By Humyra Karim ’26 SHARE is available to all members of the Yale community who are dealing with sexual misconduct of any kind, including sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, intimate partner violence, and more. Counselors are available any time, day or night, at the 24/7 hotline: (203) 432-2000. Early September (the first week of classes)…
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Put Respect Into Recruitment
What is it like to be a Black varsity student-athlete at Yale? Exhausting. For any student-athlete, maneuvering through a schedule overflowing with events, practices, classes, and other extracurriculars is no easy feat. A student-athlete must constantly sacrifice their own desires and precious personal time to keep up with the day-to-day demands of being on a…
A Statement: DOWN’s Response to Chun’s Email
Nov 2, 2020 To our Yale Community, Just one day prior to the presidential election, Dean Marvin Chun and the Yale College Dean’s Office sent out an email about the Spring 2021 course schedule. The email notified us that on December 18th – the last day of finals for what will be an unequivocally challenging…
Redefining Blackness in America: A Discussion of the Relationship between African Americans and African Immigrants
On February 20th, 2020, I had the opportunity to attend the symposium and discussion: Redefining Blackness in America. Created by the wonderful Amara Mgbeike, this event featured speakers such as Rebecca Amonor, Cera Smith, and Dr. Carolyn Roberts. The event began with Dr. Roberts, a professor at Yale, recounting her experiences as a first…
Urgent Call to Disarm Yale Police Department in wake of 4/16 shooting
April 20, 2019 Dear President Peter Salovey, Chief of Police Ronnell Higgins, and senior members of the Yale administration: We, Black Students for Disarmament at Yale, unite to demand that Peter Salovey and the Yale Police Department implement immediate and lasting policies to address the injustice of the April 16th shooting of Stephanie Washington and…