Over the last few weeks, we hosted the Milton Academy 2023 Department of Equity, Inclusion, and Justice speaker series. The series featured talks from Dr. Howard Stevenson, Rev. Dr. Chloe Breyer ’87, and Grace Chan McKibben ’86. Dr. Howard Stevenson discussed how to promote racial literacy in education, health, and community institutions. Rev. Dr. Chloe Breyer ’87, executive director at the Interfaith Center of New York, discussed how to overcome prejudice, violence, and misunderstanding by activating the power of grassroots religious and civic leaders of today. Grace Chan McKibben ’86 discussed how to bring communities together and amplify the voices and influence of marginalized communities. To watch the recordings of any of these events, please visit https://vimeo.com/miltonalumni. If you participated in any or all of these events and would like to provide feedback, please take a moment to fill out this survey.

March 9 is Giving Day 2023! From arts to sports to hands-on learning experiences and enrichment, a Milton Fund gift makes a positive impact by helping our students learn, grow, and become the leaders we know they can be. The best part? You don’t have to just imagine 1,000 generous Giving Day donors earning $100K to the Milton Fund. You can help make it a reality. Ready to get started? Add Giving Day to your calendar |  Watch the 2023 video | Support us as a Giving Day advocate

As we prepare for the Spring 2023 edition of Milton Magazine to drop in the mail soon, we are already looking forward to reading the class notes and receiving submissions for the fall issue. Do you have a Milton love story or a new addition to the family to share? How about a career update or relocation to tell your classmates about? Submit a class note today at http://forms.gle/4NHrztmPtjPpGq6n6!

Pictured are Heather McGhee ’97 and Cassim Shepard ’97 on their wedding day in October of 2016. The couple have been best friends since their sophomore year at Milton, when they shared their first kiss in the basement of Wigg Hall.

Dr. Howard Stevenson, the first of Milton’s 2023 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) speakers, recently spoke to the alumni community, as well as Upper and Middle School students. You can access the recording of his talk to the alumni community here. Upcoming speakers include Rev. Dr. Chloe Breyer ’87, who will speak on February 28, and Grace Chan McKibbon ’86, who will speak on March 7. You can register for the upcoming speaker events at https://www.milton.edu/graduates/events-calendar.

While the past two years have brought myriad heartbreaks and headaches into the public school classroom, alumni working in public school education say they have also profited from important lessons and opportunities. Read more.

Classes ending in 3 and 8, get excited because Reunion is just five months away! Mark your calendars for Friday, June 16, and Saturday, June 17, and keep an eye out for registration information in February. In the meantime, please visit www.milton.edu/reunion to view a preliminary schedule, check out your class page to connect with fellow alumni, join your class committee, and make a gift in honor of your reunion year.

Sitting in the bright, airy headquarters at College for Social Innovation in downtown Boston, Eric Schwarz ’79 describes what has driven him over the past several decades to envision and create two experiential learning programs that give students from underserved communities some of the same opportunities that their more privileged peers have. Read More.