Peace prize helps children find the beat
Mount Holyoke senior Karla Biery wins a grant to bring music-, art- and activism-based summer programming to BIPOC youth.
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Mount Holyoke senior Karla Biery wins a grant to bring music-, art- and activism-based summer programming to BIPOC youth.
Mount Holyoke alum Caitlin Lambert ’09 is working to free children from prison while also advocating for juvenile justice reform in Somaliland.
The Summit on Women’s Leadership on Climate Justice at Mount Holyoke College held more than a dozen events over the course of the three-day summit that included keynote speakers, panelists and workshop leaders, all who were women or gender-diverse people.
“International relations is a subset of political science. I’ve had professors introduce me to things I didn’t even know existed. I was able to learn about all different aspects of politics, and that was incredibly helpful.”
“Now that I have the confidence to speak up, I have to speak up for people who can’t speak for themselves.”
“Mount Holyoke has given me more purpose. Now I am driven to improve community and to open opportunities for others.”
“Something about Mount Holyoke seemed welcoming. I liked the beauty of the campus, the energy, the life. It seemed more collaborative than other places. I knew immediately it was the place for me.”
“They teach us with their actions, and that makes me want to be the best of me.”
Mount Holyoke emerita professor says that in some cases abortion bans can be considered torture, as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights is set to weigh in.
An anti-liberty, pro-religion Texas-based judge is poised to ban the abortion pill. Mount Holyoke’s Joanna Wuest talked to Texas Monthly about it.