
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

May 28, 2026
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.