Solidarity

To the YSM Community:
The murders last week in Atlanta of members of the Asian community are deeply disturbing to all of us. Sadly, these crimes are only the most recent chapter in the historic racism faced by Asian communities that has intensified during the current pandemic.

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