YANA Podcasts

Leveling the Playing Field of Opportunity

Of the many values that drive nonprofits, perhaps none is more important than helping underserved populations gain fair access to resources and opportunity. Join us as three change-makers describe how their organizations are leveling the playing field of opportunity in unique and innovative ways.

SPEAKERS

Georgia Faye Hirsty ’22 SOM is co-founder and co-director of Frailty Myths, a nonprofit that is actively reimagining femininity through transformative action-based workshops that provide the hands-on skills for women to fully explore the power and potential of their physicality. Her work also embraces DEI with a focus on developing equitable, high-performing teams and building a more just world.

David McCullough III ‘17 founded the American Exchange Project (AEP) in 2019, a first-of-its-kind, free cross-cultural exchange program for graduated high school seniors. AEP has been hailed as a domestic Peace Corps that is effectively bridging the gap and building greater understanding and empathy across class, cultural, racial, and geographical divides throughout our nation.

Susan Scheer ’85 is the CEO of the Institute for Career Development (ICD) a 100-year-old non-profit that prepares individuals with disabilities (IWD) for employment. The unemployment rate for IWDs was more than double that of people without disabilities before Covid, and IWD are disproportionately employed in industries that have suffered in the pandemic. 

Moderated by Dasia Moore ’18, Reporter for the Boston Globe and YANA Board Member.

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

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Honoring Women Helping Women

Celebrate Women's History Month by hearing from leaders whose social justice organizations are actively working to help those in need

SPEAKERS

Samra Ali
Operations Manager, Texas Muslim Women's Foundation

Ashley Lucas '01
Associate Professor, University of Michigan
Co-Principal Investigator,Carceral State Project
Former Director, Prison Creative Arts Project

Lauren Yanks '19 DIV
Founder & Executive Director, The Blue Butterly Foundation

SPEAKER BIOS

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

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YANA Evening Tea with Amir Pasic ’85
Eugene R. Tempel Dean & Professor of Philanthropic Studies
Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy

Join the Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance for an intimate Evening Tea with Amir Pasic ‘85, the Eugene R. Tempel Dean and Professor of Philanthropic Studies at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. We will explore the history and role of philanthropy in the United States as well as current trends and issues. 

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Amir Pasic is the Eugene R. Tempel Dean of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, the world’s first school devoted to research and teaching about philanthropy.

Prior to joining the school, Pasic was vice president of international operations at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), a global professional association serving educational institutions and their advancement professionals.

Previously, Pasic was associate dean for development and strategic planning at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) as well as executive director of its Foreign Policy Institute, where he continues to serve as a fellow.

Pasic served as deputy director of the world security project at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and was deputy vice president for advancement at The George Washington University. A former librarian at the Library of Congress, he began his career with faculty appointments at Brown University's Watson Institute.

Pasic earned his doctorate in political science at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a master's degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from Yale University.

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

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YANA Virtual Town Hall: in recognition of African American History Month & the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre

Honor African American History Month by exploring the ways in which music, art, architecture, and built space environments reflect the complicated history of racism in America, celebrate African-American culture, and move us towards a more just, anti-racist country.

SPEAKERS

Regina Bain ‘98, ‘01 MFA
Executive Director, Louis Armstrong House Museum

Jerome Haferd ARCH ‘10
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia GSAPP
Co-Founder, BRANDT : HAFERD

Don Roman ‘71
Board President, Steffen Thomas Museum of Art

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

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YANA WEBINAR
Necessary Relevance: The Role of the Arts in Society

YANA has developed a series of programs to explore the role of arts and culture in society, particularly in a tenuous economy and amidst fervent social justice movements. Join us for any or all of the upcoming programs featuring Yalies in all parts of the arts and cultural sectors. 

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Role & Support of Individual Artists

Join us for an open conversation about how individual artists are faring and a discussion about ways in which we can support individual art-makers and their work.

SPEAKERS:
DALE PARK '03 | Founder, New York Film and Music Foundation

Dale Park is an American entrepreneur and conceptual artist. From a young age, Park learned all aspects of music and music theory, and was concertmaster and leader of various student organizations at Phillips Academy (Andover). After engineering private sessions at a recording studio in Manhattan, he spent time in Washington D.C. developing a technology to circumvent fraudulent online political contributions. At the William Morris Agency he worked for the head of the New York office, and while at Yale worked at Merrill Lynch private wealth management.

TAREK ZIAD '20 | Actor, Comedian, & Creative Producer

Tarek Ziad received his B.A. in Theater Studies from Yale as an FGLI student and has found himself in every corner of performance since, from playing the iconic role of Belize in Angels in America, to his viral YouTube video Mumps Quarantine at Yale, to his original solo piece Laughing at Crying Babies. He is now based in Brooklyn, where he auditions for roles and performs stand-up comedy, most recently in Colt Coeur Theater's live-streamed Holiday Craptacular with fellow artists including Sara Bareilles and Taye Diggs. Tarek is also a Public Speaking Coach, as well as the Creative Producer of the developing podcast, "Living Breathing Medicine" with Drs. Natasha Beauvais and Cecily Havert. You can find Tarek across social media @tarkinthepark.

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

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COVID-19 Vaccination: Ensuring Success

The global COVID-19 vaccination rollout is one of the largest public healthcare initiatives ever taken. Join us for an in-depth webinar with leading public health experts to discuss the many challenges facing the distribution and administration of this vaccine.

SPEAKERS

Vaccination Priority

Dr. Bettina Experton (CEO, Humetrix), sharing their work using the world's largest database of COVID-19 patients to identify at-risk populations and geography to help the Department of Defense allocate supply and monitor vaccination rollout.

Overcoming Obstacles

Dr. Peter Hotez '80 (scientist, researcher, author, science explainer), addressing consumer trust issues and other barriers to the vaccination rollout. Dr. Hotez is Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine where he is also the co-director of the Texas Children's Center for Vaccine Development.

Global Perspective

Dr. Saad Omer (Inaugural Director, Yale Institute for Global Health), describing what challenges exist in other countries and what lessons from the international community may improve vaccination delivery.

Moderator

Dr. Sten Vermund (Dean of the Yale School of Public Health, Professor of Pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine), who is engaged in health policy, particularly around sustainability of HIV/AIDS programs and their expansion to non-communicable diseases, coronavirus pandemic response and prevention, and public health workforce development.

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

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Exploring work towards peace and anti-hate in recognition of UN Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day.

January 27, 2021

SPEAKERS:

• Rabbi Brad Hirschfield: President, Clal - National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
• Professor David Simon: Director, Yale Genocide Studies Program
• Frank Stebbins: Senior Program Associate for New Jersey Growth & Strategy, Facing History and Ourselves

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PANELISTS:

DAVID BLASHER ‘01 Chair, Director, Drama Club NYC
SHANNON KILEY Music Therapist, Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital
WILBUR NEUSHWANDER-FRINK Executive Director, Open Arts Minnesota
SEBASTIAN RUTH Founder & Artistic Director, Community MusicWorks
DANTES RAMEAU MUS '07 Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Atlanta Music Project
ELLEN PRIEST DIV '77 Abstract Painter, Eyeball It! Studio Art Program
JARED STAHLER DIV '06 Pastor, Saint Peter's Church

Art and music touch all of our lives in some way or another. They are deeply entrenched in human experience and history and have been studied in a wide range of fields. From history and performance to anthropology, sociology, and the sacred and ceremonial rituals in many world religions, the “arts” are intrinsically part of our lives.

Explore this larger role of arts, music, and culture in our society beyond performance and exhibition. We have practitioners and experts from the fields of K-12 school programs, social justice, religion, ableness inclusivity, and trauma healing.

SPEAKER BIOS

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

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

Thanks for listening to this YANA podcast.  Get more information and resources at yana.community.

YANA Virtual Town Hall | Fighting Inequality: Democratizing Access to Education

We spotlight change-makers advancing educational opportunities through affirmative action and pre-college services.

SPEAKERS:
Cara McClellan ’10, ’15 LAW, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Founder, My Sister’s Keeper Collective

Monique Lin-Luse, Assistant Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Kate Reuther ’96, Executive Director & Founder, Uptown Stories

Madeline Kerner ’07 is CEO and Co-Founder, Matriculate 

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

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