March 30, 2023 Just Imagine…Bacon’s Law and Human Development Ildaura Murillo-Rohde was born in Panama in 1920 and came to the U.S. when she was 25. She completed a nursing diploma, and her first nursing job was at a...
March 27, 2023 Truth & Democracy in America – a discussion summary for session 2 on science, truth, and democracy In this second session of our small-group, online conversation series about Truth & Democracy in America, citizens from around the country gathered online via Zoom for an exploratory discussion of...
March 24, 2023 Encouraging Bold Imagination Telling the History of the Future Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting an activity designed to help discussion participants imagine beyond what they currently think is possible. Sometimes problems...
March 23, 2023 Just Imagine…Equity and Intellectual Property Imagine you’re at the grocery store. You are getting ready to put your purchases into a paper bag. The bag is narrow and the bottom comes to a point like...
March 20, 2023 Truth & Democracy in America – a discussion summary for session 1 on news media, truth, and democracy In this first session of our small-group conversation series about Truth & Democracy in America, citizens from around the country gathered online via Zoom for an exploratory discussion of several...
March 16, 2023 Just Imagine…Asserting Our Rights as Citizens Lucille Bridges was the daughter of sharecroppers living in the Deep South. She had to leave school after the eighth grade so that she could work to help her family...
March 15, 2023 Civic Sweet Sixteen: A Podcast Interview with Jessica Friedrichs Exploring Civic Passions Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting Activity 5.1 Identifying Your Civic Passion, designed to help discussion participants figure out which civic topics are of greatest concern...
March 10, 2023 Reflecting on Social Identity in Collaborative Discussion Introducing the Identity Pie Activity Dear collaborative discussion friends, This time we are highlighting an activity that helps to build self-awareness about our social and cultural identities. It explores the meanings we...
March 9, 2023 Just Imagine…Becoming a Democratic Citizen Gerda Weissmann was born to a Jewish family in Poland in 1924. She was 15 when the German army invaded. Gerda and her family were soon separated, with both of...
March 8, 2023 Measuring Emotional Charge in Collaborative Discussion Tools for supporting critical feeling Dear collaborative discussion friends, This time we are sharing an activity that helps to gauge the emotional charge of a discussion. By examining the feelings that participants...
March 5, 2023 The Role of Values in Collaborative Discussion Understanding ourselves and others Dear collaborative discussion friends, This time we are highlighting two activities that help to identify personal and shared values. The activities examine how values show up in discussions...
March 2, 2023 Truth & Democracy in America – a Community Conversation Series How is truth important for a healthy democracy? What are the sources for getting and testing the truth? Where and how do untruths threaten the health of democracy? And what...
