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09/26/2011 | Group builds on Reach Out service
Inspired by a recent service to trip to Uganda, a group of Yalies are trying to build upon their contributions to Ugandan non-profits long after they’ve returned to school in New Haven.

03/03/2005 | CARE, Reach Out go to Peru
The conception for the Peru trip can be traced to co-leader Wills Glasspiegel '05, who proposed the idea for a trip to the region to the Yale Reach Out program. Glasspiegel had previous experience in Peru through participation in a pilot CARE Youth Corps program while in high school. He hopes that the trip will bridge the perceived cultural divide as well as provide a valuable learning experience for participating students. Glasspiegel said "Our mission is one of global citizenship and to represent CARE in a way that shows that the people in Peru are not that far away and not that different from us and to give a first hand look at what CARE does."

02/19/2004 | Overseas alternatives give break meaning
While many students will be spending spring break at home or indulging in a tropical vacation, some will be working on more than a tan. Members of Reach Out and the Yale AIDS Watch, or YAW, will be heading overseas in March to help raise buildings and AIDS awareness, respectively.

04/22/2003 | Collaborative mural focuses on free speech
The Free Speech mural was inspired by an anti-war mural that Reach Out was inspired by on its first annual trip to Cuba. The mural, which displayed the phrase “Honor Every Voice,” was designed as a collective project in which any passerby could participate.

4/22/2003 | How Yale can really learn to engage with the world
RO member Colleen Carey calls on the university to provide a more coherent academic program in the rapidly maturing field of Development Studies. She says of Development Studies, “While professors often acknowledge the interaction between development and, say, democracy or security, very little is offered that looks specifically at the motivations, nor the effectiveness, nor even the methods of the system of NGOs and multilateral institutions currently ‘developing’ the poor post-colonial states of the world.”

04/03/2003 | Reach Out provides alternate spring break
In only its first year, Reach Out was able to organize three service learning trips, one to Nicaragua, another to El Salvador and a third to Cuba. Participants were engaged in projects as varied as meeting with local officials and townspeople tomixing cement.

03/07/2003 | Reach Out gets $10k for fellowships
Yale President Richard Levin showed his support for the fledgling group Reach Out in March of 2003 by underwriting the Summer Fellowship Program with a grant of $10,000 for a one year trial basis. With the money, Reach Out was able to equip a number of students with the financial aid they needed to work at non-profit organizations picked by Reach Out. As coordinator Jocelyn Lippert said, “the [fellowship] will be the first international fellowship available primarily for the purpose of helping non-profits and building global responsibility abroad.”

12/11/2002 | Reach Out offers a different way to shop
Erin McCreless’ Alternative Gift Market was an amazing Reach Out project that raised $4,000 in gifts for families in the developing world; the project was a huge step forward for Reach Out, demonstrating the compassion and receptivity of Yale students to Reach Out’s mission. Monetary gifts were given to charities in someone’s name, with which the charities would then buy livestock or medical supplies.

11/19/2002 | Reach Out fund-raising dinner a success
This article details one of Reach Out’s first events. Reach Out organized a benefit dinner in order to collect money for Gustavo Almaraz, a man from Bolivia who lost his sight as a result of a brain tumor. Jocelyn Lippert, Reach Out’s first coordinator, met Almaraz while working for Aprecia School for the Blind in Bolivia. Reach Out raised $750 dollars in donations.


	Reach Out in the Press 09/26/2011 \| Group builds on Reach Out service Inspired by a recent service to trip to Uganda, a group of Yalies are trying to build upon their contributions to Ugandan non-profits long after they’ve returned to school in New Haven. 03/03/2005 \| CARE, Reach Out go to Peru The conception for the Peru trip can be traced to co-leader Wills Glasspiegel '05, who proposed the idea for a trip to the region to the Yale Reach Out program. Glasspiegel had previous experience in Peru through participation in a pilot CARE Youth Corps program while in high school. He hopes that the trip will bridge the perceived cultural divide as well as provide a valuable learning experience for participating students. Glasspiegel said "Our mission is one of global citizenship and to represent CARE in a way that shows that the people in Peru are not that far away and not that different from us and to give a first hand look at what CARE does." 02/19/2004 \| Overseas alternatives give break meaning While many students will be spending spring break at home or indulging in a tropical vacation, some will be working on more than a tan. Members of Reach Out and the Yale AIDS Watch, or YAW, will be heading overseas in March to help raise buildings and AIDS awareness, respectively. 04/22/2003 \| Collaborative mural focuses on free speech The Free Speech mural was inspired by an anti-war mural that Reach Out was inspired by on its first annual trip to Cuba. The mural, which displayed the phrase “Honor Every Voice,” was designed as a collective project in which any passerby could participate. 4/22/2003 \| How Yale can really learn to engage with the world RO member Colleen Carey calls on the university to provide a more coherent academic program in the rapidly maturing field of Development Studies. She says of Development Studies, “While professors often acknowledge the interaction between development and, say, democracy or security, very little is offered that looks specifically at the motivations, nor the effectiveness, nor even the methods of the system of NGOs and multilateral institutions currently ‘developing’ the poor post-colonial states of the world.” 04/03/2003 \| Reach Out provides alternate spring break In only its first year, Reach Out was able to organize three service learning trips, one to Nicaragua, another to El Salvador and a third to Cuba. Participants were engaged in projects as varied as meeting with local officials and townspeople tomixing cement. 03/07/2003 \| Reach Out gets $10k for fellowships Yale President Richard Levin showed his support for the fledgling group Reach Out in March of 2003 by underwriting the Summer Fellowship Program with a grant of $10,000 for a one year trial basis. With the money, Reach Out was able to equip a number of students with the financial aid they needed to work at non-profit organizations picked by Reach Out. As coordinator Jocelyn Lippert said, “the [fellowship] will be the first international fellowship available primarily for the purpose of helping non-profits and building global responsibility abroad.” 12/11/2002 \| Reach Out offers a different way to shop Erin McCreless’ Alternative Gift Market was an amazing Reach Out project that raised $4,000 in gifts for families in the developing world; the project was a huge step forward for Reach Out, demonstrating the compassion and receptivity of Yale students to Reach Out’s mission. Monetary gifts were given to charities in someone’s name, with which the charities would then buy livestock or medical supplies. 11/19/2002 \| Reach Out fund-raising dinner a success This article details one of Reach Out’s first events. Reach Out organized a benefit dinner in order to collect money for Gustavo Almaraz, a man from Bolivia who lost his sight as a result of a brain tumor. Jocelyn Lippert, Reach Out’s first coordinator, met Almaraz while working for Aprecia School for the Blind in Bolivia. Reach Out raised $750 dollars in donations.