In the shadow of Kline Biology Tower on Sunday, Yale’s seven affinity groups partnered with local businesses to promote diversity at Yale and in the broader New Haven community.
The annual Multicultural New Haven Block Party, sponsored in part by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, comes amid recent concerns over Yale’s lack of attention and funding for the cultural houses and affinity groups on campus. But the Block Party’s organizers said the growth and popularity of the event is cause for celebration, not consternation, about the state of Yale’s diversity initiatives.
“[The Block Party] brings the multicultural community together,” said Manjula Santhanakrishnan, a researcher at the Yale School of Medicine who brought along her young daughter. “It makes sense [for Yale] to partner with the New Haven community.”
In the shadow of Kline Biology Tower on Sunday, Yale’s seven affinity groups partnered with local businesses to promote diversity at Yale and in the broader New Haven community.
The annual Multicultural New Haven Block Party, sponsored in part by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, comes amid recent concerns over Yale’s lack of attention and funding for the cultural houses and affinity groups on campus. But the Block Party’s organizers said the growth and popularity of the event is cause for celebration, not consternation, about the state of Yale’s diversity initiatives.
“[The Block Party] brings the multicultural community together,” said Manjula Santhanakrishnan, a researcher at the Yale School of Medicine who brought along her young daughter. “It makes sense [for Yale] to partner with the New Haven community.”
By Amy Cheng and Finnegan Schick, Yale Daily News