Hi, ’20s—happy holidays! I hope you all are experiencing—or looking forward to—the joy, rest, and generosity of the holiday season. In that vein, here are some of the wonderful endeavors from our fellow classmates:

Sam Zarkower was elected to serve a full two-year term as a Democratic Party district leader in Westchester County, New York, having been initially appointed to fill a vacancy. He also served as an alternate judicial delegate at the 2024 Democratic Party Judicial Convention for New York’s 9th Judicial District to nominate candidates for the New York Supreme Court. Finally, he was admitted to the New York Bar in July!

Devon Kurtz has released a new book, Sketches from Behind Prison Walls. It is a collaboration between Devon; Rein Kolts, an artist incarcerated at a prison in Springfield, Vermont; and a number of other incarcerated men. It offers an unflinching but varied view of prison life from the inside, mediated by the incredible portraits sketched by Rein. The book grew out of Devon’s ministry work at the prison under the auspices of Hanover Friends Meeting and with grant support from New England Yearly Meeting (a regional Quaker organization) and the Quaker Institute for the Future, which published the book. All proceeds go to a charitable fund to provide scholarships to the Correctional Ministry Institute’s prison ministry certificate program.

Congratulations to both Devon and Sam. Happy holidays, ’20s!

—Katie Goldstein, 263 W Santa Inez, Hillsborough, CA 94010; katie.e.goldstein.20@dartmouth.edu