June 9, 2022 Hidden Heroes: Billye Talmadge Billye Talmadge was raised in Oklahoma by her mother. She never knew her father. She was the niece of Herman Talmadge, a former U.S. Senator and Georgia Governor known for...
June 2, 2022 Freedom From Want: a Community Conversation about Four Freedoms (Part 3 of 4) What does the freedom from want mean? And how does it relate to the spirit of democracy? In this four-part exploratory conversation series, Four Freedoms: The Spirit of Democracy Today and Tomorrow,...
June 2, 2022 Just Imagine…Fighting for Regulation As a young woman in 1888, Alice Lakey seemed destined to become an opera singer until an illness forced her to give up her singing career. She was sick for...
May 26, 2022 Hidden Heroes: Jovito Salonga Jovito "Jovy" Salonga was the youngest of five brothers born into poverty in the Philippine Islands. His father was a Presbyterian minister, and his mother was a street vendor. In spite of...
May 23, 2022 Freedom of Worship: A Community Conversation about Four Freedoms (Part 2 of 4) What does the freedom of religion mean? And how does it relate to the spirit of democracy? In this four-part exploratory conversation series, Four Freedoms: The Spirit of Democracy Today and Tomorrow,...
May 19, 2022 Hidden Heroes: Wong Kim Ark Birthright Citizenship Wong Kim Ark was born in San Francisco around 1870. His parents were Chinese immigrants but were not allowed to apply for US citizenship. In 1889, Wong traveled with...
May 12, 2022 Hidden Heroes: Fred Korematsu A Forty Year Struggle for Vindication Fred Korematsu was born in California in 1919 to parents who came to America from Japan in 1905. His family had a flower nursery. As...
May 6, 2022 The Invasion of Ukraine & What it Means for Democracy – Looking Forward to Different Possibilities for Peace In our third and final conversion exploring the Invasion of Ukraine & What it Means for Democracy, participants looked forward and explored different ideas of what an end to this...
May 6, 2022 Freedom of Speech: A Community Conversation about Four Freedoms (Part 1 of 4) Freedom lies at the heart of democracy, but what does it mean? We launched our new four-part exploratory conversation series, Four Freedoms: The Spirit of Democracy Today and Tomorrow, with a collaborative...
May 5, 2022 Just Imagine…Meeting the Challenge to “Lead On!” Justin Dart was born into a wealthy family in 1930. At age 18, he contracted polio right before entering college. As a result of the polio infection, Dart became a...
April 28, 2022 Apply now! Become an IF Collaborative Discussion Coach Join the Interactivity Foundation's Summer Training June 1 - 7, 2022 (virtual) 12 pm - 3 pm ET Click Here to Apply Deadline: May 9 The IF Collaborative Discussion Training equips participants...
April 28, 2022 Just Imagine…Sharing the Gift of Life Charles Drew was born in 1904 to a middle-class African American family in Washington DC. He seemed destined to have a career as an athlete, lettering in four sports in...
