Hello from Yellow Springs, the village that continues to hold the constant-beating heart of Antioch College…

I write to you all a brief update on our Emergency Town Meeting we held on Tuesday, July 10, 2007. I keep it brief because I believe that Diane Chiddister, editor of the Yellow Springs News, summed it up best, in her article in the latest issue of our local paper. Despite the unbearable heat of the day, over 300 people crowded into and outside of the meeting space, staying well past the agenda schedule. It was encouraging to see that most of the meeting attendees were in support of keeping Antioch College open (based on their applause and public questions and comments.). We, the meeting organizers, now know that we had over 300 attendees because 280 people signed in as they entered, and well over 20-30 more people entered late, filling in the standing room-only spaces outside and throughout the hallways. The Yellow Springs group to keep Antioch College open has officially increased 7 times from its original number of 40 people! Now, to continue the momentum… The meeting can be heard in its entirety on the WYSO website, where they have kindly loaded a podcast onto their site. It’s good to listen to while you’re multi-tasking (almost 2 hours-worth of listening). Link to WYSO podcast of Yellow Springs Emergency Town Meeting or you can click play directly at the end of this post.

The next meeting we urge people to attend is the Village Council Meeting at which chancellor Toni Murdock and president Steve Lawry will be presenters. The meeting, which is open to the public, will be on Monday, July 16, at 7pm at the John Bryan Center. Two more important dates for Yellow Springs: July 21, 2007 - A fund raiser screening of the film, “The Antioch Adventure” (1967) will be at the Little Art Theatre, time TBA. July 23, 2007 - Next major meeting for subcommittees from the Yellow Springs Residents in Support of Antioch College Revival Resolution, will be at 7pm at the Senior Center.

A heartfelt thank you goes out to the town meeting presenters, to the attendees, to members of the press, to the members of the First Presbyterian Church (which housed the town meeting) and especially to each of the hard-working individuals who helped to organize and volunteer at the town meeting!

Onward,

Judith “juju” Wolert-Maldonado, ‘05

(attended ‘94-’96, then ‘03-’05)

juju70@msn.com

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More Coverage in :

• Residents, faculty, alumni question Antioch’s closing - the Xenia Daily Gazette
• Villagers overflow church at meeting to save the college - Yellow Springs News

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