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Literary Uprising Reading Brings in Five Diverse Voices
Five Antioch-affiliated writers gathered virtually on May 18 to share readings from their work in the latest installment of the “Literary Uprising” reading series. Each story or poem had a striking tone and voice, filling attendees with inspiration and the pleasure of art. This event was presented by teaching faculty Alistair McCartney, himself a noted…
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Say Their Names! A Response to the Buffalo Hate Crime Shooting
Once again, a racist, domestic terrorist who had been under FBI investigation this year for making threats of gun violence was able to legally buy a military assault rifle and high capacity magazines with no questions asked. And, as a result, ten lovely people, peacefully going about their days buying groceries, were murdered in less…
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Sharing Permaculture Skills to Grow Food and Community
Marty Castriotta considers himself an ecosystem designer. The alum of Antioch New England’s Environmental Education program says, “Permaculture design offers a toolkit.” These tools mimic natural systems—minimizing waste, using natural building materials—and they create long-term models for how we as a society can grow food in a more sustainable way. Castriotta has used this philosophy…
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GSLC Graduate Shows a Collectivist Alternative to Institutional Inequities
“Returning to school, joining the world of higher education—that’s my revolutionary act against social injustice,” says Maria Teresa Chavez-Haroldson, a 2020 graduate of Antioch’s PhD in Leadership and Change. As an immigrant to the US—Chavez-Haroldson was born in Mexico—she sees her own entry into American academia as a triumph over systemic exclusion and specifically against…
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Chancellor’s Statement on Abortion Rights
We live in an era of broken norms, norms that defined this nation as a constitutional democracy. No longer can we rely on a President to respect the peaceful transfer of power without inciting a coup. No longer can we rely on the Senate to hold constitutionally required confirmation hearings on nominees to the Supreme…
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Counseling Program Launches CMHC Spectrum, Connecting LGBTQ+ Mental Health and Advocacy
A year ago, Dr. Ernie Zullo and two of his students in Antioch New England’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Jess Irish and AJ Buckley, came together to ask a deceptively simple question: how can counselor training programs prepare their students to be affirming and knowledgeable practitioners when working with the LGBTQ+ community? An obvious answer…
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Dr. Fayth Parks Joins the Graduate School of Leadership and Change
The Graduate School of Leadership and Change (GSLC) just concluded a national search and is honored to share that Dr. Fayth Parks will be joining as a Core Faculty member of GSLC officially in July 2022. Dr. Parks has been at Georgia Southern University for over 20 years, most recently as Professor in the Counselor…
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EdD Student is Shifting Views in Education—and Centering Black Girls
Tamika Reese comes from a large family of educators. But she never foresaw her life leading her down the same path her ancestors had already walked. So as a young person Reese went on a different route. She pursued an MBA and went into banking. But in that career, she always felt that something was…
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New Solar Array Builds on Partnerships Between Land, Sun, and Community at Glover’s Ledge
In Langdon, New Hampshire there is a forest full of hemlock, beech, oak, and pine. Over four hundred species of wildlife and vegetation call this forest home: red-tailed hawks, snowshoe hares, coyote, deer, bear, fox, wood frogs, red-spotted newts, a variety of songbirds, and many more. And for the last eight years, Antioch University has…
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