BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9f5ea4cdfa8dd1cecb80b71accfc73871663 CATEGORIES:Events SUMMARY:A Mattered Black Life: Yale and Beyond with Kevin Quinn '01 DESCRIPTION:
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Yale Club of DC Event
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Kevin Quinn ’01 will describe his experience as a Pentecostal child minister who arrived at Yale fully intent on remain ing a devout Christian. His freshman year was a terrifying collision with t he so-called secular world, eventually resulting in the dissolution of all his religious beliefs and a guarded acceptance of his sexuality. Af ter graduation, Kevin taught at a well-known New England prep school, where he encountered and dealt with other forms of white privilege, then spent 7 years teaching in Hong Kong, where he encountered yet another set of human rights issues. Kevin will use his experience to put the issues of systemic racism and class privilege into a broad, worldwide perspective. K evin is currently working on a novel that captures this experience.< /p> This program will be co-sponsored by the Yale Black Alumni Association and the Yale Club of San Francisco. About the Speaker strong> Kevin Quinn hails from Grosse Pointe, Mich igan, and grew up in a religious household. He attended University Liggett School in Grosse Pointe and Cass Technical High School. Encountering Yale with an evangelical religious background involved real culture shock, lead ing Kevin to question his beliefs and self-identity. He finally found at l east a partial niche in music and singing (Shades, Whiffenpoofs). Teaching at an exclusive New England prep school then seven years in Hong Kong brou ght home the complex reality of cultural clashes and change. At a time of cultural upheaval around the world and in our own country, this experience would seem relevant to our time. Support the Yale Club of Washington, DC The Yale Club of Washington, D C offers this event to our members and alumni. However, we do ask for your support in one or both of the following ways: 1) Please become a me mber if you are not one already. 2) Donate to the Yale Club of Washington, DC (see opti on on registration page). Membership dues and donations are both cri tical income sources for the Club, which enable Club operations, programs, and financial viability. |