Events Calendar

Yale Alumni Educators (YAEd) is a tight-knit community of educators and students dedicated to unlocking potential, fostering critical thinking, and nurturing mutual responsibility. Join us for our second "Learning in the Age of Climate Change" webinar. This series provides insightful dialogues on climate education, equipping us to learn and teach effectively in a changing world.

In our next episode, "Empowering Learners and Educators in the Face of Climate Disasters," Maggie Favretti ’85 and Claudia Portogallo ’17 PhD (moderator) invite you to bring in your questions for building regenerative community projects locally. You will gain insights into Maggie's book, "Learning in the Age of Climate Disasters – Teacher and Student Empowerment Beyond Futurephobia." (scroll for free support materials). Discover how Maggie’s resources can invigorate your initiatives, fostering agency and resilience.

During the conversation, we will explore how to overcome feelings of immobilization, overwhelm, and uncertainty, instead enabling connection and impactful community action. Optional break-out rooms at the end of the webinar will facilitate brainstorming for local projects. Maggie’s and Claudia’s work includes collaborations with indigenous communities, climate disaster survivors, local regenerative learning centers, families, and educational institutions. Together, they proactively address climate challenges within their communities.

Join YAA Careers, Life, and Yale and Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance (YANA) for a fun and enlightening conversation with former professional dancer turned nonprofit development leader, Michael Apuzzo ’05. We'll talk about his fast-moving career through high school, college, and beyond, what he's learned along the way, and how he keeps himself in great shape!

Join us for an insightful conversation with panelist Dr. Aliyar Fouladkhah ’14 MPH, Faculty Director of the Public Health Microbiology Laboratory in Nashville and Karen Green ’78, YASC board member and trip producer for the YASC 2024 Intercultural Program with the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe who will moderate this info session.

Each year, Yale alumni, students, staff, family, and friends take part in Yale Alumni Service Corps (YASC) and Yale Day of Service (YDOS) programs, giving back to local communities across the country and around the world. In this series, we'll be spotlighting a few of those Yalies, who discuss how they got involved and what service means to mean to them. For this info session, we will feature Dr. Aliyar Fouladkhah ’14 MPH, who will share why he prioritizes service through Yale and encourage others to join.

He will also give us an overview of his work at the Public Health Microbiology Foundation with a focus on Jamaica and Republic of Georgia as potential sites for future YASC programs. Key topics to be discussed include climate change and food safety train the trainer programs for Environmental Health Inspectors in the St. Ann Health Department in Jamaica and the development of a Microbiology Laboratory, an Antibiotic Stewardship Program, and Infectious Diseases training in the Republic of Georgia.
 
If you would like to join us for this discussion, this is a great opportunity to learn how you can make a difference, ask questions, and get involved.