Students

AUS Student and Alumna Involved in Movie

Shannon Kringen (current B.A. student) is the subject of a new documentary titled “Typecast Dragon”. Shauna Hargrove (B.A. Antioch Alumna) worked on the film (credits listed below).

Synopsis: Seattle cult icon Goddess Kring wrestles with her public access fame as she transitions into a new cycle in her life. Showing as part of the Seattle International Film Festival on Monday, May 28, 2012, 1 pm. to 2:30 pm at the SIFF Cinema at the Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Avenue North, Seattle, WA. For more information go to http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=45549&FID=254.

You can watch the film online and vote for it at http://www.docchallenge.org/2012-Finalists/typecast-dragon.html

The film is a finalist for the 2012 International Documentary Challenge. Overall, 90 teams from around the world participated in the 7th Annual International Documentary Challenge with 73 teams turning
their films in on time. Each of these 12 short finalist films were made in just five days and premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto on May 1 at 7pm. For more info on the 12 finalists go to http://docchallenge.org/News/2012-finalists-announced.html.

Cast & Crew

Director: The Last Quest
Producers: Shauna Hargrove, Katie Killeen, Morgan Dusatko, Cassidy Dimon
Editors: Shauna Hargrove, Katie Killeen, Morgan Dusatko, Cassidy Dimon
Screenwriter: Shauna Hargrove, Katie Killeen, Morgan Dusatko, Cassidy Dimon
Cinematographers: Shauna Hargrove, Katie Killeen, Morgan Dusatko, Cassidy Dimon

Cast: Shannon Kringen

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Hello Eric,

I am currently on hiatus from Antioch’s MA in Psychology (Mental Health Counseling) program to work on a storytelling project. I noticed your last post about digital storytelling and thought you might be interested. We are on the front cover of the current issue of The International Examiner, Seattle’s Asian American newspaper: http://www.facebook.com/internationalexaminer

My partner (Olli Tumelius) and I are starting a cycling trip across Europe and Asia. Our route takes us to Portugal, on to Vietnam, and ends in Japan. We are documenting people, food, and stories and sharing them on our website, www.internationalsupperclub.org.

The best way to understand what the International Supper Club project aims to achieve is to view our short (02:17) video trailer at bit.ly/isc-trailer.

We just launched a Kickstarter fundraising campaign (http://kck.st/isc-eurasia) and a staff writer had this to say about it:

“Sometimes I really like projects simply because I want to live vicariously through them. This sprightly couple are in the midst of a 15,000 mile biking trip across the world’s largest land mass to document the remarkable breadth of people, stories, and cuisines that exist there. It’s a mind-melting array of culinary skills and lifestyles; there are so many different stories, and it’s amazing to see that, despite that, we’re all sort of connected by this fundamental thread that is the basic human need to eat. Food is one of the great ways to simultaneously celebrate what makes us totally different and completely the same.” — Cassie Marketos

BTW, our Kickstarter project was successfully funded on Monday March 26. KOMO just posted an article about us here: http://greenwoodphinney.komonews.com/news/people/733200-cyclists-share-meals-life-stories-strangers-journey-across-europe-asia

Thanks so much.

Warmly,
Amie Thao

Amie Thao, left, and her partner Olli Tumelius

http://www.ted.com/conversations/9094/how_can_we_use_art_to_build_aw.htm

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Shannon Kringen, B.A. completion student, recently sold seven photos at two art shows that she is a part of!

Her work is hanging at Cupcake Royale in Ballard (thanks to a fellow Antioch student) and also on Capitol Hill at the Green Door Studio! Also, three fans of my public access tv show called “Goddess KRING” bought images from her!

To view her work go to: http://www.shannonkringen.com/

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AUS now has a Black Student Union on our campus. Jahthaime Smith, Psy.D. student, has taken the initiative to get the group started. The first meeting will be Friday, February 10, 12 noon - 1 pm, room 201B. Pizza will be served!
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In response to the need to create scholarships on the Antioch University Seattle campus, the AUS Board of Trustees has announced the recipients of the inaugural “Board of Trustees Scholarship.”

Faculty nominated 17 students, and two students were chosen from 12 applicants who met the scholarship criteria:

An exemplary, articulate student;
With leadership potential or who has demonstrated leadership;
Committed to serving his or her community; and
Who has demonstrated his or her commitment to the Antiochian values of social justice.

Both students are being awarded $5,000: the first to a student who began her studies at Antioch University Seattle in Fall quarter 2011, the second to a current student whose anticipated graduation date is on or after June 16.

The decision process was tough because of the caliber of applications, and the Trustees were inspired by the level of service and commitment to Antiochian values exemplified in the student essays. Beginning in Winter Quarter 2012, two students will each receive the first $5,000 Board of Trustees Scholarship award:

Kristen Reid: continuing B.A. student
Monette Hearn: new B.A. student

The BOT Scholarship Committee thanks the faculty who nominated students for these inaugural scholarships. A great deal was learned from this year’s selection process and will be applied to the 2011- 12 nominations.

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Great newspaper article about Erin Sterling, a current AUS Graduate Teacher Prep student whose literacy project is igniting a passion for reading around the United State. Here is the link to the article:

http://journalstar.com/news/local/education/article_16c6a180-ce43-5ed4-a10b-2925a1725fd5.html

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Shelly Anne Rosen, a graduate student in the Center for Creative Change pursuing a master’s in communication degree, owns and operates Intore Expeditions, a community-based tour company in Rwanda, with her partner Paul Karemera.

Intore Expeditions’ mission is to help expand the tourism industry in a manner that is meaningful and sustainable for both visitors and Rwanda. By supporting a variety of local projects that assist widows, orphans and those with HIV/Aids, the company aspires to making a difference and creating a more sustainable self-reliant Rwanda.

“As an international business owner, I have found that there is a dire need for people to enhance their capability to better communicate cross culturally. It is key for travelers and international workers to understand the context of where they are, the assumptions they bring with them and how to find balance in any new community, be it locally or internationally.”

Shelly says that her C3 experience “has allowed me to view communication challenges through a broader lens, which is in part formed through photography. My photography is also helping me to find my voice and give voices to others through their visual stories.”

Currently, she is working collaboratively with Seattle photographer Bryan Kopp. “We have taken cameras to Rwanda and are giving children access to photograph what they see as interesting and telling about their lives.”

It will be inspiring to see what develops.

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Nan Gellerman, current Whole Systems Design student, is finance director at I-TECH, University of Washington. She recently returned from one of her many trips to Africa, supporting affiliate offices of the International Training and Education Center for HIV/Aides at the University of Washington’s Department of Global Health.

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Hillary Hacker, current Communication student, worked on her change project this spring in Palestine. She is interested in “art and activism and the power that art and creative expression have within the larger movement for global justice” and is collaborating on A Tale of Two Cities: The Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project. She joined the Maia Mural Brigade in Gaza to paint a series of community murals.

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Valerie Segrest, current Environment & Community student, is a member of the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and works as the community nutritionist and native foods educator. She was named a 2011-13 Food and Community Fellow of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Also, she was selected to attend the 9th World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education held in August in Cusco, Peru. And, in December, she joins a by-invitation delegation organized by American Public Health Association to research Cuba’s health care system.

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Valerie Segrest, one of Antioch University Seattle’s new Environment & Community M.A. students, has just been named a Fellow of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP). Valerie is a native foods educator and community nutritionist, and co-authored the book, Feeding the People, Feeding the Spirit: Revitalizing Northwest Coastal Indian Food Culture. She is a member of the Muckleshoot tribe. The IATP website describes the fellows this way:

“The IATP Food and Society Fellows are innovative change makers who advocate for food and farming systems that are just and healthy for all people. Fellows use multi-media, policy advocacy and community engagement to promote fresh ideas on all aspects of the national food system—supporting culturally appropriate and environmentally sustainable farming, safe processing and distribution, fair labor standards, and healthy food accessible to all—especially our most vulnerable children.”

The IATP website has a wonderful article about Valerie and her work at http://www.foodandsocietyfellows.org/about/fellow/valerie-segrest. She is one of fourteen leaders from across the country chosen for this two year fellows program.

I hope you’ll join me in congratulating her on both this recognition and her fine work. Her email is vsegrest@gmail.com.

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Comments from Ivy Fox, M.A. Organizational Development student who is about to graduate:

“My history, like everyone’s, runs deep. I am a seventh generation Utahan, Jewish and Queer. My life prior to college is highlighted by community organizing, disability rights, GLBT rights and homelessness.

“My father was one of two democratic legislators elected to the Utah House of Representatives, the director and founder of Wasatch Fish and Gardens (our version of a P-Patch plus a fishery, super cool!), while my mother was an attorney for the homeless. We would spend our days farming and signing people up their food stamps, etc. When I was 16, I sued the board of education when they decided to band ALL non-curricular clubs, 46 in all (this included Students Against Drunk Driving, Young Republicans, Latino Pride), because ONE Gay/Straight Alliance ASKED to meet. My personal drive for social change was ignited by this experience. After speaking at the Millenium March on Washington in front of over 700,000 people, I knew my life would always include social justice issues.

“After graduating from Smith College in 2004, I moved directly into being a Mortgage Broker. I helped to get people out of bankruptcy, but couldn’t help but see the failures of this system. From every direction there was pressure to sell adjustable rate mortgages, and I knew that I ethically could not participate in this process.

“I left the mortgage industry and moved to Seattle where I focused my attention on issues related to Homelessness and Homeless Prevention at Family Services of King County. As the only Spanish speaker, I interpreted and ran the intake line assessing edibility and providing people with resources to transition from homelessness into permanent housing. This system too seemed to be reinforcing negative behaviors. One couldn’t actually receive services that prevented their homelessness without meeting the right qualifications of being homeless. This just didn’t feel right.

“I moved on to working for a labor union where I organized migrant head start workers as well as worked on the administration of external organizing. Within this system, I was able to empower workers, increase communication between employees and management and advance the rights of the working class in the United States. That said, there was also conflict. There were moments when communication stopped, conflict escalated and the safety of both workers and us was an issue. It was in these times that I saw an opportunity for something new, something different from our normal responses, strikes, and actions, yet I didn’t necessarily have the language to communicate this. Having worked at the Union, I was laid off after nearly two years and that same week, I was accepted into Antioch’s Graduated Degree Program.

“For the past two years, I have felt a great shift in the way I show up. I now work and have been doing my Change Project with Theo Chocolate, the first and only organic and fair trade certified bean to bar makers in all of North America. I still find challenges and run up against resistance, yet I respond differently. Utilizing a systems thinking lens, I can appreciate the intention, the diverse culture and the power dynamics that are at play in both my workplace and in my everyday life. Rather than feeling helpless or without hope in the face of resistance, I am empowered by what I can do and who I am. The shift might be slight, but the ripple effects are great. By imagining what is possible, understanding my vision, I create my path.

“Although I didn’t know it at the time, I was and still am a systems thinker. As I said at the Millennium March, “Though there is division in our ranks and controversy as to how we will achieve our goals, we are united in our conviction. Knowing that what we have, is not enough, and what we have, what we will achieve, is ours to build.”