News
Voice of Experience
June 27, 2023
Tyler Applegate
Véronique Harris grew up a witness to inequality. Now she’s dedicating her life to eradicating it through a career in public-service law.
![Véronique Harris.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/veronique_profile.jpeg?itok=TchlmRBC)
Summer of Justice
May 26, 2023
Henry Hicks IV
Darius Butler explores human rights across three continents through a Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship.
![Darius Butler](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/darius-butler_3.jpg?itok=18aGXsNy)
Students Lead Reproductive Justice Symposium March 10-11
March 9, 2023
Amanda Nagy
Exhibition of student research and expert-led workshops sponsored by Oberlin's Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies.
![Reproductive Justice Three people stand in front of a screen with a projected image. The text reads "Reproductive Justice, Looking Forward, Learning from the Past."](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/Images-2023/reproductive_justice-alice_koeninger.jpg?itok=za5qxXbv)
Oberlin Holds Teach-in on the George Floyd Uprising
June 16, 2020
Communications Staff
The panel session served as a space for faculty to share their perspectives and insights about the recent events.
![After Minneapolis: A Teach-in on the George Floyd Uprising.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/teach-in-title-screen.jpg?itok=9Zsmr_zv)
Oberlin Drama at Grafton Celebrates Alumni Who Are Now Restored Citizens
February 20, 2020
Jaimie Yue ’22
Former inmates who participated in an innovative prison theater program are recognized for their return to society.
![Oberlin Drama at Grafton recognition ceremony Eight white and black men of all ages, one woman, and a man holding a baby post for photo.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/oberlin_drama_at_grafton_alumni.jpg?itok=-SbvIee2)
Queer Country Singer Eli Conley ’08 Helps Others Find Their Voice
April 30, 2019
Amanda Nagy
Eli Conley returned to Oberlin earlier this spring to perform and lead a workshop on social justice songs.
![Eli Conley workshop Picture of people sitting in a circle around a person playing guitar](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/eliconleyworkshp1-michael_hartman.jpg?itok=r1jHHQvj)
Jazz Legend Sonny Rollins Designates Major Gift to Oberlin
November 13, 2017
By Erich Burnett
Newly created Sonny Rollins Jazz Ensemble Fund will support exemplary conservatory musicians and service efforts.
![portrait of musician Sonny Rollins](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/sonny_rollins_by_john_abbott_copy_2.jpg?itok=fBCZhH4T)
Louisa Liles Receives Dalai Lama fellowship
June 2, 2016
Amanda Nagy
An economics major and lifelong performing artist, Liles is building a model for sustainable arts instruction for impoverished youth in her native Texas.
![Louisa Liles](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/louiseliles_thumbnail_0.jpg?itok=HkdDB1sI)
Celebrating Africana Unity and Celebration Month
February 11, 2016
Lisa Gulasy
This year’s Africana Unity and Celebration Month features a performance of Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom, a convocation led by founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops Rhiannon Giddens ’00, and the symposium Complicated Relationships: Mary Church Terrell’s Legacy for 21st Century Activists.
![clip art with the text "Africana Unity & Celebration Month"](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/bhm_news_center-resized_3.png?itok=TPm1V0JQ)
Students Renew Fight for Environmental Justice in Alabama
November 13, 2015
Owain Heyden
A group of students surveyed the health threats posed by industries in the community of Africatown this fall break.
![Signs for environmental justice: "Clean air now," "environmental justice for all," "downtown deserves better," "no more tanks on our banks"](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/africatown_teaser_0.jpeg?itok=X3cnn9jH)