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Nurturing Intentional Empathy
Exploring emotions and their sources Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting an activity that helps participants practice intentional empathy by viewing a situation from someone else’s perspective and diving deeper into what they are...
Just Imagine…an Appreciative Approach to Problem Solving
The Bunner’s Ridge Community Church was a nondenominational church that prided itself in its openness to all people. It had grown rapidly until the COVID pandemic. Although its services were streamed, church participation declined. The debt service on its new...
The Economy & Democracy in America – session 3 discussion summary
In this third and final session of our small-group conversation series about The Economy & Democracy in America, participants from around the country gathered online via Zoom to discuss, explore, and develop their visions of how our economic system might better...
Just Imagine…When It’s Time to Speak Up
Gretchen worked in a factory that produced material used in filters for automobiles, air conditioners, and other items where filters were necessary to trap dust particles. The filters were made by winding a fine filament around a drum to form a mat. While the...
Understanding Perspectives on a Continuum
Engaging with diverse perspectives Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting an activity that helps participants move beyond binaries and understand the full spectrum of views on a topic. It helps them explore how the complexity of...
Just Imagine…Understanding Cognitive Differences
John Langdon Down was born in 1828 in England. He was the youngest of seven children. As a young teen, he became an apprentice to his father, the village apothecary, and decided he wanted to follow a scientific career. When he was 18, he met a young girl who would...
Listening to Understand
Practicing active listening and dialoguing Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting an activity that helps participants learn to use specific components of listening, such as active listening and dialoguing. This activity encourages...
The Economy & Democracy in America – session 2 discussion summary
What does the American Dream mean to you? In the 2nd of three sessions of our small-group conversation series on the relationship of the Economy & Democracy in America, participants focused on questioning what we mean by “The American Dream” and exploring the...
Just Imagine…Overcoming Bad History
Margot Stern was born in Chicago in 1941. She was five when her family moved to Memphis, and her experience growing up in a Jewish family in the Jim Crow South became a crucible time in her life. As a child she saw the unjust policies of exclusion, like the zoo...
Interactivity Foundation’s Biannual Report
Integrating IF's 3 Core Mission Areas Dear collaborative discussion friends and partners: We are interrupting our regularly scheduled newsletter to share with you the Interactivity Foundation’s Biannual Report, Oct 2022 - April 2023. In this report, we describe...
