Antioch University Midwest

07/09/2021

From guerilla reminders of barbarous N**i posters to lynching memorials and self-guided history tours, activist memory workers are using the knowledge of previous moments and movements to intervene in our current politics. In our Seed Field Podcast interview with Kirsten Grimstad, she tells guest host Lauren Instenes how the memory of past societal injustices can “ignite the fire of civil courage.” Listen to the whole interview to learn more about memory work—and the importance that you “dig where you stand.”
https://theseedfield.simplecast.com/episodes/to-challenge-dominant-narratives-activist-memory-workers-reclaim-history

07/01/2021

“Democracy is much more fragile than we would ever have believed,” says Chancellor Bill Groves. As the past year has exposed our democracy’s fragility, he has been working as Antioch University’s leader and also as a private citizen to try to strengthen it. So when he sat down for an interview with the Seed Field Podcast, the conversation naturally turned to the vital role higher education plays in building and maintaining democracy through educating voters and taking thoughtful stands on social injustices. Stream episode eight now to learn how Antioch’s leader thinks through some of today’s most important issues. https://seedfield.antioch.edu/the-podcast/

06/26/2021

Join Antioch University Los Angeles tomorrow at 10:00 am PT for their 2021 Virtual Commencement Ceremony. AULA is honored to have Congressmember Karen Bass deliver the keynote address!

Antioch University Los Angeles (AULA) is honored to announce that Congressmember Karen Bass will deliver the commencement address at AULA’s virtual ceremony on Sunday, June 27, 2021. This is the second time Congressmember Bass will serve as commencement speaker, having done so in 2010. “I look f...

06/03/2021

"It takes no compromise to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression." - Harvey Milk

05/27/2021

The Graduate School of Leadership and Change’s world-renowned faculty will be facilitating three free mini-master classes over the coming months: The Wellbeing Equation, Steps to De-centering Whiteness, and 7 Top Tips of Transformative Change! Learn more and sign up at news.antioch.edu/mini-master-classes

Antioch University's Graduate School of Leadership and Change (GSLC) recently launched a series of innovative certificate offerings educating leaders and empowering them to make transformative changes at companies, organizations, and institutions around the world. In complement to these new certific...

05/25/2021

"One year ago today, 9 minutes and 29 seconds of murderous terror by police ended George Floyd’s life. Antioch University joins the nation in remembrance and solidarity for change. The prosecution and jury verdict against police officer Derek Chauvin could never bring justice to the Floyd family, but it did bring some measure of accountability. May George Floyd’s memory and the righteous anger we feel when we remember his death continue to bring systemic change in our law enforcement systems and society generally."
Read Chancellor Bill Groves’ full statement on the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder at news.antioch.edu/chancellors-statement

04/12/2021

As the world focuses on the high-profile Minneapolis trial of the policeman who killed George Floyd, it can be easy to forget that conditions in our country's courts and prisons are one of the signal injustices of the "new Jim Crow." But Antioch MBA student Asie Whitney hasn't forgotten. Her latest project is a plan to turn an abandoned building in her town in Minnesota into a facility where imprisoned mothers can remain united with their newborn and infant children. To hear how Whitney would disrupt an unjust pattern of "trauma on top of trauma," read our profile of her on Common Thread.

Social justice and motherhood are interwoven—especially when it comes to the carceral state, which separates imprisoned women from their newborn babies and children. This unjust pattern, says Asie Whitney, produces “trauma on top of trauma.” The trauma and mental anguish that expectant mothers...

03/31/2021

We are proud to support the red carpet launch event of CHAMPIONING MENTAL HEALTH streaming live TODAY AT 4PM (PACIFIC) on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/StrangerAtHomeDocumentary. Join the producers of the up and coming documentary “Stranger At Home” and their cast of esteemed veterans for a rich discussion on solutions to end our Military mental health crisis. The film features Mark Russell, Antioch Seattle faculty and Establishing Director of Antioch's Institute of War Stress Injury, Recovery, and Social Justice. See sneak preview clips from the film and join a moderated Q&A with the cast.

01/21/2021

At Antioch University we maintain that the goals of education must include advancing social, economic, and environmental justice. It is appropriate, therefore, that we applaud the actions of President Joseph Biden within his first few hours in office to approve seventeen critical Executive Orders and Actions which advance those values.

Read the Chancellor's full statement on the first actions of the Biden Administration at
news.antioch.edu/Chancellors-statement-Biden-admin-first-actions

01/18/2021

Read Chancellor Groves Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day message at news.antioch.edu/MLK-Day

"...I’m reminded of Dr. King’s insight that 'the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.' I believe he’s right. The universe will bend inexorably toward justice. Having said that, I’m also reminded of his admonition delivered to graduating students of Antioch College in 1963, that 'human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability.' We must work for it. We must lead."

01/07/2021

“Our democracy is in peril and the whole world is watching." A statement from Chancellor William Groves.

It’s beyond shocking and appalling that a mob of domestic terrorists would storm the Capitol of this country and overtake the halls of Congress while it was engaged in one of its most sacred and democratic tasks, approving the certified votes of the electoral college and the peaceful transfer of p...

12/01/2020

Today is the biggest giving day of the year! You can help galvanize our efforts for social justice and transformation. Help support Antioch University by donating toward scholarships to help our students. We are grateful for your support.
https://alumniandfriends.antioch.edu/support-antioch