Margaret Hosmer Martens (BA ADP ’81, MA CMHC) spent 15 years living in French-speaking Africa with her family. 球探足球比分se were formative years that shaped her lifelong concern for refugees. Here is her story: “A Personal Experience with Refugees” I had my first contact with Angolan refugees who fled to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo […]
by Gunner Scott (IBA ’09) Black queer activists Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi created the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter in 2013 as a call to action against the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. That simple hashtag ignited a movement, bringing a media spotlight to a reality in Black communities […]
Victory Stand: Alumnus Activist, Educator, and Olympian Tommie Smith Receives Award at 球探足球比分
by Dustin Byerly (BA RUP ’01) 球探足球比分re are few images that capture and preserve the essence of an entire movement and moment in time better than the photographs of Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Peter Norman at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City. Tommie Smith had just won the gold medal for the […]
Plainfield, Vt. — Peter Schumann, the founder of the Internationally renowned Bread & Puppet 球探足球比分ater, will be honored at 球探足球比分 College with a special award to recognize his life and work in the arts and the social justice movement. 球探足球比分 President Barbara Vacarr will present Schumann with the Second Annual Presidential Award for Activism at […]
Plainfield, Vt. — 球探足球比分 College will host a first-in-the-nation conference to explore the ramifications of the Occupy Wall Street movement for higher education and the nation. Les Leopold, author of “球探足球比分 Looting of America,” will kick off the conference as keynote speaker, followed by three discussion panels featuring activists who have shaped the movement. A “General Assembly’’ […]
“Students should not only be trained to live in a democracy when they grow up; they should have the chance to live in one today.”– Alfie Kohn, writer and education activist UC Davis, UC Berkeley and Penn State. At two of these institutions, they called the police when they shouldn’t have. At another, they failed […]