Activists

Bettina Aptheker ’67 (left) was a prominent activist in several major historical and political events of the 1960s and ’70s, including the Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley and the movement against the war in Vietnam. Joan Blades ’77 (right) co-founded MoveOn.org, which unites education, advocacy, and political action to give Americans a voice in the political process, as well as MomsRising.org, dedicated to improving maternity/paternity leave, health care, childcare, and other issues important to families.