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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.

In partnership with the University of California, Davis and a diverse regional Steering Committee, Imagining America (IA) invites participants to gather in Davis, California for the 2026 IA National Gathering. This momentous occasion marks the final year that the IA-UC Davis team will organize the gathering before IA moves to a new home campus in July 2027. Join this critical moment in a natural cycle of transition for Imagining America – to celebrate the good work we have done together over the past decade and join the new host in dreaming up the exciting possibilities to come. Inspired by the metabolic process of dormancy, where plants, people, and systems strengthen roots and store up energy for future survival, the 2026 IA National Gathering invites us to slow down together for realignment and reconnection towards collective nourishment.

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