2021 Imagining America National Gathering

The Imagining America National Gathering is an annual convening of public scholars, artists, designers, students, and cultural organizers who are addressing the most pressing issues of our time. The gathering offers participants a three-day immersive experience in which to connect, dialogue, learn, and strategize around the ways to build new knowledge and inspire collective imagination towards transformative education and action.  

Organized in partnership with Tulane University and a local steering committee, the 2021 National Gathering will focus on displacement and movements. The 2021 Call for Participation will open in the spring of 2021.  

Announcement on the postponement of the in-person 2020 IA National Gathering.

Inspired by IA action research findings, the Public Scholar Conversation Cards and Organizing Culture Change Imagination Guide are pedagogic tools to inspire reflection and action.

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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.