COMMUNITY LIFE
NATALIE KAINZ & MELANIE HELLER
Black faith leaders, state officials gather to discuss healthcare inequity and legislation

Putting race at the forefront of a state-wide conversation on healthcare equity was a top priority at a virtual legislative town hall on Wednesday.  Elected […]

February 25, 2021

A diagram showing the different steps towards racial healing, according to Powell.
ZAPORAH PRICE & CHRISTIAN ROBLES
NHPS celebrates Black History Month virtually

The New Haven Public Schools Attend, Connect and Engage (A.C.E.) campaign and other local schools have adapted their traditional Black History Month celebrations into a […]

February 25, 2021

SAI RAYALA
New Haven Preservation Trust holds presentation on the Goffe Street Armory

The Goffe Street Armory has sat overlooking Goffe Street in the Dixwell neighborhood for more than 90 years. Though today’s disrepair has limited its utility […]

February 24, 2021

TALAT AMAN, ROSE HOROWITCH & NATALIE KAINZ
Community raises concerns over public safety, shuttle service after Jiang’s death

After the shooting death of Yale graduate student Kevin Jiang ENV ’22 in early February, students and community members are expressing concerns over public safety […]

February 19, 2021

JESSE ROY
Despierta Boricua and La Casa Cultural honor poet Julia de Burgos in conversation with Mayra Santos-Febres

La Casa Cultural and Despierta Boricua hosted Afro-Puerto Rican poet Mayra Santos-Febres on Wednesday in a discussion about the life and work of Julia de […]

February 19, 2021

NATALIE KAINZ & AISLINN KINSELLA
Yale New Haven Health helps raise funds and awareness for heart disease among women

With Valentine’s Day less than a week away, people across the country are coming together over matters of the heart: raising awareness and funds for […]

February 11, 2021

ZAPORAH PRICE
Celebrating Black History Month, new window exhibition premieres on Audubon Street

The New Haven Creative Arts Workshop — a community art school and nonprofit organization — is celebrating Black History Month with an exhibit titled “Made Visible: […]

February 9, 2021

LARISSA JIMENEZ
Following fraud claim, ULA boycotts local car dealership

Unidad Latina en Acción, or ULA, hosted a boycott rally on Wednesday evening in support of a New Haven resident who claimed that a local […]

February 8, 2021

NATALIE KAINZ
Lawsuit over Dwight park for housing deal delays construction indefinitely

A group of Dwight residents has filed a lawsuit against the Elm City, making a final stand against city plans to sell their local park […]

February 7, 2021

RAZEL SUANSING
Run for Refugees campaign pushes through despite pandemic

Even amid a global pandemic, Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services began its largest fundraising campaign — the annual IRIS Run for Refugees, last week.  The fundraiser, […]

February 7, 2021

TALAT AMAN & JULIA BROWN
‘A gift from God’: Yale community mourns loss of Kevin Jiang ENV ’22

Kevin Jiang ENV ’22, a beloved member of the Yale School of the Environment community and US Army veteran, was shot and killed on Saturday […]

February 7, 2021