Mission
The Antioch College Action Network (ACAN) is a coalition of Antioch College Community Members—students, faculty, staff, alumni, villagers and friends—dedicated to a vibrant, humane, self-governing and self-sustaining Antioch College. Operating on principles of direct participatory democracy, ACAN continues to work towards a true Non-Stop Antioch, uncompromised in its academic integrity and commitment to social justice. To this end, ACAN advocates autonomy, independence, participatory community governance; open, public and accountable decision-making processes, faculty tenure, respect for students and employees, sustainable student services, aggressive admissions, and faculty-driven curriculum for Antioch College.
Background and Purpose
”Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.” — Horace Mann
ACAN is an action-theory-oriented group formed from the core group of former Community Governance workers who helped to organize the initial alumni response to the Suspension of Operations at the 2007 Antioch College Reunion. We have been active through every stage of the efforts to save Antioch College. More recently, we raised hundreds of dollars for The Record and have brought a number of specific issues to a wider audience. We founded ACAN to address the need for a broader based action-oriented group.
Membership in ACAN means active involvement in cooperative efforts to establish and accomplish specific tasks, projects and operations that are determined and conducted in a directly participatory democratic fashion. We will use our combined experience, skills, resources and finances to address issues where we can make a tangible difference NOW towards these goals. We will continue to work together collectively to make a difference for our college and community, for which we care deeply.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead