Tens of thousands of participants are expected to join the 3rd Annual Queer Liberation March when it steps off in New York City’s Bryant Park on Sunday, June 27. Ann Northrop ’70 is one of the chief organizers of the “alternative” march.
This year, the alumnae/i association, AAVC, turns 150. Throughout 2021, the College will be celebrating this anniversary by highlighting a few of Vassar’s most notable alums in architecture, arts, business, education, entertainment, healthcare, humanitarian efforts, law, social justice, and technology.
This year, the alumnae/i association, AAVC, turns 150. Throughout 2021, the College will be celebrating this anniversary by highlighting a few of Vassar’s most notable alumnae/i in architecture, arts, business, education, entertainment, healthcare, humanitarian efforts, law, social justice, and technology. This month, we focus on two alumnae/i attorneys who are working to create a more just society.
Last summer, as people took to the streets to protest racism in the United States, Bishop Joseph Tolton ’89 saw an opportunity to unite people across continents. People in the U.S. had come together to tell their story in the hopes of changing policy on the domestic front. He thought: What if members of the African diaspora around the world united to do the same on the global front?
Greg Russo ’03 hadn’t been to the movies since the COVID-19 pandemic began. But on April 23, he ventured out to an IMAX theater near his home in Los Angeles to watch Mortal Kombat, an action-packed adaptation of the classic video game, which was debuting that night. “It was a great experience,” Russo said, “hearing all those claps and cheers.” The crowd’s enthusiasm meant a lot to Russo. He had written the screenplay for the film, which shattered post-pandemic box office records that weekend. Mortal Kombat was an overnight success, but Greg Russo’s success as a screenwriter took a little longer—and he says that journey began at Vassar.
Jacob Rivkin ’07 parlayed his talent as an artist and his love of Chinese culture into his role as animator for the PBS documentary Beethoven in Beijing.
With the class of 1971’s landmark Reunion approaching, Jill Troy Werner ’71 created an Endowment for Research and Teaching on Climate Change and Sustainability, and Mary Price ’71 along her husband, Nick Waser—both of whom are field ecologists—made a gift to support “people and programs” at the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve. These gifts inspired their class to fund the Class of 1971 Gateway to the Old Vassar Farm as its 50th Reunion gift.
