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1. Standing up for peace, every week ........................................................................... 5 By Megan Bachman 2. John Crawford Memorial: Five years of seeking justice ...................................... 6 By Audrey Hackett 3. Village shows its pride colors ..................................................................................... 8 By Carol Simmons 4. E D I TO R I A L , 1993: Equal treatment for all ......................................................... 10 By Amy Harper 5. Giving voice to the African-American experience ............................................. 13 By Lauren Heaton 6. The 365 Project celebrates 10 ................................................................................ 13 By Megan Bachman 7. Villagers speak out on immigration enforcement: ‘The border is here’ ........ 17 By YS News Staff 8. Quarry fighters undaunted ...................................................................................... 18 By Megan Bachman 9. The Longest Walk 1978, 2019: Spiritual journey makes local stop ............... 19 By Carol Simmons 10. Women’s Movement, Second Wave and beyond: feminist film to sister march ..................................................................................... 20 By YS News Staff 11. A civil rights milestone, 50 years on ...................................................................... 22 By Megan Bachman 12. E D I TO R I A L , 1964: What the negro is trying to say .......................................... 24 By Pat Matthews 13. Protesting gun violence— YSHS students walk out ........................................... 26 By YS News Staff 14. Actions for the Earth ................................................................................................. 27 By YS News Staff 15. Preserving land: From Whitehall to Agraria ....................................................... 32 By YS News Staff 16. Locals respond to Iraq War ..................................................................................... 34 By YS News Staff

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17. Activism at Antioch: A founding call ..................................................................... 36 By YS News Staff and Scott Sanders 18. At Antioch College: Famous activists ................................................................... 39 By YS News Staff 19. WSU strike longest in Ohio higher ed .................................................................. 41 By YS News Staff 20. Women’s park thrives at 20 ..................................................................................... 42 By Diane Chiddister 21. Yellow Springs and suffrage: Women get the vote! ........................................... 43 By Audrey Hackett 22. For 36 years: Women’s voices ring ......................................................................... 44 By YS News Staff 23. Supporting native resisters ...................................................................................... 50 By Megan Bachman 24. Standing up for Standing Rock ............................................................................... 51 By Dylan Taylor-Lehman and Audrey Hackett 25. Aid for asylum seekers: Locals work for migrant justice .................................. 53 By Carol Simmons 26. Nuclear disarmament activism: When war inspires lives of peace ................ 58 By Lauren Heaton 27. Villagers walk for the weather: People’s Climate Change March ................... 59 By Megan Bachman 28. Balancing beaver, human needs ............................................................................ 64 By Megan Bachman 29. Speaking for the trees ............................................................................................... 65 By YS News Staff 30. MLK Day in the village ............................................................................................. 66 By YS News Staff 31. Community Peacemaker Awards 2019: Jackson, Newman honored ............ 67 By Diane Chiddister Village map and 2019–20 events calendar .......................................................... 71

Index of Local Organizations

LOC AL G OVER N M ENT Miami Township office ........................................................ 21 Village Mediation Program of Yellow Springs................... 21 Village offices, General information .......................................................... 21

A R T S & R E C R E AT I O N Art & Soul.............................................................................. 47 Bridge .................................................................................... 47 Chamber Music in Yellow Springs ..................................... 47 Community Band ................................................................. 47 Community Chorus .............................................................. 47 Foundry Theater ................................................................... 47 John Bryan Community Pottery ......................................... 48 Little Art Theatre .................................................................. 48 Shakespeare Reading Group ............................................... 48 Weavers’ Guild ..................................................................... 48 World House Choir .............................................................. 48 Yellow Rockers ...................................................................... 49 Yellow Springs Arts Council ................................................ 49 Yellow Springs Chamber Orchestra ................................... 49 Yellow Springs Contra Dance ............................................. 49 Yellow Springs Strings ......................................................... 49 Yellow Springs Theater Company ...................................... 49

C O M M U N I C AT I O N S Antioch Review .................................................................... 40 Yellow Springs Community Access ............................... ... 40 WYSO Public Radio ............................................................. 40 Yellow Springs News............................................................ 40

C O M M U N I T Y O R G A N I Z AT I O N S 365 Project, The ................................................................... 28 AACW .................................................................................... 28 African-American Genealogy Group ................................. 28 Alcoholics Anonymous ........................................................ 28 Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions ......... 28 Enhance Worldwide ............................................................. 28 Feminist Health Fund ......................................................... 28 Food Co-op ........................................................................... 28 Friends Care Community .................................................... 28 Great Books .......................................................................... 28 Green Environmental Coalition .......................................... 28 Grinnell Mill Foundation ..................................................... 29

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James A. McKee Association .............................................. 29 La Leche League ................................................................... 29 Masonic Lodge ..................................................................... 29 McKinney/YSHS PTO .......................................................... 29 Mills Lawn PTO .................................................................... 29 Morgan Family Foundation ................................................. 29 NAMI of Clark, Greene & Madison Counties ................... 29 Narcotics Anonymous ......................................................... 29 Odd Fellows .......................................................................... 29 Ranch Menagerie Animal Sanctuary .................................. 30 Riding Centre, The ............................................................... 30 Senior Center........................................................................ 30 Tecumseh Land Trust ........................................................... 30 Threshold Singers of Yellow Springs.................................. 30 UNICEF ................................................................................. 30 Wellness Center at Antioch College.................................. 30 Winter Farmers Market ...................................................... 30 Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce ............................. 31 Yellow Springs Community Foundation ............................ 31 Yellow Springs Farmers Market .......................................... 31 Yellow Springs Historical Society ....................................... 31 Yellow Springs Home, Inc.................................................... 31 Yellow Springs Neighborhood Gardens ............................ 31 Yellow Springs Repair Cafe ................................................. 31 Yellow Springs Resilience Network .................................... 32 Yellow Springs Time Exchange ........................................... 32 Yellow Springs Tree Committee ......................................... 32 YS PetNet .............................................................................. 32

E D U C AT I O N PRIVATE SCHOOLS

Antioch School, The............................................................. 55 Yellow Springs Montessori School ..................................... 55

PRESCHOOL

Community Children’s Center ........................................... 55 Friends Preschool Program ................................................. 55

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Greene County Career Center ........................................... 56 Greene County Educational Service Center .................... 56 Greene County Learning Center ........................................ 56 Yellow Springs Public Schools ............................................ 56

HIGHER EDUCATION

Antioch College .................................................................... 55 Antioch University ............................................................... 55 Antioch University Midwest ............................................... 55

GLEN HELEN Glen Helen Ecology Institute ............................................. 25

LIBR ARY Yellow Springs Community Library .................................... 11 Yellow Springs Library Association .................................... 11

LOC AL I N D U S TRY Cresco Labs, Inc. .................................................................. 68 DMS ink ................................................................................. 68 ElectroShield, Inc.................................................................. 68 EnviroFlight, LLC .................................................................. 68 Morris Bean & Company ..................................................... 69 S&G Artisan Distillery, LLC ................................................. 69 Vernay Laboratories ............................................................. 69 Yellow Springs Brewery ....................................................... 69 YSI/Xylem Brand .................................................................. 69

SPIRITUAL COMM U NIT Y Bahá’í Faith............................................................................ 60 Bethel Lutheran Church ...................................................... 60 Central Chapel AME Church .............................................. 60 First Baptist Church ............................................................. 60 First Presbyterian Church ................................................... 60 Grandmother Drum Healing Circle .................................... 61 Heart Rhythm Meditation Class & Circle ......................... 61 Pleasant Grove Missionary Church ................................... 61 St. Paul Catholic Church ..................................................... 61 The Body Gathering ............................................................ 61 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship ...................................... 61 Yellow Springs Christian Center......................................... 62 Yellow Springs Dharma Center .......................................... 62 Yellow Springs Friends Meeting (Quakers) ....................... 62 Yellow Springs Havurah ....................................................... 64 Yellow Springs United Methodist Church ......................... 64

Y O U T H O R G A N I Z AT I O N S BSA Scouts ............................................................................ 15 Cub Scouts ............................................................................ 15 Girl Scouts ............................................................................. 15 Perry League ......................................................................... 15 Sea Dogs ............................................................................... 15 Yellow Springs Youth Baseball ........................................... 15 Yellow Springs Youth Orchestra Association .................... 15 Yellow Springs Youth Soccer............................................... 16 YSKP — Yellow Springs Kids Playhouse ............................ 16

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A-C Service Company .......................................... 26 Adoption Link, Inc. ................................................ 66 Agraria ..................................................................... 25 Al Kahina Middle Eastern (Belly) Dance Studio ....................................... 24 Antioch College ......................................Back Cover Antioch School, The ............................................. 49 Arbor-Care of Yellow Springs .............................. 51 Asanda Imports ..................................................... 38 Battino Counseling Services ............................... 31 Rubin Battino, M.S. Battle, Esther S., Ph.D., Inc. ................................. 50 Bauer Stoves and Fireplaces ............................... 47 Bentino’s Pizza ....................................................... 34 Black Pug Bike Repair ........................................... 16 Blackman, Shelley.................................................. 49 Keller Williams Advantage Reality Blue Butterfly......................................................... 58 Bradstreet and Associates, Inc............................ 15 Brandeberry Winery ............................................. 29 Bryant, Zoey, L.M.T. .............................................. 27 Bryce Hill Inc. ......................................................... 17 Calypso Grill and Smokehouse ..............................6 Chamber Music in Yellow Springs ...................... 53 Clifton Garden Cabin............................................ 21 Clifton Opera House ............................................ 61 Coldwell Banker Heritage Realtors .................... 51 Sam Eckenrode Minerva Bieri Community Children’s Center ............................ 42 Complete Building Service, LLC ......................... 57 Corner Cone .......................................................... 60 Cozy Critters Pet Sitters ...................................... 62 Creative Explorations ........................................... 49 Curliss, Laura, Attorney ........................................... 9 Current Cuisine ..................................................... 25 Dark Star Bookstore ............................................. 13 Dunphy Real Estate, Inc. ...................................... 14 Jo Dunphy Sheila Dunphy-Palotta Teresa Dunphy Earth Rose .............................................................. 69 EdenWorld ............................................................ 17 Kim Plinovich, L.M.T.

Edward Jones ......................................................... 25 Mike Reed Ehman’s Garage ..................................................... 11 Eldridge Roofing, Inc............................................. 42 Emporium Wines / Underdog Café ................... 30 Enon Veterinary Hospital ..................................... 61 EnviroFlight, LLC ................................................... 10 Epic Book Shop ..................................................... 41 Flying Mouse Farms ................................................ 5 Friends Care Community ..................................... 12 Funderburg, Pamela, L.M.T. ................................. 33 Glen Garden Gifts and Flowers .......................... 29 Gravity Spa ............................................................. 54 Green Environmental Coalition .......................... 10 Green Generation Building Co. .......................... 54 Green Plains Cabin Bed and Breakfast ............. 59 Greene Canteen .................................................... 60 Greene County Career Center ........................... 26 Greene County Council on Aging ...................... 53 Greene County Eye Care, Inc. ............................ 15 Greene County Public Health ............................. 35 Greenleaf Gardens ................................................... 7 Grinnell Mill Bed and Breakfast.......................... 57 Ha Ha Pizza ............................................................ 22 Hawthorne Place................................................... 43 Heart Rhythm Meditation ......................................8 Hearthstone Inn and Suites ................................ 24 Heaven on Earth Emporium................................ 60 Holser, J. Marc, D.D.S........................................... 19 Homeworks ............................................................ 64 House of AUM / Modern Spirituality ................ 69 House of Ravenwood ........................................... 55 Jackson Lytle and Lewis Funeral Homes........... 21 Jailhouse Suites ..................................................... 18 Jennifer’s Touch Fine Jewelry ............................ 23 John Bryan Community Pottery ......................... 41 Kismet ..................................................................... 56 Library Loft ............................................................. 43 Little Art Theatre ................................................... 67 Little Fairy Garden................................................. 70 McManus, Todd, O.C. and Assoc........................ 26 Meadowlark Restaurant ....................................... 46 Miami Township Fire-Rescue ............................ 63 Miami Valley Pottery ................................................ 7

Mills Park Hotel .................................................... 27 MinDesign .............................................................. 53 Morgan House Bed and Breakfast ..................... 66 MVECA ................................................................... 35 Nipper’s Corner ..................................................... 40 Ohio Institute of Sexual Health .......................... 56 Ohio Silver. ............................................................. 13 Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital .............................. 16 Orthodontic Specialists of Ohio ......................... 47 James Tetz, D.M.D. Pangaea Trading Company .................................. 56 Peifer Orchards and Farm Market ...................... 10 Pleasant Grove Missionary Church .......................7 Positive Perspectives, Inc. Counseling Centers ........................................ 20 Rails-to-Trails Conservancy ....................................7 Re/Max Ultimate ................................................... 21 Craig Mesure Re/Max Victory ..................................................... 19 Chris and Rick Kristensen Reichley Insurance Agency .................................. 62 Rose and Sal Co. Mercantile ............................... 38 Rumpke Waste Removal and Recycling ............ 34 St. Paul Catholic Church ...................................... 61 Sam and Eddie’s Open Books ............................. 42 Smoking Octopus, The ......................................... 17 Solid Gold Self Storage ........................................ 50 Southtown Heating, Cooling, Electrical and Plumbing ................................. 48 Springfield Museum of Art .................................. 62 Springfield Symphony Orchestra...........................4 Springs Healing Massage ..................................... 31 Keri Speck, L.M.T. Amy Spurr, L.M.T. Stoney Creek Garden Center.............................. 22 Sunrise Cafe ........................................................... 70 360° Private Training Studio ............................... 18 Melissa Heston, C.P.T. 365 Project, The .................................................... 39 Tecumseh Land Trust ............................................ 28 Tibet Bazaar ........................................................... 64 Tom’s Market.......................................................... 39 Town Drug/Benzer Pharmacy............................. 67 Trillium Organic Services ..................................... 62

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A legacy of activism in the Village

rom our small village has come a loud voice for change. Whether protesting war or protecting trees, desegregating downtown or aiding immigrants, Yellow Springers have long led the march for social progress. We have resisted discrimination and development, advocated for women’s suffrage and nuclear disarmament and fought for LGBTQ+ and indigenous rights. This year’s Guide presents recent articles and material from our archives to highlight the brave local activists working for a more just, fair and sustainable world. Did you know that the village made national headlines during a 1964 protest to desegregate a local barbershop? That Yellow Springs could be twice its size if a plan for tract housing wasn’t stymied during a high-stakes auction? That prominent activists like Martin Luther King Jr., Cesar Chavez and W.E.B. DuBois spoke at Antioch College? Along with stories on these rabble rousers from the writers — and archives

— of the Yellow Springs News, you’ll find a comprehensive listing of local organizations. No doubt the breadth and depth of our local groups makes for a rich, and active, local community. But countering the status quo is only half the battle. Villagers have also established a variety of progressive policies, organizations and events right here in our community. As Buckminster Fuller is credited with saying, “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” Take the Village’s Human Relations Commission, whose mission since in the early 1960s has been to “promote harmony among citizens” and “eliminate prejudice and discrimination within the village.” Another homegrown initiative involves greening the Village’s electric portfolio to stem pollution and climate change; it’s now 83% renewables. And, of course, there’s Antioch’s intentional founding in 1850 as a college for men and women of any creed, and, a decade later, any race.

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But make no mistake, Yellow Springs is no utopia. The realities of white supremacy, misogyny and settler colonialism — to name just a few — don’t stop at our borders; in fact they are embedded in our town. Historically, and still today, Yellow Springs has struggled to live up to the values it espouses. We sometimes rest on our laurels, and don’t see the work left to do. What sets apart our community, I think, is not its purity, but its commitment to continue striving for a better world, even if we won’t see the results in our lifetime. What follows is a sampling of articles across a range of issues; it’s in no way comprehensive. But I hope you find it as inspiring as I have. To me, the activism of many villagers reflects the sentiment from Australian indigenous activist Lilla Watson, who said, “If you are coming to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you are coming because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” Onward. — Megan Bachman, editor

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Longtime villager, Quaker and former Yellow Springs News co-owner Peg Champney stood at the corner of Livermore Street and Xenia Avenue on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, as part of an ongoing peace protest that has been raising awareness to passersby for more than 15 years, rain or shine. C E N T E R : From left, JK Lourens and the late Hazel Tulecke and Bill Houston at the corner in 2010. R I G H T: The late Terry Snider with his Earth flag and peace sign opposing U.S. military action abroad in 2010.

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or an hour every Saturday, a small group of Yellow Springs residents brings a message of peace to a street corner downtown. Waving flags and holding signs that say “War is terrorism” and “Schools not bombs,” the peace activists get honks and hollers from passing motorists, along with a sense that they are standing up for what’s right. The informal group of protestors, largely retirees, Quakers and war veterans, has gathered at the corner of Xenia Avenue and Limestone Street from noon to 1 p.m. since late 2002, when the run up to the Iraq war began. “We simply can’t sit on our duff and not do anything about this evil,” said Hazel Tulecke, who initiated the peace protest not long after she was jailed for civil disobedience at an army camp in Georgia, in 2002. “War doesn’t make sense — not now, not ever.” Despite the intense sun of a hot July day, Tulecke sat in a lawn chair with a sign that read, “War is not the answer,” while saying that the heat was “nothing like the suffering that other people are going through.” “It’s the least I can do,” she said. Flanking Tulecke on a recent Saturday was Terry Snider, a 69-year-old organic farmer, who waved an Earth flag while holding up the peace sign to traffic. Snider said he feels obligated to protest against all military actions, which, he said, “breed more hate, distrust and anger.” “I’m so opposed to this, if I don’t do something every week I feel guilty,” Snider said. While Snider isn’t doing it for the reaction, he feels that positive responses to the demonstration have been growing. Across the street, holding a sign boasting, “Bridges not fences,” Janeal Ravndal agreed. “I don’t know how effective we are, but we always get a friendly response,” said

Ravndal, a 72-year-old Quaker. “Being smiled at and waved to by an old lady might be the first step to someone thinking about these things.” When she moved to Yellow Springs four years ago, Ravndal happened to drive through town on a Saturday at noon. Having served in prison for a week while protesting the Iraq war, she immediately felt welcomed by the nonviolent peace vigil. “It was a confirmation we were in the right town,” she said. Alison Murie, 79, finds that the weekly protest cheers her up and induces others to take a stand. Holding a sign that says, “War is the world’s worst investment,” Murie discussed the financial and environmental burden of war. “It’s not just the cost, it’s the cost to the Earth as the military is the biggest user of fossil fuels,” she said. And while she believes war is inherently evil, she is particularly outraged by discretionary wars to obtain more resources, which, once acquired, will ultimately be expanded by more wars. Several veterans, who have experienced the horrors of war personally, come to protest, including Alison’s husband, Martin Murie, who lost an eye in Italy during World War II; JK Lourens, who lost his arm in an explosion while stationed in Berlin in the 1960s; and Gordon Chapman, who was in army intelligence in World War II. Despite a consistent level of support from cars and pedestrians, the group receives an occasional hostile response. In addition to the rare middle finger from a passing driver, one of the corners was taken over by a group of George W. Bush supporters during the 2004 presidential campaign. “They waved American flags — so we took out our American flags,” said peace protestor Rubin Battino, adding that both groups of flag wavers engaged in a peaceful discussion despite their differences. While the dozen or so protestors who

turn out each week have demonstrated on a variety of issues, including environmental concerns and healthcare reform, “peace, not war” is their enduring cry, according to Battino. “It’s a visual reminder that there are people willing to stand on a street corner on a hot day, or in winter,” Battino said. “If we can do it, you can think about doing it a bit more.” In addition to pushing for Congress to halt military engagements abroad, several said their demonstrations are focused on rousing the citizenry and building a movement. Murie said that local demonstrations can be effective because they are highly visible and draw public and media attention. “If every little town had a demonstration like this, a lot of people would get to see the message,” she said. “The role of protest is very important because we want to build a mass movement,” said Martin Murie. “It doesn’t look good right now, but we’ll be here ’til wars are over.” “This is the last bastion,” Tulecke said. The 20 core group members encour-

age others to join them, especially young people, who are underrepresented at the demonstrations. “It’s not too surprising that older people are out here — we’ve looked at this enough,” Tulecke said. “When things really change it will be because the youth have gotten involved again,” Ravndal said. “I guess we can hang on until then. ♦

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ohn Crawford III is not forgotten. That was the main message Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, at a memorial along Beavercreek's Pentagon Boulevard, outside the Walmart where Crawford, a 22-year-old black man from Fairfield, Ohio, was shot and killed by a white Beavercreek police officer five years ago. Organized by villager Yolanda Simpson, the memorial drew at least 100 people, including many from Yellow Springs. The mass shooting in Dayton early the day before didn’t appear to reduce turnout, and may have strengthened the mood of quiet determination evident at the event. “This is yet another tragedy in a long list,” participant Lynda Hardman observed prior to the event. “I’m here to stand in honor of him, and all the other young people’s lives.” Held under a blazing evening sun, Monday’s memorial opened with a 10-minute silent vigil. People stood shoulder to shoulder in a line that stretched along the roadside most of the way from one mall entrance to another. Some held hands. Some closed their eyes. “When you stand there, I want you to come up with solutions so that we don’t have to keep memorializing unarmed black people,” Simpson coached the crowd prior to the vigil. Young and old, black and white, the

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In 2017, John Crawford III’s parents, John Crawford Jr. and Tressa Sherrod, above, took part in a commemoration marking the third anniversay of their son's death at the hands of police in a Beavercreek Walmart on Aug. 5, 2014. crowd stood very still for the allotted time. Some held signs that read “Remember John Crawford III,” “Black Lives Matter,” “Legalize Blackness,” or simply “Justice.” There were two cloth banners with quotes from James Baldwin. Cars passed. Some honked support. At least one driver shouted, “All lives matter.” Crawford was killed in the pet food aisle of Walmart on the afternoon of Aug. 5, 2014. He was on his way to a barbecue. In the minutes before his death, he was talking on his phone to the mother of his children and distractedly handling an air rifle/pellet gun he’d picked up from the store’s shelves. Another shopper called 911, reporting that a black man with a gun was threatening customers. Responding to that single 911 report, Beavercreek police entered Walmart and shot Crawford twice within seconds of encountering him. They subsequently said they believed they were dealing with an active shooter. The store’s video surveillance footage shows that the 911 caller’s description of Crawford’s movements, including the claim that he was pointing a gun at a mother and her children, was false. A Greene County special grand jury

declined to indict the officers involved in Crawford’s death. A Department of Justice investigation, concluded in July 2017, also cleared Beavercreek police of wrongdoing. Now a civil case brought by Crawford’s family against the officer who killed Crawford, Beavercreek Police, the city of Beavercreek and Walmart is pending. The case, after multiple delays, is scheduled to go to trial in federal court in Dayton, beginning Oct. 28. The family is seeking damages on a variety of state and federal claims. Both the circumstances of Crawford’s death and the fact that it was part of a string of police shootings of unarmed black people make this case particularly troubling to some local people. (The pellet gun Crawford picked up is a kind of hunting rifle, available on Walmart shelves and not sold as a firearm.) Many at Monday’s memorial voiced frustration and outrage that justice — five years later — has not been served. “It’s not just losing a child, but watching the process of justice be sabotaged,” Yellow Springs activist Bomani Moyenda observed during his remarks at the event. The crowd was still standing silently when Crawford’s father, John Crawford Jr.,

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Local resident Yolanda Simpson, front and center, led a small yet determined group on a four-mile march, in 92-degree heat, from the Beavercreek Police Department to the Beavercreek Walmart to memorialize Crawford in 2018.

Crawford arrived, up from his home in Tennessee. Crawford moved down the line, hugging person after person, shaking hands, thanking them for being there. Then the crowd about-faced and began crossing the mall parking lot, turning to walk in front of the Walmart where the younger Crawford was killed. Some were singing. The lyrics reflected the mood: composed and resolute. “You gotta put one foot in front of the other. And lead with love.” “We shall not give up the fight, we have only started.” Heading the march were Moyenda and Crawford’s father, deep in conversation. Crawford’s mother, Tressa Sherrod, also took part, walking quietly in the middle of the group. Both parents have come back to Beavercreek at least three times at the anniversary of their son’s death for the annual local commemoration. Organizer Simpson said in an interview prior to the event that as long as she has the blessing from Crawford’s family to continue the remembrance, she will. “I want them to know that his name is not forgotten. We will never forget his name,” she said. Moyenda referenced the delays in the family’s civil case. “The system wants to drag it out, so

eventually, you go home,” he asserted. Such delays and the lack of indictments of the officers involved imply that Crawford’s life “doesn’t matter,” he added. “We fly in the face of that,” he said to and of the clapping crowd. Moyenda urged those gathered to attend the upcoming trial at the U.S. District Court’s Southern District of Ohio courthouse in Dayton. Crawford spoke about the “flat, unadulterated racism” that he believes was a factor in his son’s death and in the exoneration of those who caused it. “That’s our fight — the fight with racism,” he said. “We can’t get the same justice.” Race was blatantly a factor, according to Crawford. “Skin is a sin,” he said. Nothing can bring his son back, he acknowledged, but the legal system needs to “right the wrong and move on,” he said. “My son is gone — he’s in the ground,” Crawford said, with strong emotion. “We need some type of justice.” Closing the event, villager Cheryl Smith stepped forward and offered a blessing. “Justice delayed is only justice denied if we quit,” she said. “We’ll be here every August 5,” she affirmed. In a brief interview just after the event, Crawford discussed Walmart’s role in the family’s lawsuit. He noted that the family has sought an

apology from the company for their son’s death, but has yet to receive one. And he expressed frustration that Walmart lawyers were blaming the 911 caller, Ronald Ritchie, for Crawford’s death. “They’re all culpable,” he said of Walmart, the Beavercreek Police and the city of Beavercreek. A previous citizen effort, led by Moyenda and others, to bring charges against Ritchie for making false statements on the 911 call ended when the special prosecuting attorney said there was no reason to believe that Ritchie had made a false report. Court records from February and April 2019 accessed by the News online show that Walmart plans to argue that Ritchie was the “legal and proximate cause” of Crawford’s death. The plaintiffs have sought to limit this line of argumentation, but the court is allowing it, the records show. Moyenda, who has been a major local organizer of protests and actions related to the Crawford case, said that he was balancing two very different mindsets at the milestone of the fifth anniversary of Crawford’s shooting. “We’re here to honor his life and support his family,” Moyenda said of the recent event. “At the same time, a horrible injustice has taken place.” He added, “It’s difficult trying to carry those two thoughts simultaneously.” But supporting Crawford’s family was paramount, especially in the lead-up to the trial. “We’re in their corner, we've got their back,” he said. “We want them to know that.” ♦

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very June, downtown Yellow Springs is awash in rainbows. Villagers can’t help but notice that the number of rainbow flags displayed in shop windows and hanging beside business doorways increases steadily all month, offering a sign of support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer, or LGBTQ-plus, community. June is widely recognized as LGBTQ Pride Month, chosen in recognition of the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan that occurred in late June and launched the gay rights movement. The annual local celebration — YS Pride — has been celebrated in recent years with a community parade, a performance by the Rubi Girls drag performance troupe, films at the Little Art Theatre, a community picnic and more. The recent incarnation of the celebration started in 2012. Shep Anderson, co-owner of Yellow Springs Hardware, said hanging a rainbow flag in his store’s front window felt right. “It’s a great, visible way to support Yellow Springs Pride,” Anderson said. “One of the things that makes Yellow Springs so special is that it’s so diverse and inclusive and welcoming, and we’re just proud to associate our business with those values.” Yellow Springs has a long-held reputation as being an “oasis” for LGBTQ

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An enthusiastic group of villagers marched through downtown in the third annual Yellow Springs Pride parade in 2014. Melissa Heston led the parade that year as Wonder Woman. people, Yellow Springs Mayor Pam Conine affirmed in a separate interview. “It’s why so many of us chose to live in the village,” she said. Data bears out the widely held impression that the village has higher LGBTQ-plus numbers than most communities. According to a 2014 study by the Columbus-based Community Research Partners, Yellow Springs was identified as “the gayest village in Ohio.” Based on U.S. Census numbers, the 2014 analysis set the total number of same-sex couples living here at 56, more than any other village in the state, and even more than most small cities with populations of 5,000 to 49,999. Perhaps even more significantly, the local per capita of 35.18 same-sex couples per 1,000 households is the highest of any community, of any size, in the state. And that doesn’t include single individuals. The local numbers make the YS Pride celebration all the more important, Conine said. “Yellow Springs Pride is important not only for the LGBTQ villagers, but for those

in surrounding communities, and dare I say, the southwest corner of the state,” she said. The motto for the local festivities is “Be Yourself Here,” and organizers stress the event as a welcoming space for all attendees. “We want people most of all to feel safe,” Ann Simonson, head of the 2018 organizing committee, said. Although LGBTQ-plus people have begun to see widening cultural acceptance, including marriage equality, which was federally mandated in 2015, bigotry, discrimination and even violence remain a fact of life. According to a recent report from the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, and reported in the “Moneyish” online publication, at least 52 LGBTQ individuals were killed because of their sexual orientation or gender identity in 2017, an 86 percent increase from 2016. The report considered only single incidents, and did not consider events of mass violence, such as the Pulse nightclub shooting in 2016. Most targeted were transgender women,

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Village pride making up 40 percent of the 52 LGBTQ homicide victims. In terms of discrimination, 31 states, including Ohio, have no explicit statewide protections for LGBTQ citizens. The Village of Yellow Springs, however, was one of the first municipalities — now numbering 24 across the state — to pass non-discriminatory legislation. That legislation protects people from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations within the village based upon their sexual orientation. Relatedly, gay conversion therapy — the discredited practice of trying to change a

person’s homosexual or bisexual orientation by psychological or spiritual means — is still legal in 41 states, including Ohio, according to the New York Times. Meanwhile, local youth interest in LGBTQ-plus issues and concerns is evident by the numbers of students participating in the high/middle school’s Gay Straight Alliance. By one estimate, the group had more than 50 members in the 2017-18 school year. Originally a high school organization, it extended to the middle school in 2017 in response to students’ requests. Mayor Conine said she hoped the 2018 festival and the village continue to grow as “a mecca” for LGBTQ-plus people. “Let’s have a huge splash of rainbow color throughout the day,” she said. ♦

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include the issue in the curriculum. Perhaps it is an issue the curriculum needs to address, just as it attempts to address issues of race and gender with such things as class discussions or special activities. One board member said he resented the pressure being applied on the board to adopt the policy: the treatment of homosexual students, he implied, was a nonissue in Yellow Springs. It is a non-issue, perhaps, in that there has been no physical violence, no overt discrimination against gay and lesbian students. But in the halls and playgrounds of our schools, students whisper and snicker and taunt, using words like “queer” and “fag” and “dyke” in the same way they might use the word “nigger” or “spic” or any of the various pejoratives applied to women. Is this a non-issue? A policy by itself, of course, will not stop the hurtful behavior or prejudicial attitudes, but it may serve as a signal, just as the Civil Rights Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act have, that those behaviors and attitudes are intolerable. It sets up an expectation, and, as every teacher will tell you, expectation, in time, fulfills itself and becomes reality. The school board acted quickly and decisively when dealing with sportsmanship and ethical behavior for athletic fans and players. With little discussion, it approved the first reading of a policy setting a standard for behavior at athletic contests. Adoption of such policy was urged by the state, which has promoted sportsmanship as a “number one” priority. The school board’s expedient action followed an away game in which a Yellow Springs High School athlete — the son of a school board member — was injured during a fight imbued with racial overtones. It also followed reports that racial harassment and heckling of Yellow Springs athletes, many of whom are black, had increased over the last few years. Adoption of a policy mandating ethical behavior for athletic fans and competitors is not likely to change, in an instant, the minds or attitudes of those at whom such polices are directed. But it sends a message; it says: This will not be tolerated. Gay and lesbian students and parents in our community deserve the same kind of support. The school board could give it with adoption of this simple policy. —Amy Harper

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Membership in the Yellow Springs Library Association, or YSLA, is open to anyone interested in serving the community and willing to pay the small annual membership fee of $5. YSLA assists the Yellow Springs Community Library in many ways, including providing funds for many of the extras that make the library so useful and appealing. The YSLA: • Publishes a newsletter, ExLibris, four times per year • Holds a bi-annual YSLA Tea • Provides refreshments and prizes for library programs • Funds specific projects such as repairs to the roof, new bike racks, updated media shelving and meeting room lighting improvement, and the Dolly Parton Fund • Supplies supplemental activities for the summer reading program • Gives a book to local newborns • Augments the librar y’s collection of DVDs, CDs, toys and books • Helps the library with the purchase of equipment and furnishings • Maintains and expands the Corky Shiff Circulation Art Collection • Raises funds through such activities as the Founders’ Day celebration and usedbook sales • Supports library outreach with book donations • Works on library landscaping, including removal of invasive honeysuckle and maintaining garden plots The YSLA has a long history of volunteer achievement. The doors of the first library in Yellow Springs opened in 1899 through the efforts of a group that, in 1901, incorporated as the YSLA. The group was responsible for maintaining every aspect of the library until 1926, when the library became part of the Greene County library system. In 1980, the association produced “This Town Is Our Town,” a slide and tape history of Yellow Springs, and in 1978 it founded the Corky Schiff Circulating Art Collection and established a local authors shelf. The association commissioned Jon Barlow Hudson to create “Tree of Knowledge,” an outdoor sculpture that was dedicated in 1993. All are invited to find the YSLA on its Facebook page, facebook.com/YellowSpringsLibraryAssociation. Annual membership dues are $5 per household, with the opportunity for lifetime membership for $100. YSLA brochures with membership application forms are available at the entrances to the library. The YSLA is now a “Friends of the Library” organization. The governance of the library and its day-to-day operation are the responsibility of the Greene County system.

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Giving voice to the African-American experience

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ebruary is Black History Month. For the entire month, the nation’s citizens will be encouraged to celebrate, honor and remember the history and contributions of African Americans in various ways. But come March, are we supposed to stop thinking about issues related to black people and people of different races? And might we forget what we learned about justice and equality until the following February rolls around to remind us? According to a group of residents known as The 365 Project, there should be a way to talk about the African American experience and by extension inclusiveness, cultural awareness and social justice all year long, to really digest their meaning and relevance today. With the Elaine Comegys Black Film Festival in February, the group is launching the first of a series of events aimed at sparking dialogue about issues that can be abstract and are sometimes uncomfortable to address. “Our goal is not only to recognize Black History throughout the year, but also to equip people with the skills that go beyond talk about racial issues,” said Karen Durgans, a member of The 365 Project who also represents the First Baptist Church in Yellow Springs. “We wanted to challenge people to do more than look at issues but to address them.” The 365 Project doesn’t aim to “reinvent the wheel” but to be more of a clearinghouse organization that unites and adds to the many efforts the community is making to celebrate African Americans and multiculturalism, according to member Joan Chappelle. In her personal view, the group’s effort should also stimulate the community’s desire to maintain a sense of the diversity that has given the village its unique character. “We’ve always had a strong African American community in Yellow Springs, and we wouldn’t want it to shrink or die out as we look at growth and economic stability,” she said. “Diversity needs to remain on the front burner, and we need to come together to talk about it.” But the ethnic character of the village has changed over the past several decades, according to The 365 Project members, including Yellow Springs High School Principal John Gudgel. Village leaders speak of promoting diversity, but the community has yet to have a “courageous conversation about race,” Gudgel said, quoting the title of the book on education by Glenn Eric Singleton. “But we as a village need to dialogue about race, racism and what this means.” The film festival was one of the ideas for sparking conversation that The 365 Project member Elaine Comegys had before she died unexpectedly in November. Comegys, a social work educator and committed community person, inspired the group to “be the community we want to see happen,” and according to Chappelle, the films in the series and the discussions that follow will hopefully help “get us there.” The film festival is just the beginning of what The 365 Project hopes will be a consistent effort to gather, discuss and keep the ideas of racism, classism, gender, age and other types of discrimination fresh in

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Before she died in November 2007, consummate community member Elaine Comegys, right, shown here with Barbara Fleming, came up with the idea of a black film festival to jumpstart conversations about race relations. The Elaine Comegys Black Film Festival was the first event organized by The 365 Project, founded in early 2008. The event and the nonprofit are ongoing. the minds of local residents and especially youth. A group oriented toward being inclusive, the members of The 365 Project include First Baptist Church Interim Pastor Vurn Mullins, Gudgel, Human Relations Commission members Chappelle and Don Wallis, Coretta Scott King Center Director Dana Patterson and outreach coordinator Menelek Alexander, AACW President Faith Patterson, Village Council member John Booth, and residents Alyce Earl Jenkins, Jocelyn Robinson, Durgans and Robin Jordan-Henry.

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acism is alive and well.” It was a refrain from John Gudgel’s childhood, something his mother told him growing up in the village in the 1960s.

Racism is still alive and well. That’s why The 365 Project, a nonprofit founded a decade ago by Gudgel and a multi-racial group of residents, continues to engage villagers on the issue of racism, as well as to celebrate the achievements of local black people and mentor young people of color growing up here. The notion that racism is alive and well, even in Yellow Springs and even in 2018, may not be shared by all villagers, several leaders of The 365 Project said in interviews this week. “Sometimes we tend to, as a village, rest on our laurels as this utopian, perfect, open, tolerant place,” said Gudgel, the group’s board president. “But we have some skeletons in our closet.” Although the village is a great place to live, Gudgel added, racial discrimination persists in Yellow Springs. And whether it’s the documented achievement gap between black and white students in village schools, unequal treatment of black residents by police or racist comments and actions that residents of color commonly endure from villagers, being black in the village remains a struggle, The 365 Project leaders said this week. As an all-volunteer organization, The 365 Project has accomplished a lot in a decade.

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It has screened films, organized black history tours led by local youth, started an online encyclopedia of notable black residents and organizations, formed the Young People of Color group, helped revive Kwanzaa in Yellow Springs, hosted forums on the African-American experience such as “Elders Speak” and “Growing Up Black in Yellow Springs” and led interactive discussions at schools and community groups on matters of race, among other activities. And it has done so year-round, as its name implies, rather than only during Black History Month. Today, the work of The 365 Project is in high demand and its mission continues to be critical, Gudgel said, especially as Yellow Springs becomes less racially diverse. For co-founder and longtime village resident Jocelyn Robinson, in addition to its many accomplishments, the longevity of The 365 Project is worth celebrating. “I’m proud that something we knew needed to be a part of the civic life of this community is going strong,” Robinson said. The group is now depended upon by many in town “to give voice to the AfricanAmerican experience in this community,” she added. Is Yellow Springs an exceptional oasis of racial tolerance, or a microcosm of an America still rife with systemic racism? In some ways it has been both, according to The 365 Project leaders. Continued on page 14

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The 365 Project Continued from page 13 Throughout the village’s history, white and black residents have often worked together to promote racial equality and protest racial injustice, from Antioch College’s role as one of the first colleges to offer African Americans equal educational opportunities to, in recent years, a steadfast group of locals seeking justice for John Crawford, a black man killed in a Beavercreek Walmart by police. Kevin McGruder, a board member of The 365 Project, said he learned from listening to oral histories for the group’s Blacks in YS encyclopedia project that white residents have also encouraged black leadership throughout the years, which may have contributed to Yellow Springs’ impressive history of blacks in leadership positions. “One of the things that has been unusual about Yellow Springs is there was a significant presence of black people in leadership positions, which you don’t usually see in places that weren’t predominantly black,” said McGruder, an Antioch College history professor. “There were white residents of Yellow Springs that invited them in to be involved. So there was a level of welcome here that probably wasn’t present in most places in the country.” Blacks here have long been leaders in Yellow Springs' civic and educational institutions and businesses. The first black police chief in Ohio served in Yellow Springs from 1960 to 1993, black Council members and school board members were common from the 1940s on and the village elected a black mayor in the late ‘60s and

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Members of the Young People of Color with leaders from The 365 Project that formed it, at a reception in 2017. From left is Steve McQueen, Malaya Booth, Joaquin Espinosa, Bayden Jordan, Ibi Chappelle, Malcolm Blunt (kneeling), Sulayman Chappelle, Kevin McGruder and John Gudgel. ‘70s, according to “Blacks in Yellow Springs,” a brochure produced by The 365 Project. Blacks also rose to prominent positions at several major local industries. But, McGruder cautioned, “that doesn’t mean that there wasn’t a color line.” He went on to cite the stories of villagers who told him of the numerous downtown businesses in which black residents weren’t welcome as recently as the ’50s and ’60s. “People sometimes overemphasize the racial harmony here,” he added.

In another example, although local schools were desegregated in 1887–88, the first black teacher was not hired until 1956, and as an Antioch College student in the early 1950s, Coretta Scott King was famously barred from student teaching at the local public school. For Robinson, it was the 1964 protest to desegregate the Gegner barbershop that illuminated for her the dual, conflicting nature of Yellow Springs as both a tolerant and racist community. Robinson’s mother

was involved in the picketing of the local barbershop of Lewis Gegner, who refused to cut any black person’s hair. While some white villagers protested and marched with the black community in solidarity, others supported Gegner. The conflict culminated in a March 1964 incident in which 150 police officers descended upon downtown to break up a peaceful protest in front of the barbershop with tear gas and fire hoses. While just 8 years old at the time, Robinson was affected by the event in lasting ways. “My understanding of Yellow Springs as both a progressive community and a community just like any place else in Southwest Ohio goes back to those moments in my childhood,” she said. Even today, Robinson said, racism “continues in this community in subtle ways.” Coretta Scott King’s famous quote, “Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation,” is instructive when looking at the history of the civil rights movement in Yellow Springs, according to McGruder. In that vein, The 365 Project is the latest effort in a long history of organizations that have promoted African American culture and pushed for equal treatment for black people here. Looking ahead, Gudgel said the group plans to revisit the issue central to its founding — the achievement gap in the Yellow Springs schools. They also recently trained 14 people to facilitate “courageous conversations” on race around the community. “It creates an environment of trust,” Gudgel said of the format. “You won’t be able to solve racism, but you will be better for it in terms of becoming aware of some of the struggles and issues that pertain to racism.” ♦

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Local BSA Scouts Troop 78 has been chartered as a troop for over 75 years in Yellow Springs and meets regularly at the United Methodist Church. The troop is open to both girls and boys, grades 6 and up. Although we enjoy camping, cycling, hiking the Glen and water activities, the focus of our scouting program is community service, inclusiveness, volunteerism and living the Scout Law as a group and as individuals. Our scouts learn new skills, practice teamwork, build leadership capacity and grow as young people as well as achieve success as scouts. The troop parks cars with the local PTO for the Street Fair and sells popcorn in September to minimize activity costs to scouts and their families. For up-to-date information on meetings or activities, email the Scoutmaster at yellowspringstroop78@gmail.com.

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Cub Scouts is a volunteer program for girls and boys, kindergarten through fifth grade (ages 5–11). The Cub Scouts in Yellow Springs are represented by Pack 578, sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church. Pack 578 is grouped into dens of Webelos, Wolf, Bear, Tiger and Lion Cubs. Den meetings are held twice a month, with a pack meeting once a month at the Presbyterian Church. The Cub Scout program helps children grow through character development, craft skills, citizenship training and activities that involve skits and games and physical fitness skills. Pack events include a Pinewood Derby and other races, overnight camps and service opportunities. Currently, individual den leaders run the dens in Yellow Springs; den leaders are typically Cub Scout parents. Parental involvement helps ensure the continued and growing success of the pack. Volunteers are always welcome and needed.

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Locally, girls 5 to 17 can participate in a variety of activities such as camping, earning badges, community service and product sales. Troop camping, resident and day camps are available for all ages. Leaders for troops are needed every year; leaders do not need to be a parent of an active scout. Volunteers are welcome.

The season runs from the beginning of June until the end of July. There are eight dual meets and a championship meet during June and July. The Sea Dogs swim team teaches the essentials of all four competitive strokes in an atmosphere of camaraderie and fun. Practices are held Monday–Thursday. For more information, go to ysacseadogs.swimtopia.com.

diamond nearest the forest tree line, and the Major League playing on the large diamond closest to the pool area. All teams usually play two games per week with the games during evening hours and on the weekends. There is a registration fee to help cover team uniform and league supply expenses. Scholarships are available.

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Perr y League, Yellow Springs’ unique, hilarious and wonderful T-ball program, is a noncompetitive beginner’s baseball program for girls and boys ages 2 to 9. Two- and 3-year-olds are welcome if accompanied on the diamond by an adult. There is no fee, no registration. Children can begin to play on any of the 10 Friday nights, and there is no requirement to play every week. Organizers try to keep it simple, try to make it fun and are serious about keeping it noncompetitive. There are no outs, no runs, no scores and no one ever strikes out: you get a 1,000 strikes in T-ball. Every child gets a chance to field and to bat a couple of times each evening. Organizers try to be as tender, patient and loving as possible. The program is open to all children regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, ability or disability or spiritual inclination. Children come out to play ball, to play in the water at the drinking fountain, to play in the grasses around the two fields, to hang out with their old and/or new friends and they often come out to just sit and play in the dust of the Gaunt Park ball diamonds. The Perry League is a self-sustaining, all volunteer program. Donations from parents, grandparents, loving aunts, loving uncles, big brothers, big sisters, friends of the program, the children themselves, and the sale of T-shirts allow the program to pay for itself. Perry League is held Friday nights from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Gaunt Park. The season runs for 10 weeks beginning on the first Friday in June and ending on the first Friday in August with a wiener roast potluck picnic, at which we award every child a Perry League trophy. It’s great fun for kids and adults alike, so why don’t you come on out and play with us?

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The Yellow Springs Youth Baseball Program has two divisions: the Minor League for children ages 6 to 9–10; and the Major League for children ages 10–11 to 14. This is recreational baseball with a focus on fundamentals, sportsmanship, teamwork and fun. The season runs from after Memorial Day through July and is a volunteer organization. A volunteer coordinator is needed for each of the leagues. Parents and other adults are needed to volunteer to coach teams and referee games. Volunteers are also needed to prepare the fields before games (except mowing). High school community service credits are available for this function. The Minor League plays coach-pitch with some modification of standard baseball rules to promote learning and the basics of baseball. The Major League plays by standard baseball rules with only a few changes to promote learning advanced concepts of the game. All games are played at Gaunt Park, with the Minor League playing on the

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The Yellow Springs Youth Orchestra Association, or YSYOA, has existed since 1964 as an organization interested in promoting and supporting music education and activities for the youth and now entire community of Yellow Springs. This is accomplished with the support of local school music programs, scholarships, multigenerational endeavors and concerts. YSYOA offers a summer music camp for students who have played an instrument for at least a year. The camp includes group and individual instruction, and ends with a grand finale concert for the public. In recent years, the YSYOA has expanded to include intergenerational playing groups such as the Yellow Springs Strings, which meets on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the Yellow Springs Senior Center great room. Learn more and how you can get involved at YSYOA.org. Email dfarmer2663@yahoo.com for more information. Continued on page 16

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YELLOW SPRINGS YOUTH SOCCER Bob Curley, 767‑7070; Bill and Lynn Hardman, 937‑768‑4140 E M A I L : hardmansoccer@sbcglobal.net W E B : www.facebook.com/ YellowSpringsSoccerInc C O N TA C T:

The mission of Yellow Springs Soccer, Inc. (YSSI) is to encourage and assist in the development and growth of community leagues, associations, organizations, programs and teams, so that soccer is made available to more people at all levels of competition. Since its inception 51 years ago, the recreational soccer program has offered accessible soccer every fall and spring to the children of Yellow Springs and nearby communities. The program continues to be run entirely by volunteers and is funded by donations — no registration fees are charged for inclusion on a recreational soccer team. There are currently four age levels of recreational youth soccer that form groups or teams after an annual registration clinic in late summer: • COPPER CUP — pre-K to kindergarten; • BRONZE CUP — first to third grade; (or similar age) • SILVER CUP — fourth to fifth grade; • GOLD CUP — sixth to eighth grade. Traveling teams also form as interest warrants. Contact YSSI for more information. YSSI, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, benefits from monetary donations and an annual soccer camp each June. If you’d like

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Now in its 25th year, the YS Kids Playhouse is a multimedia theater for youth founded by Artistic Director John Fleming. The YSKP promotes creative interaction between area youth, professional artists and a variety of art forms. It is the recipient of numerous grant awards, including the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ohio Arts Council, the Morgan Family Foundation and the YS Community Foundation. As a nonprofit community theater arts education program, it also receives individual, business and corporate support. In 2020, the YSKP will offer a new vision for the celebrated youth theater — the Traveling Tabletop Theater. The TTT is a mobile puppet theatre that brings contemporary and traditional manifestations of puppetry to areas and neighborhoods in Yellow Springs and surroundings. In addition to the featured programming, workshops in puppetry are offered at each venue site. The TTT is an exciting new direction for the YSKP — one that allows the shows to reach more people more often during the year. Participation in productions is open to all. For more information, visit www.yskp.org, www.facebook.com/theyskp or email: flemo. jf@gmail.com.

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VILLAGERS SPEAK OUT ON IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

‘The border is here’

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n the last few years, Yellow Springs residents have begun to speak out against new federal actions aimed at limiting legal immigration and cracking down on undocumented immigrants living here. Villagers participated in demonstrations opposing a policy to separate immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border and criticized efforts to cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. Noting the increased immigration enforcement taking place in Ohio, they became more engaged on sanctuary and relief efforts in the region. “The border is here,” said villager Pat Dewees of the recent uptick in deportations in the state. In August, the issue hit even closer to home when a local resident was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, after being taken to Greene County Jail following a traffic stop in town. Villagers quickly mobilized to support the family, raise money for a possible bond payment, educate the community on immigration rights and explore what else the Village and local police department could do to protect vulnerable community members. Increase in activity noted The increasing ICE activity in Ohio began when President Trump, soon after taking office in 2017, announced his “zero tolerance” stance on “illegal” immigration, making the issue a priority for his administration, the News learned. While previous presidents had focused on deporting only undocumented immigrants with criminal convictions, the Trump administration declared that all immigrants without proper documentation, even those who have lived productive and law-abiding lives in this country for decades, were at risk of deportation. “We saw almost immediately here in Ohio a change in the prioritization to people with no criminal record,” said Dayton Attorney Kathleen Kersh, who currently has several clients who are fighting deportation efforts from ICE. Council takes sanctuary stance In response to concerns that immigrants were being unfairly targeted, Village Council strengthened its public statement as a “Welcoming Community” with the passing of a new resolution at its regular meeting on Dec. 3, 2018. In new language, the measure prohibits discrimination based upon federal immigration status and stated the Village supports efforts to “welcome and offer sanctuary to immigrants and others who are being targeted on the basis of religion, nationality, culture, gender identify, race or citizenship status.” The new resolution, which updates one from 2017, does not go so far as to say that the Village is a “Sanctuary City,” however. That’s because there was concern that such a statement may draw unwanted attention to those seeking safety here, Council members said. These policies also instruct local police not to question people about their immigration status and to refuse to hold people for ICE to pick up based on their status. Mauritanian deportations raise alarm Far from the U.S.–Mexican border, an

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immigration crisis in our own backyard has progressed unseen by many Ohioans, as black Mauritanians who came to the U.S. seeking asylum are being detained by ICE and deported to an uncertain future in the land of their birth. Many black Mauritanian nationals came to the U.S. in response to civil war, ethnic cleansing and other human rights abuses, including enslavement. More recently, in 2011, the Arab-minority government denaturalized black Mauritanians. Advocates assert that returning the asylum seekers to Mauritania, in northwestern Africa, is sending them to likely imprisonment, torture and even death. It’s unconscionable, says villager Pat Dewees and other local residents who are working to raise awareness of the Mauritanians’ plight and to stop their deportation. Continued on page 18

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An interfaith gathering, hosted by the Yellow Springs Friends (Quaker) Meeting, met with regional advocates and Abdoulaye Sow, a Mauritanian spokesman who lives in Fairfield, in January 2019 at Rockford Chapel on the Antioch College campus. Sow and another member of the Mauritanian community returned to town the next month to speak with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Ohio reportedly has the largest Mauritanian population — estimated at up to 5,000 people — of any state in the country. Many have been here for 15–20 years, reporting in with immigration authorities each year. But after Trump became president, Mauritanian nationals going to their annual check-in were unexpectedly detained. Some were deported, while some remain in custody with appeals pending. Some, seeing the situation, have sold their homes and businesses and fled to Canada, while others have gone into hiding. Abdoulaye Sow said his community feels helpless amidst the government actions. “We don’t have a voice,” he said. As a child in his birth country, he witnessed violence against black Mauritanians; and as an adult, he is working internationally against modern-day slavery. While officially illegal in the country of 3.5 million people, slavery still claims 15–20%, mostly women and children, of the black population, Sow said. Advocates suggest contacting U.S. law makers, seeking action through phone calls, letters and emails. As a lawyer speaking about the situation said, “waiting for ICE to be more compassionate isn’t going to happen.” ♦

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In 2018, Jon Vanderglas walked through a wetland at his family farm on Garrison Road that could be threatened by water pumping if a nearby property is mined. "Why would you destroy something that filters water and prevents floods?" he asked. By YS NEWS

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A few miles north of Yellow Springs, the fight over a proposed limestone quarry has been brewing for more than two years. Citizens Against Mining, or CAM, has been leading the opposition to the mine, proposed for 420 acres in Mad River Township by the company Enon Sand & Gravel. “It’s all been farmland forever,” said area resident Mike Verbillion last year, looking out over hundreds of acres of land slated for mining. For Verbillion, who lives on a 42-acre farm on Hagan Road that’s been in his family since the 1870s, it’s hard to imagine the quiet interrupted by sounds of rockblasting explosives, the dozens of trucks daily barreling down country roads, or the changes to local waterways and aquifers that the mine might cause. “I’m not against mining, but I’m against mining that affects communities and is going to affect them for years ahead,” he said. CAM has raised concerns about the mine’s possible impact on local groundwater

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and surface water as well as increased traffic and noise from the operation. Fighting the quarry on multiple levels, CAM members have appealed the company’s state mining permit, commented extensively on Ohio EPA permit investigations, educated county officials who ultimately voted against a settlement with the company and raised awareness in the community. However, as Enon Sand & Gravel continues to push for the project, CAM has stayed vigilant. For more information and updates, visit www.citizensagainstmining.org. ♦

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The original Longest Walk passed through Yellow Springs in June 1978. The News reported: "About 500 Native Americans are walking from San Francisco to Washington to protest anti-Indian legislation now in Congress. At a rally at Antioch Tuesday, Hopi spiritual leader Thomas Banyacya (top right) and Indian activist Vernon Bellecort (not pictured) spoke to a large crowd." B y C A RO L

SIMMONS On the 137th day of a planned 155-day walk across the country, a small group of Native American activists stopped in June 2019 at Rockford Chapel on the Antioch College campus — on land where the Shawnee and Miami people once lived — to talk about the issues that led them to spend five months on the road. Titled “The Longest Walk: We Shall Continue,” the more than 2,800-mile journey began Feb. 11 in San Francisco, with the goal of concluding July 15 in Washington, D.C. The effort echoes the route of the original Longest Walk, which took place in 1978 in support of tribal land and water rights. Several other cross-country walks have occurred since then as well, including one in 2008 and another in 2011 that also came through the area. Activist and educator Michael Lane, from Bemidji, Minn., and of the Menominee Nation, has participated in four walks, including the first, and he experienced a threatening police encounter in Columbus in 2008 that made national news. He and four other walkers, including three grandmothers, met with a small local gathering Thursday evening, June 27, 2019, after traveling 23 miles earlier in the day. “Why do we keep doing this?” Lane asked. Paraphrasing Phillip Deere, a leading organizer of the 1978 walk, who 41 years ago said, “We are going to continue to walk and walk and walk until we find freedom for all the Native people,” Lane echoed: “We

will walk and walk and walk until our rights as native people are recognized.” The 2019 walkers are bringing 11 issues forward as they make their way to the U.S. Capitol. (see sidebar) While the native walkers are sometimes described as protesters, Lane asserted that “this is not a protest walk.” “This is a spiritual walk,” he said. His wife, Sharon Heta, who is Maori, from New Zealand, agreed. “When I’m walking, I’m praying,” the grandmother said. She said that she is particularly focused on the plight of “native children incarcerated and locked up in cages on the [Mexican] border." “I breathe in the suffering they go through

and breathe out love and compassion.” Area-based activist Corine Fairbanks, who was housing the walkers at her home for the night, said she was grateful for their presence and their work. “I can’t even imagine walking over 2,800 miles,” she said. “This truly is a sacrifice on their part, and also on their families, to pray for all of us.” Lane told the gathering that the group continues because the issues they carry are urgent, though not new. “These are some of the serious issues that have been going on for hundreds of years,” he said. In essence they all come down to inherent human rights, Lane said, concluding, “These issues transcend borders.”

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From feminist film to sister march

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From homegrown initiatives to nationshaping events, Yellow Springs women have been active in support of women’s rights, experiences, contributions and diverse roles. A few elements of this rich history are recalled here. The first film of the modern women’s movement emerged from Yellow Springs. “Growing Up Female,” a 1971 documentary written, directed and produced by Antioch College students Julia Reichert and Jim Klein, explored female socialization through the lives of six girls and women, ages four to 35. The film is now preserved in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for its cultural significance. Locally, the women’s movement was sparked by events at Antioch College. As well as organizing consciousness-raising groups in which local women took part, college women brought in feminist speakers, including Gloria Steinem and Alice Walker, and in 1970 organized a women’s liberation conference. In the early 1970s, a group of local feminists, including Dee Krieg, Gladys Wessels and Imogene (Gene) Trolander, formed Women, Inc., a feminist activist group that persisted for at least two decades. The women rented a Xenia Avenue storefront and brought in furniture and decor to create a homey headquarters. When a local woman became ill but had no insurance, the group created the Feminist Health Fund, which took up donations to pay her bills. The fund still exists. Local feminists were also instrumental in creating Greene County NARAL, an abortion rights group, as well as the Dead Bolt Gang, a group that purchased and installed dead bolt locks for women who lived alone. Women in the Women’s History Project, led by Trolander, researched local women’s history, then wrote a book on the subject. The feminist movement also touched local schools, and in 1975, Superintendent Ed McKinney formed a committee to study ways in which school curriculum and activities lacked gender equity. The committee recommended that the schools hire a full-time resource person to help teachers enhance their teaching about women. Ann Koppelman, who previously taught Spanish at Yellow Springs High School and led the

study, stepped into the role. On the Antioch campus, feminism remained a potent force throughout the ’70s. In 1970, female students began demanding a tenure-track women’s studies position, which finally became reality in 1991, although women’s studies courses were offered during the intervening 20 years. In the early 1970s, Antioch feminists gathered at a lively and dynamic Womyn’s Center on campus, and a series of rapes propelled female students to offer an escort service for women who needed to walk alone on campus at night. Feminism took to the pages of the Yellow Springs News in the late 1970s when the newspaper column “Women’s Voices” began appearing on a regular basis. One regular contributor was poet and community activist Jean Barlow Hudson, who went on to become Yellow Springs’ first female mayor, serving from 1987 to 1991. Other regular columnists included Joan Margaret, Dorothy Smith and Susan Carpenter. In 1980, feminist organizers hosted the first Women’s Voices Out Loud performance, an annual event that continued until 2015. A changing social and political climate informed feminist initiatives in the 1990s and beyond. In Yellow Springs as elsewhere, sexual violence was one focus of women’s efforts during the 1990s. In 1990, following a responding to campus events, women activists at Antioch College’s Womyn’s Center came together to create a formal policy on sexual offenses at the college. That policy, adopted by Antioch administration in the winter of 1991, became the Sexual Offense Prevention Policy, or SOPP, a pioneering affirmative sexual consent policy. In addition to the policy itself, the women created educational curriculum around the concept of consent. SOPP was notable and notorious during the “culture wars” of the 1990s, but has since become a model for colleges and universities nationwide. “[The policy] was mocked by much of the rest of the world. Since then, campuses across the country have caught up. Education about consent is now part of college life,” a 2018 New York Times article noted. Female entrepreneurship was another area of activity for Yellow Springs women. In 1993, a group of about 15 local women, including Laurie Eastman, Mary

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An impressively attended Sister March to the Women’s March on Washington, D.C., made its way through Yellow Springs on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. Among the many young, determined marchers, from left, were Oskar Dennis, Malaya Booth and Vivian Bryan. Hoying, Becky Brown-Wellerman, Cher Burnham, Roseann Miller-Wethington and Micki Adams, worked to form a women’s business co-operative to provide affordable space for new and expanding women-led businesses in downtown Yellow Springs. With help from WEAV, a local womenoriented economic development group, the co-op took shape in the spring of 1993 and had its grand opening that June. The WEB Center, or Women’s Enterprise Builders, located at 100 Corry St., boasted six businesses at opening, a mix of service and retail enterprises expected to bring in at least $100,000 to the Yellow Springs economy, according to a News article at the time. “The WEB is already attracting national and local media attention as a model for innovative market access solutions,” the article stated. The WEB Center also housed four libraries, including a Women’s Studies Library that brought together the June Ruth Rose Library and the collections of Jean Barlow Hudson and former Ohio First Lady Dagmar Celeste. Local women’s activism took a different, more botanical turn later in the decade. In 1998, longtime women’s rights activist Gene Trolander gathered together likeminded friends to bring to life a vision she held dear: a park to celebrate the lives of Yellow Springs women. A pollinator garden along the bike path headed south out of Yellow Springs, the Women’s Park features a variety of native wildflowers, benches and a serpentine path — as well as more than 800 hand-crafted ceramic tiles that honor specific Yellow Springs women. Original organizers Trolander, Deb Henderson, Connie Crockett, Phyllis Jackson and Emily Fine planned and organized for eight months before opening the park in July 1998. Trolander died not longer after, but the

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Gene Trolander was an influential local feminist involved in the formation of Women, Inc. and the Women's Park, among other iniatives. park she helped create continues to thrive. Master gardener Macy Reynolds leads local volunteers who care for the park’s wildflowers. At the time of this writing, a new section of tiles honoring even more local women is being planned. Yellow Springs women also came together in turbulent times. In January 2017, villagers took to the streets to protest what many saw as a rising anti-feminist zeitgeist following the election of Donald Trump as president. Angered by Trump’s election — despite revelations of the president-elect’s sexual misconduct and accusations of assault — and anticipating policies harmful to women and girls, protesters from Yellow Springs took part in the massive national Women’s March in Washington, D.C., as well as joining “sister” marches in Dayton and elsewhere. Closer to home, local middle-schoolers Ava Schell and Carina Basora organized a sister march in downtown Yellow Springs. Over 250 people turned out to affirm women’s rights and dignity. ♦

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BAC H M A N Fifty years ago this month, African-American villager Paul Graham walked into Lewis Gegner’s barbershop on Xenia Avenue, sat down in his barber chair and asked for a haircut. “I can’t cut your hair,” the white barbershop owner replied, according to Graham’s account. “I don’t know how. That’s all there is to it.” That day Graham filed a complaint against Gegner’s discriminatory practices with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission in a case that reached the Ohio Supreme Court. The historic moment was part of a 20-year effort to desegregate Yellow Springs, which

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escalated to the dramatic 1964 confrontation between police and protesters picketing Gegner’s shop — an event that landed 100 people in jail and thrust Yellow Springs into the national spotlight during the height of the civil rights movement. Soon after the confrontation, Gegner sold his shop and moved out of town, and the Ohio Supreme Court refused to hear Graham’s case. Gegner had never consented to cut a black man’s hair when pressured. Today, the villagers and Antioch College students who participated in the Gegner actions look back on the incident with a mixture of pride and disappointment, and draw lessons from a struggle that both defined and divided the community. Segregation in a tolerant town Though Yellow Springs had a reputation as an open and welcoming community, it was really a microcosm of the segregated U.S. at the time, said Graham, now 82. In the 1940s, the Little Theatre, now the Little Art Theatre, forced black patrons to sit behind a rope in the back of the theater; the Glen Café and Ye Olde Trail Tavern refused to serve African Americans; and none of the village’s three barbershops would cut a black person’s hair. “It became apparent that Yellow Springs wasn’t the type of community we thought it was,” Graham said. Over the next 20 years, a local citizens group, the Yellow Springs Committee for Fair Practices (YSCFP), successfully pressured most local businesses to accept black patrons through boycotts, picketing, civil disobedience, court action and the passing of an anti-discrimination ordinance. Gegner was the lone holdout and soon became the

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Gegner incident focal point of a decade-long desegregation campaign by the YSCFP, in addition to the Antioch Committee for Racial Equality and the Antioch College chapter of the NAACP. To then-Antioch student Prexy Nesbitt, discrimination taking place in a Northern town that considered itself tolerant was an added motivation to activists. “The whole Gegner incident served as a reminder … that you could look right around the corner and find manifestations of the same bigotry and close-mindedness as in the South,” Nesbitt said, adding that this was a “particular affront” that fueled local activists. Direct action vs. legal recourse The YSCFP organized picketing at Gegner’s shop on Saturday mornings with two to three people at a time in a public display that became as much a part of the downtown scene as the weekly peace protest on Xenia Avenue is now, Graham said. In 1961, the YSCFP selected Graham to be the test case for a complaint the group planned to file to the newly formed Ohio Civil Rights Commission. He was accompanied by Hardy Trolander, a YSCFP member who was also a co-founder of Yellow Springs Instruments. At the time, Graham was a chemist for Vernay Laboratories, having graduated from Antioch in 1952. “I just figured that something had to be done,” Graham said. “I thought it was just filing a complaint. I didn’t realize it could become a full-time job.” After the Ohio Civil Rights Commission ordered Gegner to stop his discriminatory practices, Gegner filed an appeal to the Greene County Court of Appeals and won. Graham then won the appeal at the district level, sending the case to the Ohio Supreme Court. It was the first time Ohio’s public accommodations law had been challenged since it was passed in 1878, Trolander said. But many Antioch student activists felt that the legal route was too slow and urged an escalation of direct action at Gegner’s shop, according to Graham. They began acts of civil disobedience, sitting in the shop and refusing to leave. One student was Nesbitt, who went to Gegner’s shop, sat in his barber’s chair and asked for a haircut. Gegner draped an apron over his face and Nesbitt stayed there for 30 to 40 minutes before he was arrested. Antioch students also started picketing additional days of the week and increased the number of picketers, causing a reaction from Gegner and a group of downtown merchants. “We were uptight but controlled,” Trolander said of the YSCFP. “The [Antioch] students got involved and took over with a bit more of a heavy hand.” Gegner and the downtown merchants, claiming that the protests were hurting business, won an injunction at the Greene County Court that limited protestors to no more than three at a time. To continue picketing in large numbers, the activists would have to disobey the law. “There was a good bit of feeling among students that townspeople were not moving fast enough,” Graham said. “They felt that the lawsuit wasn’t going to get anything done, that the only way was to do direct action.” Continued on page 24

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Lewis Gegner, top right, tried to remove Antioch student Jim Fearn from his shop in 1964.

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From left, Arthur Morgan, Paul Graham, an unidentified man, Walter Anderson and Hardy Trolander (partially obscured) led a march through Yellow Springs soon after the Gegner incident. More than 550 people participated in the march.

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Gegner Continued from page 23 Graham recalls participating in discussions at Antioch until midnight to try to convince students of the advantages of the legal course. But the students were “impatient,” he said. The day after the injunction was granted, students planned a large demonstration in front of Gegner’s shop for Saturday, March 14, 1964, in defiance of the court’s order and the Antioch College administration, which said it would suspend any participating student. The Antioch student protesters, who were joined by villagers and other students from Central State and Wilberforce, walked downtown, sat in the middle of Xenia Avenue and linked their arms. Outside police forces were called in and chaos ensued as the approximately 150 police officers turned fire hoses and tear gas upon the protesters while villagers watched in shock. News of the event, which was labeled a “riot,” went national. Gegner never re-opened his barbershop, and the Ohio Supreme Court refused to hear the case without a defendant. A moral victory Graham was disappointed that after years of work, his case would not be heard in the state’s highest court. And after the highly publicized confrontation, Graham began to receive threatening letters and phone calls, some from as far away as Mississippi and Alabama. “The action caused Gegner to close and create more turmoil in the village and result

in more conflict,” Graham said. “We weren’t interested in conflict, we were just interested in change.” Trolander too was frustrated but realized that the confrontation was inevitable. “Everything was leading toward that incident,” Trolander said. “The only way for that to be avoided was if Gegner changed his mind. It reached a point of no return — there were too many people involved and committed.” As it turned out, the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed later that year, outlawing all forms of racial discrimination in the U.S. According to Nesbitt, even though Gegner never consented to cutting a black person’s hair, it was a “moral victory” that he closed his shop. The escalation itself proved that the protesters made an impact and gave Yellow Springs a lasting reputation. “I think that when we get this escalation it means that you’re having an effect,” Nesbitt said. “When the forces of repression are very worried and want to stop it, I think that’s a point where we say that we’ve made a dent. In the case of Yellow Springs and the barbershop, it sent a message to all of southern Ohio that Yellow Springs stood for something.” Yellow Springs native Bomani Moyenda, just a third grader at the time, watched the police tear gas protesters from the sidewalk with his mother and sister. The incident had a lasting personal effect on him. “It was important for people in the village to take a stand against something that was overtly racist,” Moyenda said. “It meant a lot for me to see townspeople standing up against what they perceived was racial injustice.” ♦

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What the Negro is trying to say About a month after the Gegner incident, Pat Matthews, a Yellow Springs News staff member, and later, columnist, wrote this editorial, which was published in newspapers throughout the country and attracted national attention. It is reprinted here from the April 23, 1964, edition of the News. B y PAT

M AT T H E WS With sit-ins, pray-ins, stall-ins, walk-ins, lie-ins, cry-ins and picketing, the world is still asking “What does the Negro really want?” Maybe we have not expressed ourselves as clearly as we could or should but we know the desires that motivate our actions, whatever they are, and we may not know where we are going but we know where we would like to go and use the only methods available in our attempt to get there. What do we want? A Negro man sees a sign or an ad in the paper that says “House for Sale, Veterans No Down Payment — $65.50 a mo. Nice Neighborhood. Insurance included.” He would like to say, “I make $100 per week. I am a veteran, I want the house.” If he has $3 and is hungry he would like to go into a restaurant and order a steak dinner, be served without being refused or have the proprietor act as though he wants the waitress to sit on his lap. If he wants a haircut, he would like to pay the price, whatever it costs, receive service and not be treated as though the barber thinks he wants to join him in a friendly round of drinks and a card game. A man making $6,000 per year would like to know that he too can purchase a car, a home, decent clothing, educate his children and still not starve to death by having available to him one loan for which he makes a reasonable payment each month, instead of having to make several small loans repaid in unreasonable amounts and at high rates of interest. This, my friends, happens all over the United States as he watches his white friends achieve more and more, working no harder and possibly shorter hours. When he reads of the murder of Medgar Evers, the respected Negro leader, in Mississippi, he would like to see the slayer convicted, not hailed as a great hero. If a Negro commits a crime of lesser degree, he is seldom tried in Mississipi; he simply disappears — lynched? enslaved? drowned? Who knows?

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Longtime Yellow Springs News staff member Pat Matthews is shown here in a photo dated November 1961. Matthews penned an editorial following the Gegner incident that was published widely. When the civil rights bill is in the Senate, he would like to have some feeling of assurance that the men elected are really trying to pass a good law instead of seeing a few men waste valuable time reading recipes for a new spring salad or 50 new ways to cook hamburgers on a cookout. The Negro would like the opportunity to be hired for a job on the basis of his qualifications and not have to always “be better than the other man” in order to do the same work, and not be closely watched to see if he is contemplating an interracial marriage. He, too, would like the privilege of “choosing his neighbors” and saying to the other man “don’t worry about having me for your neighbor, I’m more worried about having you for mine — you are the type of person by whom I don’t want my children to be influenced.” He wants the opportunity to send his children to the best schools with the finest facilities, to the well-recommended colleges and universities, without filling a “quota” or representing token integration. He would also like to see members of his race truly represent him — not chosen by a group and controlled by the same in order to say “we have a Negro representative.” And lastly, we even want the right to have a few obnoxious persons in our race — our Wallace, Eastland, Long, William Miller, representative Howard Smith, etc. — without being called ignorant. In other words, we want the right to pick and choose, make our own decisions, laugh, live and love, make mistakes as individuals, have our “types” of people in all walks of life and still not be labeled as “the colored folks.” The masses of people know that they want these things. Most of them are unsure of how to say them and their methods of achieving them are few, but they know what they want. Won’t you listen? ♦

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ell over 100 local students, joined by a few faculty and parents, walked out of school on March 14, 2018, as part of National School Walkout, protesting gun violence and urging gun control legislation. Students at hundreds of schools around the country took part in the walkout, held one month after the shooting deaths of 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Organized by eighth-grade performance students and others, the local walkout at McKinney Middle/Yellow Springs High School featured student speakers reading biographies they had created of each of the 14 students and three school staff members killed in the Florida mass shooting. Student speakers also urged action. “This is where it begins,” one speaker said. “Thoughts and prayers aren’t enough.” In an interview with the News prior to the walkout, Assistant Principal Jack Hatert said school administrators would not be seeking disciplinary action against students who took part in the student-organized event. “We’re not looking to provide consequences,” he said. The event came off peacefully and powerfully, organizer Maggie Knopp believes. “It was really powerful,” she said. “The energy all around, and just being in that space with students, teachers and parents, was so empowering.” “The doors just kept flooding and flooding with students,” she said. At least two dozen local students and families headed two weeks later to Washington, D.C., to take part in the national March for Our Lives. —Audrey Hackett Students from YSHS/McKinney participated in another National School Walkout

on Friday, April 20, 2018, on the 19th anniversary of a mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado. At 10 a.m., the students, estimated at about one-third of the student body, walked out of their classes, marched downtown and gathered in front of Jackson Lytle & Lewis Funeral Home. Students stood atop a soap box with the words “We the People Demand Safe Schools” and read the names of those injured or killed by school shootings since April 20, 1999, intermixed with their own passionate speeches. As the students marched closer to the heart of downtown, they were met by enthusiastic honking from cars, which the students echoed with whooping and proudly raising their signs. Chants from the students rang out. “NRA, go away!” and “No more fear, volunteer!” In interviews with students, a major theme was wanting to feel safe in school and be able to further their education without fear of a school shooting. Alaina Hoff, a senior, said she was “tired of students’ lives being on the back burner to political issues.” But she was validated by the involvement of her peers. “I am proud of the students all fighting for a cause,” Hoff said. Eighth-grader Malaya Booth said she was, in part, protesting the National Rifle Association, which “protects the guns not the kids.” When asked if she feels safe at schools, she responded that while she feels mostly comfortable, the recent school shooting in Florida was so “devastating” that it has given her pause. “There is this little fear in your heart,” Booth said. “It could happen to anyone. It’s really scary.” Raine Galvin, a senior, said she walked out to send a message to a society that has become desensitized to mass shootings. “This shouldn’t be considered normal,” Galvin said. “And we want to put an end to it.” —Kayla Graham and Megan Bachman

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Pesticide resistance

A 2013 pesticide controversy at the Gaunt Park pool, when Village workers accidentally applied an herbicide undiluted to grass at the Gaunt Park pool, put a fire under some villagers, who saw an opportunity to raise awareness about the dangers of pesticides being used across the village. One such resident was local landscape designer Nadia Malarkey. “People were so irate about the application of pesticides at the pool, but no one was thinking about the regular spraying in their neighborhoods,” Malarkey said. A voice for the voiceless pollinators, in 2018, Malarkey revived her Yellow Springs Pollinator Regeneration Project. Volunteers who take the Pollinator Pledge agree to 1) not use any synthetic pesticides or fertilizers on their property, 2) plant a variety of flowering plants to provide pollen and 3) share what they learn with their neighbors. If villagers stopped spraying herbicides and insecticides, and instead planted native flowering plants, the bumblebees, monarch

butterflies and other pollinators would return, according to Malarkey. And the village would be a healthier and safer place to live. In response to the pool pesticide incident, Village Council immediately placed a moratorium on further pesticide spraying by the Village. Five years later, the Village reported it had changed its practices. Where it once sprayed along sidewalks and street gutters, workers were pulling weeds by hand or mechanically. “We started using organic or natural pesticides everywhere they could be effective,” Village Manager Patti Bates said.

‘No fracking way’

“No fracking way” signs popped up across Yellow Springs in 2011 as villagers quickly mobilized against the controversial oil and gas drilling technique linked with groundwater contamination. Oil exploration began in and around Yellow Springs in November 2010. By February 2011, a petroleum field agent was seeking land leases from Miami Township residents to drill for oil and gas. Later that month, local organizers put on a public

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Village Public Works Director Johnnie Burns stood proudly by the Village’s new one-megawatt solar array on the Glass Farm in 2017. By 2019, the Village’s electric portfolio was 83 percent renewables, the greenest of its 139-member muncipal electric supplier. A decade earlier, most of the Village’s electricity came from coal and natural gas. But a 2008 Council decision not to invest in a new coal-fired power plant at the urging of citizens, followed by commitments to new wind, solar and hydroelectric projects, started the village on a greener path.

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meeting and began going door-to-door to urge homeowners not to sign lease agreements. In April, an area resident found a binder containing what appeared to be a field agent’s guide advising them to use misleading arguments when seeking an oil and gas lease, prompting national media attention and an investigation by the Ohio attorney general. In May, Yellow Springs became one of seven municipalities in the state to pass an anti-fracking resolution. Officially, Village Council called on state leaders to ban fracking. And in August, Yellow Springs hosted a regional meeting of community organizers working to help other municipalities pass resolutions against the practice.

Action against Cemex

In the 1990s, a group of local environmentalists took on the county’s biggest air polluter and won. When Southwestern Portland Cement, predecessor of Cemex and Fairborn Cement on Dayton-Yellow Springs Road, started burning hazardous waste in 1991, a group of villagers formed the Green Environmental Coalition, successfully rallying citizens against the project. In 1994, GEC officially won a ruling from the Ohio EPA that prevented Cemex from storing hazardous waste at the plant. Then, in 2006, when the Ohio EPA gave the company approval to conduct tests of using whole scrap tires for fuel, GEC sprung into action once again. Two years later, the company officially withdrew their tire-burning proposal. But in 2014 and 2015, as Cemex looked to expand its quarry after township zoning

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C O M M U N I T Y O R G A N I Z AT I O N S THE 365 PROJECT John Gudgel, the365projectys@gmail.com the365projectys.org

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The 365 Project is a local volunteer organization that serves as a catalyst organization that challenges and supports the people of Yellow Springs and Miami Township to engage critically and respectfully in dialogue and action that promotes and sustains diverse African-American heritage and culture and educational equity, 365 days a year. The 365 Project meets monthly and has sponsored the annual Elaine Comegys Film Fest, community conversations and myriad other activities. For more information, contact John Gudgel at jwgudge@sbcglobal.net or P.O. Box 165, Yellow Springs, OH 45387.

AACW Karen Patterson, 716‑0377 www.aacw.org

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AACW (African American Cross-Cultural Works) is a grass-roots community organization operating under Ohio guidelines for nonprofit organizations. Its activities focus on celebrating cultural diversity and working with other organizations to develop understanding of diversity in Yellow Springs, Wilberforce, Springfield, Xenia and neighboring communities. The group has held more than 50 events at various times of the year, including the annual Blues Fest, which was successful, in part, because of the increasing collaborative efforts of many individuals and organizations

in Yellow Springs and the surrounding area.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN GENEALOGY GROUP Robert L. Harris, 767‑1949 E M A I L : rharris25@woh.rr.com W E B : www.aaggmv.org C O N TA C T:

The African-American Genealogy Group of the Miami Valley is a nonprofit service and educational organization devoted to the promotion of African-American genealogy and the study of black and family histories. The organization’s main goals are to search for ancestors, their identification and their documentation. Activities include lectures, networking, workshops and field trips for genealogical purposes. The organization also encourages the writing of personal family histories and historical and genealogical societies. Membership is open to everyone. Meetings are held monthly at various locations throughout the Miami Valley and southwestern Ohio. The current officers of the AAGGMV: President, Thomas D. Jordan; Vice-President, Judith Casey; Treasurer, Sandra Ricker; Secretary, Rosalyn Givens.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 222‑2211 centraloffice@aadaytononline.org www.aadaytononline.org

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Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who meet to attain and maintain sobriety. The only requirement for

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membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no membership dues or fees. The schedule of meetings in Yellow Springs is as follows: • Sundays, 8 p.m., First Presbyterian Church — Yellow Springs Group; • Mondays, 8 p.m., United Methodist Church — Jackson Road Group; • Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., United Methodist Church — The Step Heads; • Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Fellowship — Agnostic AA; • Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Rockford Chapel — Young People’s/Beginners; • Thursdays, 7 p.m., Rockford Chapel — No Name Group.

ARTHUR MORGAN INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS Susan Jennings, Box 243, Yellow Springs, 767‑2161; Agraria Address: 131 E. Dayton Yellow Springs Road, Yellow Springs E M A I L : info@communitysolution.org W E B : www.communitysolution.org C O N TA C T:

The Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions — AMICS — was founded in 1940 as Community Service, Inc. AMICS hosts conferences and educational events focused on our mission areas of Resilient Communities, Regenerative Land Use, Community Economics, Energy Democracy, and Being the Change. In 2017, AMICS bought a 128-acre farm on the outskirts of Yellow Springs to develop Agraria: The Arthur Morgan Institute Center for Regenerative Agriculture. The Nature Conser vancy is restoring the Jacoby Creek, which traverses the property, and AMICS is developing an agroforestry plan for the acreage which has been conventionally farmed. Main goals are to conduct research and education about the importance of carbon sequestration in soils and healthy watersheds.

ENHANCE WORLDWIDE Ashley Lackovich‑Van Gorp, 937‑708‑0144 E M A I L : enhanceworldwide@gmail.com W E B : www.enhanceworldwide.org C O N TA C T:

nly 3% of the earth’s surface is ideally suited for food production — prime soils and plentiful, safe water. Over half the land right here in the Miami Valley fits that description!

land and water, we help to ensure that whatever the future may hold, generations to come will be able to enjoy the rural and natural environment that we know and love today.

ant to help us protect local farmland, water and natural areas forever? There are many ways to help — please get in touch!

he Tecumseh Land Trust is ready to preserve those special lands that make Ohio our home. By preserving and conserving

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Enhance Worldwide envisions communities where girls and women have the skills to lead meaningful, dignified lives and where each individual has agency, autonomy and aspirations. Working toward this vision, Enhance Worldwide helps girls, women and their communities discover strategies to navigate the challenges to their well-being in order to develop as individuals in their own right. The organization currently serves 150 direct beneficiaries across three programs in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Activities focus on minimalizing the risk of child marriage, forced labor, violence and trafficking through family support, access to education and life skills development.

FEMINIST HEALTH FUND C O N TA C T:

767‑8949; P.O. Box 323, Yellow

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For more than 30 years, The Feminist Health Fund, a Yellow Springs-based nonprofit, has raised funds to help women in Greene County pay for traditional and alternative medical-related expenses. For more

information, to make a donation or to apply for a grant, please give us a call or visit our website, www.feministhealthfund.org.

FOOD CO-OP/ BUYING CLUB C O N TA C T:

Luan Heit, 767‑1823

The Yellow Springs Food Co-op is a local buying club. The group orders natural and organic food and other household products at affordable prices, with a minimum of work for its members. Members place orders online from a wide selection of products. Delivery is every four weeks on Wednesday afternoon.

FRIENDS CARE COMMUNITY 150/170 E. Herman St., 767‑7363 W E B : www.friendshealthcare.org C O N TA C T:

Friends Care Community has a single goal: the affirmation of life. Friends Care’s continuous care community has succeeded in meeting the needs of seniors who seek security and quality care, first with extended care, then with assisted living and independent living homes. Friends Care is located on a 22acre campus. Friends is owned and operated by the Friends Health Care Association and has been a nonprofit community since 1977. Friends Care is a 66-bed skilled and longterm nursing facility. In August of 2011, Friends completed construction on a new, 16-private-room rehabilitation center, providing a distinct unit for care of short-term stay rehab and nursing services. Friends Assisted Living Center is a licensed 20-unit facility designed to enhance independence, security and socialization in a quiet setting. Friends Independent Living Homes are senior living duplexes. Buyers can choose between two- and three-bedroom units and two building design plans. Each duplex features a garage, appliances and maintenancefree living.

GREAT BOOKS Ken Huber, 767‑1160 kenneth.huber@att.net

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Currently, meetings are held September through June on the second Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the fireplace room of the YS Senior Center, 227 Xenia Ave. The group brings together people whose love of reading is part of their quest for lifelong learning. The group uses a method recommended by the Great Books Foundation, a pioneer of book discussion. This approach of shared inquiry encourages participants to look to their own experiences, rather than to outside sources of expertise, in their discussion of a work.

GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION P.O. Box 553 gec@greenlink.org www.greenlink.org

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The Green Environmental Coalition, or GEC, is a grass-roots activist group founded in 1990. The coalition’s mission is to have a positive impact on local, state and regional environmental issues. Currently we are focused on local efforts to combat climate change.

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C O M M U N I T Y O R G A N I Z AT I O N S GRINNELL MILL FOUNDATION Chris Mucher, 767‑1391 miamitownship.net

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The Grinnell Mill foundation is a nonprofit foundation comprising Miami Township, Glen Helen and the Yellow Springs Historical Society. Its purpose is the preser vation and promotion of the historical and educationally valuable Grinnell Mill located at 3536 Bryan Park Road. For more information, visit miamitownship.net.

JAMES A. MCKEE ASSOCIATION Karen McKee, president, 767‑4641; Paul Abendroth, vice‑president, 767‑1678; Peggy Erskine, treasurer, 767‑7856 W E B: www.45387.org; www. facebook.com/James‑A‑McKee‑ Association‑284986248585882 C O N TA C T:

The James A. McKee Association, or JAMA, aka Jim’s Group, formerly known as the Yellow Springs Men’s Group, is a community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit civic organization that was organized in 1994 by the late James A. McKee, former police chief of Yellow Springs, who for more than three decades was affectionately known to many villagers as simply “Chief.” The goal of the association is to encourage volunteerism that helps build and strengthen the Yellow Springs community. Programs hosted by the organization include research, public information forums, and educational and charitable projects. Monthly “Community Conversations” about key elements of community life are led by guest speakers, and are free and open to the public. To promote the value of community participation and leadership, the association sponsors the annual “Founders Award” in recognition of an individual or group — nominated by villagers — for their significant volunteer contributions to the community. The James A. McKee Scholarship is awarded annually to deserving Yellow Springs high school graduates who have demonstrated notable academic achievement and leadership skills while overcoming adverse disadvantages throughout their high school career. “Candidates Night” provides the opportunity for community members to meet all of the candidates who are running for local office, and to learn more about their qualifications and plans for suppor ting the interests of Yellow Springs’ residents. Special projects sponsored by the association include “The Cost-Of-Living Report,” “The Local Communications Network Study” and “The Community Information Project.” The James A. McKee Association is a member of the Yellow Springs Nonprofit Network and the Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce. In collaboration with other local and nonprofit organizations, the James A. McKee Association helps support the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Oratory Contest, The Odd Fellows Fireworks Celebration and many of the activities sponsored by The 365 Project. JAMA welcomes all Yellow Springs and Miami Township residents to join the association and help enhance the quality of life throughout our community.

LA LECHE LEAGUE Laura Ann Ellison, 767‑1097 or 708‑6392; Sylvia Ann Ellison, 708‑6252 E M A I L : ellisonla@mindspring.com; sylvia. ellison@wright.edu W E B : www.llli.org C O N TA C T:

Mothers who wish to breastfeed their babies will find encouragement and information from La Leche League International. La Leche League leaders are available by phone 24 hours a day. Leaders are available for private consultation, home visits and hospital visits. La Leche League is a mother-to-mother breastfeeding suppor t group. La Leche League leaders are accredited through La Leche League International. Leaders stay informed of current medical research and best practice. Leaders encourage the sharing of personal experiences from mother to mother.

MASONIC LODGE Don Lewis, 937‑901‑6211 www.yellowsprings421.org

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The Yellow Springs Masonic Lodge was chartered in 1868. Its mission is to provide a fraternal brotherhood that supports the principles of brotherly love, relief and truth. Masonry is a place where one can find unlimited opportunities to acquire leadership experience, self-development and personal growth while enjoying fellowship and service to the community.

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All parents/guardians of students attending the McKinney School or YSHS will be considered members of the PTO. There are no membership dues. The PTO meets monthly; the regular meeting time will be announced at the beginning of the school year. Discussion, speakers and events are planned to strengthen the community and develop parent and educational success. For additional information, email yshspto@gmail. com.

MILLS LAWN PTO Lauren Mikesell, president laurenemikesell@gmail.com W E B : www.millslawnpto.com; www.facebook. com/MillsLawnPTO C O N TA C T: EMAIL:

The Mills Lawn Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is a volunteer organization that strives to support students, families and teachers in the educational process by providing educational enrichment programs and ser vices, as well as social activities for the Mills Lawn Elementar y School community. The PTO sponsors fundraising events to pay for these activities, programs and ser vices.

MORGAN FAMILY FOUNDATION Lori M. Kuhn, executive director, 767‑9208 E M A I L : info@morganfamilyfdn.org W E B : www.morganfamilyfdn.org C O N TA C T:

The Morgan Family Foundation is a private family foundation based in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and funded in December 2003 by Lee and Vicki Morgan. The foundation

believes in: • building stronger, more inclusive communities; • broadening horizons and inspiring action through the power of education and experiential learning. The foundation awards grants to public charitable organizations that primarily ser ve Yellow Springs and St. Cloud, Minn. In addition, other communities and organizations that are supported by board and family members may receive grants from time to time.

NAMI OF CLARK, GREENE & MADISON COUNTIES info@namicgm.org www.namicgm.org

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NAMI Clark, Greene and Madison Counties (National Alliance on Mental Illness) is a nonprofit, grassroots organization offering support, education and advocacy for persons living with mental illness and their families, friends and caregivers. Learn more at www.namicgm.org. We are a local branch of our national NAMI affiliate. We fight against the stigma often associated with mental illness through community outreach and educational programs. We advocate for beneficial change in the current mental health system, both locally and throughout the State of Ohio. NAMI Connection Recover y Suppor t Group is a free and ongoing recovery support group for adults with mental illness. Participants can safely and confidentially talk about their mental illness, learn new coping skills and find hope for a realistic future. Meetings are held weekly on Wednesdays, 6:30–8 p.m., at the John Bryan Center, rooms A and B, located at 100 Dayton St. in Yellow Springs. NAMI Family Support Group is a free and ongoing support group for family and friends of individuals who live with mental illness. Par ticipants share their experiences and offer mutual encouragement. Meetings are held the second Thursdays of each month, from 7–8:30 p.m., at the John Br yan Center, rooms A and B. Contact Kathr yn Hitchcock, 937-322-5600 or 937-873-2220. For more information about NAMI or to find out about special events, educational programs, support groups, and how to help with our mission, contact us as listed above. In case of any medical emergency, dial 911.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Helpline 937‑505‑0705, 800‑587‑4232 W E B : www.fiveriversna.org C O N TA C T:

Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship for achieving recovery from addiction. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using drugs. The program has found that one addict helping another works to achieve that, when all else fails. An open meeting is held in the basement of the Yellow Springs Methodist Church on Saturday nights at 7:30 p.m.

ODD FELLOWS 937‑878‑7871 (home), 937‑607‑8115 (cell) E M A I L : ysoddfellows@gmail.com C O N TA C T:

The Yellow Springs Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows dates back to 1855. Odd Fellows follow the precept to “visit the sick, bury the dead and educate the orphan.” The lodge sponsors annual scholarships for Yellow Springs graduting seniors and contributes to charitable organizations. Recent activities include sponsorship of the Fourth of July parade and Fourth of July fireworks at Gaunt Park, road cleanup, park maintenance, Street Fair participation, Art Stroll and various fun activities. IOOF Lodge #279 meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month in the Lodge Hall, located at 261 Xenia Ave., beginning with a social hour at 6:15 p.m. Men and women over the age of 16 are welcome to join. Continued on page 30

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The Riding Centre was established in 1960 by Louise Soelberg as an educational, nonprofit project dedicated to the teaching of horsemanship, the care and management of horses and the training of young teachers. Located on a portion of Glen Helen, Riding Centre facilities include a large outdoor ring, a lighted indoor ring, a cross-country hunt course, several trails and two stables, which house the school’s horses, boarders and the Therapeutic Riding Program. The Therapeutic Riding Program, started in 1974, ser ves adults and children with developmental disabilities. Carolyn Bailey is the riding teacher for the program. The Riding Centre also features summer riding day camps, in which children attend a four-hour-daily schedule for one week, learning about the care of horses and the skills of riding.

For over 10 years now, the ranch has become home to many mixed breed sheep and goats and other small, misfit farm animals that would have been euthanized or sent to slaughter. We find forever homes for some, and the rest live out their lives in a quiet, natural environment. To date, we have adopted out over 50 sheep and goats. The ranch is not open to the public, except by appointment or invitation. All volunteers

SENIOR CENTER 227 Xenia Ave., 767‑5751 info@ysseniors.org www.ysseniors.org

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The Yellow Springs Senior Center is dedicated to enhancing the dignity and quality of life for seniors in Yellow Springs and Miami Township and has been a mainstay of the community since 1959. The Senior Center is located in the heart of Yellow Springs on Xenia Avenue. The Senior Center provides assistance in the following areas: • Support Ser vices — assists seniors with navigation of available benefits, assists in finding solutions for seniors to remain in their homes, assists caregivers and provides linkages to services through the Greene County Council on Aging and other Greene County services. • Transportation — assists seniors with transportation to and from medical appointments, personal care appointments or tasks and Senior Center activities and programs. • Homemaking Services — assists seniors with homemaking tasks such as cleaning, laundry, food preparation and errands. • Activities — provides activities at the Senior Center and other locations to assist seniors and others with enjoyable socialization, physical exercise and learning new skills. Membership in the Senior Center is open to everyone. Family members are encourAREA’S LARGEST SELECTION OF NATURAL WINES — ORGANIC & SUSTAINABLE!

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TECUMSEH LAND TRUST Krista Magaw, P.O. Box 417, 767‑9490 E M A I L : krista@tecumsehlandtrust.org W E B : www.tecumsehlandtrust.org; www. facebook.com/TecumsehLandTrust/ C O N TA C T:

Tecumseh Land Trust protects local farmland, water and natural areas forever. TLT helps maintain the rural landscape of Miami Township and unique character of Yellow Springs by preserving land in the area. TLT is working with landowners in Miami Township through the Jacoby Creek Partnership, a grant-funded initiative to preserve farms and install conser vation practices on properties along the Jacoby and Yellow Springs creeks. The goals of this project are to improve the quality of water draining into the Little Miami River and preserve key properties in the Jacoby Greenbelt and Country Commons, areas long-identified by the Village of Yellow Springs as important to protect. Donations to this local nonprofit make it possible for staff to reach out to and assist private landowners who wish to preserve their special farms or natural properties. The land trust has preserved 168 properties, encompassing over 28,000 acres and 42 stream miles. Glen Helen, enjoyed by many visitors every year, is the best-known property protected by the land trust. Landowners and land lovers alike are encouraged to contact the land trust to learn more about its work, upcoming walks and events, and volunteer opportunities.

THRESHOLD SINGERS OF YELLOW SPRINGS Linda Chernick, 937‑234‑SING (7464) W E B : thresholdchoir.org/yellowsprings C O N TA C T:

Through bedside song, the Threshold Singers of Yellow Springs bring compassion and comfort to those standing at the threshold between living and dying. When invited, a small group of our members (usually two or three) comes to sing quietly at bedside for a comfortable length of time (perhaps 20-30 minutes) in hospitals, nursing homes and private homes. We are sensitive to the physical and emotional needs of the individual and family, always respecting the desire for privacy and family time. Our singing is meant to soothe, nurture and inspire. Family, friends and caregivers are welcome to listen or to quietly join in. There is no charge for our service. The Threshold Singers of Yellow Springs is open to all women who feel called to this service. Musical training is not necessary — only a desire to sing from your heart, blending your voice with other singers as we learn the beautiful Threshold Choir repertoire. Since this is not a performance choir, we work on learning to sing quietly together, listening to one another and blending our voices. Singing at bedside comes in time, when the new singer is ready. We rehearse on three Sunday afternoons a month. On the fourth Sunday afternoon, we sing at Friends Care, our local assisted living/nursing home community.

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UNICEF C O N TA C T:

Joy Fishbain, 767‑7724

UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, has worked since 1946 to protect the lives of children around the world. Assistance is provided in the areas of health care, safe water supply, sanitation, nutrition, education and training. The Yellow Springs community has given generous support to UNICEF. Many residents make an effort to purchase UNICEF cards, and children collect donations during Halloween “Trick or Treat for UNICEF.” To shop for cards online, visit www. unicefusa.org/shop or call 1-800-553-1200 to place your order. Holiday cards may also be purchased from Hallmark Gold Crown Stores, Pier One Imports, Barnes and Noble or by contacting Joy Fishbain, who has a nice selection of boxed cards from recent years at discounted rates.

WELLNESS CENTER AT ANTIOCH COLLEGE 937‑319‑0100 wellness@antiochcollege.edu wellnesscenter.antiochcollege.edu

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The Wellness Center is a place to focus on fitness and health. Spacious and filled with natural light, the Wellness Center preserves historic architectural elements dating back to its days as the Antioch College gym, while incorporating contemporary features. It embraces Antioch’s vision of sustainability by meeting LEED Gold standards. The Wellness Center offers: • A six-lane, regulation-length indoor swimming pool made cleaner and greener with UV filtration system; • A large therapeutic whirlpool; • A fully equipped fitness room with state-of-the-art cardio equipment, strength machines, weight lifting equipment, and a walking track; • Indoor courts for basketball, racquetball, volleyball, badminton and pickleball; • Studio spaces for group fitness classes; • Outdoor tennis courts; • A healthy grab-and-go snack bar. A variety of programs are offered, taught by experienced and certified instructors. Programs include: group fitness classes, personal training, workshops and series on a variety of health and wellness topics, an adult recreational basketball league and Red Cross swim lessons for children ages 6 months to 12 years. Memberships and day passes are available online or at the front desk. The South Gym is a multi-use space for special events, lectures, conferences, retreats and performances. Call 937-319-0100 for more information.

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YELLOW SPRINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Karen Wintrow, executive director, 101 Dayton St., 767‑2686 E M A I L : info@yellowspringsohio.org W E B : www.yellowspringsohio.org C O N TA C T:

The Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to encourage a vibrant business environment that drives the success of its members while enhancing the quality of life in our community. The YS Chamber supports more than 300 members. The YS Chamber hosts member events on the third Thursday of ever y month. Chamber Chats are informal member gatherings to discuss areas of interest for members. Lunch and Learn events bring guest speakers with a focus on issues of concern for members. Meetings are held either at 9 a.m. or noon in the Br yan Center, rooms A and B. Business After Hours are networking events held at member locations as an opportunity for them to highlight their business and are held from 5:30-7:30 p.m., also on the third Thursday. With offices centrally located in the Yellow Springs Station on the Little Miami Scenic Trail, visitors and residents can stop in the office for information and brochures. YS Chamber employees typically staff the office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, but call first to be sure someone is available. Twice a year — on the second Saturdays in June and October — the YS Chamber sponsors the Yellow Springs Street Fair, an all-day craft, food, music and beer festival to showcase the community. The YS Chamber partners on several other major events including YS Pride, SpringsFest, YS Open Studios and Holiday in the Springs, plus numerous smaller events throughout the year.

YELLOW SPRINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 108 Dayton St.; P.O. Box 55, 767‑2655 E M A I L : yscf@yscf.org W E B : www.yscf.org C O N TA C T:

Did you know that many of the great projects in our community every year are funded in part by the Foundation? Projects in our schools and local colleges; supporting the arts, seniors, our environment, and local housing; giving scholarships to students; and providing local impact investment loans. Do any of these project areas resonate with you? If so, join us! The work of the Foundation is made possible by our many communityminded donors. Would your nonprofit like to have support on a project in our community? Apply for a YSCF grant today. Have you thought about volunteering or employment with a nonprofit? Want to know more about nonprofits in our community — how they operate, and how you can be involved? The Foundation operates the Nonprofit Leadership Institute to engage and inspire community service through education. Sign up. We would love to meet you. Who are all these students working with our local nonprofits? Ask them if they are on a Miller Fellowship. The Foundation’s Miller

Fellowship program is a key resource for students and nonprofits fostering community through work. Need tax relief? Enhance your giving by engaging with the Foundation to distribute the funds. When you give a large gift to the Foundation for tax purposes, we can provide smaller gifts to nonprofits of your choice over multiple years. The Foundation has been supporting donors and local nonprofits to build an extraordinary community since 1974. Together we can do more. Join Us. www.yscf.org.

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Michele Burns, 319‑6076

For over 30 years, the Yellow Springs Farmers Market has provided locally grown produce, meats, eggs and much more, all from area farmers and businesses. It is conveniently located behind the Ye Olde Trail Tavern in the Kings Yard parking lot. The market is open every Saturday, except the second Saturday in June and October, when the market moves to Sunday. Hours: April from 8 a.m.–noon; May–October from 7 a.m.–noon; second Saturday in October– November from 8 a.m.–noon. “Like” us on Facebook for weekly offerings.

YELLOW SPRINGS HISTORICAL SOCIETY David Neuhardt, president, 767‑7106; Gillian Hill, 767‑7432, P.O. Box 501 W E B : www.yshistory.org; blog.yshistory.org; “Yellow Springs Historical Society” on Facebook C O N TA C T:

The Yellow Springs Historical Society, founded in 1985, is dedicated to telling the stories of Yellow Springs’ history. The society looks for fresh ways of making the history of Yellow Springs, Miami Township and the region real and exciting to local residents and visitors. The society plans four or more programs a year at which a different stor y is told. In addition, the society seeks to make these stories accessible to a wider audience through other means. These other efforts have included photo and other exhibits at the Street Fair and other public events; publications, including the popular reprint of Harold Igo’s local ghost stories from the Yellow Springs News and a biography of William Mills by Jane Baker; cooperation with local histor y programs in schools; stories and announcements on the website and Facebook; community events and celebrations; support of oral and video histor y projects; advocacy for the preser vation, and for collecting the stories, of historic structures; and maintenance of the Antioch Bookplate archives. Future projects include tours with supplemental brochures, a formal inventory of a growing collection of artifacts, in-depth research on the historical houses of Yellow Springs and the long-term vision of a museum and research center. The Historical Society is a co-sponsor of the Grinnell Mill Foundation, which promotes the preservation of the mill. The historic Grinnell Mill Museum is open to the public year-round on Sunday. Membership fees are modest, and the group’s public programs are free and open to the public.

YELLOW SPRINGS HOME, INC. P.O. Box 503, 767‑2790 info@yshome.org W E B : www.yshome.org; www.facebook.com/ yellowspringshomeinc C O N TA C T: EMAIL:

Yellow Springs Home, Inc. (Home, Inc.) is a nonprofit community development corporation whose mission is to strengthen community and diversity in Yellow Springs and Miami Township by providing permanently affordable, sustainable housing through our Community Land Trust. Home, Inc. accomplishes its mission through five major areas: • Working with households to prepare for homeownership through the Home Buyer Coaching program, which is centered around individualized one-on-one financial coaching; • Building and rehabbing homes and rentals affordable to low- and moderate-income families; • Supporting homeowners in the program through stewardship activities; • Advocating for sustainable development; • Developing and implementing a robust affirmative marketing plan for our programs and Yellow Springs through collaboration. Home, Inc. has built or rehabbed 22 housing units and counting and has not had a single foreclosure since founding. Home, Inc. is organized as a membershipbased Community Land Trust (CLT) with a board of directors that is at least one-third low-income and includes homeowner representation. The CLT model encourages the permanent affordability of each home built. Funding from local donors, foundations, and county and state government helps to support its housing development efforts. Visit the Home, Inc. website for more information on homes for sale, rentals and the Home Buyer Coaching program. Home, Inc. also welcomes community volunteers. Become a member today: yshome.org/ become-a-member.

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Care, our oldest garden; Fair Acres Park, our most neighborly garden; Corry Street, our largest and most sociable garden; Bill Duncan Park, our most celebritous garden; Frogtown Reserve on Glass Farm, our most tried garden; and President Street, our newest garden. This year, more than 70 villagers have garden plots. Most present gardeners do not have land, or do not have suitable sites for home gardens because of shade. Fees and deposits are not required in order to promote central values of inclusiveness, equality and affordability. We offer safe places to garden, explore, fail, succeed, develop, experiment, show off, see how others garden, learn from others and have fun. Don’t you wish every place was like this? Come join us! Our steering committee is comprised of elected representatives from each neighborhood garden, and as need arises, experienced garden mentors and landowner representatives. For more information or to sign up for a plot or two, contact Thor and Friends at 767-2729 or 750-6090, douglasleebailey@earthlink.net. We guarantee access, not success; that’s up to you! We wish you well!

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YELLOW SPRINGS RESILIENCE NETWORK ysresilience@gmail.com facebook.com/ysresiliencenetwork

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The Yellow Springs Resilience Network is a collaborative network of individuals and organizations in the village who aim to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions and create long-term resilience — not only to the effects of climate change, but also as an ecological community in the village. The network is committed to developing a highly inclusive and equitable local economy, increasing local renewable energy production, greatly increasing and distributing the amount of locally produced food, cutting transportation emissions, supporting the development of highly energy-efficient housing and buildings and eliminating waste entirely. All are welcome to participate. And necessary.

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The Yellow Springs Tree Committee was founded in 1982 with these goals: • To provide leadership in the planting and care of trees on the public lands of Yellow Springs; • To serve as an advisory group to the public on tree and shrub care, selection and removal; • To promote the improvement of private property through the wise selection and use of trees. The Tree Committee grew out of two community tree-planting projects: a 1976 planting of trees on the Mills Lawn school grounds to honor Yellow Springs News editor Kieth Howard, and a continuing beautification program of tree plantings throughout the village. The committee offers a tribute and memorial tree-planting program to honor a life, a service or a significant event. New members and volunteers are always welcome to join the Tree Committee.

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Local residents and students held large wooden letters spelling “No Sprawl” during a demonstration in front of the John Bryan Community Center about a month before the Whitehall Farm auction in 1999. By YS N E W S

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“ Yellow Springs is not a mall, We will fight suburban sprawl!” “ Developers, developers don’t even try it Whitehall Farm, we’re going to buy it!”

wo decades ago, such chants rang out as villagers rallied to save from development a 940-acre farm north of town. Whitehall Farm was permanently preserved. A local land trust was put on the map. And a community victory still inspires. “Twenty years later, say ‘Whitehall’ to anyone who was around then, and they just smile,” reflected Evelyn LaMers in June 2019. “It was quite celebratory,” recalls Krista Magaw, now director of the Tecumseh Land Trust, whose efforts helped save the farm. “People like the idea that someone can take control of their own fate.” The story is now legendary. A vast area of farmland roughly the size of Yellow Springs was set to be auctioned off to the highest bidder in February 1999. Concerns that it might become tract housing swirled. “The worry was that Yellow Springs would become like every other suburb in the world,” Magaw said. “People were sure

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Preserving land two years earlier was a key to the farm’s fate, according to Julia Cady, a task force member and TLT’s board president at the time. “Everyone was working together to get this accomplished,” she said. “Even if we hadn’t been successful, I think we would have said that we did everything we could.” “[Task force co-chair] Al Denman said we need an angel. We had a lot of angels,” Cady added. LaMers, then a TLT board member, also saw how the community rallied when faced with the possible loss of greenspace so close to town. She remembers how yard signs popped up daily, a “cornometer” made by Huston and erected on the wall of Deaton’s Hardware showed the community’s fundraising progress and eight-foot tall “NO SPRAWL” letters made by Jim Mayer lined the highway. Everyone gave how they could, from a villager who organized a 13-hour Kelly Hall concert that raised $7,000, to an elementary school student who raised $7 by putting out a jar at lunch to “Save the Cows.” Donations came in from across the country, as newspaper headlines announced, “Yellow Springs shudders at development” and “Village fights for farmland, its values.” The night of the auction 800 people squeezed into the banquet room at the Springfield Holiday Inn, while outside, villagers held a rally, singing “We Shall Overcome” and “This Land is Our Land.” At the auction, bidders made offers on various parcels, and after the first round of bidding, the total value of individual bids reached $2.5 million, the News reported. Then the Neuhardts surprised everyone by attempting to buy the whole farm, upping their price to $3,225,000. Villagers standing at the back of the room began counting down “10, 9, 8….” And then it was over. Reflecting on the successful outcome, Huston said it was a “groundswell of people” that helped save Whitehall. “The best impact 20 years since is that we have 1,000 acres of farmland and it was all paid for by local people, voluntarily, and with much enthusiasm,” LaMers recalls. Today, the story of saving Whitehall is taught in some college courses as a case study for preservation, Magaw said. Yellow Springs would be a far different place today if Whitehall had gone to developers, according to several villagers involved. “People felt that it would change Yellow Springs and this area forever,” Huston said.

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Local poet Ed Davis recited his work during a community dinner held in August 2017 to celebrate Community Solutions’ Agraria project. The dinner, featuring locally sourced foods, was held in the property’s 100-yearold, 7,000-squarefoot barn. Agraria: The next step Agriculture and conservation were the winners at the auction of the 267-acre Arnovitz farm on March 16, 2017, following weeks of speculation about the potential for development along the western edge of Yellow Springs. All nine parcels were sold, to a total of seven buyers, for a combined amount of over $1.6 million. Nearly half the auctioned land went to Community Solutions. The local nonprofit purchased two of the nine parcels, a total of 128 acres, for $655,000. “It feels miraculous,” Executive Director Susan Jennings said minutes after the auction closed. By the end of the year, Community Solutions had moved its offices to the property and begun to develop a comprehensive vision for the land, combining regenerative farming, conservation and education. The land and project were given the name of Agraria. “The next step is Agraria and the idea of farming the land in a regenerative way,” TLT’s Magaw said of the group’s evolving conservation focus. The majority of Agraria is expected to be put under conservation easement, in partnership with TLT and the Nature Conservancy. That represents about a tenth of the approximately 2,000 acres of land remaining to be protected within the Jacoby greenbelt, an area surrounding Yellow Springs targeted for greenspace preservation by the Village since the 1960s.

After purchasing Agraria, Community Solutions’ Jennings said the initial inquiries focused on how the nonprofit could support regional and national research and education around soil regeneration. Out of that process grew a mission revolving around education, research, conservation and support of the local food system. “Our goals for Agraria are to explore a transition to a polydiverse landscape that builds soil, creates diverse outputs, and provides habitat for birds and insects,” Jennings wrote in an article earlier this year.

Jacoby Creek, which runs through the property, is being re-meandered and its riparian zone rejuvenated in partnership with The Nature Conservancy. In addition to hosting area grade school students, the nonprofit began renting out some of its fields to area farmers. “We really see Agraria as a community asset,” Jennings said. This article is excerpted from stories by Audrey Hackett, Diane Chiddister and Megan Bachman.

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A full-page ad in the YS News included this picture of villagers assembled on the Gaunt Park hill on Saturday, March 15, 2003. "NO WAR IN IRAQ!" the advertisement read. "Not In Our Name will you invade countries, bomb civilians, kill more children ... endanger the world's environment and people ... shed blood for oil ... erode the very freedoms that you claim to fight for." It was signed by 537 people and paid for by "Yellow Springs for Peace." This article includes excerpts from stories published in March 2003 and written by Diane Chiddister and Lauren Heaton.

t was a beautiful, warm Sunday, and downtown Yellow Springs hummed with life. It looked like a typical early spring day, but it was not. Thousands of miles away, the United States government was dropping bombs on Iraq, and, when asked if the war affected their lives, about 30 local residents quickly shifted gears from their first-day-of-spring mode and described themselves as angry, depressed or anxious. “I’m very disturbed by it,” said Muriel

Meray, local business owner and artist. “It’s springtime and I feel there’s a cloud over the spring. It’s the war.” Meray said she views the war as immoral, and feels troubled that “I know people are suffering, especially women and children.” Mark Crockett, a member of the Miami Township Board of Trustees and a local business owner, said the war has made him “feel pessimistic about the future.” “I oppose the war totally, from an economic, social and moral perspective, on all levels,” he said. Rosemary Bailey, a speech therapist, said she still feels disturbed by what she sees as President Bush’s manipulation of the Ameri-

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can public, especially his repeated linking of Saddam Hussein with the Sept. 11 tragedy. “There was never a direct connection between Saddam and Al Qaeda,” she said. “I consider this war an act of terrorism,” she said. “I feel a lot of anger toward Bush and anger that those who oppose the war are considered unpatriotic.” Victor Ayoub, retired professor of anthropology at Antioch College, traveled to Iraq several times and lived in Jordan for five years during the early 1990s. His opinion of this war is shaped by those experiences, Ayoub said. “I know the anxiety people in Jordan felt over the first Gulf War, and I feel a terrible sense of frustration on their behalf,” said Ayoub. He said he also feels betrayed by the Bush administration because “the U.S. government has lied. In a democracy, that shouldn’t be.” Many said they were concerned for the safety of American troops. “I’m not happy about it. Knowing that there are young kids put in peril bothers me considerably,” said Chuck Buster, who is the father of two sons. Along with concern for the American troops, many villagers cited their concern for the Iraqi people. Earlier in the month, a significant number of students from Yellow Springs High School, McKinney Middle School and Antioch College marched through the cold to oppose U.S. actions toward war in Iraq. An estimated 75 to 100 middle school and high school students walked out of

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Iraq War school at noon on Wednesday, March 5, to participate in a nationwide student strike known as “Books Not Bombs.” Students straggled out the school’s front door carrying antiwar signs along East Enon Road to the corner of Dayton Street, where they chanted for peace to passersby. “The protest cemented our beliefs about the war, that it’s not the correct answer to what we’re facing in the Middle East,” high school student Lilith Claire said. McKinney School language arts teacher Aurelia Blake joined student ranks to march on Wednesday, contributing signs from a peace rally in Washington. School officials gave permission to students who had parental consent to leave school property and continue the protest march downtown, Principal John Gudgel said. A splinter group of 30–40 students, some with permission and some without, continued down Dayton Street to Limestone Street, across Mills Lawn and into town chanting spontaneous call-andanswer rounds such as, “Who are we? YSHS. What do we stand for? No war!” Meanwhile, at 12:30 p.m. that same day on the Antioch College campus, 30 to 40 Antioch students gathered in front of Main Building for a moment of silence in solidarity with the March 5 antiwar efforts, said senior Robert Neifert, who organized the action on campus.

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“We stood in solidarity with everybody who’s struggling to stop violence and everybody who’s going to be affected by it,” Neifert said. “We had a moment of silence to think about our soldiers and the Iraqi people.” Later that day, some of the same students led an hour-long protest march through classrooms and administrative offices, picking up one to two people from every room who joined the group. Even a few faculty members walked out of meetings and fell in step with the student demonstrators, Neifert said. Antioch College teach-in While some classes at Antioch College went on as usual on Friday, March 14, 2003, many more were canceled or reformatted to include guest speakers or workshops discussing a possible war between the U.S. and Iraq. The teach-in, which was open to villagers, included the following events: • 9–10 a.m., Dharma Center, Robert Pryor, director of Buddhist Studies: “Tonglen and Meta Meditation” • 9:30–11 a.m., College library, Amy Killoran, librarian, and Scott Sanders, university archivist: “Intellectual Freedom in times of crisis: A look at historical perspectives, current threats and available resources for further research” • 10:30–11:30 a.m., South Hall, Room 311, Don Wallis and Kristin Famula, Antioch faculty: “Peace Journalism and creating a

Protesting the War in Vietnam

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Antioch College students and villagers protested the Vietnam War during a demonstration in Cincinnati in December 1967. Villagers and Antioch College students joined forced to push for peace more than 40 years before the Iraq invasion in another foreign conflict — the Vietnam War. On Nov. 23, 1967, Yellow Springs residents began holding a “Weekly Vigil for Peace” at the corner of Xenia Avenue and Limestone Street. Revived in 2002 in the run up to the Iraq War, the weekly peace vigil still takes place. Eighty members of the Yellow Springs and Antioch communities returned their draft cards in October 1967, as part of the national Draft Resistance Week. In its Oct. 23, 1967 issue, the Cincinnati Enquirer

referred to the students as “sissified anemic-looking hippies.” Then, on Oct. 18, a group of villagers, students and faculty barricaded and locked the Behavior Research Laboratory at Antioch to protest the lab’s contract with the U.S. Department of Defense. In addition to traveling elsewhere in the country to protest, a group of Yellow Springs residents and Antioch students and workers staged a demonstration at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on April 20, 1972, where 154 people were arrested. — YS News Staff

spontaneous ’zine” • 10:20 a.m.–noon, Science Building, Jill Yager, science professor, and class: “Ecological and environmental impact of war” • 1–2 p.m., South Hall, Room 311, Robert Pryor: “Socially engaged Buddhism: being peace” • 1:15–2:30 p.m., Library, video documentary, “Jerusalem, an occupation set in stone” • 2:30–3:30 p.m., Library, video documentary, “Occupation Journal” • 3–4 p.m., Student Union, student Helen Harris: “Art as a form of resistance” • 4–5 p.m.. McGregor Hall, Room 113, Cheryl Keen, professor and director of community learning: “The impact of war on children” • 6–8 p.m., McGregor Hall, Room 113,

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"Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation." —Coretta Scott King, Antioch College Class of 1951 In 1871, a group of female Antioch College students tried to vote in a protest for women’s suffrage. In 1963, Antioch College students and alumni helped register African-American voters in Mississippi as a part of Freedom Summer. And in 2018, Antioch College board members and faculty members traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border to aid migrants. In every generation, Antiochians have fought for causes, near and far. Perhaps its progressive spirit can be traced to its first president, Horace Mann, who championed a free, universal public education, and who told graduates in 1859 to “be ashamed to die until you’ve won some victory for humanity.” Proclaimed in one 2000s-era T-shirt as a “Boot camp for the Revolution,” Antioch has long been a focal point for activism in the Yellow Springs and Dayton area. And with varying degrees of success, the college has strived to live up to its own principles, beginning 167 years ago at its founding. Co-educational from the start “Let woman … be educated to the highest practicable point; not only because it is her right, but because it is essential to the world’s progress.” —Horace Mann In 1850, the vision of Antioch was born in Marion, N.Y., at a convention of the Christian Connexion. And on the same day its delegates voted to establish a college, a committee to plan for the college passed a measure stating, “that this College shall afford equal privileges to students of both sexes,” according to a history of Antioch by Antioch grad R.L. Straker. On Antioch’s Inaugural day in 1853, the college’s first class of eight freshmen included two women, Jane Andrews of Massachusetts and Mahalah Jay of Yellow Springs. While several Midwestern colleges had opened their doors to women, most offered women a watered-down education, such as the “Ladies Department” of Oberlin College, which taught only religion, French and litera-

Rebecca Pennell ture, according to “The Trouble with Coeducation: Mann and the Women at Antioch, 1853–1860,” by John Rury and Glenn Harper. In contrast, women at Antioch studied the same courses as men. While women studied the same courses as men at Antioch, they were not allowed to speak extemporaneously or from memory, which was considered unwomanly, according to Antioch Archivist Scott Sanders. However, an early, prominent student named Olympia Brown challenged that restriction. “When called before the class to recite a paper, she instead delivered a stirring oration with the manuscript rolled tightly in her hand,” Sanders wrote in “Antioch: An Episodic History.” Her bewildered professor had no idea how to stop her from memorizing her papers, and no one else did either.” A news clipping from 1937 highlighted another first, noting that Antioch “was the first college to apply the cooperative plan of work and study to women as well as men, and has been sending girls out on jobs since 1921.” “Jobs held by Antioch women today range from selling toilet goods to making bloodcounts, and from teaching under-privileged children to serving as attendants in psychiatric hospitals,” the article stated. First female professor Although Antioch was not the first college to admit female students, it can claim to be the first with a female professor on equal standing with her male colleagues. Rebecca Pennell, Mann’s niece, was one of the 10 founding professors of the college. She was listed as a professor of natural and civil history in the college’s first catalogue, in 1853. According to a 1937 news clipping, Pennell also taught at Antioch the first course in didactics ever offered in an institution of college rank. Pennell was the first female to receive both the same rank and pay as her male colleagues. She also participated in faculty meetings. Opportunities for all races A decade after its founding, Antioch officially passed a policy prohibiting racial discrimination in admissions. However, it took almost another century before many black students actually enrolled. At the college board meeting in 1863,

In November 2015, more than 100 Antioch College students demonstrated in solidarity with Students chanted, “Black lives matter at Antioch College,” and “We must love and

Walter Anderson, Antioch professor of music, was the first African American faculty member to be hired at the college, in 1947. Here, Anderson laughs with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in her Manhattan apartment. He performed FDR's D-Day Prayer, which he set to music.

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trustees passed by a vote of 9–4, “Resolved, That the Trustees of Antioch College cannot, according to the Charter, reject persons on account of color.” In Mann’s day (he died in 1859), some multiracial students reportedly attended the Antioch Preparatory Academy, a high school, according to Sanders. But it was not without pushback. Due to the admission of students of color, then-board president Judge Harlan resigned and removed his own children from the preparatory school, Sanders said. The first students of color to attend the prep school were Fanny and Margaret Hunster, who were from the village and described by sources as “mulatto,” according to Sanders. America Randolph, who was briefly a freshman, was the first college student of color at Antioch. The first such male student was Walthal Wynn. The first gradudate of color was Alfred Hampton, class of 1888. The first woman of color to graduate was Mayme Banks Bowles, class of 1906. But black students were infrequent until

a program begun in the 1940s sought to increase their numbers. Jessie Treichler’s Race Relations Committee, established in the 1940s, managed scholarship funds to recruit students like Leon A. Higginbotham, class of 1949, who became a federal judge and the Scott sisters — Edythe and Coretta, according to Sanders. And it wasn’t until 1947 that the first black faculty member was hired — Walter Anderson, professor of music, who chaired the department for 20 years and inspired a generation of musicians. In the 1960s, the Antioch Program for Interracial Education actively recruited students from diverse backgrounds. According to a founding document, the key elements included, “A renewed commitment by Antioch of social change” and “increased student pluralism through the enrollment of 240 students from low-income, working class, multi- ethnic backgrounds.” Excerpts from articles by Megan Bachman and Diane Chiddister

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SA N D E R S During World War II, when most Japanese Americans were relocated to internment camps, Antioch College became a place where a handful were able to continue their education. One, Mari Yoriko Sabusawa, wrote about her experience in a 1944 senior paper at Antioch. She attended Long Beach Junior College and had enrolled at the University of California just a few months before Pearl Harbor. Relocation orders is how most Japanese Americans discovered that they were going to be imprisoned. Of this, Sabusawa wrote in her paper: “The term evacuation is not a difficult one to define, but it is difficult to define what the term meant to some 114,000 persons. For the first time in my life I became conscious that I was a member of a minority group. For the first time in my life I realized what it was to be an American with a Japanese face.” Santa Anita Racetrack became one of the camps, and this is where Sabusawa was interned. She wrote of the ordeal: “It wasn’t particularly easy to say, ‘Yes, I am a loyal American citizen. I will do as you command. I will pack my few belongings that you allow me to take. I will wind up my business and personal affairs in the two days you give me, I will ask no questions as to where I am going and how long I will be there.’” Sabusawa was one of about 2,500 nisei (second generation Japanese Americans) who had been attending West Coast colleges at the time. In response, a joint government and civic organization was formed by the War Relocation Administration and the American Friends Service Committee to help these students out of the camps and back into college.

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Mari Sabusawa, right, with fellow Antioch College student Nina Hamilton. Over 120 colleges and universities participated in the program, scattered across 25 states, every one of them outside the restricted areas along the coast. While the Council would ultimately be the agency that helped over 4,000 internees finish their educations, it should be noted that it was also complicit in a wrongful policy. Sabusawa wrote that Antioch had been recommended to her by a friend. She was its first nisei woman student. “The friendliness of the students on the very first day was overwhelming,” she observed. "I could breathe again. I was free again. I could talk with other Americans who did not have Oriental features.” ♦

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BAC H M A N “We are on stolen land and we need to recognize that,” Jennifer Knickerbocker said to solemn applause at the start of a panel discussion in April 2019 during Antioch College’s Earth Week. Knickerbocker, Antioch’s director of foundation and corporate relations, was referring to the settler colonialism that displaced the area’s original indigenous inhabitants as part of the continent-wide U.S. policy of genocide of native peoples. “Yellow Springs is literally a colony,” added Knickerbocker, who is Anishinaabe of the White Earth Nation, in a later interview. “It built systems of colonization that weren’t in harmony with nature.” At the panel, indigenous leaders from the Oglala Lakota, Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux, Dakota Wakpala, Northern Cheyenne, Kiowa and Anishinaabe spoke about water protection and other environmental and human rights issues.

The discussion was part of an Antioch effort involving “re-indigenizing the land,” Knickerbocker added at the panel. That process means honoring the land’s ancestors and decolonializing. “It’s throwing off the shackles of colonization that make us put our plants in rows and clocks on our walls,” she later said of the term. “We’ve all been colonized.” she added. That effort includes bringing more native students to campus to attend Antioch, weaving studies of colonization into the college’s curriculum and engaging in ceremonies and activities that acknowledge the original inhabitants and move toward healing. At Antioch’s graduation in June 2019, college President Tom Manley announced that students would now circumnavigate, rather than cross, the mound next to Main Building in the start of a new, more inclusive, graduation tradition. As Manley told graduates and guests, “The time has come for us to … acknowledge the indigenous origins of this land.” ♦

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Created in the fall of 1990 amid tension on the Antioch campus, the Sexual Offense Policy — now the Sexual Offense Prevention Policy, or SOPP, has evolved throughout the years, and so has the response to the policy from the wider world. On Oct. 14, 1990, two Antioch students were physically assaulted on Livermore Street. Six days later another Antioch student was assaulted in front of Deaton’s Hardware and was subsequently hospitalized, according to a student paper from the period. Female Antioch students reacted to the assaults with a women-only “Take Back the Night” march, and a “Face And Fight Rape” discussion in the Womyn’s Center, during

which about 15 women started formulating a new sexual offense policy that would require the college to hire an advocate to deal with reported cases of rape, sexual assault and persistent or insistent sexual harassment. AdCil approved the Sexual Offense Policy on Jan. 29, 1991. The policy defined “consent” as “the act of willingly and verbally agreeing to engage in specific sexual contact or conduct,” and required the initiator of any type of sexual contact or conduct to obtain the consent of the other person or persons involved at “each new level of physical and/or sexual contact/conduct in any given interaction.” Antioch received extensive national and international press coverage for the policy, most in 1993 and 1994. Ellen Continued on page 38

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acism: The Nation’s Most Dangerous Pollutant.” “African Communism.” “Populist Revolt.” “Forms of Money.” “Colonization of America.” The lecture titles from the Afro-American Studies Institute, or AASI, a studentrun college-within-a-college founded at Antioch College in 1968, offer a glimpse into the short-lived program’s revolutionary curriculum. Addressing the AASI’s significance, Kevin McGruder, now the college’s vice president for academic affairs, said in a 2018 interview, that in addition to having classes taught by black faculty and a dormitory, the institute owned a bookstore, gas station and several houses, among other efforts. “It’s a much bigger initiative that’s not really well known beyond those who were participants,” McGruder said. Another highlight of the program, part of the larger black student movement of that time, was the involvement of major figures such as Cecil Taylor and LeRoi Jones. A product of black and Latino student advocacy, the AASI used college funds to hire instructors and develop a curriculum, according to McGruder. But the project

quickly became controversial on campus. One college board member resigned, and a student concerned that it excluded students who weren’t black reported a possible civil rights violation to the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. At Antioch’s 2018 reunion, a panel of former AASI participants discussed the program’s history. Addressing the AASI in a 1970 speech to the national meeting of the American OrthoPsychiatric Association, longtime Antioch College professor Jewel Graham shared her thoughts on the larger purpose of black studies: “The hope that a black studies program offers for the ultimate defeat of racism is the willingness of white people to listen carefully, and to heed the message — that the society is racist, that it is so pervasive as to be taken for granted like the polluted air we breathe, and that it must be recognized and rooted out — by them.” She continued: “Racism can disappear, if it does, when people’s natural differences are not arranged on hierarchical structures — when white people refuse to put themselves at the top, and more importantly, when black and brown people refuse to be put at the bottom. That, I think, is what black studies is about.” ♦

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Goodman wrote a column in favor of verbal consent. Diana Trilling published a column in Newsweek referring to “the death-dealing spirit which animates the sexual manual which was recently drafted by the students of Antioch College.” The New York Times carried a front-page story on the policy in September 1993 with comments from students for and against the policy. In 2017 and 2018, as the #MeToo movement gained steam, Antioch received another round of media attention, this time largely lauding the SOPP as an early model

of what had become known as “affirmative consent.” Another piece ran in the Times, “The Reinvention of Consent.” And in the spring of 2019, a new generation of Antioch College students sought to improve the longstanding policy. In March, students presented a list of demands to college administrators seeking additional layers of accountability and new leadership to handle SOPP investigations and the resulting disciplinary action. The demands were sent via email and signed, “Most of the Student Body.” Some students did not attend their classes in support of the demands, and the college later said they had come to terms on the demands. Excerpts from articles written by Evelyn La Croix and Megan Bachman.

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social change. “I have learned that without peace there cannot be justice,” Scott King said, "and without justice there cannot be peace.” She attended Antioch from 1947–51. Some controversy accompanied the visit of W.E.B. DU BOIS in May 1952, as the longtime writer and civil rights activist who co-founded the NAACP was at the time under investigation during the McCarthy era for his socialist leanings and opposition to nuclear weapons. Nevertheless, Du Bois gave a talk on “Colonialism” in Kelly Hall on May 26, followed by a discussion on “The Negro in the U.S.” in Birch Lounge the following day. Other well-known speakers throughout the years included labor activist and social worker THRYA EDWARDS in October 1934; poet and writer LANGSTON HUGHES (date unknown); philosopher and anti-war activist BERTRAND RUSSELL in May 1942; musician, actor and political activist PAUL ROBESON in January 1946; co-founder of the Commitee for Racial Equality GEORGE HOUSER in February 1946; civil rights leader BAYARD RUSTIN in July 1947; protest singer PETE SEEGER in April 1957 and August 1984; labor organizer CESAR CHAVEZ (date unknown); anarchist ABBIE HOFFMAN in spring 1969; political activist RALPH NADER (date unknown); writer BELL HOOKS in May 1989; and co-founder of the Black Panther Party BOBBY SEALE in June 2002, to name a few. ♦

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Twenty years ago, villager and women’s rights activist Gene Trolander gathered together like-minded friends to bring to life a vision she held dear: a park to celebrate the lives of Yellow Springs women. “Over and over Gene said, ‘Women are the people who take care of the world. They need to be honored,'” said Deb Henderson, one of the original creators of the Women’s Park of Yellow Springs. Not long after the park was launched, Trolander died. But the park lives on, and is thriving. July is the height of the park’s beauty, according to organizers, the month when its cornflowers and black-eyed Susans burst into bloom. The park contains a host of colorful plantings, including coreopsis, blue false indigo and blue mistflower, chosen both for their beauty and their role as pollinators. “When the flowers are in bloom, the park is the most gorgeous place in town,” said villager Evelyn LaMers. And nestled among the flowers are three areas that hold the heart of the Women’s Park — more than 800 hand-crafted ceramic tiles that honor Yellow Springs women. Each tile honors a specific woman, with a few words of description chosen by the person who purchased the tile.

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Evelyn LaMers, Phyllis Jackson and Gene Trolander showed off tiles honoring Louise Odiorne, Andrée Bognar and Jane Baker, three of the 800 now installed. “Animals. Reiki. Heart of the Little Art” says the tile for Jenny Cowperthwaite Ruka. “Leads by Example” reads the one for Julia Cady. “No Retreat. No Surrender.” says the tile for Julia Reichert. Last week, several of the organizers and current gardeners met in the park to talk about the park’s creation. They are proud of it, the women said, emphasizing that it all began with Trolander. A fierce feminist, Trolander was an early childhood educator whose respect for women was linked to her sense of their importance in caring for children and the home, according to Henderson. Following a visit to Florida, where Trolander saw a park dedicated to women, she returned to the village inspired to create such a park here. Known for her energy, forcefulness and charisma, Trolander organized friends and fellow feminists to help her. Her friends weren’t surprised that when Trolander asked Village Council to give the group land for the park, Council agreed. Council then donated a long, narrow strip of land next to the bike path. Support was also received from Women, Inc., a local feminist group at the time, and the Yellow Springs Community Foundation. The original organizers were Trolander, Henderson, Connie Crockett, Phyllis Jackson and Emily Fine. Today there are more than 800 tiles

recognizing women in Yellow Springs and beyond. Some are dedicated to anonymous women, or famous ones, such as Eleanor Roosevelt. But most honor the women of Yellow Springs. In July 1998, the Yellow Springs News covered the Women’s Park launch: “Motherhood, friendship, love, dancing, laughter and music are among the themes embedded in the commemorative tiles installed in the new Women’s Park snuggled between Corry Street and the Little Miami Scenic Trail … At the dedication ceremonies Sunday, people of all ages meandered along the path past benches where storytellers, in costume, portrayed historical figures … Every few minutes someone was compelled to read aloud the name of someone they recognized, some touching sentiment, some illuminating phrase: ‘The old witch on High Street,’ ‘prison camp survivor,’ ‘loved music, loved to dance’… Twenty years after the launch of the Yellow Springs Women’s Park, organizers are proud of their creation. Located on the Little Miami Trail Bike Path going south out of Yellow Springs, the park catches the eye of those passing by on foot or via bicycle. “Anytime I’m here, people stop by to look,” Henderson said. “They say ‘thank you.’” ♦

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H AC K E T T Yellow Springs made a small but mighty contribution to women’s suffrage — or woman’s suffrage, as it was rather more grandly known at the time. Two figures associated with Antioch College were ardent advocates of enfranchisement for women: Olympia Brown, an 1860 graduate of the college, and Antioch President Simeon Fess, who served in that role from 1907 to 1917, as well as representing Ohio in the U.S. Congress between 1913 and 1935. Brown was born in 1835 in Michigan. Determined to attend college, she enrolled in Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, but found that institution’s Calvinism too rigid, according to an entry in the Dictionary of Unitarian and Universality Biography. She then attended Antioch College, with Horace Mann as president, and found that experience “so positive that her family moved to Yellow Springs for all four children to get a good education,” according to the biography. Antioch was coeducational from the start, and unlike Oberlin, the country’s oldest coeducational college, women students earned the same degrees as men, according to Antioch College Archivist Scott Sanders. “Antioch professed equality of the sexes,” Sanders said. While that principle was not always practiced, “it did impart students with the concept,” he added. Because of that, “the college was literally an engine” for women’s suffrage, he believes. Brown was an excellent case in point. After graduating from Antioch, she applied to seminary school — seeking admittance from school after school despite the sin of being female — and became the first woman to achieve full ministerial standing recognized by a denomination. As a young Universalist minister at a Massachusetts parish, she became active in the suffrage movement, which blossomed after the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention in New York, the first women’s rights convention in the United States. In 1888, at 53 years old, Brown resigned from full-time ministry and dedicated herself to women’s rights. She “was a tireless and effective organizer for suffrage initiatives at the state and national level,” according to the Unitarian Universalist biography. But it wasn’t until 1913, with the founding of the more radical and confrontational Women’s Party by Alice Paul and Lucy Barnes, that she felt truly hopeful. “I belonged to this party before I was born,” she said at the time. Brown’s suffragist activities included the public burning of President Woodrow Wilson’s speeches in front of the White House after he turned his back on the suffrage amendment. When the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote was passed by Congress in 1919 and submitted to the states for ratification, “Brown was one of the few original suffragists who was still alive to savor the triumph,” according to the biography. She voted in her first presidential election in 1920 at the age of 85.

to close saloons. Women prayed and sang hymns outside these establishments. A Xenia reporter’s eyewitness account from 1873 records the jubilation that followed the crusaders’ success in closing the Shades of Death, a Xenia saloon. The owner, a Mr. Steven Phillips, “invited the ladies to enter, and announced that he gave up everything to them, and would never sell anything intoxicating in Xenia again.” The women were ecstatic. The grassroots efforts of the Women’s Crusade led to the formation of the Women’s Christian Temperance Movement, or WCTM, in 1874 in Cleveland. That organization was enormously influential in mobilizing more conservative Protestant women nationwide to work toward women’s suffrage — in the name of moral reform. The WCTM endorsed women’s suffrage in the early 1880s. Meeting announcements for the WCTM cropped up in newspapers of the day, including in the Yellow Springs News in the early 1900s. Ohio had been the site of numerous state and national women’s suffrage conventions beginning in 1850. In 1885, the Ohio Woman’s Suffrage Association, or OWSA, formed in Painesville, with Frances Jennings Casement as its president. Unlike many other women’s organizations of the day, the OWSA was relatively welcoming of African-American women, according to Continued on page 44

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Olympia Brown, an 1860 graduate of Antioch College, went on to become a national figure in the women's suffrage movement. Ohio and women’s suffrage The story of Simeon Fess’ involvement is in some ways the story of failed attempts to pass a suffrage amendment in Ohio — culminating in ultimate triumph at the national level. “Women’s suffrage was a local phenomenon,” according to Wright State Associate Professor of History Nancy Garner in an August 2019 presentation at the Yellow Springs Community Library.

And it was tied to the women-led temperance movement, an effort to curb drunkenness and related social ills. “That movement got women on the streets, and slowly they realized they would have to get the vote” to close the saloons, Garner said in her presentation. Women in Hillsboro and Washington Court House launched the Women’s Crusade, which during 1873–74 became a national movement (outside of the South)

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Women’s vote Continued from page 43 Garner’s presentation. Women’s suffrage groups in Dayton, important to both state and national suffrage movements, were also relatively welcoming of women of color and immigrants, research by scholar Cynthia Wilkey reveals. And women of color, including figures such as Hallie Quinn Brown, who taught in Dayton public schools and at Wilberforce University, were devoted and effective advocates for women’s suffrage nationally and internationally. An early success in extending enfranchisement to Ohio women came in 1894, when women were granted the right to vote in school elections. Two statewide suffrage efforts failed, however. In 1912, at the Ohio Constitutional Convention, suffragists put forward an amendment to the state constitution that would have granted Ohio women the right to vote. (Such measures had passed in other states, though federal enfranchisement had not.) Ohioans voted down the amendment, while passing other Progressive-era reforms geared to greater regulation of working conditions in the state. Simeon Fess was vice-president of the constitutional convention — and a strong supporter of women’s right to vote. In 1912, he wrote to a female correspondent, “You have no need of fears as to my position on the question about which you write. There is agreement on both sides.

There is some very effective argument against it. But I shall take the position in favor of enfranchising women.” Suffragists spent $40,000 to pass the amendment, while liquor interests spent a total of more than $600,000 to defeat it, according to an article by scholar Michelle Schweickart. In 1914, suffragists mounted a referendum in Ohio, which also failed to pass muster with (male) voters. So Ohio women put their faith in — and hard work toward — the national push for enfranchisement, according to Schweickart. “Ohio suffragists turn their attention to the national suffrage movement because they realize they cannot outspend the liquor interest groups,” she wrote in a timeline summary of enfranchisement efforts in the state. Women’s faith in a federal amendment proved justified. By June 1919, both houses of the U.S. Congress had passed the measure. Then the bill went out to the states for ratification. By the evidence of a compendium of letters from suffragists themselves, Fess was a major force for ratification in Washington and the states. “I know of no one in the United States Congress whom I feel had been more ready to help suffrage than Dr. Fess,” wrote Anita L. Pollitzer, of the National Women’s Party. Alice Paul, the party’s charismatic leader, thanked Fess for his “steadfast support.” Two other letters mention his help in the West Virginia and Tennessee ratification efforts. And a letter to a Mrs. C. C. Stephenson, Chairman of the Women’s Republican Club of Yellow Springs, sings Fess’ praises for “rais[ing] his voice on behalf of women.” “I should consider it a privilege to be associated with him myself, so I know that you do,” the letter, from suffragist Harriet Taylor Upton, concludes. A quilt by local quilter Chris Zurbuchen, on display at the Yellow Springs Arts Council Gallery in late summer 2019, commemorates these letters and Fess’ role. In that same show, Zurbuchen also displayed a quilt she created to honor Olympia Brown. Ohio was the fifth state to ratify the 19th amendment. Tennessee, the last of the necessary 36 states, ratified in August, 1920, and the 19th amendment was officially adopted on Aug. 26, 1920. The amendment failed to fully enfranchise African-American and other women of color. Still, it was a watershed. Whether through indifference or disapproval, the editor of the Yellow Springs News, however, failed to opine on the achievement at the time. “There was literally ‘no comment’ in the Yellow Springs News,” Antioch archivist Sanders said. The male-edited Antioch student publications were also silent on the issue, he added. From her home in Racine, Wisc., Brown’s reaction was — thankfully — a good deal more inspiring. Addressing a Racine church congregation in the fall of 1920, she reflected on the lifechanging nature of votes for women. “[T]he grandest thing has been the lifting up of the gates and the opening of the doors to the women of America, giving liberty to 27 million women, thus opening to them a new and larger life and a higher ideal,” she said. ♦

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omen share rituals,” wrote Anne Hinkley in a Yellow Springs News column. One longstanding local ritual was Women’s Voices Out Loud, an annual performance event and art exhibit that ran from 1980–2015. The event had its roots in a late-1970s Yellow Springs News column called “Women’s Voices,” featuring such local women as Hinkley, Jean Hudson, Joan Margaret, Dorothy Smith and Susan Carpenter. That group, which also started the Yellow Springs chapter of the Feminist Writer’s Guild, decided to “go out loud,” in the words of Carpenter, with an annual event. At the first WVOL, in the meeting room at the Yellow Springs Community Library in December 1980, about a dozen women performed songs and poems. Others erected original artwork, including a quilt, paintings and a dollhouse. A table of pies served as both one woman’s artistic contribution and the evening’s refreshments. Books by Margaret Atwood, Adrienne Rich and other female authors were put on display. But getting women to speak up was not easy, according to Carpenter. “We begged women to participate,” Carpenter told the News in 2009. “Women were very reluctant to read their own words. Some settled for Sylvia Plath or Marge Piercy.” The first piece Carpenter read was “The Talking Housework Blues.” Carpenter tapped along in time to her recitation with a spoon on her leg. Her friend, Carolion, accompanied her on guitar. “In some places, when you’re performing, it’s kind of a competition,” Carolion told

the News in 2009. But Women’s Voices Out Loud, she said, “is more like a braiding together of our energies and our goodwill.” Laurie Dreamspinner, a facilitator of many WVOL events through the years, believes that the uncertainty to speak, for some women, has not gone away. “It’s still difficult for women and girls to speak out without apologizing, and to expect to be heard.” Women’s Voices Out Loud was also held at the local Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and Rockford Chapel before outgrowing the small spaces and settling in at the Bryan Center. By the late ’80s and early ’90s, crowds regularly packed the gym there, where it was standing room only, according to Lynn Sontag, a former organizer. “To me, it’s a crazy quilt from Yellow Springs, and what seams it together is the audience,” Sontag said. Women’s Voices Out Loud is “like a b raiding together of our energies and our goodwill.” — C A R O L I O N The show's complementary art exhibit shares the same values, Dreamspinner said. “It’s not juried and anybody that is women-identified can participate — that’s big. You don’t have to worry about whose stuff is good enough.” But in 2012, the event’s annual art exhibition sparked controversy when village employees took offense to nude artwork in display in the halls of the Bryan Center. The artwork deemed offensive included a female nude line drawing by Sherraid Scott, an abstract representation of male and female sex organs by Nancy Mellon and a mannequin called “Hairy Mary” by Mellon and Corrine Bayraktaroglu, aka the Jafa Girls, with decorative fabric covering its private areas, according to Bayraktaroglu. After the criticism was publicized, local

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More than 20 local women sang, danced, told stories and read poems at the final Women’s Voices Out Loud in 2015. The event was at the Foundry Theater, its third location in as many years, and also featured an exhibit of artwork by local women. Peforming original works were, from left, Angel Carter, Aurelia Blake, Irene Bedard and, as a group, Denise Cupps, Joan Chappelle, Catherine Phillips, Linda Sikes, Lisa Russell, Kim Rohmann, and, obscured, Janet Baer and Linda Rudawski. artists added more artwork, with many of the new pieces containing nudity. In the end, about half of the pieces on display contained nudity. Artists defended the exhibit by arguing that the artwork was appropriate for the show, that nudes have traditionally been part of exhibits at the gallery and that the pieces in question were not sexually explicit. “Nothing was put up there to try to harass anyone or to make a statement of ‘in

your face,’” said Mellon, whose piece “After Dinner Party” depicted abstract penises and clitorises to shed light on an often-ignored part of the female anatomy. Deb Housh, an artist, art historian and art educator, said that the nude images in the show are empowering to women and that nudes are common in art throughout its history. “There is a long history and legacy of presenting the human figure — the body — in

art,” said Housh, who added a nude painting to the exhibit and titled it, “More Nudes Please.” Bayraktaroglu said the controversial pieces were meant to celebrate women, not be sexually provocative. Dreamspinner echoed the sentiment. “We live in a culture that doesn’t honor women’s bodies,” she said. “There’s a difference between sexuality and sensuality. There’s a difference between nudity and erotica.”

Added artist Sharon Mohler, “Where we see goddesses, they see pornography.” The following year, after Village Council decided the works were inappropriate for public display, the art exhibit was confined to a small meeting room in the Bryan Center. The event’s final two years were in the Herndon Gallery and the Foundry Theater at Antioch College. Organizers said the controversy and its changing venues led to skimpier crowds. ♦

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Art and Soul: A YS Art Fair, a YS Arts production, entered the art scene in Yellow Springs in November of 2012. It is held on the third Saturday of November from 10 a.m.–-5 p.m. at Mills Lawn Elementary School, 200 S. Walnut St. It is an intimate juried art fair with 30 artists from the region who gather in Yellow Springs to exhibit and sell their fine arts and crafts for the day. The name Art & Soul was chosen because “artists put their souls into the making of their work.” Artists will have plenty of pottery, jewelry, fiber, paintings, photography, wood, glass and mixed media work available for sale. At times, Yellow Springs Schools students have had work displayed or sold their work as exhibiting artists. During the first three years of Art & Soul, show promoters donated over $2,300 to the Yellow Springs school system and Police Coat Fund. In addition, in 2014, they began to donate to the Lisa Goldberg/YS Arts Scholarship Fund held by the YS Community Foundation.

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Chamber Music in Yellow Springs has been bringing professional ensembles from all over the world since 1983. The organization’s mission is to enrich the musical life of the community. Funded by generous donors, local advertisers and subscriptions, CMYS is also the recipient of an Ohio Arts Council sustainability grant. Each season the local booking committee selects chamber music ensembles and chooses a theme. This year’s theme is “Experimental, Traditional, Historical – and Kilts!” The four ensembles constituting Chamber Music in Yellow Springs’ 2019– 20 season will bring a variety of delights for Miami Valley audiences. The 2019–20 season features concerts on Sept. 22, Oct. 27, Feb. 9, and March 22, concluding with CMYS’s Annual Competition for Emerging Professional Ensembles on April 26, 2020. “Kilts” are the preferred performance garb of the Maxwell String Quartet, next up on Oct. 27. This “brilliantly fresh, unexpected and exhilarating” Scottish quartet has performed throughout the United Kingdom and across Europe. With a strong connection to its folk music heritage and a commitment to expanding the string quartet repertoire, the Maxwell String Quartet promises to “bring the same sense of charisma and sense of adventure [in] programming” to Yellow Springs that The New York Times praised at the group’s USA debut earlier this year. For the “Traditional” concert on Feb. 9, 2020, the Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio (virtuosos on piano, clarinet, and cello) will bring their love of chamber music and

infectious musicality to works such as the Beethoven and Brahms Clarinet trios. At performances in Michigan, Philadelphia, New Orleans, St. Paul, Baltimore and New York City, the trio has been praised for “stellar playing from start to finish” (Baltimore Sun) and “spotless technique” (The New York Times). The “Historical” concert is March 22. For 18 years Cincinnati’s own Catacoustic Consort has provided truly unmatched access to the highest quality early music. Led by Artistic Director Annalisa Pappano, the Consort is dedicated to a historically informed approach featuring an understanding of the life and times when the music was originally played. It presents a variety of vocal and instrumental music from Renaissance chamber music to Baroque opera, performed on period instruments such as the viola da gamba, theorbo, harpsichord, Baroque guitar and lute. The Consort’s touring includes Colombia (South America), Madison Early Music Festival, Columbus Early Music, Indiana State University and the University of Dayton. Opera News praised Catacoustic as “a constant source of delight,” noting its “rich” sound and the players’ “evident rapport.” Finally, on April 26, the Annual Competition will feature two young professional ensembles performing at their best for the CMYS audience and distinguished judges. The concert will begin at 5:30 p.m. to enable all audience members to stay for the judges’ final decision. Many past Competition winners (first- and second-place) have continued into successful international careers — and CMYS audiences got there first! In this, its 36th season, Chamber Music in Yellow Springs continues to fulfill its mission of presenting high-quality professional chamber music concerts, fostering community interest in chamber music, and enriching the musical life of the community. All concerts take place at the First Presbyterian Church, 314 Xenia Ave. (U.S. 68) in Yellow Springs. CMYS is grateful for support from its many individual donors, the Yellow Springs Community Foundation and the Ohio Arts Council. Tickets and further information about the groups, their programs and the history of Chamber Music in Yellow Springs are available at www.cmys.org or by phoning 937-3748800. Tickets are usually also available at the door. Season tickets for all five concerts are $100 for adults; single tickets are $25. Admission is free for students and persons 25 and under.

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The Community Band is open to all adult woodwind, brass and percussion players without audition — middle and high school students may join by invitation or recommendation. Music reading is necessar y. The band plays six to seven concerts a year: two in fall, two in winter/spring and three outdoor summer concerts in June and July. The repertoire includes standard marches, medleys of Broadway and Hollywood songs, big band and jazz sets and other works for concert band in a variety of styles. Rehearsals are held Monday evenings, 7:30–9 p.m., in the YS High School band room. Follow the band on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ ys.CommunityBand

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Founded in 1972, the Yellow Springs Community Chorus is open without audition to all who enjoy singing, can attend rehearsals regularly and are able to learn and perform the music. The ability to read music is desirable, but not required. The chorus usually gives two or three performances a year, often with orchestra, and sings music from a variety of styles, periods and genres. Past repertoire has included Handel’s “Judas Maccabaeus” and “Messiah,” Orff’s “Carmina Burana” and the Mozart and Faure requiems. Rehearsals are on Sunday evenings, 7–9 p.m., in the YS High School band room. The chorus receives donations through the Yellow Springs Arts Council. Repertoire for the 2019–2020 season is the Bach “Mass in B minor.”

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John Bryan Community Pottery, or JBCP, is a community studio that offers an extensive array of classes, workshops and studio rentals. JBCP also features a gallery, exhibiting and selling the work of its members and other ceramic artists. For more than 45 years, the nonprofit studio has been providing opportunities for learning and working with clay to the Yellow Springs community and surrounding areas. The studio is well-equipped with a newly rebuilt gas reduction kiln, a wood fired kiln, raku kiln, electric kilns, 12 wheels, a slab roller, extruder and glaze room. Renters have 24-hour access to the studio. Visitors are always welcome to stop in at the Penguin Building and take a tour. Open studio hours are Saturday and Sunday, noon–4 p.m. A schedule and description of upcoming classes is available at www.communitypottery.com.

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The Little Art Theatre has provided film entertainment, enlightenment and so much more to Yellow Springs and the surrounding Miami Valley for 90 years. A donor supported 501(c)(3) nonprofit facility, it made the leap into the digital age with a $625,000 top-to-bottom renovation completed in 2013, but remains very much a hometown, singlescreen experience that cannot be replicated at the multiplexes. The Little Art takes pride in its mix of independent and mainstream offerings, with commercial favorites not being prioritized over important low budget documentaries. The diverse programming is very much a reflection of the diverse local community. The Little Art is among the most recognizable and beloved landmarks in Yellow Springs, and the iconic houselights, the classic marquee and the one-of-a-kind concession treats all represent an experience that is more personal than in large for-profit venues. The Little Art is also known for its special programs that encourage local filmmakers, organizations and community members to utilize the theater in numerous ways, including bringing documentaries that champion their cause. And thanks to the renovation, the Little Art now offers National Theatre Live events, bringing the famous London theater's rebroadcasts to its screen. Additionally, the Little Art hosts community events, including a New Year's Eve celebration; a Homecoming Series that

brings successful Yellow Springs natives back home to talk about their careers; and collaborations with other local nonprofits, such as WYSO, as well as others from the greater Miami Valley, such as NAMI and the Dayton Jewish International Film Festival. The theater is available for people to rent for their own special events as well. For more information or to become a Friend of the Little Art or a Business Partner, email littleartoffice@gmail.com, call 767-7671 or visit www.littleart.com.

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Ever y Sunday, a number of villagers gather to revel in the English language at its richest, as written by The Bard. We sit at a table in a circle, and each person reads the next character’s lines — at one round you might be Othello, and at the next, Iago. Occasionally we stop to discuss or debate. Meetings last one-and-a-half hours, but once in a while, the magic of a play holds us for two hours. Several members have attended for many years, but we often have people dropping in just for the day. Sometimes we read well-known plays like “Hamlet,” or we pick a less familiar play, like “Pericles.” Meetings are at Friends Care Community in the Assisted Living meeting room. New and former members are always welcome. For more information, contact Deborah McGee, or see the Community Calendar on page two of the YS News.

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The Weavers’ Guild of the Miami Valley, organized in 1949 to promote interest in handweaving and spinning, moved to Yellow Springs from Dayton in 1998. It meets on the first Tuesday of the month from September to June at the Bryan Center or at the Glaesner Center, north of town. The guild is a nonprofit educational organization that promotes handweaving, handspinning and the textile arts. The guild offers education programs in fiber techniques and processes and encourages artistic awareness through topical lectures, discussions, exhibits, workshops and demonstrations.

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The World House Choir is a diverse, multicultural, mixed-voice choir, whose repertoire is drawn from different traditions, including world music, spirituals, gospel, folk and peace and justice. The choir’s mission is to perform music that motivates and inspires communities toward justice, diversity and equality in the pursuit of peace. New members are welcome. For more information about rehearsal times, locations and performances, contact choir director Catherine Roma at 513-5609082, or caroma129@gmail.com.

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Yellow Springs Yellow Rockers is a western square dance club that dances at the plus level. Club dances are held on the second Sunday of each month, 7:30–10 p.m., in the Bryan Community Center. Square dancers who have completed the plus-level dance lessons — both singles and couples — are welcome.

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The Yellow Springs Arts Council suppor ts local ar ts infrastr ucture through program opportunities, publicity, education, advocacy and coordinated par tnerships across the community. Each year, the YSAC supports over 200 local creative workers. The organization began in the 1950s as the Yellow Springs Arts Association. In 1972, it incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and adopted the full name Yellow Springs Arts Council. In 2008, the YSAC expanded its mission to encompass all arts disciplines and launched the YSAC Community Galler y and Multi-Arts Center. YSAC increased its arts advocacy role in 2012, which led to the Yellow Springs Village Council’s adoption of a Public Arts Policy in Januar y of 2013. Regional publicity for YSAC-suppor ted events, in partnership with the YS Chamber of Commerce, brings thousands of visitors to Yellow Springs annually for artsrelated events. The Ar ts Council provides many opportunities for local artists to share and develop their work. Monthly exhibits in the galler y provide a diverse range of visual artists with a space to show and sell their work. Once a month, Arts Alive! showcases musicians, comedians, dancers, stor ytellers, poets and more in live per formances in the Multi-Ar ts Center or on the outdoor stage. In September, the focus shifts to arts collectors with the Art House Hop. Art classes are offered periodically for children and adults in the Multi-Arts Space, which is available to the community as a class, meeting and performance space. YSAC also participates in public art projects, such as the Mills Park Hotel Fence Art Galler y Project and the National Bronze Sculpture Trail. YSAC is a member organization that relies on membership dues and donations and the dedication of a mar velous group of volunteers. The organization is also supported through grant writing and fundraising projects. Artists, appreciators and supporters of all arts disciplines are welcomed and encouraged to participate in the organization.

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and selected woodwind and brass players in consultation with the music director. Ability to read music is necessar y. The ensemble gives two to three concerts a year, frequently with chorus, and performs standard repertoire from the 18th to the 21st centuries. Rehearsals are Tuesday evenings, 7:30–9 p.m., in the First Presbyterian Church. The first rehearsal was held Tuesday, Sept. 3. Fall music will be by Honegger, Haydn, Satie, Ives, Rameau and J. S. Bach.

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Folk dance to live music in Yellow Springs! Contra dance is a blend of old and new cultural influences ranging from northern Europe to Africa. It’s done to a walking step, so if you can walk, you can dance. A caller tells the dancers each step in the pattern until it’s flowing smoothly. Each dance begins with a walk-through, and there are beginner lessons at the start of each dance. It’s energetic, the live music is exciting, and it is a generally joyous experience! Dances are (usually) held once per month, Sunday at 2 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Xenia Avenue. There is a suggested donation of $5. Check our website for the most current details. All ages and experience levels are welcome, including first-time dancers. No partner is required. Most of our dances are open-band and open-calling; musicians and callers of all experience levels are welcome to join the band or call a dance.

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ar from the fertile green fields of Yellow Springs, in the arid high desert of the four corners region of Arizona, live the scattered families of the Diné (Navajo) tribe. They have, for decades, resisted federal government attempts to remove them from their ancestral land, and have done so with the help of some steadfast Yellow Springs residents who live without electricity, herd sheep and carry water for two Diné elders during cold, windy winters. The work of those local residents is more than an act of solidarity for an oppressed minority struggling to keep alive its traditional ways. In the formidable country of Black Mesa, Arizona, in the midst of dire poverty, are a people taking a stand against the encroachment of the industrial world on an indigenous culture. And that is worth supporting, they said. In 2012, local supporters gave a talk and screened the 1984 film "Broken Rainbow" to raise awareness about, and funds for, Diné resistance. “It’s a genocidal policy,” local supporter Jenny Johnson said of the 1974 federal resettlement act, which mandated that 14,000 Diné move from their land to border towns hundreds of miles away. The Diné land would then be granted to

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Jenny Johnson, left, and Jake Stockwell, right, spent several months each year for many years at the Diné reservation in the four corners region of Arizona, herding sheep for Diné elder Pauline Whitesinger, center, to support the tribe’s resistance to a federal relocation policy. the neighboring Hopi tribe, whom Johnson said would in turn lease its vast mineral resources — including coal, uranium and natural gas — to energy companies like Peabody Coal. “It’s ripping people’s culture away from them,” Johnson continued. “The land is central to their cultural identity and to their existence and to move off their land is like losing their soul.” Johnson and Jake Stockwell, both former Antioch students, have lived for six-month stretches in simple hoganstyle huts and spent their days chopping wood and herding sheep for Diné elder Pauline Whitesinger. Local farmer Terry Snider returned last week from a threemonth shepherding stint at the home of Ida Mae Clinton, known as “Grandma Ida.” Clinton and Whitesinger, in their 80s or 90s, are part of a small and dwindling number of Diné living in defiance of the federal relocation policy, amidst threats and harassment. Many are poor and elderly. The struggle to survive alone in the desert is especially daunting over winter, which is when Johnson, Stockwell and Snider come to help. “As long as Grandma Ida is there, they’re not mining coal,” said Snider, who has spent the last five winters with her. Snider, who is 71, is inspired that an 85-year-old woman has stood up to the U.S. government for 38 years. Clinton is the only Diné left on Star Mountain and has at times resorted to hand-to-hand combat to protect her land from Hopi fence-builders. A few hundred miles to the north, on Big Mountain, is Whitesinger, who doesn’t speak English — she only speaks the native Diné Bizaad language — and lives without electricity. Recently, four of her cows were confiscated by Hopi rangers and had to be repurchased for $420,

a large sum for a subsistence farmer. Sheep are central to the Diné, who eat the meat and weave rugs from the wool, so volunteers spend much of their time walking for miles, taking the sheep out to pasture and distant watering holes. The work is tough. Snider walks five to 12 miles a day with the sheep in hilly terrain in rapidly changing weather conditions. And he must fetch all the water for cooking, cleaning and bathing from miles away. But “it’s good work,” and is the least he can do considering the way that Native Americans have been treated, Snider said. Though life is difficult for the remaining Diné, the alternative may be worse, Johnson said. If they are relocated, they are given $5,000 and a house. But the house requires constant utility payments and the Diné must get jobs. Worse yet, in the words of Johnson, “They are uprooted and expected to survive in a white man’s culture,” and must give up their traditional way of life, she said. Plus if the Diné leave the land, it will likely be mined for coal and other resources, Johnson said, which would wreak havoc on the land, water and air. The resistance will not go on forever. Clinton and Whitesinger are getting older and the energy-industrial complex marches ever closer to native lands. But the act of standing up for the Diné resonates still. “For Grandma Ida to hang on to what’s decent in spite of the government is awesome,” Snider said. “Anywhere I can support that resistance to the competitive, greedy system that’s around us, I will.” Editor’s Note: Both Diné elders died in 2014. At the time of their deaths, only three or four families remained. Snider also died, in December 2018.

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Standing up for Standing Rock

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n the fall of 2016, a number of Yellow Springs residents began advocating on behalf of those demonstrating against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, or DAPL, through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North and South Dakota. As protestors see it, the pipeline is a continuation of a legacy of exploitation of native lands and people, and one that has the potential to be an environmental disaster, said villager Isaac DeLamatre. “I see a vanguard forming [in protest of these injustices] and it’s inspiring,” he said. A vanguard also formed in Yellow Springs. Residents hosted garage sales and collected donations to send to the Standing Rock protestors; students at the Montessori school hosted a benefit bake sale; villagers organized local demonstrations; and on Feb. 4, 2017, dozens of villagers closed their accounts with the local U.S. Bank branch based on concern about the bank’s lending of money to companies involved with the DAPL. Local protestors said they oppose the highly controversial pipeline because it represents a massive investment in climateharming fossil fuel extraction. And they believe the pipeline jeopardizes sacred lands and the water supply on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Native Americanled protests have been taking place on those lands for a year, halting pipeline construction and sparking related protests across the nation, including in Yellow Springs. “Native people are putting their lives on the line,” said villager Maggie Morrison. “We’re standing in solidarity. It’s one small thing we can do.” Dharma Center Board Member MJ Gentile organized the Feb. 4 action to close accounts at the local U.S. Bank branch. It began at the Dharma Center with chants, prayers and talks centering on love of the Earth and the need to protect the environment in the era of climate change. Bearing handmade signs, a group of protesters marched — and sang — their way from Livermore Street to the corner of Xenia Avenue and Short Street, assembling peacefully in front of the U.S. Bank branch. At least 90 people took part, including Cathy Roma and about 20 members of the

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Irene Bedard, right, and MJ Gentile led a 2017 march from the YS Dharma Center to the U.S. Bank downtown as part of a coordinated activity to close accounts at the branch in protest of the bank's lending ties to the Dakota Access Pipeline. World House Choir, who led demonstrators in a mix of protest songs, labor songs and spirituals. While other protesters sang outside, Irene Bedard, a Native American from Alaska who lives in Yellow Springs, led a small delegation of villagers into the bank to withdraw their deposits and deliver letters of concern from other local account holders. They were met by the bank’s district manager, Patrick Kelly, who helped facilitate the closing of accounts, according to participants. For Bedard, it was a surprisingly emotional moment. “I came to tears. [Closing my account] was not a personal thing, about this branch and these people,” she said. But she felt good about withdrawing her money from companies whose activities she strongly

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opposes. “You have to put your money where your mouth is,” she said. Guy Jones, a Native American from Standing Rock who lives in Dayton, was another leader of the Saturday morning action. “Collectively, we have the power to make changes to affect all of us,” he said. Closing an account is a small action, but it can have a ripple effect, he believes. “When U.S. Bank encourages pipelines and dependence on corporations to operate prisons, we have to act,” he said. According to Gentile, she has collected and mailed 60 letters from local depositors to U.S. Bank’s CEO stating their concerns with the bank’s lending activities. The local action takes its inspiration from a national “divestment” movement. Protestors targeted banks involved in financing the Dakota Access Pipeline, hoping to pressure them to stop lending to companies whose activities protesters oppose. More than a dozen large banks were identified as having lending ties to the DAPL. Other actions One energy company investor in the pipeline is Marathon, whose subsidiary, Speedway, has its corporate headquarters in nearby Enon. With a lot of people in Yellow Springs “sympathetic to the protests” and the Speedway headquarters only 10 minutes away, villager Shawn TuleckePaulson felt it was a perfect opportunity to help raise awareness of the issue. Tulecke and his wife, Tashi Pahkrin, were also part of a group that paid a visit to the residence of Ohio Attorney General Mike

DeWine earlier this month, asking him to withdraw the 37 state troopers Ohio sent to Standing Rock. “As far as places we can actually have an effect and make a difference, it’s at the companies that have a stake in the pipeline,” Pahkrin said. “And it’s important to show support from afar.” Around 30 people met at the entrance to the Enon Speedway headquarters on Nov. 9, 2016, and were in turn met by company security and a sheriff. But they were able to demonstrate, and stayed at the site for at least two hours. Following the event, they coordinated another demonstration in front of the Speedway gas sation in Yellow Springs. Ryan Stinson and Anna Burke were planning their own demonstrations at the same time and linked up with the groups demonstrating at the Speedway campus. The Enon demonstration got on the local news, Burke noted, a boon to getting the message heard. “Whether you agree or not, you see us out there, and that puts the issue in the forefront of your mind,” Stinson said. “No matter how large or small, actions speak louder than words.” DeLamatre, food service coordinator at Antioch College, is also making the NoDAPL protests a family affair. His young sons will help him ferry supplies out to Standing Rock demonstrators this week. DeLamatre, with his sons, will leave on Nov. 18 on a 40-hour roundtrip journey, and will be accompanied by Antioch media arts professor Kelly Gallagher. While the group will spend half a day with the protestors, the mission’s prime directive is to deliver much-needed goods, he said. “It’s important to support indigenous struggle wherever it’s happening, in any way I can,” DeLamatre said. “It is a political and moral obligation.” ♦

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he progress in the summer and fall of 2018 of the “migrant caravan” of Central American asylum seekers making their way north to the U.S.-Mexican border sparked months of condemnation by President Trump, who threatened a lethal response, sending U.S. troops to stop the migrants from entering the country. With as many as 15,000 asylum seekers having arrived in the area around Tijuana, Mexico, near San Diego, Calif. — the location of a legal entry processing site — the situation grew more tense Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, when U.S. border patrol agents deployed tear gas over the border, an act widely denounced across the country and internationally. Locally, the situation at the border and the critical circumstances of the people seeking asylum has sparked deep concern among Yellow Springs residents, who spearheaded humanitarian aid responses and worked to raise wider awareness about the crisis. Among them are a documentary filmmaker, Antioch College community members visiting the Mexican border, Quakers focusing on immigrant justice and Antioch students hosting a clothing drive in cooperation with resident Cristina Hipp, who is collecting basic supplies for the migrants. Hipp, a teacher and mother of three, said that the knowledge of the asylum seekers, many women and children, owning nothing but the clothes they wear and living in uncertain and dire conditions, broke her heart. And she couldn’t ignore it. “I couldn’t imagine [celebrating] Christmas with all there is going on down there,” Hipp said. She decided that her family would put their Christmas preparations toward gathering and delivering basic supplies for the Central American people waiting to make their case for entry into the U.S. She planned to drive them down herself. “I just wanted to put in the work,” she said.

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Yellow Springs resident Alex Rolland, who is working on a documentary film about the migrant caravan seeking asylum in the United States, spent time in late 2018 along the U.S.-Mexican border. who is making a documentary film about the migrant caravan, confirms the dire conditions facing the asylum seekers. “People are understandably desperate,” Rolland said in a phone interview. “Mothers and their children, with only the clothes on their backs, don’t have a safe place to go.” A founder of Renegade Media Collective, which formed during the Standing Rock action against the Dakota Access Pipeline, Rolland spent two-and-a-half weeks at the border around Tijuana in November 2018, and was headed down after the Thanksgiving holiday. Having interviewed hundreds of migrants, he said the asylum seekers faced great dangers and depredations just getting to the U.S. border. Of the 12,000 to 15,000 migrants in the Tijuana area, 7,000 to 9,000 are Honduran, while others are Salvadoran and Guatemalan, he said. Rolland affirmed that the migrants are fleeing “highly impoverished living conditions” as well as pervasive violence, the two of which are often linked. The violence is so prevalent, “they speak of it almost as an afterthought,” he said, “like, ‘Oh yeah, my uncle was kidnapped.’” The violence is especially life-threatening for “more vulnerable elements

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According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services section of the Department of Homeland Security website, the first step for seeking asylum in the United States is “Arrive in the U.S.” The second step is “Apply for asylum.” Coming to the Tijuana port of entry, the largest such legal entry point along the border, is the legal means for seeking asylum. Trump, however, has called their presence a threat, with Homeland Security supporting the president by claiming “our system is currently overwhelmed by unchecked mass immigration, particularly at our Southwest border.” The American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker activist organization, among others, have countered that narrative. “Border crossings are not surging and are near historic lows,” the group stated in preparing for a week of action at the border. The group’s goals are threefold: “end the detention and deportation of immigrants, respect the human rights of migrants and end the militarization of the border.” The local Quaker Meeting did not plan anything specific to AFSC’s December 2018 week of action, but the congregation focused throughout the fall on issues of immigrant and refugee justice, including exploring ways that Yellow Springs can support a sanctuary ethic. Rather than sending a military presence, the U.S. could have sent more people to work on processing entry requests, Rolland said. “The moral fiber of our country is at stake right now,” Rolland concluded.

Members of the Antioch College community agree. Richard Kraince, an associate professor of cooperative education and dean of the Cooperative, Experiential and International Education Department, along with Encore Miller Fellow Jalyn Roe are mentoring students exploring migrant justice issues. Student Marcel Vanarsdale served as a point person for a clothing drive hosted by the Antioch Creative Collective in collaboration with villager Cristina Hipp's efforts. Matthew Morgan, an alumni and member of Antioch’s Board of Trustees, wrote a letter to the Antioch community in December 2018 describing his experiences visiting Tijuana earlier that month, with the goal of promoting a connection with the college. “This is a unique moment in time, and there are many possibilities, and ways to move forward,” he wrote. “I experienced love, compassion, mercy, and a deep commitment to helping people, a great ongoing work to reducing suffering.” Anthropology faculty member Jennifer Grubbs has also recently returned from the Mexican border, where she volunteered in several immigrant shelters, meeting migrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. She also attended several deportation hearings at the Federal Building in San Diego. She detailed her experiences in her blog, “thoughtsofapregnantvegan,” where she concluded: “We have an ethical obligation to bear witness to the injustices that occur in our names as U.S. citizens. We must show up, even if in fractured, brief ways that are constrained by our own (very different) lives.” ♦

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Antioch College is an innovative and progressive institution and community, dedicated to pursuing new and better ways of living and learning in our world. Founded in 1850 with the eminent scholar Horace Mann as the first president, Antioch is centered on the pillars of campus and experiential education, co-op and community. At Antioch, education and opportunities for growth are not confined to the classroom, but take place throughout the campus community, and in the world at-large. The Antioch experience encourages students to explore broad perspectives on critical issues, and innovative approaches to learning and living differently in the world. Antioch’s hallmark cooperative program — “co-op” — expands education through work and experiential learning. Students alternate academic terms on campus with terms of full-time work, where they learn to navigate complex environments, negotiate for themselves and experiment with solutionoriented approaches. In applying themselves to real-world situations, they explore their interests and develop practical skills. Community is the guiding principle of campus life. Antioch was among the first colleges to incorporate community governance, through which students, faculty and staff participate jointly in institutional decisionmaking. The process of community building at Antioch promotes the creation of “deep democracy,” encouraging individuals to work together in developing greater group cohesion and resilience. The words of Loren Pope, former education editor of The New York Times and author of “Colleges That Change Lives,” speak to Antioch’s unique capability: “Antioch is in a class by itself. There is no college or university in the country that makes a more profound difference in a young person’s life, or that creates more effective adults. None of the Ivies, big or small, can match Antioch’s ability to produce outstanding thinkers and doers.” One-hundred-sixty-nine years after its founding, Antioch College continues to innovate in higher education, and continues to attract students seeking the tools to innovate in their communities and careers.

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The oldest democratic school in the United States, the Antioch School was founded in 1921 by Arthur Morgan, then president of Antioch College. In 1951, the school moved to its current idyllic setting, nestled in beautiful green space neighboring the Glen Helen nature preserve. Under the direction of architect Eero Saarinen, the building was designed to connect the indoors with the outdoors. It was renovated in 2007 to be more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly. The Antioch School is a place where childhood is revered and children are encouraged to pursue their innate curiosity wherever their abilities take them. An Antioch School education is based upon the ideals of respect, trust, challenge and choice. A wide variety

of educational opportunities are provided, which encourage children to become involved in their own unique way, while matching their needs and abilities to resources for learning and growth. The children are grouped in the Nursery, 3 to Kindergarten-ready; Kindergarten, 5 to Younger Group-ready; Younger Group, 6 to Older Group-ready; and Older Group, 9 to 12 years of age. The Nursery and Kindergarten offer half- or full-day programs. Antioch School provides an art and science program with a full-time faculty member. Formal music instruction, artists-in-residence through the school’s Emily Bailey Fund, field trips and aftercare are established school programs. The development of reading, writing and mathematical abilities is emphasized. Social and self-discipline skills and the interaction of children as a means for self-definition and growth are deeply valued. Individualized instruction works two ways at the school: teacher-to-child and child-to-child. The children’s academic and creative growth and learning are ungraded. Standardized testing is restricted to the Older Group children who are preparing to leave the school. Unless the children request homework, it is not a part of the daily life of the school. There are opportunities for the children to participate in a variety of activities, such as unicycling, dramatics, music and art, including pottery, painting, sculpture and stained glass. An emphasis is placed on physical activity, with children playing together on the school’s expansive grounds, swimming and skating field trips. The children attend school day performances at the Victoria Theatre, Schuster Center and Kuss Auditorium. Directing the school’s operations is a board of directors consisting of parents and faculty members and a community member. The daily life of the school is facilitated by the school manager, Nathan Summers. Family involvement is vital to the school’s learning environment. Because the Antioch School is small, our group size and enrollment numbers are limited. Tuition is comparatively low among area private schools. Applications are accepted throughout the year and financial aid is available for qualifying families. Visitors are always welcome!

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Antioch University is a multi-campus university established in 1852 in Yellow Springs and has been in continuous existence since then. AU serves adult students in Yellow Springs, Seattle, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Keene, N.H., online and around the world. It has been continuously accredited by the Higher Learning Commission since 1927. Originally incorporated as Antioch College, its name was changed in 1978 to reflect the fact that it had expanded and was no longer only an undergraduate institution. The university sold the college campus to a group of alumni in 2009, along with a license to use the name “Antioch College.” The college now operates as a separate legal entity, but with a common heritage. Antioch University has a rich histor y filled with the ideals of social, economic and environmental justice. Its first president was Horace Mann, who challenged students to unite their passion with purpose and to go

forth to “win victories for humanity.” For more information, call 937-769-1800 or visit www.antioch.edu.

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Antioch University Midwest’s mission is to provide learner-centered education to empower students with the knowledge and skills to lead meaningful lives and to advance social, economic, and environmental justice. Students not only demonstrate the core competencies that are required for career success, but instigate change and have a positive impact on the world. As an Antioch University Midwest student, you’ll discover how to unite your passion with purpose. Antioch University Midwest offers a wide range of options for working adults to enhance their skill sets. Programs are designed with today’s business needs in mind and emphasize critical thinking, cultural diversity, and an international perspective, as well as provide opportunities for collaborative learning, and promote the integration of life and work experience with academic knowledge. A key element that leads to the success of AUM students is its distinguished faculty members, who are as diverse as the student body and include esteemed professionals, acclaimed authors and Fulbright Scholars committed to helping adult learners achieve their career goals. Antioch University Midwest also supports opportunities for community ser vice and partnership, from its 200-seat auditorium to its classroom facilities, which are available to host events.

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provides opportunities for our families to become involved as well by inviting them in as guest speakers, readers and hosting monthly family nights. Enrichment activities include swimming, music and yoga and meditation. Before Care (6:30–7:30 a.m.) and After School Program (2:45–6 p.m.), previously held at Mills Lawn, is now located at the Yellow Springs Community Children’s Center. It is a recreational program offering care for students enrolled at Mills Lawn, grades K–6, and is designed to provide a safe, stimulating and enriching environment that is child-centered. Students may choose activities according to their own interests, including inside and outside play, organized games, sports, arts and crafts, and homework support and a daily snack is provided. In addition to before and after care, we also provide services on holidays, inclement weather school closings, school breaks and late start Wednesday care. The program accepts Title XX tuition assistance. After-care enrollment is limited to 28 students. For registration materials or more information, call 767-7236.

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those completing a career-technical program at GCCC go on to a two- or four-year college or university, a career or trade school or an accredited apprenticeship program. In addition to programs offered on the main campus, the career center also provides instruction at all seven school districts in Greene County in addition to the new Equine Science and Veterinary Science offered at the Agricultural Research Center. At Yellow Springs High School, engineering classes are provided by Greene County Career Center. The school also is the home of one of the premier adult programs in Ohio, the Peace Officer Basic Training class. Each year, dozens of new police officers earn their certification thanks to this program. Additionally, Greene County Career Center also provides refresher courses for current law enforcement professionals and runs an academy for upcoming corrections officers. Beginning in 2014, a partnership through Clark State allows adults to take HVAC and Welding classes at the GCCC campus on West Enon Road.

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The Greene County Learning Center, or GCLC, is a public “separate facility” school program for students in grades K–12. We serve students from all school districts in Greene County. The caring staff at GCLC work as a team to meet the academic and emotional needs of the youth that they serve. The major objectives of the program are to help the individual gain self-awareness skills, learn new coping skills, increase the ability to make appropriate choices and improve social-interpersonal interaction with peers and adults. An additional objective is to help the students achieve academically to the best of their abilities. Our ultimate goal is to help each of our students to successfully return to the home school environment and to function more fully in the world around them.

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Yellow Springs Montessori School is a parent cooperative preschool for children ages 3–5 years. Our mission is to foster the intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual growth of preschool-aged children while using the Montessori method to encourage the moral development of each child. YSMS has a traditional preschool design. Class is held Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9 a.m.–noon, and the same children attend each day, creating a sense of consistency and community. Student instruction is based on the personal needs and interests of each child, with the teacher serving as a guide. Children are given the opportunity to absorb math, language, science, geography, history, sensory training, practical life and the arts through exploration of their environment. They learn about the value of human diversity and a desire to serve humanity. Parents are viewed as active partners who aid in the operation of the school. The school year is September–May and approximately follows the Yellow Springs School District calendar. The classroom is located in the First Presbyterian Church, 314 Xenia Ave. For more information, email: ysms.kids@gmail.com.

YELLOW SPRINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS Dr. Terri L. Holden, superintendent, 767‑7381; Matt Housh, Mills Lawn principal, 767‑7217; Jack Hatert, McKinney Middle School/Yellow Springs High School principal, 767‑7224 W E B : www.ysschools.org C O N TA C T:

Students in Yellow Springs have the opportunity to pursue an education in three award-winning schools: Mills Lawn Elementary School, McKinney Middle School and Yellow Springs High School. Recognized as a leader in project-based learning, the district is an invited member of the Ohio Innovative Learning Network, a selective group (only 2% of districts statewide) of schools doing innovative work in public education. For the 2019-2020 school year, YS Schools will welcome new and familiar faces to

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available to students: athletics, including a dozen varsity sports; band/orchestra; a theater program; academic clubs; the School Forest Club, Photography Club, Poetry/Spanish Night, Charlotte Drake Youth Philanthropy Group, S.P.I.D.E.E., the Bulldog Contemporary Dance Competition and other activities. All students are required to perform 45 hours of community service and a senior project as graduation requirements. Students in grades seven and eight attend McKinney Middle School, which is under the same roof as the high school, but McKinney School students have their own band and orchestra programs and participate in seasonal interscholastic sports activities. Emphasis is placed on assessing and accommodating the uniqueness of the early adolescent child in a middle school environment, a focus which earned the McKinney Middle School team of educators recognition as the 2017 Ohio Middle Level Association Team of the Year. Considerable effort is made to incorporate interdisciplinary studies through thematic units. McKinney students are afforded a variety of co-curricular opportunities, including athletics, Power of the Pen, Student Council and other activities. At Mills Lawn School, elementary students are empowered to be active and engaged members of their community and learn at high levels through project-based learning. Students are encouraged and offered opportunities to tackle important issues facing our community through their projects, including affordable housing, hunger and environmental issues. Students are offered extracurricular opportunities such as Girls on the Move, Junior Lego League and the all-school musical.

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he year 2015 marks the 70th year since the U.S. dropped the first and only atomic bombs in wartime history on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It's also the 50th anniversary of the World Friendship Center in Hiroshima and the 40th anniversary of the Wilmington College Peace Resource Center that were both founded on a commitment to stopping such devastating warfare. Yellow Springs has a connection to the stories of all three events, through Earle and Barbara Reynolds, who lived in the village in the 1970s. The Reynolds’ actions for peace came out of the harrowing experience of war. In 1951, anthropologist Earle Reynolds, a research faculty member of the Fels Institute for the Study of Human Development established by Antioch College, went to Japan with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission to study the effects of atomic radiation on humans. Barbara and their three children went with him, and were horrified by the experiences of the hibakusha, the Japanese term for atomic bomb survivor, according to Tanya Maus, a Yellow Springs resident who now directs the Peace Resource Center. The Reynolds stayed for three years

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Former Yellow Springs resident and peace activist Barbara Reynolds, center, is shown here in 1964 with some of the 24 survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who traveled with her in the World Peace Study Mission, aimed at educating nations about the dangers of the atomic bomb. The Peace Resource Center at Wilmington College, which Reynolds founded and which is now led by villager Tanya Maus, at right, is dedicated to “bearing witness to the historical experience of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing survivors and the legacies of nonviolent activists touched by the horrors of nuclear war.”

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before choosing another path. Earle built a boat, the “Phoenix,” which they sailed with several hibakusha with the aim of educating people about the human face of war. They sailed to nuclear testing sites in Russia and the South Pacific, and confronted U.S. authorities who were testing weapons near the Marshall Islands. Earle was arrested, but when his jail sentence was commuted in 1961, Reynolds told New York Times reporter Brooks Atkinson, “The moral question is the simplest. While the mass killing of civilians may be justified under the laws of war or from a military or political point of view, it cannot be justified morally.” Barbara especially absorbed the victims’ stories, which racked her activist spirit. Though she and Earle divorced, Barbara continued to travel with hibakusha,

encouraging them to share their stories. In 1965 she founded the World Friendship Center, a peace education retreat in Hiroshima that is still active today. Ten years later, she established the Peace Resource Center at Wilmington College, a Quaker school with a peacemaking and reconciliation mission. The center is believed to house the Western world’s largest collection of reference materials related to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including much of the Reynolds’ archives of their voyages, survivor testimonies, and material related to anti-nuclear peace activism, the impacts of nuclear testing and the stories of the Hiroshima Maidens, a highly publicized group of girlhood hibakusha who came to the U.S. in 1955 for reconstructive surgery. ♦

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his week in climate change news, record rains pounded the desert southwest, a new study reported that half of the birds of North America could go extinct by the end of the century and a new documentary exposed the corporate interests and citizen apathy hampering efforts to address climate change, asking: “When it comes to climate change, why do

we do so little when we know so much?” Concerned Yellow Springs residents and Antioch College students are asking themselves the same question. And soon a group of them will take to the streets of New York City to demand the U.S. and world take action to forestall dangerous climate change. About 60 locals (including 30 Antioch students) will be among the several hundred thousand people participating in what organizers are billing as the largest climate change march in history — the People’s Climate Change March on Sept. 21. Yellow

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On Saturday night, Sept. 20, 2014, a group of villagers and Antioch College students took an overnight bus to New York City, where they arrived on Sunday to participate in the People’s Climate March. Among the hundreds of thousands who marched in New York City to affect public policy on climate change were, from left, Katherina Seidl, Libby Rudolf, Dan Rudolf and Alice Robrish.

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Springs is one of three Ohio locations chartering a bus to take protestors to the historic march. Locals believe that marching en masse will show world leaders that “the people are not apathetic and are beginning to push back,” according to Eric Miller, an annual fund officer at Antioch. “We want to push a legislative agenda,” Miller said. “I’m not about yelling and screaming to make myself feel good — I want tangible progress.” March organizer Eric Johnson, a local video editor, hopes to use the rally as a way to embarrass Ohio politicians who voted to gut Ohio’s renewable energy portfolio standards earlier this year, he said. “Ohio is the only state that has gone backwards in support of renewable energy, which is horrifying,” Johnson said. Johnson said the movement needs to reframe the climate change issue as a fossil fuels issue, since fossil fuels are responsible for the vast majority of the global co2 increase since the industrial revolution. “Whether it’s mountaintop removal, fracking, destroying water, streams, creating earthquakes or the deepwater horizon oil spill, we just need to look at the fact that fossil fuels are destroying the environment,” Johnson said. Antioch College is part of a coalition of more than 1,000 organizations working together to put on the march. ♦

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In the words of Bahá’u’lláh, the founder of the Bahá’í faith, “It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world.” Bahá’u’lláh taught that there is one God who progressively reveals his will to humanity. Each of the great religions initiated by one of God’s divine messengers — Moses, Zoroaster, Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad — represents a successive stage in the spiritual development of humankind. All religions are seen as one in spirit because, essentially, they share a common aim and origin. Bahá’ís regard Bahá’u’lláh as the most recent of these messengers, whose teachings address the ethical, social and spiritual challenges of the modern world. For more than a century, Bahá’í communities around the globe have worked to dissolve prejudices based on nationality, class, race, religion and gender. They have collaborated with other like-minded organizations to promote social justice, world peace and love for all mankind. As a counter measure to the many negative forces at play in today’s world, Bahá’ís have engaged in a global effort to learn about how to raise capacity at the neighborhood and local level for communities to take charge of their spiritual, material and social development. These efforts seek to weave

educational and spiritual practices together in ways that contribute to the advancement of all. In Yellow Springs, the Bahá’í Community supports children’s classes for moral education, junior youth spiritual empowerment programs, devotional programs focused on individual and community transformation and study classes to learn how to continually advance and refine these core activities. All these activities, including holy day celebrations, are open to the public. The Bahá’í Center in Yellow Springs is located at 502 Dayton St.

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Central Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church was established in 1866 in the Old Central School House on State Route 370. The church relocated to the corner of High and Davis streets in 1896. Members now worship in the second sanctuary built at that location. In order to better serve the congregation and community, an addition, the Education and Family Life Center, was built in 1998. The church has and will continue to address the spiritual, civil rights, physical and educational needs of all persons in Yellow Springs and beyond. The AME motto is “God our Father, Christ our Redeemer, The

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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH William E. Randolph Jr., pastor, 600 Dayton St., Church office, 767‑7659 or 767‑7623

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The First Baptist Church was originally called Zion Baptist Church when it was founded in May 1863. According to its records, it was formed to meet the needs of freed slaves. In 1876, members were able to purchase the former First Baptist Church located on Xenia Avenue. After 134 years at the Xenia Avenue site, members held a final service on Aug. 17, 1997, and departed to the new location at 600 Dayton St. On March 25, 2006, the church, by God’s grace, achieved the extraordinary by celebrating the mortgage burning for the new building. Besides many groups and events serving its members, the church is noted for annual community events, the most noteworthy of which is the annual Calendar Tea, which has taken place for 59 years. The church also has an AWANA Program, held each Sunday after morning service, 1:30–3 p.m. AWANA is a Bible-based club for youth, kindergarten through seventh grades. AWANA combines fun, physical activity, Bible memorization and the basis of a relationship with God. In 2012, Pastor William E. Randolph Jr. was selected by the church body to serve as its pastor. Pastor Randolph delivered his first sermon on Oct. 7, 2012, and was officially installed on Nov. 11. Sunday worship service is held at 10:45 a.m., and Sunday school for adults and children meets at 9:15 a.m. Bible study is held each Wednesday at noon, with prayer and Bible study also held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday evenings. The church prescribes for itself a core belief in the love of all mankind generated by the love of God, and is a caring community of Christians who desire to be in the community, seeking to transform the community for the glory of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. The church’s mission statement is: “Making disciples who make a difference.”

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The First Presbyterian Church was organized in Yellow Springs in 1855. Its presence in the community has been a very visible one, and the new addition built in 1958 was dedicated for ministry oriented toward the community. A strong musical emphasis has brought excellence and diversity to its own musical program, as well as making the church a center for community music programs. It also offers space for meetings by many community groups as a part of its ministry, including Alcoholics Anonymous, Boy Scouts, Monday Morning Artists, Chamber Music in Yellow Springs, Montessori School, support groups, social justice and peacemaking and

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GRANDMOTHER DRUM HEALING CIRCLE Grandmother Peggy, 767‑9331; Grandmother Abby, 767‑1170

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spiritual life. We learn to live from the heart. Heart Rhythm Meditation is universal. All hearts are welcome. Denise Runyon and Tom Malcolm lead a guided Heart Rhythm Meditation weekly on Tuesdays, 7–8 p.m., at the House of AUM, located at 125 S. Walnut St. Donations requested, or pay by sliding fee scale of $5–$10–$15. Denise and Tom are graduates of the Institute for Applied Meditation, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to building the culture of the heart. For more information about Heart Rhythm Meditation, visit iamheart.org.

The Grandmother Drum Healing Circle holds occasional gatherings on the Saturday nearest the full moon, from 7 to 9 p.m., at Rockford Chapel on the Antioch College campus. The group draws from indigenous spiritual practices that recognize and honor the wisdom of female elders, the healing power of the drum and the importance of our connection to the earth. The group aims to build community and support one another. Each gathering begins with a silent meditation, followed by a fire ceremony and drumming. Colored cloths represent the four directions, and these colors swirl together to form pastels that flow out in all directions with a voice for peace. The circle is open to everyone to honor the sacredness of the full moon. Following drumming, participants share finger foods and conversations.

The Missionary Church is an Evangelical denomination, committed to church planting and world missions. The Pleasant Grove Missionary Church has been a part of this community since 1945. Come and experience God’s love as we exalt the name of Jesus. Sunday school classes for all ages beginning at 9:30 a.m. Sunday worship and children’s church starting at 10:45 am. A nursery is available for all Sunday morning services. Sunday evening Bible study is held at 6 p.m.

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Looking for insight, strength and hope, healing and guidance? We find it in the heart, an inner source that is typically unnoticed or guarded. Our hearts are so much more than we know. Heart Rhythm Meditation offers the tools needed to experience a Change of Heart. Our goal is heart consciousness in which we reach an integration of self that includes the body, mind, heart and soul. In doing so, we see ourselves, each other and the world differently and creatively. The HRM method of using the breath and heartbeat in rhythm together is based on long standing mystical teachings and supported by scientific research. It is an applied, engaged method of meditation that yields improved health, relationships, purpose and

The cornerstone of the first St. Paul Catholic Church was laid in 1856 on a lot at the corner of West North College and High streets. In 1908 the current church at the corner of Phillips and Elm streets was dedicated in a building that once housed the First Christian Church. St. Paul has 300 registered family units on its roster. It offers the Parish School of Religion for Pre-K- through 12th-grade students, Youth Ministry and Adult Faith Formation throughout the school year. The parish praises God in word, song and Eucharist in its masses on Sundays at 11:15 a.m. The parish has an outreach to various groups and people in the area. It rejoices in the richness of the Roman Catholic tradition

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People ask what kind of church we are, and it’s simple: We are a “relational” church. We strive to show that we care, and want to give back in any way possible as a church. Jesus is our focus, and his word is our guide as we go through our daily lives. If you are wondering what you should wear when you come check us out, we want you to simply be you. This is not about religion — it’s about a relationship with Jesus. The longer we walk with him, the more he will work in our hearts and transform our lives. We look forward to seeing you this Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Body Gathering, located in the Foundry Theater at Antioch College, located at 920 Corry St.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF YELLOW SPRINGS 372‑5613, 767‑1603 shbuzz2001@sbcglobal.net www.uuf‑ys.org, www.uua.org

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SPIRITUAL Continued from page 61 right of conscience, drawing inspiration from science, history and all world religions. Unitarian Universalists believe that spiritual wisdom is ever-changing, and seek to act as a moral force in the world, putting faith into action through social justice work in the community and the wider world. Unitarian Universalists are united by seven principles: • The inherent worth and dignity of every person. • Justice, equity and compassion in human relations. • Acceptance of one another and encouragement for spiritual growth. • A free and responsible search for truth and meaning. • The right of conscience and the democratic process. • Peace, liberty and justice for all. • Respect for the interdependent web of life. Individuals of all races, ethnic origins, religious philosophies, lifestyles, abilities and gender orientations are welcome at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Yellow Springs. The fellowship is located two miles south of Yellow Springs at 2884 U.S. 68 in Goes Station. Services are held at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays year-round, with religious education for children and youth and childcare for babies and toddlers. The building is wheelchair accessible. All are invited to explore the UUFYS website, visit the fellowship and discover the inclusive community of Unitarian Universalism.

YELLOW SPRINGS CHRISTIAN CENTER Charles Bunton, 324 E. Dayton‑Yellow Springs Road, 767‑9133, 767‑1997 E M A I L : charliebunton@gmail.com C O N TA C T:

The assembly is a small church that provides a family-like atmosphere for both singles and families to find support and encouragement. The special, unique quality of each individual is cherished and nurtured. The body of believers is warm and supportive, with strong belief in the Bible as God’s manual for everyday living. Worship is informal and participatory. The Yellow Springs Assembly of God Christian Center began in 1975 as an independent fellowship, and in 1977 associated with the Assemblies of God Fellowship.

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The Yellow Springs Dharma Center is a Buddhist meditation center supporting practice in the traditions of Vipassana, Zen and Tibetan Buddhism. The center seeks to create an environment that supports the development of calm, compassion and generosity; to encourage an awareness of one’s own thoughts; and to consider how one’s words and actions impact the world. To this end, the center sponsors many activities at the big brown house on Livermore Street. Daily silent meditation is offered at 7 a.m. every Monday through Friday, and at 7 p.m. every evening except Saturday. We also offer mid-day meditation at 8:15-8:45 a.m. on Tuesdays and noon–12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Zen practice is offered on Saturday, 7:30–9:30 a.m., and Vipassana practice is offered on Sunday, 8–9:30 a.m. Vajrayana practice is held twice each month and is scheduled according to the Tibetan lunar calendar, so the Dharma Center’s website calendar should be consulted for practice dates. Those new to meditation and wanting to familiarize themselves with a beginning practice are invited to attend a brief orientation session held on the second and fourth Mondays of every month at 7:45 p.m. Additionally, six-week Basic Meditation Courses are offered throughout the year by senior practitioners at the Dharma Center. Half-day retreats at the center and residential retreats of up to one week duration are held at various times during the year as well. Several book discussion groups are held each year on Thursday evenings. Schedules, titles and leader information are posted on our website. A lending library is available for community use, with the contents posted on our website. Visiting teachers from the three traditions frequently hold teachings and practice retreats. Visit www.ysdharma.org for additional information or changes and updates to the schedule. Follow the center on Facebook.

YELLOW SPRINGS FRIENDS MEETING (QUAKERS) Rockford Chapel, 515 President St. on Antioch College campus, 937‑232‑4250 W E B : www.quakercloud.org/cloud/ yellow‑springs‑friends‑meeting C O N TA C T:

The Yellow Springs Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) gathers each Sunday at Rockford Chapel on the Antioch College campus. Meetings for worship are held in silence at 8:30 and 11:15 a.m., with individuals delivering spoken ministry when led by the Spirit. Quakers recognize divine presence in every person, and their quiet worship times, called meetings, are intended to deepen devotion to this Spirit. Religious education is offered for children and adults Sundays from 10 to 10:50 a.m., September through May. An additional meeting for worship is held at Rockford Chapel each Wednesday from 7 to 8 a.m. The meeting sponsors a peace witness every Saturday at noon on the corner of Limestone Street and Xenia Avenue. Yellow Springs Friends have been active in peace and social concerns at local, national and international levels. In the 1970s, this Continued on page 64

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YELLOW SPRINGS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Rick Jones; Linda Shook, 202 S. Winter St., 767‑7560 (church) E M A I L : pastor‑ysumc@yellowsprings.com W E B : www.yellowspringsumc.com C O N TA C T:

The Yellow Springs United Methodist Church is a warm, friendly, community-oriented congregation. The membership is diverse and consists of professional, working class and farm people, theologically representing the entire spectrum of faith understandings, from conservative to progressive. The congregation is also racially and ethnically diverse. The force that holds the group together is love: the love of Christ and a love for humankind. The United Methodist Church has been a presence in the village since 1837. Its current building was completed in 1846, dedicated in 1850, and has experienced a number of additions and improvements over the years. Today, the church serves the community by providing space for local support groups and organizations, including the community Emergency Food Pantry and Home, Inc., a nonprofit housing corporation. Sunday worship is held at 10:30 a.m. yearround. Church school begins at 9:30 a.m., September through May. Bible studies and other programs sponsored by the church are always open to the community. The Yellow Springs United Methodist Church is a faith-based community where everyone is welcome.

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One of the beavers that built a dam in a stormwater management area of the Glass Farm in 2014. The beavers have since left town. A detention basin along King Street became an accidental wetland at the paws of furry, semi-aquatic rodents that moved into the village in 2014. Beavers transformed a three-acre stormwater management area on the 45-acre Village-owned Glass Farm into a diverse ecosystem that has attracted great egrets, wood ducks, snapping turtles, cedar waxwings, foxes, green frogs and more. But the beavers have been a menace, too. Over the next few years, Village crews were forced to repeatedly destroy beaver dams blocking a culvert. Then, in a truce between

castorimorpha and human, the beavers were allowed to stay, thanks to a contraption proposed by two villagers, designed by a local engineer, then built and installed by Village crews. Engineer John Eastman’s “beaver deceiver” allowed the beavers to keep their dam while clearing the blocked culvert. An official “Beaver Management Task Force,” a sub-committee of the Village Environmental Commission, formed in 2016, but disbanded when the beavers left the area a few years later. Their fate is unknown. —Megan Bachman

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L E F T: Elizabeth Price urged the Village of Yellow Springs to not replace Bradford pear trees downtown in 2012. R I G H T: Evan Hagberg, Gregory Alain Coates and

Shannon Wheeler climbed into an Osage orange tree slated to be cut down near Ye Olde Trail Tavern in 2001. In both cases, the trees were felled.

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A decision by the Village of Yellow Springs to remove the Bradford pear trees that lined the streets downtown received disapproval from villagers in July 2012, some of whom took to the streets in protest. Elizabeth Price, Chris and Whitney Till and Matteo Gregor were among those talking to passersby about the Village’s plan. Some held signs and others engaged residents in conversation about alternatives to the tree removal. Local artists also adorned trees with messages like, "Who speaks for the trees?" The previous month the Village had announced a plan to remove the trees as part of a downtown streetscape overhaul that includes burying power lines and repairing sidewalks. Bradford pears are a native of China and are considered to be invasive in the Midwest. More than a dozen pear trees downtown were eventually cut down and replaced with native and urban-hardy species.

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Protesters temporarily halted the cutting down of two large Osage orange trees in King’s Yard in September 2001, when three local teenagers climbed into a tree while workers took a break. Ye Olde Trail Tavern had decided to cut down the trees to accommodate an expansion that included the addition of a handicapped-accessible entrance. Its owner at the time also said its insurance company required that the trees be removed. The protest followed the failure of the quickly organized Ye Olde Tree Commit-

tee to save the trees through government intervention. The teens — Evan Hagberg, Gregory Alain Coates and Shannon Wheeler — eventually came down when Greene County Sheriff’s deputies and Miami Township Fire-Rescue arrived on scene. They were charged with disorderly conduct, but the YSPD later dropped the charges. Longtime peace activist Terry Snider, who was attempting to pass the protestors blankets, was arrested and initially charged with criminal trespassing. The trees were felled. Letter writers to the News the following week reported that one of the trees was estimated to be 188 years old, or from around 1812. And an editorial by then-News editor Robert Mihalek simply included a photo of the trees before they were cut down under the heading, “In Memoriam.” ♦

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Photos of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day march through the years: At top, villagers linked arms on their way to the Central Chapel AME Church, in 2011; middle, the World House Choir sang during the post-march program at the Bryan Center in 2019; and below, Pastor John Freeman and Willa Dallas in an earlier commemoration from an undated YS News archive photo.

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CHIDDISTER Two longtime village residents were celebrated for their social justice efforts and significant impact on Yellow Springs, especially the village’s African-American community, at the 2019 Martin Luther King Day event. Phyllis Jackson and Isabel Newman were honored as Martin Luther King Jr. Community Peacemakers. “These two ladies, by the lives they have lived and by their actions, have inspired others,” said Nan Harshaw, chairperson of the MLK Day Committee, in an interview. Jackson and Newman were nominated for the award by villagers Andrée Bognar and Donna and Al Denman, past Peacemaker Award recipients. “These women are elders of Yellow Springs who throughout their lives worked in their own way for the ideals of Dr. Martin Luther King,” according to the nomination letter sent by Bognar and the Denmans. The award honors villagers who “walk the walk” of nonviolence and social justice, according to a written statement by the MLK Day committee. “The award is an opportunity to honor the ‘unsung heroes’ of our community who are working to make the world better locally, regionally or globally.” While the MLK Day celebration is a longtime village tradition, the recognition of Community Peacemakers is relatively recent. Past recipients of the honor also include the late peace activists Hazel Tulecke and Bill Houston, The 365 Project leader John Gudgel, World House Choir director Cathy Roma, longtime social worker and community activist Bognar, and retired Antioch College religion professor Denman and his wife, Donna. The 2019 Peacemaker recipients are being recognized for their unique interests and contributions to Yellow Springs, with Jackson honored as the town’s unofficial historian, especially of the African-American community, and Newman as a longtime voice for local social justice. Jackson expressed gratitude for the recognition. “I feel honored,” Jackson said. The award is especially significant, she said, because a highlight of her life was meeting Dr. King when he delivered the Antioch College commencement address in 1965. She had had a long connection with King’s wife, the former Coretta Scott, a one-time student at Antioch College, who while at Antioch had a close relationship with Jackson’s uncle and aunt, often spending the weekend with them. As well as having known Coretta Scott King, Jackson was a strong admirer of the civil rights leader. “He was important to me, there’s no doubt about it,” she said. Newman, too, expressed appreciation for having been chosen for the honor, although she was also surprised. “I feel thankful,” she said. Deep roots in village It would be hard to find two people with deeper roots in Yellow Springs than Jackson and Newman. Jackson, 94, is the fifth gen-

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Phyllis Jackson, left, and Isabel Newman were honored for their social justice efforts at the 2019 Martin Luther King Day event in Yellow Springs. eration of her family — her maiden name is Lawson — to live in the village, according to a 2016 News profile. And Newman, 93, is a fourth generation descendant of the Conway Colony, the group of freed slaves brought to Yellow Springs in 1862 by the abolitionist Moncure Conway. Both women describe growing up in a Yellow Springs that differed significantly from the Yellow Springs of today. Specifically, the village then had a robust population of African Americans, almost 30% of the town at its height, compared to less than half that today. According to Jackson, she was compelled to write about history partly out of curiosity about the significant presence of blacks in the village and especially the leadership role held by local African Americans. Her great-great grandfather had been the town’s constable, and when Jackson was an adult, her brother, James, served as mayor. Blacks also led the police department, the fire department and the school board. Newman also didn’t have to look far to see African Americans having an influence in Yellow Springs — her father, Lewis Adams, was a member of Village Council. Jackson remembers, as a child, growing up in a town in which racial relations were largely harmonious. The public schools were integrated (although the outhouses were not) and many community events, such as the summer “moonlight picnics” sponsored by the Central Chapel AME Church, drew both black and white villagers. Yet Yellow Springs also reflected the divisions of the wider nation, and Jackson remembers that private events in homes, such as children’s birthday parties, included only white children if the birthday child was white, and only black children if the child was black. Segregation was a reality in Yellow Springs, and Newman remembered that when she was a child, her father, as a Councilman, authored an ordinance that prohibited discrimination and segregation on the basis of race in public places in Yellow Springs. The 1940s and ’50s were not an easy

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Peacemakers Continued from page 67 college. Appreciating her interest in history, the teacher introduced her to a history professor at Antioch. But Jackson knew college was out of the question — her father was a janitor at Antioch, where her mother worked as a housekeeper. Instead of college, she got a job at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as a clerk typist, and pursued her interest in history on her own, spending many hours doing research in the Greene County room of the Greene County Library in Xenia. For Newman, the examples of her activist father along with her employer at Antioch Publishing, socialist Ernest Morgan, influenced her own participation in social justice issues. As a high school student, she attempted to organize a protest for black students to refuse to stand for recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag, feeling that the flag wasn’t protecting black students. Later, she joined local social justice groups and protested discrimination at the Gegner barbershop. In 1956, she was a member of a group who organized local African-American voters to push the local school board to hire a black teacher. She remembers a school board meeting attended by so many local black people that a board leader stated out loud that there would be “trouble.” But Willie Perry, a leader of the AfricanAmerican group, disagreed with the board leader. “He said, ‘You’re dealing with ladies and gentlemen,” Newman remembered. The group persisted in its efforts, and a

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black teacher was hired. Newman was also unusual for the time in her work, as a woman running the press that printed the weekly Yellow Springs News. She opposed the Vietnam war, attending protests and refusing to pay federal taxes. In fact, she said recently, at one point the Internal Revenue Service showed up at her house to demand payment, but she refused, so they nailed a notice on the front door saying that the house would be seized. However, she said, the situation was later resolved without the loss of the house. Newman remains active in the community and in the First Baptist Church. She was honored last year as a recipient of the Hidden Figures Hall of Fame award presented by students in Yellow Springs public schools. And she also received the Yellow Springs Civil Rights Trailblazer award at the 10th anniversary celebration of The 365 Project, along with Jackson and Paul Graham. Newman feels hopeful considering the significant positive changes that have taken place in the lives of African Americans in recent decades, she said. But she is discouraged by the changes she’s seen in the village. “When I go downtown, I feel like an alien,” she said. “I don’t see any black people.” Living in Yellow Springs and being close to Antioch College has allowed Jackson to meet several of her heroes in the civil rights movement, including Dr. King and James Farmer. And while great strides were made during the height of the civil rights movement, Jackson is concerned about this country’s current climate regarding equality and social justice. “Unfortunately, there’s still a lot to be done,” she said. “I don’t know where we’re going today.” ♦

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INDUSTRY use co-products from breweries, ethanol production and pre-consumer food residuals as feedstock for black soldier larvae to produce cost-effective, sustainable, high-quality nutrients and fertilizer.

MORRIS BEAN & COMPANY 777 E. Hyde Road, 767‑7301 www.morrisbean.com

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Morris Bean & Company had its beginnings as a co-op work project of Antioch College. It was once known as the Antioch Foundry and occupied what is now the Foundry Theater on Corry Street. Morris Bean was assigned to the project as student manager in 1928, and the business incorporated with Morris as president and part-owner in 1946. The company supplies precision castings with extraordinary performance characteristics to manufacturers of commercial refrigeration, locomotive turbochargers, medical and cryogenic equipment. Morris Bean & Company is recognized as the source for castings exceeding normal industry capabilities. The company will celebrate its 74th anniversary in 2020.

S & G ARTISAN DISTILLERY, LLC sandgartisandistillery@woh.rr.com www.sandgartisandistillery.com

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S and G Artisan Distillery, LLC is a true hand-created, small-batch distiller y dedicated to hand-crafting fine spirits, unusual liqueurs and traditional European schnapps. S and G was founded in 2011 and made its home in the community of Yellow Springs. Founding members Meg Solomon-Gujer, Steven Gujer, Hajo Scheuner and Kerr y Scheuner work collaboratively in the creation, manufacturing and business of the distillery. S and G’s brand, “The Spirits of Yellow Springs,” flagship products of Apple Pie Moonshine, made with S and G’s own exceptional rum, have proven to be fan favorites and the 44-proof version was voted a top pick of Ohio’s new products in 2015 (Ohio Magazine Readers’ Poll, Ed. January 2015). S and G’s tasting room offers tastings of all current products and some samplings of items in research and development. Located in the Millworks Complex, 305 N. Walnut St., the tasting room is open Fridays from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m., Saturdays from noon to 6 p.m., and Sundays from 1 to 6 p.m. You can find the distillery online at www.sandgartisandistillery.com and on Facebook under The Spirits of Yellow Springs.

VERNAY LABORATORIES 120 E. South College St., 767‑7261 W E B : www.vernay.com C O N TA C T:

Vernay Laboratories is a world leader and innovator in the design and manufacture of sophisticated fluid-handling components. Since Sergius Vernet’s invention of the wax-expansion element that revolutionized the automotive thermostat in 1938, the company has been dedicated to meeting and exceeding the specialized needs of the global marketplace. Vernay ser ves the industrialized world through sales and manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Georgia, the Netherlands, Italy, France, Brazil, Japan, Singapore and China. Vernay’s headquarters and research and

development operation remain in Yellow Springs at its facility on East South College Street. Vernay produces precision rubber products for the automotive, appliance, consumer, small engine and medical industries. Products include duckbill check valves, umbrella check valves, v-balls, diaphragms, bidirectional valves, combination valves, check valve assemblies, flow controls and a variety of precision molded inserted products, such as the v-tip needle valves, poppets, solenoid armatures and seals. Vernay was incorporated in 1946 and is celebrating its 73rd anniversary in 2019.

YELLOW SPRINGS BREWERY 767‑0222; 305 N. Walnut St., Suite B W E B : www.yellowspringsbrewery.com C O N TA C T:

Yellow Springs Brewery is an award-winning microbrewery committed to crafting high-quality artisanal beer for the village and the region. Founded in 2013 by Nate Cornett and Lisa Wolters, Yellow Springs Brewery boasts a 15-barrel production brew house and public taproom at its location in the MillWorks business park. Yellow Springs Brewer y has set itself apart in the growing craft beer market by brewing well-balanced beers that are unique takes on traditional styles, winning a silver medal at the prestigious Great American Beer Festival in its first year of operation. It has produced a wide variety of beers, including pale ales, IPAs, saisons, stouts, golden ales, barrel-aged beers, fruited kettle sours and more. Yellow Springs Brewery produces more than 5000 barrels each year and cans many of its popular beers for the retail market, including its best seller, Boat Show IPA. Yellow Springs Brewery distributes beer in the Miami Valley and Columbus markets. The local taproom features constantly changing art exhibits and guided tours of the production facility on weekends. Yellow Springs Brewery supports local non-profits through taproom fundraisers and sponsorships. The brewery has nearly 40 full-time and parttime employees.

YSI/XYLEM BRAND 1700/1725 Brannum Lane, 767‑7241 E M A I L : info@ysi.com W E B : www.ysi.com C O N TA C T:

YSI, Incorporated, a Xylem brand, is a manufacturer of precision scientific equipment. The company was founded in the village in 1948 by graduates of Antioch College. YSI’s global headquarters, research and development lab, and largest manufacturing facility is located in Yellow Springs. YSI employs over 200 people locally and has additional employees who work in YSI facilities all over the world. YSI’s major instruments and sensors are focused on environmental monitoring, namely water quality and velocity. These systems deliver high-quality data to governments and independent professionals who are actively maintaining our natural resources and ecosystems. The Life Sciences division of YSI also manufactures bio-analyzers for pharmaceutical, health care and alternative fuel processing applications. YSI’s slogan — “Who’s Minding the

Planet?” ® — asks us to consider the commitment made by those who use our products to protect the planet and ensure a rich, sustainable future. Citizens who drink clean water, receive flood warnings, enjoy recreational fishing, and patients with diabetes have all encountered the benefits of dedicated professionals utilizing YSI products. You can connect with YSI on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and many other social media sites. To read more about how our customers are using our instruments to manage local and global environmental issues, visit our blog at: ysi.com/blog. YSI is both ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 registered.

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FALL STREET FAIR Sat., Oct. 12, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (downtown) YS OPEN STUDIOS Oct. 19–20 (various locations around the village) CHAMBER MUSIC IN YELLOW SPRINGS: MAXWELL STRING QUARTET Sun., Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m. (First Presbyterian Church)

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YS ARTS COUNCIL HOLIDAY ART JUMBLE Nov. 16–Dec. 22, during regular gallery hours (YSAC Community Gallery) LEGENDARY LIGHTS OF CLIFTON MILL Nov. 29–Dec. 31 (Clifton, OH) YELLOW FRIDAY Fri., Nov. 29 (businesses downtown) SCHOOL FOREST FESTIVAL Sat. and Sun., Dec. 7–8, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. (Bryan Park Road) SANTA PANCAKE BREAKFAST Sat., Dec. 7, 9–11:30 a.m. (United Methodist Church) HOLIDAY FEST (downtown; details TBA) BALL DROP Dec. 31, midnight (downtown) MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. PEACE WALK Mon., Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m. (downtown) CHAMBER MUSIC IN YELLOW SPRINGS: GOLDSTEIN-PELED-FITERSTEIN TRIO Sun., Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. (First Presbyterian Church) CHAMBER MUSIC IN YELLOW SPRINGS: CATACOUSTIC CONSORT Sun., Mar. 22, 7:30 p.m. (First Presbyterian Church) SPRING STREET FAIR Sat., June 13, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (downtown) YS PRIDE Sat., June 29 (downtown) INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE Sat., July 4, 3 p.m. (Xenia Avenue) COMMUNITY BAND CONCERT Sat., July 4, 8 p.m. (Gaunt Park) INDEPENDENCE DAY FIREWORKS Sat., July 4, sunset (Gaunt Park) SPRINGSFEST Date TBA (Bryan Center) BOOK FAIR Sat., Aug. 1, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (Mills Lawn School) ART ON THE LAWN Sat., Aug. 8, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. (Mills Lawn School) CLIFTON GORGE ART & MUSIC FESTIVAL TBA (Clifton, OH) 3RD ANNUAL PORCHFEST TBA (various village locations) CORNER CONE FARMERS MARKET Saturdays, 7 a.m.–noon, April–Nov. (Corner Cone parking lot) YELLOW SPRINGS FARMERS MARKET Saturdays, 7 a.m.–noon, April–Nov. (Kings Yard parking lot) YELLOW SPRINGS WINTER MARKET Saturdays, 9 a.m.–noon, Jan.–March (Senior Ctr. Great Room)

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