POSTPONED Launch of Currents: Our Planet in Perspective

YSE faculty, staff, and students are invited to join the third year of a YSE dialogue series designed to strengthen our ability to engage across differences—through good food, meaningful conversation, and a sense of community. Together, we’ll build mutual respect, empathy, and courage as we navigate the complex societal challenges and opportunities that shape our shared experience. In this opening session, we’ll use facilitation techniques to explore ways of fostering constructive dialogue within our community. Future sessions will bring together faculty, students, and staff to collaboratively build skills in deep listening, storytelling, and communicating through conflict. No prior background or subject matter expertise is needed—just curiosity, openness, and a willingness to participate. This series has been shaped by input from students, staff, and faculty, and all members of the YSE community are warmly encouraged to join. Facilitation provided by the Currents Committee including: Melanie Quigley, Associate Dean, Strategic Initiatives, Pete Raymond, Oastler Professor of Biogeochemistry; Co-Director, Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture, Chenee Gallaher, Director of Student Community Engagement, Analee Josselyn MEM '27, Aaliyah Chavez MEM '27, and Naurica Encarnación MEM '27.