Yale Child Study Center and Department of Pediatrics Co-Hosting: "Lights for Liberty: Hamden, CT"
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 600 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
- Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz
Yale New Haven Hospital
Patricia NogeloClinical Social Worker, Pediatric Primary Care, Yale Clinic for Hispanic Children (Y-CHiC)- Little SilverMusicians/Band from Hamden, CT
- Ben FlorsheimRepresentative from the Office of U.S. Senator Chris Murphy
- Bushra MahdiIRIS: Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services
- Lurline Devos, PhDRepresentative from the UUSC team at USNH
- Members of the USNH ChoirUnitarian Society of New Haven
Contact
Host Organizations
- Child Study Center
- Pediatrics
- Unitarian Universalist Service Committee representative team at Unitarian Society of New Haven
Admission
Free
Tag
Community Outreach