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Nurturing Intentional Empathy

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...

Just Imagine…an Appreciative Approach to Problem Solving

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...

The Economy & Democracy in America – session 3 discussion summary

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,...

Just Imagine…When It’s Time to Speak Up

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...

Understanding Perspectives on a Continuum

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...

Just Imagine…Understanding Cognitive Differences

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,...

Listening to Understand

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....

The Economy & Democracy in America – session 2 discussion summary

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...

Just Imagine…Overcoming Bad History

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...

Interactivity Foundation’s Biannual Report

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 -...

Just Imagine…The Power of Encouraging Words

Just Imagine…The Power of Encouraging Words

Gordon Parks was born in Kansas in 1912. He had 14 older siblings. His formal education began in a segregated elementary school. His high school was integrated, but African American...

Asking Questions to Promote Curiosity

Asking Questions to Promote Curiosity

What is a “good question”? Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting an activity that helps participants craft “good questions” from a place of curiosity. It helps participants move past...

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