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  • 2026 Mail Art Project Unveiled

    By Imagining America

    July 13, 2026

    IA is pleased to share the artistic contributions created by participants from IA member institutions for the 2026 Mail Art Project (MAP). The 2026 Mail Art Project takes inspiration from the 2025 IA National Gathering – Providing Passage: Practicing the Worlds We Want, which invited us to consider how to provide passage for one another and all beings towards a more just, liberatory, and caring future.

  • 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 dark blue background, is a graphic of yellow, blue, and white hands. They each have an eye and beak on the thumb, like hand-turkeys. There is also a graphic of an iphone with plants sprouting out of it, overlaying the hands. Text in red on the right reads, "Digital Divestment Roundtable: Practical Tips for Harm Reduction". In the top right corner is the Imagining America logo. In the bottom right corner is small yellow text that reads, "Art by Dheeraj Nanduri for ArtistsForClimate.org Art by Shadowchaser for Fine Acts".

    Digital Divestment Roundtable: Practical Tips for Harm Reduction

    By Imagining America

    July 2, 2026

    JULY 30, 10AM PST, ON ZOOM. In session 3, we will shift from planning work to practical tips! We will work on specific tasks related to data security, surveillance, AI features, and platform migration (for data storage, calendars, emails, etc). As always, there will be time for community sharing. Please bring your devices so we can make this a hands-on workshop, and bring your own tips and best practices for safety/sovereignty when navigating digital spaces and platforms.

  • The background is a firework. Black centered text reads, "NEW HOST CAMPUS PENN STATE", with the Imagining America logo in the center.

    New Host Campus: Penn State

    By Anuj Vaidya

    July 2, 2026

    It is our pleasure to announce that the new host of Imagining America (starting July 1, 2027) is The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)! After a two-year search process led by the IA National Advisory Board (NAB), where we engaged multiple inspiring campus communities, Penn State emerged as a well prepared and visionary candidate to lead and strengthen the national consortium.

  • 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.

  • University of Redlands Champions Civic Engagement and Educational Justice

    By Anuj Vaidya

    June 17, 2026

    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.

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