Middlebury College Activities Board

Since 2011, Syria has devolved into one of the greatest humanitarian crises in human memory. What began as a non-violent movement for democracy has collapsed into a debacle of death and despair, inhumanity and ideology. Despite outcries around the globe, international policy remains paralyzed. Russian and regional rivals’ interests have been allowed to reduce the Syrian conflict from a revolution of the people into a chess-board for predatory policy and power.

Loubna Mrie, Syrian activist who participated in the initial stages of the Syrian Revolution. She later became a photojournalist with Reuters based in Aleppo, where she covered the ongoing conflict in the Idlib, Aleppo, Latakia, and Hama governorates. She is currently based in New York City where she is completing an MA at NYU. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the New Republic, among other publications. Zena Agha is a Palestinian-Iraqi writer, poet, public speaker and activist from London.

Maya Alkateb, co-founder and leader of the United World Colleges (UWC) scholarship program and former director of admissions in UWC U.S. She is currently part of the leadership team in Jusoor, an NGO run by Syrian expatriates supporting the country’s development through programs in education, career development and global community engagement. Diya Abdo, founder of the “Every Campus a Refuge” project, which calls for higher education institutions across the U.S.

Arizona based punk-rock band, Playboy Manbaby, will be performing in Coltrane Lounge at 9 pm. Several student bands will precede the main act. Bring earplugs and dancing shoes.

Come out and enjoy some unreal live music performed by Noah Kahan, a young artist from Strafford, Vermont. If you want to make your head spin (in a good way), go listen to Noah’s first song, Young Blood, on Spotify, iTunes, or Soundcloud. Traveling across the country to work in New York, LA, and Nashville, Noah has been crafting some dreamy tracks for the past two years and is opening for Milky Chance on their spring tour. Noah sings some swaggy covers that anyone will vibe with and writes his own songs — and they are straight fire. Noah is also a huge homie, so come hang regardless.

Mike Brandon and L.A. Solano have been in many different versions of The Mystery Lights under assorted monikers since their teens. In a heroic jump from the small town of Salinas, California to NYC, the band solidified its lineup to now include Alex Amini on bass, and Zach Butler on drums.The explosive live shows gradually became the stuff of legend, as the quintet won their following one fan at a time in dives from Brooklyn to the Bowery.

Modern Diet and The Will Overman Band LIVE in Johnson Pit.

“MCAB will be reviving one of Middlebury’s greatest traditions with a Pig Roast on Atwater lawn at 5pm. The award-winning VT Pig Roasters will be bringing a 150-pound pig, rosemary chicken, mac n’ cheese, spinach salad and roasted potatoes. Iron Eyes Cody will be performing during the pig roast!” Rain location will be Coltrane Lounge