The Imagining America consortium (IA) brings together scholars, artists, designers, humanists, and organizers to imagine, study, and enact a more just and liberatory ‘America’ and world. Working across institutional, disciplinary, and community divides, IA strengthens and promotes public scholarship, cultural organizing, and campus change that inspires collective imagination, knowledge-making, and civic action on pressing public issues. By dreaming and building together in public, IA creates the conditions to shift culture and transform inequitable institutional and societal structures.
Reflecting on the importance of transitions – from political crises to global climate change, and personal identity to organizational transformation – the 2026 IA National Gathering invites participants to share stories, research, creative works, and community practices exploring the complex process of transitioning away from systems of fear and domination and towards restoring collective spirit.
Featured Image: Angelica Sauceda, Taller Arte Nuevo Amanecer (TANA) Archive
Weaving together lessons from Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Sekou Sundiata’s The America Project, The IA Clearing was a special track at the 2025 IA National Gathering, activated through a series of spaces, activities, and ‘magical questions’. In this toolkit, we invite you to tailor and adapt the following IA Clearing Resources for your own communities.
Since 1907, the University of Redlands has prepared students for lives of meaning, impact, and joy through immersive, personalized, and career-focused education. In this member spotlight, we learn more about Redlands’ work around civic engagement and educational justice.
+ University of Redlands Champions Civic Engagement and Educational Justice
In the second session of the Digital Divestment Roundtable, we will learn how to protect ourselves from the surveillance apparatus (practical tips for how to deactivate AI on platforms, turn off tracking features, etc) and start to create a personal plan for how we would like to engage with digital ecosystems.
+ Digital Divestment Roundtable: ‘Making a Plan’ Hands-On Workshop
Imagining America is pleased to announce that our 2026-2027 fellowship programs for graduate and undergraduate students is now open! The PAGE Fellowship applications close on June 30, 2026 (extended deadline), and IA/JGS Fellowship applications close on July 15, 2026.
Annual convening of public scholars, artists, designers, students, and cultural organizers addressing today’s pressing issues.
IA has begun the search for a new campus home. Hosting IA is an exciting opportunity to become a national hub for public scholarship, and for activating the mission, vision, and values of IA.
IA fosters vibrant networks of graduate and undergraduate students from our member institutions.
IA’s research initiatives and learning opportunities leverage the intellectual and creative capital that is the consortium’s greatest strength.
We envision a world of expansive social imagination, constructed by multiple ways of knowing, where people work together to nurture healthy, vibrant, and joyful communities.
The Imagining America consortium (IA) brings together scholars, artists, designers, humanists, and organizers to imagine, study, and enact a more just and liberatory ‘America’ and world. Working across institutional, disciplinary, and community divides, IA strengthens and promotes public scholarship, cultural organizing, and campus change that inspires collective imagination, knowledge-making, and civic action on pressing public issues.
By dreaming and building together in public, IA creates the conditions to shift culture and transform inequitable institutional and societal structures.
Phone Number:
530-297-4640
Email Address:
connect@imaginingamerica.org
Physical Address:
207 3rd Street, Suite 120
Davis, CA 95616
Funding has been provided by California Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
