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  • Pedagogies of Possibility: Supporting Undergrads to Imagine and Build Futures of Their Own Making

    By Imagining America

    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?

  • Dreaming America: Enacting Community Joy Collaboratory Report

    By Imagining America

    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.

  • Photo of a group of people standing spread out in what looks like a dance studio. They are of diverse ages and races. One person in the forefront of the photo is in a wheelchair. They all have their arms stretched out in front of them. Some have their palms to the sky, some have them facing down, and some have their hands together. It looks like they are participating in a workshop.

    Enacting Radical Imagination in Higher Education: A 2025 Collaboratory Report

    By Imagining America

    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.

  • Creating Refuge: A 2025 Collaboratory report

    By Imagining America

    August 4, 2026

    Following the 2024 election, the Creating Refuge Collaboratory (featuring participants from Bates, Bowdoin, Carleton, and Macalester Colleges) emerged as a collective effort to explore the ways in which civic and community engagement centers could facilitate intersectional spaces of community care, resiliency, and creative resistance for students and communities. Learn more in this blog post.

  • Photo of a large group of people on a brick patio outside. They are mostly middle aged or older. They are all standing, facing the same direction, and holding a handkerchief/scarf over their heads with both hands, which blows in the wind above them. In front of them a woman is standing also holding something over her head. She is wearing a leotard and looks like a dancer or performer of some kind.

    2025-2026 IA Annual Report

    By Imagining America

    July 15, 2026

    We are pleased to share the Imagining America Annual Report for the 2025-2026 membership year. It has been a joy to build new and meaningful relationships with so many people, organizations, and places across the national network and we hope that you enjoy reading on for all that we have learned and accomplished in the past year.

  • Photo of around twenty people sitting in a large circle. One woman is standing by a poster with post-its on it. Behind them a slide is projected that reads, "BIG QUESTIONS", with three questions written out below, and a photo of a mural on the right. Teal text in the top right of the image reads, "Read the B-More with Imagination BLOG POST".

    B-More With Imagination: 2025 IA Collaboratory Blog Post

    By Imagining America

    July 7, 2026

    Baltimore was the site of Imagining America’s 15th National Gathering, which centered on the theme “America Will Be! The Art and Power of ‘Weaving Our We.’” A decade later, three of the institutions that hosted the Gathering – Towson University, UMBC, and MICA – responded to IA’s call to form a new Collaboratory. Learn more about their activities in this blog post.

  • On a tan background, there is a large green and magenta cactus on the left side. Three paper airplanes fly across the banner. In the center, magenta text reads, "THE IA CLEARING TOOLKIT".

    The IA Clearing Toolkit

    By Imagining America

    June 17, 2026

    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.

  • MAGICAL QUESTIONS: RESPONSES FROM THE 2025 IA NATIONAL GATHERING, Part 2

    By Imagining America

    February 10, 2026

    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 listening resources. In this post, we invite you to listen to responses from participants and add your own.

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