This year’s University’s MLK Commemoration and calendar of events are brought to you by the following team:
- Yasmeen Abed YC ’23, Woodbridge Fellow, Office of the Secretary & Vice President for University Life
- Erica Adarkwa, DIV ’21 Chaplain Associate, Yale Chaplain’s Office
- Timeica E. Bethel, YC ’11, Director, Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale & Assistant Dean, Yale College
- Heather Calabrese, Assistant Vice President: university traditions, strategic communications and events, Office of the Secretary and Vice President of University Life
- Addys Castillo, Executive Director, Citywide Youth Coalition
- Risha Chakraborty, YC ’25, Asian American Cultural Center Peer Liaison
- Ryan Croteau, Assistant Director for Communications & University Events, Office of the Secretary and Vice President of University Life
- Peter Crumlish DIV ’09, Executive Director & General Secretary of Dwight Hall, Yale’s Center for Public Service and Social Justice
- Chanice Deare, Program Coordinator for Communications & University Events, Office of the Secretary and Vice President of University Life
- Aqua Drakes, Assistant Director, Visitor Experience & Special Events, Yale Peabody Museum
- Doris Dumas, President, Greater New Haven NAACP & Accounts Receivables Assistant, Yale School of Medicine
- Alex Guzhnay YC ’24, La Casa Cultural de Julia de Burgos Latine Cultural Center, Ward 1 Alder
- Maurice L. Harris, Director of Marketing and Communications, Yale Schwarzman Center
- EJ Jarvis YC ’23, Woodbridge Fellow, Office of New Haven Affairs
- Karen King YC ’93, Director, Yale University President’s Public Service Fellowship and Community Relations Liaison, Yale Office of New Haven Affairs
- Marinda E. Monfilston, Senior Diversity Coordinator, Yale Office of Diversity and Inclusion
- Michael Morand YC ’83 DIV ’93 Director, Community Engagement, Beinecke Library at Yale University
- Risë Nelson, Director, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Yale University Library (MLK 2024 Planning Committee Chair)
- Stephanie Owusu YC ’24, Head Student Assistant, Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale
- Steven Shepherd YC ’27, Student Assistant, Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale
- Shawana Snell, Supervisor of Administrative Support, Yale University Library
- Fallon Thomas, Community Liaison, New Haven Hiring Initiative
- Blake Thorkelson ’99 DIV ’18, Director, Belonging at Yale and Special Projects, Office of the Secretary and Vice President for University Life
- Nikitia Tillman, Financial Assistant, Yale Law School Business Office