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17 Posts

Tag: Antioch Works for Democracy

Student created sign that says, The Voting Rights Act of 1965, Vote with a checkmark.
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    • Education

“I’m Going to Vote One Day”: AW4D and Kimberly Hardy Kickstart Civic Engagement With Mississippi Middle Schoolers 

  • Posted byby Lauren Arienzale
  • March 10, 2025
  • 4 minute read

Kimberly Hardy had recently been promoted from adjunct to core faculty in Antioch University’s EdD program when she heard about a new initiative called Antioch Works for Democracy, a multi-month…

Antioch MFA Program's Antioch Works For Democracy Initiative, Poetry is Democracy, was co-hosted by Program Chair Lisa Locascio Nighthawk, Core Poetry Faculty Cathy Linh Che, and Teaching Faculty Alistair McCartney. Six distinguished poets from the MFA student and alumni community—Jonathan Chou, Jessica Abughattas, Elena Karina Byrne, Shonda Buchanan, Grant Chemidlin, and Leonora Simonovis—read original poems responding to the theme, as well as selected poems by beloved poets. The readers also discussed their creative and research process for this event, the interface of the poetic and the political, the function of poetry in a just and inclusive democracy, and how poetry can question and expand democratic vistas.
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    • Creative Writing

With “Poetry is Democracy” Event, Antioch’s MFA Brings Art to an Election Year

  • Posted byby Lauren Arienzale
  • January 28, 2025
  • 4 minute read

Last fall, the Antioch MFA in Creative Writing led an initiative known as Poetry Is Democracy that commissioned new poems from six working poets and then brought them and the…

A Zoom view showing the faces of the four presenters.
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    • University

A Powerful Discussion on Black Women’s Role in Shaping Democracy

  • Posted byby Karen Hamilton
  • January 16, 2025
  • 2 minute read

Black women have long stood at the intersection of democracy and liberation. Their voices, advocacy, and resilience have propelled progress toward equity and justice, yet their contributions often remain underrecognized…

Tomoyo and another participant working through a mirroring exercise.
  • Posted in
    • Counseling, Psychology, & Therapy

Embodied Dialogue Study Addresses Democracy Through Antioch’s Dance/Movement Therapy Program

  • Posted byby Natalie Obando
  • December 18, 2024
  • 4 minute read

In late September, Antioch University’s Dance/Movement Therapy program held a two-hour event in Seattle as part of a study into the transformative potential of intentional movement as a tool for…

A header image composed of a headshot of Cathy Linh Che and a headshot of Viet Thanh Nguyen
  • Posted in
    • Creative Writing

“Poems Cost Nothing Except the Poet’s Life”: Antioch Hosts Conversation About Democracy Between Two Vietnamese American Writers 

  • Posted byby Lauren Arienzale
  • December 13, 2024
  • 4 minute read

The Antioch MFA in Creative Writing recently hosted a conversation about democracy, war, and identity between the writer and scholar Viet Thanh Nguyen—author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Sympathizer—and the…

Hands and one hand holding a bullhorn with the typed letters, The power is in your hands!
  • Posted in
    • Leadership

Panel on Arts, Culture, and Democracy Sparks Generative Conversation 

  • Posted byby Lauren Arienzale
  • December 12, 2024
  • 4 minute read

Six artists, scholars, and activists from a wide range of disciplines recently gathered for a panel broadcast over Zoom where they discussed the interplay between democracy and the arts. The…

A panel discussion about democracy, censorship, libraries, and books between five librarians: Miranda Doyle, Becky Calzada, Sheri Anita Massey, Allison Jennings-Roche, and Jen Sturge.
  • Posted in
    • Education

S7 E6: Five Librarians on Defending Democracy, Book Bans, and the Freedom to Read

  • Posted byby Antioch University
  • December 5, 2024
  • 2 minute read

Five librarians discuss questions of democracy, censorship, libraries, and books. The panelists—Antioch’s Jen Sturge and Miranda Doyle, incoming AASL President Becky Calzada, 2023 Maryland School Librarian of the Year Sheri…

Antioch Voices, Four Arrows
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    • University

Awakening Courage, Compassion, and Kinship for Justice and Change

  • November 21, 2024
  • 2 minute read

I reach out to all of you feeling the weight of sadness in these challenging times. The recent election has left many of us questioning the future, yet it’s essential…

Janet Dewart Bell, Judy Richardson, David Goodman
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    • Leadership
    • University

S7 E5: From ’64 Freedom Summer to the ’24 Election: Three Antiochians on the Long Fight for Social Justice

  • Posted byby Antioch University
  • November 20, 2024
  • 18 minute read

For both Judy Richardson and David Goodman, 1964 was a pivotal year. That year, Judy moved to Mississippi to help organize “Freedom Summer,” the famous drive to register Black voters…

Judge Ashleigh Parker, Judge Faye R. Chess, and Cassandra Stokes—come together to share their experiences and wisdom in a conversation moderated by Stephanie Helms Pickett, Antioch’s Vice Chancellor for Equity, Belonging, and Culture
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    • University

S7 E4 The Role of Black Women in Democracy: A Panel Discussion

  • Posted byby Antioch University
  • October 24, 2024
  • 25 minute read

Black women have long stood at the crossroads of democracy and liberation. Their voices, advocacy, and resilience have driven progress toward equity and justice, yet the full acknowledgment of their…

An image showing all five of the panelists from the Zoom call.
  • Posted in
    • Education

Panel On Book Bans and the Freedom to Read Held By AW4D and American Association of School Librarians 

  • Posted byby Diana Dinerman
  • October 23, 2024
  • 5 minute read

As part of the Antioch Works for Democracy initiative, five librarians recently came together to hold a virtual panel discussion about today’s threats to intellectual freedom, the rising number of…

Antioch University staff hosting a table for voting. Table has a green cloth, with swag, such as T-shirts on the table.
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    • University

Voter Table on New England Campus Registers and Informs Students and Community Members 

  • Posted byby Lauren Arienzale
  • October 18, 2024
  • 3 minute read

With the 2024 elections fast approaching, staff at Antioch University’s New England location have set up a voter table to register provide students, staff, and faculty with information and resources…

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