Yale Women Faculty Forum (WFF)

Book Talk - Invisible Mothers: Unseen Yet Hypervisible after Incarceration

Monday, March 4 | 12 - 1 PM | Zoom | RSVP: https://cglink.me/2dA/r2266716

Join the Yale African American Affinity Group Social Justice Committee, Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, and Yale Women Faculty Forum (WFF) for a conversation with Janet Garcia-Hallett about her book Invisible Mothers: Unseen Yet Hypervisible after Incarceration. Register by Friday, February 16th for your chance to win a free copy of the book!

Drawing on interviews conducted throughout New York City, Black feminist criminologist Janet Garcia-Hallett shares the traditionally silenced voices of formerly incarcerated mothers of color and exposes the difficult realities they face when reentering the community and navigating motherhood. Patriarchy, misogyny, and systemic racism marginalize and criminalize these mothers, pushing them into the grasp of penal control and forcing them to live in a state of disempowerment and hypersurveillance after imprisonment.

We're Hiring: Postgraduate Associate for Gender Equity & Policy
https://wff.yale.edu/news/now-hiring-postgraduate-associate-22-23

Congratulations to our 2021-2022 Public Voices Fellows for an amazing fellowship year. This prolific cohort collectively wrote over 100 op-eds on topics ranging from race to transgender issues to Covid-19.
https://wff.yale.edu/what-were-doing/advocacy/public-voices-fellowship/2021-2022-public-voices-fellowship-cohort

FACULTY: Today is the last day to apply to be a Public Voices Fellow!
https://wff.yale.edu/what-were-doing/advocacy/public-voices-fellowship

FACULTY: Apply now to be a Public Voices Fellow! Applications are due TOMORROW, 6/30.
https://wff.yale.edu/what-were-doing/advocacy/public-voices-fellowship/2022-2023-public-voices-fellowship

DUE 6/30: FACULTY OPPORTUNITY
Apply to be a Public Voices Fellow today!

Faculty: looking for a way to grow your Public Voice?

https://wff.yale.edu/what-were-doing/advocacy/public-voices-fellowship/2022-2023-public-voices-fellowship

Congrats Dr. Amanda J. Calhoun on your most recent op-ed on the intersection of breastfeeding and racism

Perspective | Slavery and racism drive a toxic double standard about breastfeeding Even as women face pressure to breastfeed during the formula shortage, Black women confront counterpressure and less support.

A great op-ed from Prof. Ada Fenick for caregivers:

"Is Medicine Always the Answer for a Fever?"

Is Medicine Always the Answer for a Fever? A pediatrician explains what fevers mean and why parents typically don't have to treat them with acetaminophen or ibuprofen.

Congratulations Class of 2022!

📷: Handsome Dan

"If student loan reform is supposed to uplift Black Americans out of poverty and disparate educational opportunities, why, then, is it putting a lid on the amount we can achieve before the program leaves Black professionals behind?"

Check out Prof. Carmen Black's newest op-ed on student loan forgiveness:

Income caps for student loan forgiveness will hurt Black professionals | Opinion True racial equity in education debt reform must create long-term possibilities that allow Black professionals to repay our debt while building wealth.