50 Years Ago…. In the Winter of 1971, nineteen year old Jay Craven (MA GGP ‘78) visited Goddard’s historic campus in Plainfield, VT. One of several stops of his tour of college campuses throughout the country, Craven sought to raise
By Russell Neufeld, BA RUP ’69 In the Spring of 1967, Stokely Carmichael spoke at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont and at the University of Vermont in Burlington. At the time, Carmichael was the chairman of SNCC – The Student
Adapted from a post originally published January 14th, 2015 Goddard College achieved the finalization of its divestment. In January 2015, the College moved its endowment funds out of fossil fuel investments and into fossil fuel free accounts at Trillium Asset
Once a young undergrad with a focus on dramatic arts, Jazz legend Archie Shepp returned to Goddard College’s Haybarn Theater in January 2014 for a rare concert for Plainfield Vermont. He played as a featured guest of The Ronnie Burrage
The pandemic has impacted humans, flora, fauna, all sentient beings on this planet. The coronavirus penetrates the walls of species and socioeconomic status. This crisis has highlighted how dependent we are upon each other. How would we have survived without
Heather Jo Flores, a singer-songwriter, author and poet, permaculture activist, visual artist, and yogi, has led a far from ordinary life. Out of rough beginnings—she was a homeless youth; she comes from a low-income family; she was a high-school dropout;
By Karen Muelhbauer In the late 1970s, Goddard College had a small office in Los Angeles. Run by Susan Rennie, the site sat at the crossroads of art and feminism and graduated a number of activist-artists, including 1980 alumna Mónica
by Karla Haas Moskowitz, PhD As individuals and communities navigate their own sense of power, how and when stories are released into the world become critical forces that shape quests for both protection and influence. As activists and storytellers, our
Transformative change practitioner. This succinct bio from his LinkedIn profile describes what drew Maanav Thakore (BA EDU ’05) to Goddard College. It is also a thread that runs through his life’s work: in an adolescent group home in Colorado and
Margaret Hosmer Martens (BA ADP ’81, MA CMHC) spent 15 years living in French-speaking Africa with her family. These were formative years that shaped her lifelong concern for refugees. Here is her story: “A Personal Experience with Refugees” I had
by Gunner Scott (IBA ’09) Black queer activists Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi created the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter in 2013 as a call to action against the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. That
by Dustin Byerly (BA RUP ’01) There are few images that capture and preserve the essence of an entire movement and moment in time better than the photographs of Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Peter Norman at the 1968 Summer