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BA Alumnus Senator Bob Hasegawa Speaks in Favor of Affirmative Action Initiative
An article in The Seattle Times detailed the events of Washington state lawmakers last Sunday in which they approved a measure to overturn a 20-year-old ban on affirmative action. “I-1000 repeals Initiative 200, a measure approved by Washington voters 20 years ago. I-200 blocked the government from giving preferential treatment to, or discriminating against, people and…
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Remembering Gail Burgess Nochimson
In early March, David Nochimson walked into the Antioch Los Angeles Library to meet with MFA in Creative Writing faculty member, Victoria Chang. Under each arm, he clutched a heavy box of poetry books. Remodeling his house, he’d undergone the difficult task of deciding what books to keep and which to give away. How was…
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Urban Endeavors: Activating Aspirational Action
By Weston Brinkley, Faculty, Urban Ecology, MAEd in Urban Environmental Education program The Master’s of Arts in Education with Urban Environmental Education (UEE) at Antioch University Seattle is committed to advancing race, culture, equity, and inclusion in environmental leadership. Weston Brinkley, blog writer, and faculty, leads an innovative Urban Ecology series within the UEE program. …
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Beyond 100: A return to the social justice roots of Waldorf Education
Dr. Torin Finser, PhD, of Antioch University New England is sharing his expertise with educators around the world to commemorate 100 years of Waldorf Education and look to the future. 2019 marks the 100-year anniversary of the founding of Waldorf Education. Also called Steiner Schools, institutions subscribing to Waldorf principles follow a rigorous and fluid…
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Earth Repair
Antioch University Santa Barbara’s Undergraduate Studies Department co-hosted a two-day community event on campus, in partnership with the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network. Millions of acres of land have been contaminated by pesticides, improperly handled chemicals, dirty energy projects, toxic waste, and other pollutants in the United States and Canada. “Our environmental studies students who attended…
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AUS Cultural Immersion and Counseling in Cambodia
In March 2019, 12 students from the Antioch University Seattle Masters in Art Therapy, Counseling, and Couple and Family programs traveled to Southeast Asia to experience immersive, advanced coursework and training in Cambodia. The Cambodia course, co-led and co-taught by AUS teaching faculty, Alyssa Griskiewicz, and Jessica Leith, was based in Phnom Penh and rooted…
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Christopher Paul Curtis Wins 2019 Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award for “The Journey of Little Charlie”
Antioch University Los Angeles’ Education Department is honored to announce Christopher Paul Curtis as the recipient of the 2019 the Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award for The Journey of Little Charlie. The Horace Mann Upstanders Award honors children’s literature that best exemplifies the ideals of social action and in turn encourages young readers to become…
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Ohio Poet Laureate Dave Lucas Visits Antioch University Midwest
Dave Lucas, Ohio’s Poet Laureate, visited Antioch University Midwest reading his poetry and writing. Following the reading, Lucas answered audience questions and shared his ideas of poetry being democratic and natural. He said that often the words we say can be poetic —that poetry doesn’t necessarily need to be lofty, that it is found in…
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Melissa Crandall
Melissa Crandall, an alum of the MA in Nonprofit Management program at AULA (MANM), serves as the Director of Communications and Development for The Institute for Religious Tolerance, Peace, and Justice, as well as Director of Operations for Cancer Care Network Foundation. Crandall describes her path to the nonprofit sector as a winding one (including working…
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