“I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not.” – W.E.B. DuBois

Read inspiring and provocative works of literature and philosophy. Explore fundamental questions about justice, politics, and human nature. Meet community leaders in New Haven and ask them how they view the big questions. Gain confidence discussing these issues in college seminars taught by Yale faculty, and get a head start in college-level writing. Make new friends while living in Yale dorms for two weeks of the summer before your junior or senior year in high school. Take advantage of help in preparing to apply to colleges. 

Citizens Thinkers Writers is a free program open to rising juniors and seniors in New Haven’s public schools. We give preference to students who would be first in their families to attend a four-year college. Read more…