September 20, 2024

Civics

Co-imagination may be a way for people to co-create a shared understanding of alternative futures.

Photo by Maureen Bridget

"Imagining future experiences in our personal lives is not always something we do in solitude. Rather, people can imagine a future by envisioning it together, co-creating a shared understanding of what that future could hold and, in doing so, growing closer and more connected." - Zoë Fowler, Brendan O'Connor

ARTICLE: Collaboratively Imagining the Future Can Bring People Closer Together in the Present

Collaboration

Civics

Given libraries’ unique combination of broad accessibility, civic neutrality, and deep public trust, policymakers should embed them intentionally within health and social planning frameworks.

ARTICLE: How Public Libraries Help Build Healthy Communities

Civics

"Socialism has been as impossible to separate from the narrative of the nation’s history as the capitalist economy itself."

ESSAY: A Brief History of American Socialism

Civics

"Just keep moving forward, even if the steps are small.”

VIDEO: Kansas town goes green while rebuilding after devastating tornado.

Civics

A powerful guide for defending freedom, pluralism, and rational problem-solving

BOOK: The Open Society and Its Enemies