The Yale Child Study Center and Department of Pediatrics are co-hosting a candlelight vigil* on July 12, 2019, when there will be a global series of over 400 such Lights for Liberty vigils to protest the inhumane conditions faced by refugees at our borders – especially by children. Join your colleagues in the community on July 12 from 8-9:30 p.m. on the steps of the Hamden Town Hall in Hamden, CT. Speakers from both departments, as well as other local groups, will precede the vigil.
*BYOC = Bring Your Own Candle!
Speakers:
Marietta Vazquez, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics); Pediatric Global Health Track Director
Patricia Nogelo, Clinical Social Worker, Pediatric Primary Care, Yale Clinic for Hispanic Children (Y-CHiC), Yale New Haven Hospital
Little Silver Musicians/Band from Hamden, CT
Megan Goslin, PhD, Associate Research Scientist in the Child Study Center
James Leckman, MD, PhD, Neison Harris Professor in the Child Study Center and Professor of Pediatrics
Ben Florsheim Representative from the Office of U.S. Senator Chris Murphy
Bushra Mahdi IRIS: Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services
Lurline Devos, PhD, representative from the UUSC team at USNH
Members of the USNH Choir Unitarian Society of New Haven
Host Organizations:
Child Study Center
Pediatrics
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee representative team at Unitarian Society of New Haven