Dr. Jennifer Grubbs, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Prison Justice Initiative convener at Antioch College, has recently complete her first, sole-authored book, Ecoliberation: Reimagining Resistance and the Green Scare which has be published last year by McGill-Queen's University Press. An overview of this books is
As a second-year student with an interest in immigration law, I decided to do my co-op at RAICES (Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services), located in Houston, Texas. What is RAICES? RAICES is a non-profit organization that provides free and low-cost legal
The Youth Theater Project is an after school program that brings the youth of San Francisco together to create their own one act plays
For my fourth and final co-op I am working with an organization called Club de Reparadores, which translates to Club of Repairers. This Club seeks to empower local repairers and promote reuse through fixing various household items. Skilled repairers volunteer their time at one of
The beginning of my fall quarter began with me learning even more than I expected. Before starting work with the Holocaust Art Restitution Project, I imagined that I would learn some things, most of all about the process of art restitution. However, I didn’t expect
Hogar Comunitario first opened it’s doors 20 years ago when a Catholic woman, who after having many babies left on her doorstep, saw the need for such a community home to support young, indigenous, pregnant women and mothers. 20 years later, the population that Hogar
North Star Fund has partnered with Antioch College to provide students co-op opportunities and in the Fall 2015 cooperative work term, Antioch College student, Greta Treistman '17, took advantage of that opportunity. Aside from the fabulous chance to live in the "Big Apple", Greta joined
For my third co-op, I’m working as the Humanize not Militarize intern in the Chicago office of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). AFSC, “a Quaker organization that promotes lasting peace with justice
I remember struggling in my advanced Spanish classes and wondering if it was worth it to complete the three-year program. My main motivation to continue became the option of doing an additional fifth co-op in a Spanish speaking country as the final capstone experience of
Sometimes you can read an article or listen to a radio story to learn about an issue. But nothing compares to actually engaging in the issues and events that shape today’s global world. The Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) Office in Washington, D.C. exists for precisely
