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First Renovation In Nearly A Century Underway At Yale Peabody Museum
November 6, 2021 - The Dixwell Q House Ribbon Cutting
Hundreds of community members joined at the Q House participated in the celebration of former memories and new dreams.
We are so excited to take the inaugural step in opening this space to the community at large. Stay up to date on programming by visiting our website (link in bio)!
Make sure to complete the survey in our bio to have your voice heard in the implementation of programming at the Q House!
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Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Who Helped End Apartheid, Dies at 90
“Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.” – Germany Kent
After 6 months of classroom instruction, Culinary Arts Cohort 8 is off to externships. Congratulations Cohort 8!!! #culinary #culinaryschool #conncat #CT #NEWHAVEN
The Yale Peabody Museum is proud to join the CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in presenting the 26th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Legacy of Social and Environmental Justice.
They are hosting a series of free, online programs where you and your family can hear from environmental justice leaders and enjoy storytelling, music, dance, and live poetry and spoken word performances.
https://peabody.yale.edu/events/mlk-celebration?mc_cid=3a7a3e93bc&mc_eid=aa24a53add
YAAA’s Co-Chairs James Carr and Reese McLeod dropped off all donations to local New Haven organizations Loaves & Fishes, New Haven, New Haven Works, Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, and James Hillhouse High School.
YAAA would like to thank the LGBTQ Affinity Group, Yale Latino Networking Group, Future Leaders of Yale, DiversAbility at Yale, Chi Omicron Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and the Yale Police Department for collaborating with YAAA on our 2021 Winter Clothing Drive. We would also like to say thank you to all departments who volunteered to be drop-off locations. We are happy to share that we have collected over 400+ Winter items and counting. GREAT JOB, TEAM!
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Sav the Date~Thursday, January 27 @ 7 pm: Hear writer and scholar Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs in conversation with CWEALF Executive Director Janée Woods Weber as they discuss the empowerment of women and girls as architects of democratic change.
Our many thanks to Delores Williams of People Get Ready, Dr. Margai Luba, Dr. Elana Cook, Dr. Kristin Reese, & Dr. Adam Berkwitt of Yale Pediatrics and Monica Monk-Flake of Monk Youth Jazz and STEAM Collective, Inc. for a wonderful Reads with Peds program! There was even a special drop off from Santa! Stetson Library
Families will need to take extra precautions to stay safe this holiday season with variants such as Omicron spreading more easily. Vaccination, testing and masking are all key. Learn more: http://ynh.care/6180JLvqG.
The Connecticut Department of Public Health has announced the holiday hours of operation for its state-sponsored COVID-19 testing sites. Read more here: https://portal.ct.gov/DPH/Press-Room/Press-Releases---2021/DPH-Announces-Holiday-COVID-19-Testing-Hours
Today, we are featuring Donasia who is our amazing intern to the Q House Advisory Board! Donasia has been a mentor for our Youth Directors and has supported the board in so many ways! Dixwell Q House
Six grader saved classmate from choking
Mayor Justin Elicker with an important message for residents in Beaver Hills, Edgewood, and Westville about a community meeting in your area. Por
favor espere para escuchar este mensaje en espanol.
Tomorrow, November 9th at 5:30 PM I will be hosting a meet the mayor community meeting and you’re invited. The meeting will take place at Edgewood Park in the Pavilion located at the corner of Whalley and West Rock. I will be joined by representatives from city departments, such as Livable Cities Initiative, Engineering, Public Works, and Police. We invite you to join us for a conversation about your neighborhood. City staff will be on hand to answer questions and offer assistance.
I hope to see you there!
Initially, confusion stemmed from advice against vaccination for many women, said Marielle Bouyou Akotet, who leads the COVID-19 immunization plan in the central African nation of Gabon.
“As we did not know the effect of the vaccine on pregnant women, breastfeeding women and women who want to have a baby in the next six months, we recommended not to vaccinate this category,” said Bouyou Akotet, a professor at the University of Health Sciences in Libreville.
That recommendation was updated after several months, but many women in Gabon and elsewhere have still decided to skip vaccination altogether.
“‘If I take this vaccine, can I still conceive?’” patients ask Mariama Sonko, an infection control specialist at the Bundung hospital. “We tell them the research says it has nothing to do with that.”
But many women listen to stories instead of research. They hear about a woman who miscarried after her vaccination, at 11 weeks, and the fear spreads, even though pregnancy losses are common in the first trimester.
“What makes me afraid is what I heard on social media,” said Binta Balde, 29, who has been married for two years and has struggled to conceive. “That if you take the shot, you will not get pregnant.”
She’s visited the local health clinic and a traditional spiritual healer, who counseled her to swallow pieces of paper with Quranic verses and to drink tea made from herbs to boost fertility.
“When you get married and go to your husband’s house, you have to have a child,” she said. “If not, he could divorce you or leave you at any time. He may say, ‘She cannot give me a child, so I should look for another.’”
The rumors about COVID-19 and fertility have been especially troublesome in predominantly Muslim countries such as Gambia and Somalia, where polygamy is common.
“For Somali women, it means a lot to them,” said Abdikadir Ore Ahmed, a health specialist with CARE. “For you to stay in a family and a marriage, it’s expected you should be able to give birth to more children. The more children you have, the more acceptance you get.”
In Gambia, husbands must give permission for their wives’ medical procedures. Most women tell health care workers they won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine unless their spouse consents. But few husbands come to prenatal visits — only about half even attend their children’s birth at the Bundung hospital.
The hospital recently held an information session for fathers, where Manneh tried to explain the vaccine’s proven effectiveness.
“All the pregnant women coming here are not getting the vaccine because the husbands haven’t given their authorization,” he told the men. “Two of them have died. We are not forcing anybody, but lots of vaccine will expire soon.”
Fatoumata Nyabally’s job as a security officer puts her at heightened risk of contracting COVID-19, and she hasn’t been vaccinated. She’s seven months pregnant, but her husband did not attend Manneh’s presentation. He’s already refused to consent for his wife’s vaccination.
So Nyabally declined the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, telling workers: “He’s the head of the family, so I have to obey him in anything we do.”
Of the 100 women approached that day at the hospital, only nine agreed to be vaccinated.
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Cheng, an AP medical writer, reported from London. AP journalists Yves Laurent Goma in Libreville, Gabon; Cara Anna in Nairobi, Kenya; and Mohamed Sheikh Nor in Mogadishu, Somalia, contributed.
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This story is part of a yearlong series on how the pandemic is impacting women in Africa, most acutely in the least developed countries. AP’s series is funded by the European Journalism Centre’s European Development Journalism Grants program, which is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. AP is responsible for all content.
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Follow AP’s multiformat Africa news on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Africa
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See the full series on how the pandemic is affecting women in Africa: https://apnews.com/hub/women-the-eyes-of-africa
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