March 2, 2023 Just Imagine…Reaching for the Stars Annie Jump Cannon was born in 1863. Her mother excited her about the stars and encouraged Annie to pursue an education in mathematics and sciences. Annie lost most of her...
March 1, 2023 Expanding Thinking with Metaphors Using metaphors as a way to enhance or “unstick” a discussion Dear collaborative discussion friends, This time we are focusing on an activity that can be used to help “unstick” groups. Sometimes...
February 25, 2023 Building on the Ideas of Others Practicing "yes, and..." Dear collaborative discussion friends, This time we are highlighting an activity that is designed to help groups establish a more collaborative (and less competitive) atmosphere through building on...
February 24, 2023 Setting the Stage for Collaborative Discussion Harvesting what we already know about collaborative experiences and empowering groups to create collaborative guidelines Dear collaborative discussion friends, Welcome to the Collaborative Discussion Project Newsletter. In our first newsletter, we highlighted...
February 23, 2023 Just Imagine…Connecting Threads Daryl Davis was born in 1958. His dad was a U.S. State Department Foreign Service officer. As a result of his dad's service, Daryl grew up living in various countries and...
February 21, 2023 Preparing for Collaborative Discussion Pre-program surveys Dear collaborative discussion friends, We are kicking off the new year with our first Collaborative Discussion Newsletter, highlighting a new Collaborative Discussion Toolkit activity each week. We have heard your...
February 16, 2023 Just Imagine…Experience, Knowledge, and the Marginalized Sometime in the late 1600s or early 1700s, an enslaved man was brought to America from a region in west Africa now called Ghana. He was presented to Cotton Mather,...
February 12, 2023 Imagining the End of American Democracy – 3rd of 3 sessions in this community conversation series What are the goals or purposes that motivate, or should motivate American democracy? What should a culture of democracy be aiming at? We framed this series as the “End of American...
February 9, 2023 Just Imagine…the Voice of Human Experience Willie Johnson was born in 1897 to sharecropper parents in Texas. His father gave him a cigar box guitar when he was five. The guitar and regular church attendance were...
February 2, 2023 Just Imagine…Algebra as a Gateway to an Inclusive Society Robert "Bob" Parris Moses was an African American civil rights activist who made several distinctive contributions to the civil rights movement. He was a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating...
January 26, 2023 Just Imagine…the Inevitability of Inequality? It was to be the model of equality in a corporate office. The architect for the new offices was charged with designing an office complex that was symbolic of the...
January 24, 2023 Imagining the End of American Democracy – 2nd of 3 sessions in this community conversation series What are the particular structures, institution, or processes that we need for democracy to work and why? Where do we see these formal aspects of democracy to be under threat? And...
