by Daad Sharfi This past week, the Yale African Student Association (YASA) held its annual Africa Week around the theme “Think. Contemporary Africa.” This event featured a week-long series of discussions, debates and workshops with both guest speakers and resident student groups to celebrate the vibrancy and ingenuity of–wait for it–the continent. Not a territory,…
by Alejandra Padín-Dujon “There is no specific point at which Black-Cherokee relations begin,” cautioned Yale law student and Harvard Ph.D. candidate Shannon Prince by way of introduction to her history of the Cherokee Freedmen—freed slaves incorporated into the racially diverse Cherokee Nation who struggle to procure tribal citizenship to this day. Prince herself is Black Cherokee,…
To sign this letter click here. See the signatories and the original post on Medium here. November 13, 2015 To Students of Color at Yale: We hear you. We see you. We, the undersigned alumni, write this letter to support and encourage you as you continue making your voices heard against systemic racism at Yale…
Dear Dean Alpern and Members of the Yale School of Medicine (YSM) Administration, Inspired by the brave examples of NextYale, other students at Yale, and campuses across the country, we, students of color and partners in solidarity, write to demand sustainable reforms to foster a YSM in which all identities are valued. We respect President…
Alumni can sign here Dear Black Students of Yale, As members of Yale University’s Black alumni community, we write to express our support and solidarity with you and other students of color at Yale as you raise your voices in protest, and mount a call to action by the Yale administration in order to address…