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Do you have a talent? Are you sick of singing Chinese songs to your showerhead, wishing for the opportunity to share your talent? Have you waken up one too many times with an irresistible urge to share your amazing dancing abilities or your ? Now’s your chance to shine! We are looking for individuals or groups that have a talent they want to share! We prefer and highly encourage acts that incorporate some aspect of Chinese Culture (Chinese songs, dance, martial arts, yo-yo; both traditional and modern), but we accept to a certain number of other acts (magic tricks, English songs, hip-hop dancing, juggling, stand-up comedy, etc.).

The format of CASA’s Got Talent is a talent show with big cash prizes for the best acts! There will be three judges that will provide commentary during the show. However, the audience’s votes are the only ones that matter and will decide the winners of the show and who will win the prizes! So bring your friends! There is no disadvantage if your act is not connected to Chinese Culture; you just need to be able to win the hearts of the audience!

The Talent Show will be held on Friday April 18th, 2014 in SSS 114 at 7pm! FOOD will be served while votes are tallied! If you are interested in performing in this talent show please fill out the form below and practice, practice, practice for the show! One to two dress rehearsals will be held before the actual competition! Good luck and we can’t wait to see your act!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_kunrcLiJ5Nlt9iw2IxJd8nffszYF-n2t9bnxaLLjkE/viewform

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Hey CASA members!

Please join us 5:30 pm Thursday, April 24th at New Haven's Taste of China to celebrate the work and commitment that CASA seniors have put in during their time at Yale! The meal will cost $25 dollars and will include delicious Chinese dishes. Please follow the link below to view your invitation and RSVP by 11:59 pm Sunday April 20th. Dress will be semi-formal. We hope to see you there!

Click here to RSVP!

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Come to the info session in Silliflicks from 6-6:30pm on Wed, April 16 to learn about the summer trip! Afterwards, you're welcome to stay and watch a movie. The screening will be director Zhang Yimou's Not One Less, a movie about Chinese education. The movie screening takes place Wed, April 16 from 6:30-8:30 in Silliflicks.

To APPLY for the Summer Break trip, please click here.

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Still looking for things to do this summer? Interested in gaining experience in the nonprofit sector? Looking for some hands-on, project-oriented consulting work that helps solve social problems? Apply to be a YANA Consultant!

The YANA (Yale Nonprofit Alumni Nonprofit Alliance) Consulting Program is a selective program designed by the YANA Fellows in partnership with UCS to give students concrete experiences in working with nonprofits. Leading into the summer, there are 3 new projects that students can apply for! To apply and view full descriptions of the projects, please consult the project list attached here. You can also find the list under the Resources/Document Library on Yale UCS Simplicity, keyword search YANA. Applications are due Friday, April 18th at 11:59 pm. Please contact Mendy Yang (mendy.yang@yale.edu) with any questions.

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Interested in social impact and the nonprofit sector? Want to find out what venture philanthropy is all about? Curious about about how a real-life Robin Hood fights real-life poverty? Come listen to Liz McNamee, Yale School of Management ‘12, talk about her work as a Program Officer at the Robin Hood Foundation on Thursday, April 17th: 4:30 pm at the Dwight Hall Library. Delicious cookies will be served! Please RSVP here.

Robin Hood’s mission is to fight poverty in New York City. It finds, funds, and creates programs and schools that generate meaningful results in New York City’s poorest neighborhoods. Robin Hood program staff members deploy rigorous metrics to quantify and maximize the social return on investment for every grant. As a public charity, Robin Hood raises the dollars it gives away each year. Robin Hood’s board of directors pays all of organization’s administrative costs, so 100 percent of donations go to effective poverty-fighting work.

Liz McNamee, Yale School of Management ’12, joined Robin Hood in 2012. As a Program Officer, Elizabeth partners with grantee organizations to drive outcomes in the foundation's Education portfolio. Her work spans the portfolio's human capital, college access, and technology initiatives.

This event is co-sponsored by the Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance (YANA) Undergraduate Fellows, Dwight Hall, and the Yale UCS.

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