Early in 2007 it looked like Antioch College would shut its doors
for good, but no such luck.  After a do or die fund-raising campaign,
the college not only lives, but it has mutated by creating 6 branch
Antioch University campuses.

The Antioch University New England offers this an MA degree in
Environmental Advocacy and Organizing. This degree program does not
require any knowledge of markets. In fact, knowledge of market processes
is actively discouraged. The catalog description:

Real democracy is not a spectator sport. Do you
want to build a well-organized social movement that can challenge the
downsizing of democracy and promote the common good? If so, check out
our master?s program in Environmental Advocacy and Organizing?where we
train students for activist careers as public interest advocates and
grassroots organizers working for ecological sustainability, social
justice, and the democratic control of corporations.

And here is high praise from MoveOn.org.

 ?There are just too few institutions that help inspire, train, and
nurture progressive activists. That?s why I?m so excited about Antioch
University New England?s Environmental Advocacy and Organizing Program.
It?s a graduate program that offers in-depth activist training and even
connects its graduates into an ongoing support network. I encourage
everyone seeking to work as a public interest advocate or a grassroots
organizer to check out Antioch?s advocacy and organizing program.?

Eli Pariser, Exec. Director, MoveOn.Org

 

Cross posted on www.environmentnc.com