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Social-Justice Activist...
When Pam Barratt was still working full time as a chemistry teacher and raising her two children, life as a social activist was complicated. Sidwell Friends, the Washington-area private school where she taught, was surprisingly accommodating after she was arrested in 1988 while protesting U.S. involvement in El Salvador. Her son and daughter tolerated the seven families of refugees from Cambodia, Vietnam and Czechoslovakia who moved in and out of their home over a 13-year period. But Barratt was torn: teaching chemistry to wealthy kids forced her to temper her passion for social activism. "I was always interested...
...cast members sought out the right student group, since, as Papke puts it, the ATC specializes in “a very wide range of shows which feature a lot of women in major roles, deal with women’s issues directly, and, often, have a slightly activist bent...
Comedian Bill Cosby joined hundreds of Harvard Medical School (HMS) alums Saturday to honor famed civil rights activist and Professor of Psychiatry Alvin F. Poussaint, in an extensive all-day tribute...
...cast members sought out the right student group, since, as Papke puts it, the ATC specializes in “a very wide range of shows which feature a lot of women in major roles, deal with women’s issues directly, and, often, have a slightly activist bent...