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Antioch College Alumni
This page lists notable alumni and former students, faculty, and administrators of Antioch College. Alumni Art, architecture, and engineering * Emma Amos (painter), Emma Amos (B.A. 1968), postmodernist African-American painter and printmaker * Kathan Brown (B.A. 1958), printmaker, writer, lecturer, entrepreneur and founder of Crown Point Press * (B.A. 1968), printmaker, activist, co-founder of Women's Press Collective, Oakland * Peter Calthorpe (B.A. 1972), architect, urban designer, urban planner, and author; founding member of the Congress for the New Urbanism * Jewell James Ebers (1946), electrical engineer * Wendy Ewald (B.A. 1974), photographer, professor at Duke University * Carole Harmel (B.A. 1969), photographer, artist, educator, co-founder of Artemisia Gallery women's cooperative in Chicago (1973)Carol Harmel photography websi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antioch College
Antioch College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1850 by the Christian Connection and began operating in 1852 as a non-sectarian institution; politician and education reformer Horace Mann was its first president. The college is named after the ancient city of Antioch where the disciples of Jesus were first named as Christians. The college has been politically liberal and reformist since its inception. It was the fourth college in the country to admit African-American students on an equal basis with whites. It has had a tumultuous financial and corporative history, closing repeatedly, for years at a time, until new funding was assembled. Antioch College began opening new campuses in 1964 when it purchased the Putney School of Education in Vermont. Eventually, it opened 38 different campuses, and in 1978 it changed its name to Antioch University. While most of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariana Wright Chapman
Mariana Wright Chapman (March 14, 1843 – November 9, 1907) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist. Her most active work was in the direction of prison reform and equal rights for women. Chapman was well-known through her work in the Hicksite Quakers, Society of Friends, of which she was one of the organizers, and because of her advocacy of Women's suffrage in the United States, woman's suffrage. Chapman was president of the Woman Suffrage Association of Brooklyn, which office she resigned to become president of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association. Early life and education Mariana Wright was born in New York on March 14, 1843. Her father was Dr. Aaron Wright, formerly of Ohio, and her mother was Mary Willets, daughter of Amos Willets of New York, both members of the Society of Friends. Her early education was received at private schools in New York City, including the Friends' Institute, later called the Friends Seminary, on Hester Street, Lower Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marty Rosenbluth
Marty Rosenbluth is an immigration lawyer and civil rights activist. Biography Rosenbluth is a native of New York who attended Antioch College and University of North Carolina School of Law. He is Jewish and has said he lost many members of his family during The Holocaust. He volunteered for Amnesty International and spent seven years in the West Bank as an advocate for Palestinians He helped produce the award-winning documentary ''Jerusalem: An Occupation Set In Stone?'' in 1995, which detailed Israel's urban planning policies and the effects they had on Palestinians. He started the non-profit North Carolina Immigration Rights Project to help immigrants in the Durham, North Carolina area. He serves as an associate of Polanco Law PC in Durham, North Carolina, North Carolina. He was part of a group of civil rights activists, including Rose Hamid, who protested Donald Trump campaign rallies in 2016 to protest Trump's treatment of Muslims. He designed the "Go Yellow Against Hate" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of East Timor
The president of Timor-Leste, officially the President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste (; ) is the head of state of the Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. The executive powers of the president are limited; however, the President is also the ''ex officio'' head of the Council of State (Timor-Leste), Council of State, able to veto legislation, and is the supreme commander of the Timor-Leste Defence Force. List of presidents of Timor-Leste ;Political parties ;Other factions ;Symbols † Assassinated Presidents of East Timor during the War for Independence Presidents of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Timeline Latest election See also * Politics of Timor-Leste * History of Timor-Leste * List of colonial governors of Portuguese Timor * Prime Minister of Timor-Leste * First Lady of Timor-Leste Notes References {{Southeast Asian leaders Presidents of Timor-Leste, 1975 establishments in East Timor 2002 establishments in Timor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of East Timor
The prime minister of Timor-Leste, officially the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste (; ) is the head of government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. The president of Timor-Leste is the head of state. The president appoints the prime minister, after parliamentary elections and have listened to all parties represented in the National Parliament, who is usually the leader of the majority party or majority coalition. The prime minister is ''ex officio'' a member of the Council of State, chairs the cabinet and oversees the activities of the government. The current prime minister is Xanana Gusmão, who was sworn in on 1 July 2023; he also served as the 6th prime minister from 2007 to 2015. List of prime ministers of Timor-Leste ;Political parties ;Other factions Prime ministers of East Timor during the War for Independence Chief ministers during United Nations administration Prime ministers of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office In Guinea-Bissau
The United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) is a United Nations peacebuilding mission in Guinea-Bissau. It was established by Resolution 1876 of the United Nations Security Council in 2009 and succeeded the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS). It is tasked with promoting stability in the country. See also * History of Guinea-Bissau References External linksUNIOGBIS website {{UN Special Political Missions Guinea-Bissau 2009 in Guinea-Bissau 1876 Events January * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. *January 27 – The Northampton Bank robbery occurs in Massachusetts. February * Febr ... 2009 establishments in Africa Guinea-Bissau and the United Nations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Timor
Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island's northwest, and the outer islands of Atauro and Jaco. Timor-Leste shares a land border with Indonesia to the west, and Australia is the country's southern neighbour, across the Timor Sea. The country's size is . Dili, on the north coast of Timor, is its capital and largest city. Timor was settled over time by various Papuan and Austronesian peoples, which created a diverse mix of cultures and languages linked to both Southeast Asia and Melanesia. East Timor came under Portuguese influence in the sixteenth century, remaining a Portuguese colony until 1975. Internal conflict preceded a unilateral declaration of independence and an Indonesian invasion and annexation. The subsequent Indonesian occupation was characterised by extreme abuses of human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish language, Swedish and ) is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the Will and testament, will of Sweden, Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine, and Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature. Since March 1901, it has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to people who have "done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses." ''The Oxford Dictionary of Contemporary History'' describes it as "the most prestigious prize in the world." In accordance with Nobel's will, the recipient is selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a five-member committee appointed by the Parliament of Norway. The prize award ceremony is held in Oslo City Hall si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Ramos-Horta
José Manuel Ramos-Horta GCL GColIH (; born 26 December 1949) is an East Timorese politician. He has been the president of East Timor since 2022, having previously also held the position from 20 May 2007 to 20 May 2012. Previously he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2006 and Prime Minister from 2006 to 2007. He was a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, for working "towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor". As a founder and former member of Fretilin, Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975–1999). While he continued to work with Fretilin, he resigned from the party in 1988, becoming an independent politician. After East Timor achieved independence in 2002, Ramos-Horta was appointed as the country's first foreign minister. He served in this position until his resignation on 25 June 2006, amidst politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist Action (United States)
Socialist Action is a Trotskyist Political parties in the United States, political party in the United States. SAct formed in 1983, when its members were expelled from the Socialist Workers Party (US), Socialist Workers Party. SAct describes itself as a Revolutionary socialism, revolutionary socialist party fighting for true democracy, because capitalist capitalist state, states "cannot be used as tools of the working class, but have to be smashed". Notable members include Jeff Mackler. History Origins In 1983, the Socialist Workers Party (US), Socialist Workers Party (SWP) expelled two groups: First, the Fourth Internationalist Tendency (FIT). Second, the group that would coalesce around the ''Socialist Action'' (SAct) newspaper. SAct argued that they were expelled for defending Trotskyist ideas of Permanent revolution, Permanent Revolution, class independence, and continued support for the Fourth International (post-reunification), Fourth International. The first issue o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Mackler
Jeffrey Mackler is an American activist from San Francisco, California. Mackler is the national secretary of Socialist Action (United States), Socialist Action, a Trotskyism, Trotskyist political party. He was the nominee of Socialist Action for United States Senate, U.S. Senate from California in 2006 United States Senate election in California, 2006, and President of the United States in 2016 United States presidential election, 2016. His candidacy was endorsed by the Freedom Socialist Party. In both cases, Mackler was a write-in candidate. In 2019, Jeff Mackler was declared the presidential nominee for Socialist Action in the 2020 United States presidential election, 2020 presidential election. Mackler founded Northern California Climate Mobilization, is a longtime teacher and union activist with the American Federation of Teachers in Hayward, California and is director of the Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. He is an alumnus of Antioch College. Political positions Econom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Constitution And Parliament Association
The World Constitution and Parliament Association (WCPA), formally known as the World Committee for a World Constitutional Convention (WCWCC), is an international committee established as an international non-governmental organization (INGO) dedicated to the establishment of world peace through a democratic federal world government. WCPA is responsible for advancing the work of the Provisional World Government and its institutions established under the Constitution for the Federation of Earth (CFoE). History In late 1950's, Philip Isely, along with Thane Read, Margaret Isely, and Marie Philips Scot, formulated a plan that would seek to admit delegates from both national governments and delegates from peoples of all countries to a Peoples' World Convention. The form of agreement was drafted by Thane Read and revised by Philip Isely. As the call for a World Constitutional Convention gained momentum, an U.S. Committee for a World Constitutional Convention was formed in 1958, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
