For my third co-op experience, I decided to live as a Catholic Worker at Casa Juan Diego in Houston, Texas. This came as a big surprise to my friends, my family, and especially myself, because not only am I not Catholic, but I am also
What is community service? If you look in the dictionary it is classified as a noun; nonetheless, if you look outside into the world of the communities who are being served you will see a verb, an action being carried out with great impact and
Just off the coast of the Italian Peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea, a cluster of rocks, dating from the Paleozoic Era, have clustered to form the island of Sardinia. An autonomous region of Italy, the island is home to 1.6 million people (ISTAT, 2011) and
I never particularly wanted to go back to high school, but here I am. Back in public high school. Bolivian public high school. I just finished my third week teaching English in Sorata, Bolivia and I can say with full confidence that I am learning
This fall quarter I am co-oping in Peñasco, New Mexico at the Peñasco Theater Collective. (Check out their website here https://www.penascotheatre.org) How do I succinctly describe the Peñasco Theater Collective and their mission? In short, they are Alessandra Ogren, Rebekah Tarín, and Serena Rascón, a
Before I enrolled at Antioch, I had developed a growing interest in intentional community. I was specifically inspired by the new monastic movement [as described by Jonathon Wilson Hartgrove and Shane Claiborne], which promotes a life of community, solidarity with the poor, non-violence and peacemaking,
Buen Dia Family School prides itself on creating a safe and nurturing environment for preschool children to explore and grow. Due to its location in a primarily Hispanic neighborhood, Buen Dia’s curriculum has a bilingual aspect, and most of the children enrolled can speak at
"I believe a movement has started; a shift in how people think about their food and the type of food they are eating." - Diana Harvey at Nature's Grocers by Vitamin Cottage. I can say that I'm truly proud to work for a company as fantastic
I’m a second year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio but my home is in northeastern Massachusetts with my parents, three sisters, nieces, the family herd of goats and our dog. I am currently pursuing a degree in Political Economy, an interest that began
This co-op experience was exactly what I was hoping for and looking forward to when I first decided to come to Antioch College. I got the incredible privilege to live in a new, exciting place, to learn a lot about a subject area that I
