YANA Podcasts

Many professionals aged 65 and older find themselves approaching, transitioning to, or even in retirement with a feeling of wanting to give back but having no idea how or where to start. Questions arise such as: What do I want to do with the next phase of my life? What is the best fit for my skills and years of experience? Where will I be welcome? Is there even a place for me in the social impact world?

SPEAKERS:
Marc Freedman SOM '84 (President, CEO, Founder, Encore.org)
Jody Shue, MPH (Executive Director, AgeFriendly.org)
Ashton Applewhite (Author & Activist, This Chair Rocks)
Becca Levy, PhD (Professor, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University Dept. of Psychology)

Join us for compelling discussions about best practices, trends, and careers in the social impact space.

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Avoiding Burnout in Social Impact Work
Health practitioners, managers, and startup nonprofit leaders will talk about how they approach managing and supporting the mental health of employees, direct service providers, and school and local communities.

SPEAKERS:
-- Nicola Fleischer SOM '22 (Co-founder, edwell)
-- Daisy Rosales SOM '20 (Co-Founder & Executive Director, Brio)
-- Allison Hertz '05 (Senior Director, People Experience & Well-Being, City Year, Inc.)
-- Sylvia Perry '91 (Nurse Practitioner BA, MS, MSN, DNP Candidate, Massachusetts General Hospital)

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Join us for compelling discussions about best practices, trends, and careers in the social impact space.

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Physical space can be a powerful way for nonprofits to tell their stories.  Not just origin stories and founding myths, but also stories of transformation, reinvention, and renewal—in other words, both who you are as an organization and who you are becoming or aspire to be, and why it matters for the communities you serve.

Join Celia Imrey ARCH '93 and Arielle Gorin M.A.'11, M.Phil.'13, PhD.'16 for a lively discussion of how nonprofits can tell their stories through offices, meeting rooms, gathering spaces, and other aspects of their built environment. 

Drawing on their respective backgrounds as an architect and a consulting historian, Celia and Arielle will share real-life examples of organizations that have used physical space to engage audiences in their identity and purpose—something that is all the more timely as we begin to gather again.

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Join us for compelling discussions about best practices, trends, and careers in the social impact space.

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In this October 27, 2021 hybrid YANA Town Hall, three seasoned social impact leaders - Terence Li ‘04, Tim McChristian ‘77, and Ted Smith ’00 share how they have created innovative programs that use sports as a gateway to help under-served youth achieve their academic, leadership, and career potential.

All three of the featured programs are New York-based but the challenges they face and the principles they practice are universal. This is a compelling discussion moderated by Andrea McChristian ’08

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Join us for compelling discussions about best practices, trends, and careers in the social impact space.

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A Multi-Tradition Panel Discussion
October 25, 2021

An open and multi-faceted discussion on how foundational texts and traditions of various religions, faiths, and wisdoms translate into and compel/command engagement in social justice and positive good in the world.

SPEAKERS:
-- Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson DIV '90 (Senior Pastor, Grace Baptist Church)
-- Peter Giblin '92 (Co-founder, LeCiel Foundation)
-- Rabbi Brad Hirschfield (President, National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership)

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Co-moderated by Rachel Littman '91, YANA Executive Director & Mick Hirsch DIV '03, YANA New England Leader and Executive Director, THRIVEGulu

Join us for compelling discussions about best practices, trends, and careers in the social impact space.

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YANA Chicago Virtual Discussion Forum with Duriel E. Harris

Editing, Publishing & The U.S. Black Literary Ecosystem
October 5, 2021

Virtual discussion forum featuring Duriel E. Harris ‘91, performance artist and scholar and Professor of Poetry and Poetics at Illinois State University and Editor of Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, moderated by Stephanie Rath ‘96, Chair of YANA Chicago. Duriel discusses the Obsidian publishing platform and US Black literary ecosystem, the promise of nonprofit partnerships, and the challenges and opportunities for literary publishing in US higher ed at a time of social upheaval. She will also share her experiences as an editor and artist, and explore the role of editing in the arts practice.

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Join us for compelling discussions about best practices, trends, and careers in the social impact space.

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Jacob Koch ’10 and Manasvi Menon ’07, co-founders of Yale/City, join Yale Professor Elihu Rubin ’99 to share thoughts on re-imagining the American city and Yale’s role in shaping a new urban reality.

Yale/City is a bold new initiative seeking to build a global community of Yale students and alumni engaged in urban studies, policy, and practice. Yale/City will organize programs that convene Yale alumni in related fields including architecture, city planning, real estate, and sustainability.

Join us for compelling discussions about best practices, trends, and careers in the social impact space.

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"Education in Fall 2021: Where Do We Go From Here?" YANA Panel
Current Challenges Facing Educational Institutions

This is a conversation you must be a part of.

If you thought last year was tough for education, wait until you hear what many educational institution leaders are facing this year with student and family mental health issues, under-vaccinated populations and break-through infections, staff shortages, and the real consequences of quarantine policies.

Our panelists cover all parts of the education spectrum: from the heavily-resourced Ivy-League world of Yale, to under-resourced community colleges and a K-12 college-prep charter school serving primarily economically disadvantaged scholars, to an urban public school district of 20,000+ students, 80% of whom come from families within a small range of the federal poverty line.

Join us for this incredibly important conversation reflecting the current state of and disparities within education in our country.

SPEAKERS
Jeremy Chiappetta SOM ’02, CEOBlackstone Valley Prep, K-12 |
Meghan Hughes '88, PresidentCommunity College of Rhode Island
Pericles Lewis, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs & VP for Global Strategy, Yale University 
Leslie Torres-Rodriguez, SuperintendentHartford Public Schools
Seth Zimmerman (moderator),  Associate Professor of Economics and Public Finance, Yale School of Management

Join us for compelling discussions about best practices, trends, and careers in the social impact space.

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Building Movements from the Margins: how movement and nonprofit work for social justice continue in the face of disenfranchisement

The South has long been at the forefront of social justice and civil rights movements, but movement and nonprofit work in the region is often under-resourced, underfunded, and overlooked. Join us for a conversation with Southern leaders on the forefronts of national justice movements, who will talk about their experiences building power in the face of disenfranchisement and offer their insights on what nonprofits and community organizations in the region need to sustain their work. This conversation is co-sponsored by YANA and Go South, a Yale alumni-founded summer fellowship program fiscally sponsored by YANA.

Speakers:
Allegra Lawrence-Hardy ('96 LAW) Founding Partner, Lawrence and Bundy, LLC
Pastor Kenneth Glasgow, Founder/President, The Ordinary People Society
Irvin Camacho, Bail Disruptor, Bail Project & Board Member, ACLU of Arkansas
Moderator:
Paola Jimenez-Read ('22), Rising Senior, Yale

More details: https://conta.cc/3f2OUYf   

Join us for compelling discussions about best practices, trends, and careers in the social impact space.

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A capital campaign presents an opportunity for a nonprofit to raise a significant amount of money within a given amount of time. But truly effective capital campaigns require a compelling story, thoughtful planning, and the coordinated effort of both staff and board. Join us to learn when, why, and how to conduct a successful capital campaign.  

OUTCOMES

• Return to your nonprofit with tools and insights to plan your campaign.
• Evaluate if/when your organization is ready to launch a campaign.
• Explain a capital campaign to colleagues and board. 

Presenting will be Peter Heller, a longtime friend and advisor to YANA and founder of the Heller Fundraising Group, who will be joined by his senior consultant Betsy Steward. 

About Peter Heller, Betsy Steward, and the Heller Fundraising Group
Peter Heller (Founder) and Betsy Steward (Senior Consultant) represent the Heller Fundraising Group located in New York City, which provides fundraising strategies for nonprofits across the nation. The Heller Group builds abundance for nonprofits through customized consulting and training for successful capital campaigns, insightful feasibility studies, and major gift programs. Peter started the company 17 years ago following a successful career leading major capital campaigns at large universities. 

Join us for compelling discussions about best practices, trends, and careers in the social impact space.

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