As we wrap up a year of forward-looking changes here at Antioch, I am delighted to introduce the sixth annual Antioch Alumni Magazine, “The Future Issue.” In these pages you…
What’s Broken Is Still Beautiful: The Sculptures of Deborah McDuff Williams
This summer, in the center of the main gallery of the Center for Social Justice & Civil Liberties in Riverside, California, there stood a giant assembled artwork: a bouquet of wood with sticks, diverse colored beads, ropes, and dowels of different sizes sticking out in all directions, all topped off by a barrel that represented the hull of a ship, filled with a few dozen dried, carefully decorated palm fronds. An intricate assemblage full of story and suffering.
Antioch’s Ofrenda
Every year, in the weeks leading up to Día de Los Muertos, Gloria Molina Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles fills with altars to the dead. This year, the altars…
Cultivating Democratic Curiosity
Excerpts from Laurien Alexandre’s 2023 Commencement Address to Graduates of the PhD in Leadership and Change
“I Have No Choice But to Fictionalize” – A Q&A with the writer Anna Dorn
A Q&A with the writer Anna Dorn
Nurturing Trust Through Food: Becky Elias’ Quest to Understand and Improve Our Food Systems
Becky Elias’s quest to understand and improve our food system has taken her from restaurant kitchens to food policy leadership
Pia Alexander Is Fighting Systemic Racism Through Therapy, Research, and Activism
In new role as Co-Chair of the Anti-Racism Task Force, Pia Alexander builds on the work of a lifetime.
Alumni in the Galápagos
adrienne applegate The “Butterfly Tribe,” a group of Antioch alumni, posed for a photo as they snorkeled in the Galápagos islands, 560 miles west of Ecuador. They went snorkeling as…
Careers at the Intersection of Education and Justice: A Panel Discussion
A Panel Discussion on the Seed Field Podcast
From Writing Books to Hosting TV to Leading a School, Mike Riera Is Helping Teens and Their Parents
For Mike Riera, a realization about his career has led to writing books, hosting TV and radio shows, leading a K-12 school—and giving back along the way
A Message from the Chancellor
Welcome to this special history edition of the Antioch Alumni Magazine. It has been said that no business survives over the long term without reinventing itself—repeatedly. Over its long history, Antioch has certainly proven this true.
Antioch Plans Affiliation With Otterbein to Create First-of-Its-Kind System
New national, nonprofit, university system will educate students for careers and to advance social justice, democracy, and the common good