CAPA News
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On May 17 and 18, Bennington's Prison Education Initiative (PEI) gathered together a small group to engage in conversation around access and opportunities to higher education for people serving life or virtual life sentences in America.
![Harvesting lettuce with Lyra Holahan and Gracie Yaconelli](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/lettuce-2.jpg?itok=l24bboMa)
On a chilly early spring day at Purple Carrot Farm, Lilliana Kelly ’25 took a break from the crew repositioning a silage tarp to recount her history with the place.
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The American writer and political activist Alice Walker said “Activism is my rent for living on the planet.” This could have been the theme for this year’s Endeavor Environmental Action Fellowship.
![Genevieve Hammatt](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/974574e8-b9eb-473e-b838-9b6babdfa070_1_105_c-1cropped.jpg?itok=jS8Hi9Ph)
A native of Washington state, Genevieve Hammatt ’26 came to Bennington with a plan to study social justice and social work but quickly realized that she could incorporate her lifelong passion for the environment into her studies.
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Susan Sgorbati, director of Bennington College’s Center for the Advancement of Public Action (CAPA), shared her work with the Transboundary Water In-Cooperation Network (TWIN) and their international cooperation to develop a new United Nations convention on conserving the river deltas (UNCCRD) with the Reporter Danielle M. Crosier of the Bennington Banner.