Claudia D. Hernandez ’15 (Los Angeles, MFA) had her memoir, Knitting the Fog (2019), chosen as one of the 15 Great New Books by Latinos for Hispanic Heritage Month by Rigoberto Gonzalez, and it was listed as a top ten book on Literary Hub.
Kate Sipe ’02
What if classrooms were envisioned as a small democracy? What if our students practiced democracy in their classroom year after year? Further, what if they knew they deserved it? Kate Sipe, ’02, Antioch University Seattle MA in Education with Graduate Teacher Preparation and an adjunct faculty who teaches Classroom Management courses, published a timely post in Medium in the wake of the 2020 Presidential election about the importance of democratic schools and teaching civics to our children: “Psst… Hey teachers… Let’s teach civics in our classrooms every single day.” Start today. Start small. Just start. Let your classroom be a microcosm