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Pedagogies of Possibility: Supporting Undergrads to Imagine and Build Futures of Their Own Making
September 1, 2026
In this collaboratory blog post, Jessica Bacal and Deborah Keisch are inspired to ask: What does it look like, in practice, to pay attention to possibility? What does it look like inside our classrooms, in 1:1 meetings with students, in our assignments, with our colleagues? What does it look like for those of us trying to stay under the radar because we are pre-tenure or are otherwise precarious due to our job title or social identities?
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Dreaming America: Enacting Community Joy Collaboratory Report
September 1, 2026
In this collaboratory blog post, Michael Stevenson Jr., Gregory MacNaughton, and Kate Duffly, introduce the concept of grassroots community parades—people-powered processions that strengthen communities and imagine more just futures by moving and celebrating together in public space to create a feeling of solidarity and connection.
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2026-2027 Imagining America / Joy of Giving Something (JGS) Fellows
August 27, 2026
Imagining America is proud to announce the cohort of 2026-2027 IA/JGS Fellows. These eight undergraduate students from IA Member campuses were selected for their creative use of art to uplift diverse stories, create connection, and build community.
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Enacting Radical Imagination in Higher Education: A 2025 Collaboratory Report
August 7, 2026
Enacting Our Radical Imaginary (EORI): A Place-Based Activation of Speculative Learning Design, a 2025 Collaboratory, aimed to turn student projects into embodied learning experiences for the broader Georgetown community. The primary partners for this work included students and faculty from the Critical Speculative Design course; the EnActors; and the Red House, Georgetown’s curricular innovation unit, and its Baker Family Terrace, an outdoor studio classroom and gallery.
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Celebrating & Reflecting: 25 Years of Community Based Learning and Research at Occidental College
August 6, 2026
This month's member spotlight uplifts the Center for Community Based Learning (CCBL) at Occidental College, which will celebrate 25 years of bringing together faculty, students, and community partners as co-thinkers and collaborators in addressing social justice issues. Founded in November of 2001, by a group of faculty and then president, Ted Mitchell, the creation of the CCBL aimed to shift the College’s engagement with the local community from volunteerism to long-term reciprocal community partnerships anchored in the curriculum.
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.
