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YALE ALUMNI NONPROFIT ALLIANCE
YANA GLOBAL NEWSLETTER
SUMMER 2018
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BUILDING BRIDGES TO NEW COMMUNITIES
Dear Members and Friends of YANA:
"When like-minded, mission-driven people
work together, great things happen."
YANA was founded on this principle, and it remains the driving force behind our work today as we endeavor to build an inclusive community that engages all who are committed to advancing social change. This intention is the foundation upon which many collaborations and partnerships are developing within the Yale social impact community - and beyond.
Some highlights:
-Ken Inadomi '76, YANA Founding Chair
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YANA ACROSS THE GLOBE
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MEMBERSHIP WITH YANA & HELPING US GROW
2 out of 3 Yale alumni are involved in the nonprofit and social enterprise sectors. That's 110,000+ alums who are executive directors, practitioners, board members, donors, or volunteers.
We envision a global community that engages
all
alumni and friends of Yale in advancing social change.
A five-time winner of the Yale Board of Governors Award since our founding in 2011, we have grown into a network of over 3,000 -- with 8 chapters on 3 continents: the Bay Area, Colorado, Europe, India, New England, New York, Seattle, and Washington DC.
Working together. Giving back. Changing lives.
YANA is entirely volunteer-led; and we rely on the generosity of our members and those who believe in social good to support our inspiring programs.
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INTERESTED IN STARTING A YANA CHAPTER?
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YA
NA is all over
social media
! YANA's Development & Social Media Manager, Yang Li, is leading YANA's new channels. Check them out:
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REPRESENT YANA WITH A T-SHIRT!
Looking for a fresh addition to your wardrobe? Grab a beautiful, newly-designed YANA t-shirt (2 styles and 2 colors) at upcoming NY monthly meetings, or
order one online!
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YALE COMMUNITY CONNECT
Current YC Connect Opportunities
:
Click here to sign up for more information about this exciting YANA initiative!
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YANA-DWIGHT HALL SUMMER
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM ENTERS SECOND YEAR
Currently in its second year, the YANA-Dwight Hall Summer Fellowship Program supports Yale undergraduates pursuing nonprofit fellowships. This program is designed to complement the
Domestic Summer Award Fellowships,
announced in 2017 by Yale College Dean, Marvin Chun. This summer,
YANA has provided funding to
2 members of the Class of 2018 to grow Go South, a nonprofit they founded as students.
Go South provides Ivy League students with an exciting, financially viable - and clear way to pursue work in the South - supporting nonprofits in their vital work and expanding Yale students' perspectives and life options in the South. Read more about this year's fellows.
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YANA NEAR YOU: UPCOMING EVENTS
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- July 17: Society, Innovation, and Food | Learn More | Register
- July 21: Brownsville Park Beautification Project | Register
- July 25: NYC Monthly Meeting ft. Griffin Pinkow, founder of the Foreseeable Future Foundation
- Sept. 20: Family Caregiving as a Public Health Issue, co-sponsored with Yale School of Public Health
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Washington D.C.
- July 24: Student Welcome Event & Panel | More Info | Register
- Fall 2018: Lunchtime event on Nonprofit Board Membership
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YANA VICE PRESIDENT DELIVERS PENN STATE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
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YANA's Vice President, Board member and Executive Committee member
Lou Martarano delivered the 2018 Commencement Address to Penn State's Eberly College of Science on May 5. Congratulations to Lou on this well-deserved honor!
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BUILDING BRIDGES: FORGING EFFECTIVE CORPORATE-IMPACT PARTNERSHIPS
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YANA and
Inspiring Capital held its inaugural collaboration on April 16 at Civic Hall in New York. This interactive roundtable discussion focused on the opportunities and challenges related to collaboration between private sector companies and non-profit organizations (or for-profit social enterprises).
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BLOCKCHAIN, A SYSTEM OF TRUSTED SHARING
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VICTORIES IN FIGHTING POVERTY PANEL #3: VOICES FROM THE FRONT LINE
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Game-Changing Community Mobilization in Brownsville, Brooklyn,
the third panel in the speaker series
Victories in Fighting Poverty-Voices from the Front Lines in NYC,
featured Yale SOM grad Emary Aronson, Chief Program Officer for Robin Hood Foundation; Mary Tobin, Director of the Brownsville Partnership for Community Solutions; and Madeline Sanders, Resource Specialist for the Brownsville Partnership and 30-year Brownsville resident. Interviewed by YANA member and yale.NYC board member Astrid Andre, the panelists highlighted the collaborative nature of their work and the importance of seeking community input at every stage of community development as key to their success. The panel was co-hosted by yale.NYC and YANA on May 7.
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ALUMNI PARTICIPATE IN YALE DAY OF SERVICE
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On May 12, Yale's 10th Annual Day of Service, YANA Members and alumni across the globe found ways to give back:
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SquashBusters
Providence, RI
Rachel Littman
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The Architect is IN | 9 Cities
Bob Tucker & Celia Imrey
The Architect Is IN is a project held in conjunction with the annual Yale Day of Service. It was first conceived from a desire to connect Yale architectural alumni with other alumni in the Yale community who could benefit from a day of donated professional architecture, planning, and design services.
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Yung Wing School
New York, NY
AAAYA & Yale Club of NY
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INAUGURAL PURPOSE-DRIVEN CAREERS WORKSHOP
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YANA Members
Rachel Littman
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Richard Reiss
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Steve Carlson
met with members of the senior society Quorum on April 15 at Silliman College for bagels and a discussion on how to maintain, or pursue, purpose and focus on social impact while launching a career, often in the private sector. Students shared their goals, aspirations
and
questions about life after graduation. YANA members shared their own career path stories and offered advice. Both groups came away with a desire to continue the conversation and make this kind of careers workshop an annual (or even more frequent!) event. Keep your eyes out for the amazing members of the Class of 2018 as they join the Yale alumni community in a few months!
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REAL IMPACT TRACKER
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April's Spotlight
featured Gabe Rissman, former undergraduate leader of the
Dwight Hall Socially Responsible Investment Fund
, and co-founder of
Real Impact Tracker
, which aims to bring impact investing to everyone with greater transparency by scoring the social and environmental impact of investments and building a system to certify those institutions most committed to impact.
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NEW HEIGHTS
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May's Spotlight
featured Ted Smith, Executive Director of
New Heights Youth, Inc.
a sports-based youth development non-profit that uses basketball as a hook to engage inner-city youth in academic and leadership development and supports them through high school, college and life.
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TENEMENT MUSEUM
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June's Spotlight
featured Kevin Jennings, President of the Tenement Museum
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a nonprofit that preserves and interprets the history of immigration through the experience of those who settled in and built lives on Manhattan's Lower East Side, America's iconic immigrant neighborhood.
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YANA is a 5-Time Winner of the Yale Board of Governors Excellence Award
Working Together, Giving Back, Changing Lives
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We envision a global community that engages
all alumni and friends of Yale in advancing social change
. We advance this mission by focusing on 3 essential processes that drive our work: Convening, Collaborating, and Connecting.
YANA Newsletter:
Editor-in-Chief: Liana Epstein |
Editorial Board: Grace Hsieh, Lou Martarano |
Contributors: Joe DeNicola, Alison Gardy, Celia Imrey,
Ken Inadomi,
Kevin Jennings, Yang Li,
Rachel Littman, Gabe Rissman, Ted Smith, Bob Tucker
Chapters
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Bay Area
Jeanne Marecek GSAS
Tim Sullivan '72
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Colorado
Michael Mazer '78
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Europe
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India
Ragini Luthra '16
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New England
Rachel Littman '91
Craig Bida '88, SOM '99
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New York
Ken Inadomi '76
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Washington DC
Laura Kadetsky '99
Jesse Boateng '06
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