Who belongs in our democracy? When we say, "We the People," do we mean all the people? Who is being excluded--and how? These are some of the questions we started to our explore in the first session of this three-part community conversation series. Below you'll find...
Use these three DIY facilitation plans to organize your own small-group exploratory discussions to explore the relationship of the Economy and Democracy How do you see the relationship between the economy and the health of our democracy? What are the purposes and...
Use these three DIY facilitation plans to organize your own small-group exploratory discussions to explore the connections of Truth and Democracy How is truth important for a healthy democracy? What are the sources for getting and testing the truth? Where and how...
Use these three DIY facilitation plans to organize your own small-group exploratory discussions to explore "The End of American Democracy?" What would it look like if American democracy were to come to an end? What signs would we see that tell us democracy is at...
The End of American Democracy? Key Themes and Questions for Exploration We started 2023 with a three-part community conversation series exploring what it might look like if democracy were to come to an end in the US. Our goal was to help the participants to work...
After almost two decades of working with the Interactivity Foundation (IF), our good friend and colleague Pete Shively is moving on to emeritus status and to new adventures in his life. True to his name, Pete has been a sturdy rock of support for many of IF’s...
József Pulitzer was born to a Jewish family in Hungary in 1847. When his father died, the family business went bankrupt. József tried to join various armies in Europe to support himself. He was rejected by Austria, France, and Britain. In Germany, he was recruited...
What would it look like if democracy were to collapse here in the US? Imagine you find yourself transported to a future where democracy in America has ended. Picture what it’s like. How do you know democracy is over? What do you notice that’s different? How does it...
Dorothy Thompson was born in 1893. After her mother died when she was seven, Dorothy was sent to live with her two aunts. She was able to go to college, a rarity for women at the time, and this gave her a sense of obligation to other women. She became a devoted...
Trying to sort out your thinking about what's on the ballot this year? Why not make a party of it, a Voting Study Party? Here's an introduction to the idea from the good folks at Voting Study Party, a small group of friends who decided to pull together some DIY...
