Lessons Learned from a Life of Good Trouble: Katy Barksdale ‘77
Civic leader, film producer, attorney, and activist Kathleen "Katy" Mitchell Barksdale ’77 has crafted a fascinating journey through politics, law, service, and social justice. She recently coproduced the Netflix documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble about the life of her fellow
Alumnae Profiles: Winter 2020
Keeping kids connected to their tribe Kathryn Henningfeld Fort ’99 The Washington Post recently described Kathryn Fort as one of the country’s foremost experts on the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). “So that was pretty cool,” she says with trademark deadpan. For nearly
Alumnae Profiles: Summer 2019
Digging in Anna Copplestone '06, '15 As a kid, Anna Copplestone spent every available minute playing in the dirt. “That was all I wanted to do,” she says. That obsession for the natural world didn’t dissipate as Copplestone grew into an adult, but
Alumnae Profiles: Spring 2019
Thriving in higher education Dannette Gomez Beane ’02 Dannette Gomez Beane believes in education. She points to herself as living proof of its transformative power. “I am a first-generation college student,” she said. “I’m Latinx and my family was below poverty level.”
Of Donuts I Have Loved
For Miranda Dennis ’08, Tinker Day was a delicious stop along the donut highway. Krispy Kremes melt at the touch, are tender and loving, are used by my family to perform a wholeness we do not always feel. An aunt is