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• Big small steps

  By Matt MindeJanuary 26, 2017

  

  At least 250 villagers took to the sidewalks in downtown Yellow Springs last Saturday, Jan. 21, marching in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington and hundreds of other marches around the country and world.

• Yellow Springs Sister March draws at least 250

  By Audrey HackettJanuary 23, 2017

  

  A local Sister March organized by two seventh-graders drew more than 250 people in peaceful protest in downtown Yellow Springs on Saturday.

• YSPD chief resigns; villagers demand better policing

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 12, 2017

  

  On Tuesday evening a crowd overflowing the Bryan Center gym heard a statement from Police Chief Dave Hale offering his resignation in the aftermath of what many perceived as overly aggressive and hostile police behavior at the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop.

• Local men and women Stand Up!

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanNovember 10, 2016

  

  Last Wednesday, Xenia Avenue was lined, as it sometimes is, with people holding signs with bold political slogans and rallying for social justice for women.

• A powerful silence

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 21, 2016

  

  More than 150 villagers lined Xenia Avenue for an hour beginning at noon last Sunday in silent protest against recent shootings of blacks.

• Revisiting Crawford, two years on

  By Audrey HackettJune 30, 2016

  

  First article in this series: The shooting of John Crawford and other young African-American men by police raised urgent questions about use of force, police relations with African-American communities and the role of race and racism in the justice system.

• Black Lives Matter marks a year — Message of justice carries on

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanAugust 20, 2015

  

  On Aug. 5, 2015, over 200 people gathered in the parking lot of the Beavercreek Walmart to commemorate the life and mourn the death of John Crawford III.

• Yellow Springs Scouts for Equality celebrate victory

  By Matt MindeJuly 31, 2015

  

  The local chapter of Scouts for Equality celebrated a victory Monday as the national chapter of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announced it would remove the ban on gay and lesbian adults from joining.

• Old symbols fly, burn on 4th of July

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 16, 2015

  

  As American flags waved all around town on Saturday, July 4, one Confederate flag, a former symbol of the American South, burned as a reminder of the lack of freedom many black citizens have suffered since the Civil War and before.