Divinity School’s Japan Ties Bring Tragedy Close to Home

An international training facility for grassroots rural leaders in northern Japan founded by a Yale Divinity School graduate reported serious damage to its infrastructure from the earthquake that rocked the island nation in mid-March. A YDS graduate living in Tokyo is planning an international art charity exhibition to raise relief funds in her own art gallery. The Yale Institute of Sacred Music, one of YDS’s two partner institutions, dedicated proceeds from a recent concert to the University’s multifaceted Japan relief effort.