View the signatures here Dear Members of the Yale Community, In light of recent events the last week, we have seen Yale undergraduates come together to express their anger, frustration, and sadness over the unsafe environment that Yale has created for students of color. These protests are not only about the events of the last…
Letter to President Salovey: A Better Ivy League
Dear President Salovey, We, as the Yale delegation for the Latinx Ivy League Conference, write to inform you of our concerns regarding our experiences at Brown University earlier today. We acknowledge that you are a partner in creating a cultural shift at Yale, and being an agent of change in improving the experiences of students…
The Unwinnable Game
by Alejandra Padín-Dujon “If truth, reason and conclusive argument, compounded with admirable temper and perfect candour, might be supposed to have an effect on the minds of man, we should think this work would have put an end to agitation on the subject [of slavery].” – “Memoir on Slavery” by William Harper (1853) One week ago, I…
Statement of Solidarity & Support from IGN & NALSA
-Statement of Solidarity & Support- from Yale’s Indigenous Graduate Network & Native American Law Students Association In recent days, society has seen a surge of activism across the United States in support of social justice, particularly in response to enduring racist and sexist inequities on university campuses. At Yale University and beyond, many of these…
When We Were Children of Color
by Jessica Yuan, YC’15 When I was in elementary school, I thought it was normal when other kids would pull their eyes into slits at me. I did it back because I thought it was a game, like a high five or secret friendship handshake. There was also the one where you pulled your eyelids…