Articles About social justice

  • Anthropologist studies island AIDS

    By Sehvilla MannAugust 5, 2010

    Township resident Lawrence Hammer, an anthropologist, recently published Sin, Sex and Stigma: A Pacific Response to HIV and AIDS, a book that recounts his research on Papua New Guinea. He’s shown signing his books at a recent reading in Xenia.

    Of the 26 countries in the insular Pacific, Papua New Guinea has the highest rate of HIV infection: 98 to 99 percent of new cases occur there, according to anthropologist and Wittenberg professor Lawrence Hammar. Yet, he said, the state can’t effectively address the problem because it fears offending outside aid organizations…

  • Standing up Saturdays for peace since 2002

    By Megan BachmanJuly 29, 2010

    Terry Snider stands at the corner of Xenia Avenue and Limestone Street every Saturday with his Earth flag and peace sign to oppose U.S. military action abroad. He is part of an informal group of protestors that has gathered at that corner from noon to 1 p.m. since late 2002. (photo by Megan Bachman)

    For an hour every Saturday, a small group of Yellow Springs residents takes to a street corner near downtown with a message of peace. Waving flags and holding signs with such sayings as “War is terrorism” and “Schools not bombs,” the peace activists get honks and hollers from passing motorists, along with the satisfaction that they are standing up for what’s right.

  • College honors Freedom Summer

    By Diane ChiddisterJuly 22, 2010

    Antioch College Morgan Fellows Anne Bohlen, left, and Jean Gregorek designed a series of events at the college this summer in honor of the historic civil rights events of Freedom Summer, 1964. The next event on Wednesday, July 28, features the Academy-Award nominated documentary Freedom On My Mind. The events take place at 7:30 p.m. at Herndon Gallery on the Antioch campus.

    Reflecting the historic Antioch College emphasis on social justice, the revived Antioch College is sponsoring a series of events this summer focusing on the civil rights movement, especially Freedom Summer in 1964.

  • Harvard honors Jacobs

    By Diane ChiddisterMarch 27, 2008

    Ellis Jacobs was honored by the Harvard Civil Rights—Civil Liberties Law Review for “outstanding work in the public interest.”

    If you ask local attorney Ellis Jacobs if he usually wins his cases, you might find him, uncharacteristically, at a loss for words. After a pensive few moments in a recent interview, he came up with a response he deemed acceptable.

  • A corner beacon for peace

    By Virgil Hervey

    Anti-war protesters stood on the corner of Limsetone Street and Xenia Avenue as the snowstorm hit Saturday, March 8. Protesters have occupied the corner on Saturdays since 2002. Shown, from left, are an unidentified protester, Daniel Taylor, Mary Morgan, Terry Snider, Hazel Tulecke, Bill Houston, Bill Firestone and Janeal Ravindal.

    On Wednesday, May 19, the war in Iraq marked its fifth year, and in the past week this country hit the milestone of having the 4,000th service member lose his life. The war has surpassed the American involvement in World War II by two years.

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