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Registration
Franklin Patterson Hall, Lobby

Hospitality Lounge
Franklin Patterson Hall, Lounge
The perfect place to catch up with friends, check email, grab a quick snack, or just relax.

Bookstore
Johnson Library Center

Harold F. Johnson Library
Johnson Library Center

10 a.m. -
4 p.m.

• Katie Richardson 02F, coordinator of Get Up Get Down, Youth Action Coalition
• Mim Shafer 07F, coordinator of GirlsEyeView Ware, Youth Action Coalition

Renowned photographer Liebling teamed up with master printer Jonathan Singer of Boson, using digital printing techniques to create these exceptional images from black-and-white and color-film negatives dating from 1947 to 1996. Details and definition are revealed in the monumental photographs, which were hidden in prints one quarter their size.

Bridging Movements to Build Climate Justice
Franklin Patterson Hall, Classroom 106
Roundtable discussion about what it means to put equity and justice at the center of advocating for and building better climate policy, and how the climate justice movement can be broadened and strengthened by building bridges with other progressive movements for reproductive justice, environmental justice, and immigrant and indigenous rights.

• Betsy Hartmann, professor of development studies and director, Population and Development Program
• Katie Bryson 03F, assistant director, Population and Development Program

• Penina Glazer, emerita professor of history, moderator
• Aaron Berman 70F, professor of history, Hampshire College
• Aaron Lansky 73F, president, Yiddish Book Center
• Jeremy Nesoff 88F, senior program associate, Facing History and Ourselves
• Artemis Joukowsky, III 83F, filmmaker

2-4 p.m.

Workshop I:

Writing for Social Change
Franklin Patterson Hall, Classroom 108
"Words have saved lives and taken them, brought justice and confounded it, raised armies, started wars, and ended them. Writers can change minds, alter the way people think, transform our definitions of right and wrong. But wielding words to change the world is not simple." In this workshop, we will explore what 'writing social change' might mean for each of us, and take seriously the idea that the act of writing transforms "writers," too.

• N.S.Koenings, author and assistant professor of fiction writing

Session II:

Occupying Social Change
Franklin Patterson Hall, Classroom 106
A critical inquiry of what Occupy means: did it "succeed," and if so, how? Compare and contrast with prior broad social movements: Was it "Occupy Everything," or any individual "Occupy;" or really "Our Tahrir Square," as some claimed in the early days?

• Dan Gregor 93F, attorney, activist, and organizer
• Cullen Nawalkowsky 93F, organizer and member of the media team for Occupy Baltimore
• Linda Bermas 72F, labor activist and deputy director for Contract Campaigns, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 32BJ

Open Swim
Robert Crown Center, Pool

4 p.m.

Session III:

• Gary Hirshberg 72F, chairman, Stonyfield Farm, Inc.

Coffee House and Wine Bar
Prescott, Tavern
Div III Presentations (8:30-9:00 p.m.)

Chores at the Farm Center
Farm Center, Dairy Barn
Lend a hand to help Leslie Cox and Hampshire students at the Farm Center. Please be on time! Coffee will be served.

Registration
Franklin Patterson Hall, Lobby

Hospitality Lounge
Franklin Patterson Hall, Lounge
The perfect place to catch up with friends, check email, grab a quick snack, or just relax.

9 a.m.-Noon

Workshop II:

Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives
Franklin Patterson Hall, Classroom 108
An interactive, fun, hands-on workshop that will give participants a chance to experience and learn about Co-opoly. Through a structured gameplay session, participants will learn about cooperatives and the cooperative movement. There will be time to discuss the game itself and brainstorm ways we can improve our own efforts through democratic control and ethical principles.

• Andrew Stachiw 06F, co-creator, Co-opoly
• Brian Van Slyke 06F, co-creator, Co-opoly

 9 a.m.

Session IV:

De Rerum Natura
Franklin Patterson Hall, West Lecture Hall
Alums and colleagues from the early 70s will remember weekly all-College meetings with courses attached contributing to the central theme. We read Thoreau and redid his trip down the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. We integrated the arts, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. De Rerum Natura (of things natural) led to clean, sustainable, wild, organic--to ecology and environmental quality. Knowing was not enough.

• Ray Coppinger, professor emeritus of biology
• Linda Koebner 70F, founding executive director, Chimp Haven, Inc
• Malaga Baldi 72F, owner, Baldi Agency
• David Schimel 73F, chief science officer and principal investigator, National Ecological Observatory Network
• Abigail Shearer Robinson 75S P11, chief executive officer, Chornco

Harold F. Johnson Library, Gallery, and Bookstore
Johnson Library Center
In the gallery, Youth Action Coalition of Amherst, MA showcases a wide range of youth programs and artists dealing with a variety of concepts. YAC youth present work covering a broad spectrum of issues ranging from examining women’s role in society to exploring the daily lives of young people in Western Massachusetts. The work itself ranges from a collaborative metal bench covered in photographs, to a mannequin collaged with photos and drawings, stunning video installations, and engaging photographic journeys.

• Katie Richardson 02F, coordinator of Get Up Get Down, Youth Action Coalition
• Mim Shafer 07F, coordinator of GirlsEyeView Ware, Youth Action Coalition

Jerome Liebling Exhibit
Liebling Center
A tribute exhibition of Jerome Liebling's photographs. Twenty-seven monumental images (many are over three feet wide) will be on display. The photographs are from the last exhibition Liebling curated of his own work, a summer 2010 show entitled, "Capturing the Human Spirit," at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, NH.

Renowned photographer Liebling teamed up with master printer Jonathan Singer of Boson, using digital printing techniques to create these exceptional images from black-and-white and color-film negatives dating from 1947 to 1996. Details and definition are revealed in the monumental photographs, which were hidden in prints one quarter their size.

"Chimes of Freedom:" Musical Activism
Franklin Patterson Hall, West Lecture Hall
Music helps us define, shape, and, ultimately, change society. In giving a voice to the voiceless, music can empower those at the margins through the work of cultural activists. This roundtable addresses the issues of music, performance, and activism. Our panel presents Hampshire alums who work in the public sector and the academy. Their work variously seeks to engage the general public and students in educational settings in issues of cultural representation, performance, and generating political and social change through music.

• Becky Miller, associate professor of music
• Ann Hackler 77F, executive director, The Institute for the Musical Arts
• Joe Schloss 86F, author and adjunct assistant professor of Black and Hispanic Studies at Baruch College, City University of New York
• Sean Norton 94F, ethnomusicologist
• Brittany Williams 09F, scholar

Common Reading: A Thousand Sisters
Franklin Patterson Hall, East Lecture Hall
Discussion with the author of A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman, based on her experiences as a grassroots activist in the U.S. working to raise awareness of the humanitarian crisis in the Congo.

• Lisa Shannon 92F, author and founder, Run for Congo Women

Lunch Discussions
Dining Commons
Conversations, led by alums, offer chances to meet others with shared interests and engage in lively discussion. Topics include:

Sustainable Justice: the Life of a Nonprofit

• Melissa Beck 87F, Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT)
• Jessi Leigh Swenson 99F, Human Rights Project for Girls

Changing Policy: Paddles, Spokes, and People

• Rob Moir 73F P03, Ocean River Institute
• Alex Doty 86F, Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia

1:30 p.m.

Session VI:

Imaginative Interventions: Creativity and Social Change
Franklin Patterson Hall, West Lecture Hall
A roundtable discussion of the arts and social change. How do people working with creative forms approach the engagement of hearts and minds, and even the daily practice of living?

• Jill Lewis, professor of literature and gender studies
• Daphne A. Lowell, professor of dance and movement studies
• Colin Twitchell 78F, director, Lemelson Center
• Beth Ferguson 96F, designer and founding director, Sol Design Lab
• Kamil Peters 07F, artist and educator
• Adelind Horan 09S, playwright and actor

The Message
Franklin Patterson Hall, East Lecture Hall
Panel on the challenges of conveying information and shaping the public discourse effectively. Whether through books, social media, or the media, the message about the earth's dwindling resources, climate change, and the need for social change is not being widely absorbed. How can we communicate alternative concepts and analyses in today’s saturated media space? How can we make leaders and the public hear so they will do what so desperately needs doing?

• Michael Klare, Five College professor of peace studies and world security studies and defense correspondent, The Nation
• Kert Davies 80F, research director, Greenpeace
• Benjamin Mako Hill 99F, Ph.D. candidate and research fellow in the Center for Civic Media, the Sloan School, M.I.T.

Open Swim
Robert Crown Center, Pool

Session VII:

Life of an Activist
Franklin Patterson Hall, West Lecture Hall
Personal stories of activism from Jonathan Lash and Marlene Gerber Fried. As president of the World Resources Institute, Jonathan was profiled in Rolling Stone’s “Warriors and Heroes,” as one of 25 leaders “fighting to stave off the planet-wide catastrophe." An activist and advocate, he has dedicated his professional life to environmental sustainability and social justice. Marlene, a long-time activist for reproductive freedom and social justice, is an author and the founding president of the National Network of Abortion Funds.

• Jonathan Lash, president, Hampshire College
• Marlene Gerber Fried, professor of philosophy and faculty director of the Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program

Moving Changes
Music and Dance Building, Dance Studio
Hit refresh. This session will offer time to reflect on the events of the day in non-verbal, three-dimensional, embodied ways. We’ll test the weight, dimension, and scale of ideas in bones, brain, and sinew. We’ll listen to perceptions below persona, and take time to absorb, digest, sort, and release, by steeping body and soul in the neural, chemical refreshment of moving and being still. Come one, come all. This session is intended for anyone who can breathe.

• Daphne A. Lowell, professor of dance and movement studies

Class of 1972 Reunion Reception
Home of the President
Classmates and friends are invited to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the entry class of 1972! Class photo at 6 p.m. Join the class back on campus for dinner following the reception.

Class of 1987 Reunion Reception
Prescott, Tavern
Classmates and friends are invited to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the entry class of 1987! Class photo at 5:30 p.m.

Dinner and a Show
Dining Commons
Join us for dinner (cash bar) and a one-woman documentary play:

Cry of the Mountain

• Adelind Horan 09S, playwright and actor

First imagined and performed as Adelind's Div III, the play is now touring the country. Twelve characters and a banjo. Verbatim stories about mountaintop removal from America's coalfields as told by coal miners, mining executives, mountaineers, hillbillies, scholars, and activists.

Registration and Check-out
Franklin Patterson Hall, Lobby

Hospitality Lounge
Franklin Patterson Hall, Lounge
The perfect place to catch up with friends, check email, grab a quick snack, or just relax.

Workshop III:

Photovoltaics
Lemelson Center
Participants get a grasp on how much electricity we consume in our every day lives. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn the basics of setting up, using, and maintaining a small-scale, off-grid photovoltaic array system.

• Donna Cohn, visiting assistant professor of applied design
• Beth Ferguson 96F, designer and founding director, Sol Design Lab

Session VIII:

Reshaping Communities: The Transition Movement
Franklin Patterson Hall, West Lecture Hall
The Transition Movement, an innovative response to the global challenges of climate change, economic hardship, and dwindling supplies of cheap energy, has taken hold at Hampshire. Participants will discuss the origins of Transition communities, successful local projects (in food, transportation, energy, education, housing, waste management, and the arts), and Transition Hampshire, a new on-campus organization focused on transforming the College into its own self-sustaining, resilient community.

• Jill Lewis, professor of literature and gender studies
• Roxanne Finn, associate director, Lemelson Center
• Jon Butler S11, founding member of Transition Hampshire

International Social Action
Franklin Patterson Hall, East Lecture Hall
Roundtable discussion about effecting social change internationally. Yasmina and Rachel work in Africa; Miriam, in Central America. Each will describe their work and share some of their daily challenges and triumphs.

• Miriam Cremer 87F, program director of Global Health in OB/GYN, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, and president and founder of Basic Health International
• Yasmina Bouziane 88S, spokesperson, United Nations Mission in Liberia
• Rachel Zaslow 00F, executive director, Mother Health International

Harold F. Johnson Library  
Johnson Library Center

Farewell Lunch
Dining Commons

Harold F. Johnson Gallery
Johnson Library Center
In the gallery, Youth Action Coalition of Amherst, MA showcases a wide range of youth programs and artists dealing with a variety of concepts. YAC youth present work covering a broad spectrum of issues ranging from examining women’s role in society to exploring the daily lives of young people in Western Massachusetts. The work itself ranges from a collaborative metal bench covered in photographs, to a mannequin collaged with photos and drawings, stunning video installations, and engaging photographic journeys.

• Katie Richardson 02F, coordinator of Get Up Get Down, Youth Action Coalition
• Mim Shafer 07F, coordinator of GirlsEyeView Ware, Youth Action Coalition

Jerome Liebling Exhibit
Liebling Center
A tribute exhibition of Jerome Liebling's photographs. Twenty-seven monumental images (many are over three feet wide) will be on display. The photographs are from the last exhibition Liebling curated of his own work, a summer 2010 show entitled, "Capturing the Human Spirit," at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, NH.

Renowned photographer Liebling teamed up with master printer Jonathan Singer of Boson, using digital printing techniques to create these exceptional images from black-and-white and color-film negatives dating from 1947 to 1996. Details and definition are revealed in the monumental photographs, which were hidden in prints one quarter their size.

Workshops:
Hands-on activities led by experts. $10 activity fee.

Sessions:
Academic presentations, panels, and talks. Seventy-five minutes long. Included in registration fee.