A symposium exploring the impact of violence on urban youth and an informational health fair are two events being cosponsored by the Yale Minority Medical Association in May. The association is cosponsoring the Greater New Haven NAACP's symposium "Violence: The Physical and Mental Impact on the Youth in Our Urban Community," which will be held Friday, May 2, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Community Outreach Center, 654-658 Orchard St., New Haven. Registration for the symposium is $15, which includes continental breakfast, a luncheon and an afternoon snack. For more information, contact Patricia DeWitt at 785-5830. Workshops on violence prevention, child abuse and geriatric issues, and children's activities are among the events that will take place during the Southern Connecticut Urban Health Fair on Saturday, May 3. Health professionals will discuss careers in their field and provide health information on such topics as mammograms; screenings for sickle cell anemia, prostate cancer and cholesterol levels; asthma; organ donation; diabetes; and dental health, among other health-related topics. In addition to the Yale Minority Medical Association, other cosponsors of the fair include Yale-New Haven Hospital. For more information, call Norbert Robinson at 777-3531.
Undergraduates Heloisa Griggs '00 and Fabrizio Ricci '98 will be among the performers in the third annual Connecticut Capoeira Batizado, a spring celebration of Brazilian culture, on Sunday, April 27, at 2 p.m. at the Educational Center for the Arts, 55 Audubon St., New Haven. Ms. Griggs and Mr. Ricci, who are from Brazil, are studying Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art dance form. The event, sponsored by Ginga Brasileira, Inc., will also feature capoeira masters and samba and lambada dancers. Tickets are $7 in advance $10 at the door ; $5 for children and Capoeira students. For further information, call Efraim Silva at 367-3908 or 624-8288.
The Eli Whitney Museum will introduce children ages 8-12 to the art of printmaking on Sunday, April 27 during a workshop at 3 p.m. The workshop coincides with the exhibit "The Human Form Divine: William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection" at the Yale Center for British Art. Led by printmaker D. Ann Lindbeck, workshop participants will engrave and print copper plates much as Blake did 200 years ago. "The forms and figures of Blake's prints speak directly to young observers," comments William Brown, director of the Eli Whitney Museum. He suggests that children first view the Yale exhibit at 2 p.m. before heading to the Eli Whitney Museum, 915 Whitney Ave. in Hamden, for the workshop.
Steven B. Smith, professor of political science and master of Branford College, will sign copies of his new book, "Spinoza, Liberalism, and the Question of Jewish Identity" on Tuesday, April 29, 4- 5:30 p.m. at Book Haven, 290 York St. In his book, published by Yale University Press, Professor Smith makes the case that Spinoza recast Judaism to include the liberal values of autonomy, making him the first thinker of note to make the civil status of Jews an ingredient of modern political theory. For information, or to reserve a copy of the book, call 787-2848.