Social Sunday

July 14, 2024

We discussed many topics - the House, Yale & Slavery research, 2024 election, Bitcoin, and more. Learn more

April 28, 2024

We discussed the current campus protests. Matthew Countryman '86 shared his experience with the 1986 anti-apartheid shanty town protests on Beinecke Plaza. Learn more

February 4, 2024

We shared ideas for Zoom topics for 2024 and discussed so much more.

October 29, 2023

"!Caramba! A Quick Cuba Show & Tell...and Call for a New US Policy"

Alum Mitty Owens, Stiles '86/87, talked about his extensive travels to Cuba. Check out Mitty's travelogue, best viewed in a browser, not Google Photos app and the recording on YouTube.

July 9, 2023

The recent Supreme Court decision re: affirmative action in college admissions was a hot topic. Many alums are interested in taking action to support pre-college students. If you would like to work on this important issue, email us at info@blackyalies.org

Photo: Rachel Shin, Contributing Photographer, Yale Daily News

May 21, 2023

Our first Social Sunday. Great conversation and many laughs with alums from 1973 to 2011.

We talked about everything from artifical intelligence in college admissions to Biscuit World in West Virginia to documenting our history at Yale