Social Justice

Div III Profile: Syrian Refugee Accounts Inspire Student's Emergency Response App

Goal of David Pearl’s Bystand app is to make first-aid info, emergency assistance more responsive and accessible

Hampshire Awards First Ikeda Soka Scholarship for Studies of Peace-Building, Empathy, Ethical Leadership

Natalie Strohm was awarded the first scholarship from the $500,000 endowment established by Hampshire alum Elisabeth Carter to advance “the highest potentials of human beings”

Hampshire to Host 31st Annual CLPP Reproductive Justice Conference

Hampshire alums and students are among those presenting to the 1,000 organizers, students, and community members from across the country gathering on campus

$1 Million Seed Fund Offers New Grant Round for Student and Alum Entrepreneurs

Helmed by Hampshire undergrads, The Seed Fund awards funding to support innovative entrepreneurial start-ups led by current students and young alums

Campus Exhibit Commemorates Black Panther Party and Young Lords Party

Curated by Professors Chris Tinson, Wilson Valentín-Escobar, and Research Librarian Alana Kumbier, the exhibit focuses on the organizing efforts of these influential political organizations

Eric Gottesman's Political-Art Campaign 'For Freedoms' Earns ICP Infinity Award and Residency at MoMA/PS1

Gottesman and project partner Hank Willis Thomas are honored by the International Center of Photography with the leading award for achievement in photography and the visual arts

Smithsonian Curator to Speak about 'For Whom It Stands: The Flag and the American People'

Michelle Joan Wilkinson will highlight examples of flag-related objects from the National Museum of African American History and Culture, where her projects relate to contemporary black life

Endowed Fund for Research on Women Created in Memory of Hampshire Parent, Trustee Helen Astin

In honor of his late wife, Hampshire parent Alexander “Sandy” Astin has established The Helen S. Astin Fund for Research on Women

NYC Latina Activist to Speak at Hampshire

Community activist Iris Morales rose to prominence in the Vietnam War era as one of the first female members of the revolutionary Latin@/Latinx organization the Young Lords Party

'Made In America' Views Prison Labor Through Contemporary Art Lens

Hampshire College Art Gallery exhibit joins national dialogue on the local histories of incarcerated people and the impacts of mass incarceration

Five College Program Offers Certificate in Reproductive Justice

Program spans disciplines across the Five Colleges and encompasses reproductive health care, welfare policy, gender justice, and adoption

Community Organizers Page and Carruthers Speak on 'Resisting Racial Violence'

Eqbal Symposium talk was part of a week of events themed 'Looking Back, Moving Forward,' continuing a year of focus on the College’s commitment to undo racism

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