Date(s): Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Sawtooth Kitchen, Bar and Stage
Allen Street
Hanover, NH 03755
Cocktails (cash bar) and hors d’oeuvres, 6:00pm. Dinner, 7:00pm. The dinner will be buffet-style with salads, entrées, and assorted side dishes.
$50/member, $75/non-member. Special rate of $25/recent or young alum member (Classes of 2009 and later).
After a brief business meeting, where we will elect the new DCUV Board and Officers, and following the dinner, our guest speaker will be Angela Zhang ’12, Programs Director at LISTEN Community Services, speaking on “Dartmouth’s Place and Responsibility as an Anchor Institution in the Upper Valley”.
Originally hailing from Virginia and now living in Lebanon, NH, Angela Zhang earned her B.A. in Geography at Dartmouth College in 2012 and her Master of Social Work at the University of New England in 2018. In 2017, Angela began working as the Programs Director at LISTEN Community Services, a social services agency based in Lebanon dedicated to helping meet the critical needs of Upper Valley individuals and families. In her work, she is actively involved in fighting poverty, homelessness, and racism in the Upper Valley. She also teaches at the Social Work department at Plymouth State University. In her spare time, she volunteers as a crisis line advocate for WISE, and serves on the Board of Directors for WISE and Twin Pines Housing Trust. Angela was named the 2022 Social Worker of the Year by the New Hampshire chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.
From its beginnings as a “lone voice in the wilderness” to the present, Dartmouth College has been a defining presence in the Upper Valley region. The Upper Valley benefits from Dartmouth’s resources, but this also brings with it many challenges, such as income inequality and housing insecurity. Drawing from her experience working with poverty and social services in the region, Angela will facilitate a discussion about how Dartmouth alumni can positively influence the Upper Valley region to promote economic security and well-being for all.
Questions may be directed to rsvp@dcuv.org.