THE FIGHTING SOUL OF ANTIOCH COLLEGE:
ART AND ACTIVISM TO SAVE A BASTION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE

“Greetings from Antioch College – The Postcard Show”

November 3 thru December 31, 2007 at Casa Frela Gallery in Harlem, NYC

Opening night gala November 3rd at 5:00pm
To view photos from the Opening Night Click Here

Battling societal Goliaths is standard practice for Antioch College students, but their current struggle with the Antioch University Chancellor and Board of Trustees is their biggest challenge yet. Rejecting the June 2007 announcement by the Board to close the 155 year-old institution next year, alumni and friends have already raised over $12 million in gifts and pledges to keep the College open, maintain faculty tenure and re-establish independent governance for the College. Nearly 40 new alumni chapters have been formed and antiochians.org is a ceaselessly active online information and connectivity resource pertaining to this crisis. The Casa Frela exhibit is a major fundraising and awareness-building event to support the continuance of Antioch College. It will feature works by many Antiochians and an ongoing program schedule will maintain and build the vitality of the exhibit over the course of its run at Casa Frela.

Antioch College is a private, residential, liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. From its inception in 1852, racial and sexual equality, independent study and independent thinking were integral parts of the College. Antioch was the first U.S. college to designate a woman as full professor, and in 1863, instituted the policy that no applicant was to be rejected on the basis of race. It has always been a wellspring of social consciousness and civil rights, with an educational approach blending practical work experience with classroom learning and participatory community governance.

“Antioch students learn that it’s not enough to have a great career, material wealth and a fulfilling family life. We are also called to serve, to share, to give and to do what we can to lift up the lives of others. No other college emphasizes this challenge so strongly. That’s what makes Antioch so special.” ~ Coretta Scott King ‘51

“There is no college or university in the country that makes a more profound difference in a young person’s life or that creates more effective adults.”
~ from ‘Colleges That Change Lives’

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