Here’s an update on our July 22nd event- Bradley Wilburn of the Alumni Board and Fred Kraus of Alumni Relations will be present.

Don’t forget to join us at:

Jax Bar/Restaurant
826 SW 2nd Ave in Downtown Portland
July 22nd, 4-6pm

Appetizers on us! Drinks on you.

Don’t miss it! You can:

Learn about the announcement to close the college and Alumni response
Donate to the Revival Fund
Bid on limited edition Jennifer Berman T-shirt dramatizing closure
Sign up to use your skills to help prevent closure of the college
Give a short video testimonial on your experience at Antioch
Opportunity to network with local Antiochians

Be sure to encourage any other Antiochians within driving distance to come!

rsvp to Kristiketchum

Lori announced that Steve Lawry ,Toni Murdoch and a Board of Trustee
member were invited to speak tonight but they were not available,
therefore Lynda Sirk, Antioch College Director of Public Relations will
speak as a member of the College administration and will also relay
questions and comments to Toni Murdoch and Steve Lawry. This meeting is
designed to produce working committees that are charged with helping keep
Antioch and Yellow Springs alive and thriving. There will be a global
bake sale on October 25th, 2007 to commemorate the anniversary of Horace
Mann’s speech. Lori reported that the press is in attendance at this
meeting and that WYSO will be podcasting this town meeting on their
website as of Wednesday, July 13th 2007. This meeting will also be filmed
and put onto youtube. Lori gave thanks to the Presbyterian Church for
giving the town this sacred space as a meeting place. Yellow Springs is a
complex community and Lori acknowledged that there are many feelings about
Antioch, but that collectively the town wants Antioch to continue as a
laboratory for democracy, do it yourself organizing, and service. Keeping
Antioch alive will benefit Yellow Springs and all the institutions that
bare Antioch’s name. Many members of the community may be feeling anger
and grief about the situation and this meeting will serve as a way to
address the historical roots of the current crisis. While it is tempting
to scapegoat individual people this is usually counter-productive, and this
meeting is not the place for that. Lori urged that our energy be focused
on the current students, staff, and faculty at the College and that Yellow
Springs can do this in a way that holds the University accountable to the
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