Stories about "Justice and poverty"
With 2025 Davis Projects for Peace funding, Axelle Tougouma ’27 aims to support refugees from Burkina Faso
Thursday, May 15, 2025 8:44 am
With her $10,000 grant, Tougouma will pursue a solar-powered irrigation system for Burkinabé women refugees in Ivory Coast, aiming to combat food insecurity and foster economic independence.
Bates Alumni in the News: Feb. 20, 2025
Thursday, February 20, 2025 10:00 am
An alumnus whose high-tech investigative talents helps to investigate humanitarian crises; the legacy of a 1951 Bates tragedy; and bestselling author Lisa Genova's new novel explores bi-polar disorder.
MLK Day keynote: Why nonviolent protest has become less successful (when it might be needed most)
Friday, January 24, 2025 1:40 pm
The vibe at this year’s MLK Day keynote was the “fierce urgency of now,” as keynote speaker Erica Chenoweth and Bates President Garry W. Jenkins each reflected on the challenges and imperatives of modern nonviolent movements in uncertain times.
Picture Story: Bates MLK Day is rich with song, poetry, discussion, and, most of all, food
Friday, January 19, 2024 2:54 pm
Enjoy this immersive photo and video presentation of the 2024 Bates MLK Day celebration, full of presentations, discussions, and workshops, all on the topic of food justice in America.
Bates MLK Day keynote: Food justice is ‘one of the most important movements of the 21st century’
Friday, January 19, 2024 8:37 am
MLK Day keynote Bryant Terry, an artist, author, chef, and activist, says Martin Luther King Jr's fight against food apartheid is still relevant today.
‘Food Justice’ is on the menu for 2024 MLK Day at Bates
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 4:43 pm
This year’s keynote promises stirring words — and more. Noted author, food justice activist, and James Beard Award-winning chef Bryant Terry plans to stir up a vegan dish featured in one of his acclaimed cookbooks.
Bates faculty member Kati Vecsey helps give voice to a fellow Hungarian’s right-to-die case
Thursday, November 16, 2023 11:33 am
Dániel Karsai, a Hungarian human rights lawyer, has ALS and wants the right to die with dignity. Vecsey, a Bates faculty member and voice expert, is helping him voice his case before the European Court for Human Rights, Nov. 27–28.
‘We appreciate this so much:’ a gift of smiles on a frosty Halloween evening
Friday, November 3, 2023 10:37 am
Pain and worry had ruled days and nights since the Lewiston shootings. But now, at twilight on a frosty fall day, there could be, and were, smiles everywhere as children and families flocked from the Lewiston community to the Bates campus.
Q&A: Bates Commencement senior speaker Rishi Madnani discovered a ‘big part of who I am’ at Bates
Thursday, May 25, 2023 10:42 am
This year's Senior Address at Commencement will be offered by Rishi Madnani ‘23 of Langhorne, Pa., who came to Bates with two major expectations about his path forward. And both were upended.
Aaliyah Moore ’24, an ‘exceptionally talented and determined Bates student,’ wins 2023 Truman Scholarship
Friday, April 28, 2023 3:52 pm
Aaliyah Moore ’24 of Phoenix, Ariz., has received a Truman Scholarship for graduate studies to gain the skills to tackle systematic disparities within the U.S. legal and foster-care systems.