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Become a Collaborative Discussion Coach
Register Now for the Summer 2024 Coach Training! Deadline is Sunday, May 5th Dear collaborative discussion friends, We would like to share with you some exciting information about upcoming events. If you enjoy the collaborative discussion activities that we...
Just Imagine…An Inclusive and Ever-Evolving Technology
It may be the most underappreciated yet impactful technology from the 20th century. And it’s a technology that is still evolving in the 21st. Few of us might even think of it as a technology in its own right. Closed captioning, which opened access to entertainment...
Just Imagine…A Thousand Words
Sebastião Salgado was born in 1944 in Brazil. He earned a PhD in Economics from the University of Paris and started his professional career as an economist for the International Coffee Organization. This work took him to Africa, where he became increasingly...
Just Imagine…Our National Parks, a Gift for All of Us?
Our national park system has been described as a gift that we as Americans give to ourselves. The early history of our national parks, however, is one of gifts denied to African Americans. President Theodore Roosevelt felt that only white people would truly enjoy...
Just Imagine…Gleaning: an Old Word that Remains Relevant
Each year, we tend to recognize new words that come into our vocabulary. Often these words reflect trends in pop culture and tend to be hip. (The Oxford Dictionary declared "rizz," a shortening of "charisma," to be 2023's "word of the year"). What goes...
Just Imagine…A Chinese-American Mother of 1500
Margaret Chung was born in California in 1889 to Chinese immigrant parents. Margaret grew up in a devout Christian family and had hopes of going to China as a medical missionary. When her parents became ill, she helped raise her 10 younger siblings. Margaret was a...
Just Imagine…Death over Slavery
Margaret (Peggy) Garner was born into slavery in Kentucky. Her enslaver was most likely her biological father. She married in 1849 to a person enslaved by the same owner. She and her husband were then sold to the brother of their original enslaver. Peggy had five...
Just Imagine…Leaving Behind Original Intent?
The founding fathers were concerned to make sure that the government they were creating should not have the power to take people’s property for public use without the owner’s permission. In the Fifth Amendment, the so-called takings clause was added, stating that...
Just Imagine…Dishonoring Veterans
Buck Adams (a pseudonym) was an African American soldier during World War II. As a trained mechanic, he worked closely with the WAAF (Women’s Auxiliary Air Force). He began a relationship with one of the WAAF clerks. This didn’t sit well with his NCO, a man from...
Who Are We the People? Session Three Discussion Summary
In the third and final session of our small-group conversation series Who are We The People — and who is being pushed out?, participants from around the country gathered online via Zoom to discuss, and collaboratively explore their visions for an inclusive...