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Item Center for the Advancement of Public Action Hosts “Rethinking Capitalism”(2023-09-26) Office of CommunicationsItem Corporate Science (Poster) / Stuart Kirsch (University of Michigan)(CAPA Symposium (Bennington College), 2015-04-19) Kirsch, Stuart (Speaker)Item From Negritude to Coolitude : the Visionary Poetry of Khal Torabully.(2022-03-23) Khal 1956-, (Torabully, Khal); The Mellon Consortium on Forced MigrationKhal Torabully (b. 1956, Mauritius) is a poet, essayist, film director, and semiologist who has authored some twenty-five books. He has taken the derogatory term "coolie," and has re-envisioned, re-imagined, and re-defined it to encompass the richness of transcultural exchanges (geographical, biological, and cultural) that enrich the world. Nancy Naomi Carlson, his translator, will also be part of the event.Item The Castle [Poster](2015-03-17) Conceived and directed by, David Rothenberg; Anderson, Rory (Writer); Ortiz-Donovan, Vilma (Writer); Rojas, Victor (Writer); Torres, Casimiro (Writer); Rothenberg, David -- Founder of The Fortune Society (Director); Center for the Advancement of Public Action, Bennington CollegeThe Fortune Society's mission is to support successful re-entry from prison and promote alternatives to incarceration, thus strengthening the fabric of our communities.Item Beyond Plastics to Host Virtual Act-Athon for Kids(2020-06-18) Redmond, Natalie (Associate Writer)This community effort welcomes kids to use their creativity to tell the biggest producers of plastic pollution to fix the problem they’ve created. During the Virtual Act-Athon, hosted via Zoom, kids will break into smaller break-out groups led by an experienced and passionate youth mentor.Item Announcing the Winners of the Beyond Plastics Earth Day Poster Contest(2020-05-19) Redmond, Natalie (Associate Writer)From 113 entries received from students around the country, Rachel Huang from Flushing, Queens, NY; Athena Tumbelekis from Geneva, NY; and Artley Whipple from Orinda, CA have been selected as winners of the Beyond Plastics Earth Day poster contest.Item Announcing the Winners of the Beyond Plastics Earth Day Poster Contest (Press Release)(2020-05-19) Redmond, NataliePress release, Bennington, VT: From 113 entries received from students around the country, Rachel Huang from Flushing, Queens, NY; Athena Tumbelekis from Geneva, NY; and Artley Whipple from Orinda, CA have been selected as winners of the Beyond Plastics Earth Day poster contest.Item $5,000 Awarded from Langeloth Foundation to Support Incarceration in America Conference (Press Release)(2019-09-19) Redmond, Natalie (Associate Writer); Hoskins, DeAnna (Moderator)Bennington, VT: Bennington College’s Center for the Advancement of Public Action (CAPA) will host its annual Incarceration in America conference from October 4 - 5. The conference will include panel discussions on getting women off Rikers Island and designing a new women’s jail, with panelists from the Women's Community Justice Association, and panelists from The Osborne Association will discuss older prisoners, long-term prisoners, clemency, parole, post-release housing, and the role of children.Item Capping Plastic Pollution [Press release](Bennington Newsroom, 2019-09-19) Kenney, Grace '22; Simon, Ella '22; Enck, Judith (CAPA Senior Fellow)Plastic bags and recycled fabric scraps—that’s what Coastal Caps are made of. At Bennington College, Grace Kenney ’22 has explored a wide range of public action, environmental science, humanities, and visual arts. She is particularly interested in courses led by CAPA Senior Fellow Judith Enck, founder of the Beyond Plastics project. Ella Simon ’22 discovered a love for ceramics at Bennington, where she has also been influenced by CAPA courses in food studies, community engagement, and environmental policy.Item Bennington College Announces 2019 Master of Fine Arts in Public Action(2019-06-10) Bailey, Kenneth (Candidate); Zurkow, Marina (Candidate); Redmond, Natalie (Associate Writer)This MFA in Public Action is specifically geared to professionals working in the arts, including visual and performing artists and leaders, who are making significant contributions to the field of socially and civically engaged creative practice.Item Tuesday Soup-er Club: Cooking is Power (APA2168.01)(2019-05-15) Inoe, Yoko (Faculty)This is a transdisciplinary course that investigates local and global food sovereignty. Incorporating activities such as collective soup making to intersect with academic research and theoretical reading, this course aims to enhance our overall understandings about the modern day food chain (i.e. industrial food production and systems of distribution). Through collaborative work we intend to establish a reciprocal learning relationship with various community organizations of the town of Bennington to cross-examine food insecurity issues of the 21st Century. Volunteer work hours at social service organizations such as Grater Bennington Interfaith Community Services (Kitchen Cupboard and Food Fit) and Meals On Wheels are required outside of the class time to become more aware of the situations and challenges of food insecurity in the local community. Students are expected to participate in collective cooking teams to prepare a series of convivial food events at which their reading materials and research summary will be creatively presented to the public to facilitate a rigorous dialog to promote food justice.Item Center for the Advancement of Public Action (CAPA) To Host Conference on the Role and Future of Liberal Arts in Prison Education (Press release)(2019-04-19) Bennington College - Office of CommunicationsFor Immediate Release : April 18, 2019.Item Center for the Advancement of Public Action (CAPA) Hosts Speaker Series on Forced Migration, Displacement, and Education (Press Release)(2019-02-27) Bennington College; Center for the Advancement of Public Action; Redmond, Natalie (Associate Writer)Press release, February 28, 2019.Item CAPA Opening Celebration (Poster)(Bennington College, 2011-09-29)Item What Transpires Now : Transgender History and the Future We Need (Poster) : Ruth Dewing Ewing '37 Lecture(2018-05-03) Stryker, Susan (Professor)"What Transpires Now" by Susan Stryker is about the uses of transgender history for the present. This event is co-sponsored by Williams College as well as the following programs at Bennington College: Society, Culture & Thought, Center for the Advancement of Public Action, Drama, Literature, and Visual ArtsItem Immigration Detention : (Poster) Incarceration in America (CAPA)(2018-05-11) Tactaquin, Catherine (Keynote address)Keynote Address: Catherine Tactaquin National Network for Immigrant and Refugee RightsItem Gay Johnson McDougall Honored with 2018 Elizabeth Coleman Visionary Leadership Award (Press Release)(2018) McDougall, Gay Johnson; Coleman, ElizabethInternational human rights and racial justice lawyer Gay Johnson McDougall ’69 is the 2018 recipient of Bennington College’s Elizabeth Coleman Visionary Leadership Award. This annual award recognizes a distinguished Bennington graduate, faculty or staff member, or an individual from the larger Bennington College community whose innovative and inspirational leadership is advancing civic and cultural life and improving the lives of others.Item Environmental Change and Infectious Disease (Press Release) : A speaker series sponsored by the Bennington College Program on Environment(2014-03) Keesing, Felicia, Dr.; Smith, Katherine, Dr.; Luber, George, Dr.; Smith, Katherine, Dr.; Lips, Karen, Dr.Infectious disease can be understood as an ecological and evolutionary phenomenon. It is important, in this context, to understand the effects of environmental change -- including, but not limited to, climate change -- on agents of infectious disease and the resulting epidemiological patterns.Item Center for the Advancement of Public Action (CAPA) Hosts Public Policy Forums(2018-08-29) Redmond, Natalie (Contact)Bennington, VT: Bennington College’s Elizabeth Coleman Center for the Advancement of Public Action (CAPA) will present its Fall 2018 Public Policy Forum @ CAPA series on Thursday evenings from September 6 through October 18 .Item Judith Enck Will Launch New “Beyond Plastics” Project at Bennington College(2018-11-19) Enck, JudithBennington College announced today that former Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith Enck is launching a project, Beyond Plastics, through which she will work with college students and community leaders around the country to reduce plastic pollution. Enck is currently a visiting faculty member at the College. She will become a Senior Fellow in January 2019.