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Empowering High School Educators: The Collaborative Discussion Toolkit Workshop at the Parrhesia Seminar

November 19, 2024

Empowering High School Educators: The Collaborative Discussion Toolkit Workshop at the Parrhesia Seminar

From July 21-25, 2024, the University of Chicago’s Parrhesia Program for Public Discourse hosted its inaugural Parrhesia High School Educator Seminar on Freedom of Expression, Academic Inquiry, and Campus Discourse....

Digital Nomadism and Future Belonging: Laura May’s Fellowship

November 14, 2024

Digital Nomadism and Future Belonging: Laura May’s Fellowship

Technology has radically changed how and where we work–but this change hasn’t affected everyone equally. 2024/25 Interactivity Foundation Sustained Discussion Fellow Laura May is exploring the impact of these changes...

Difficult Discussions at the University of Delaware

November 12, 2024

Difficult Discussions at the University of Delaware

How do we think better together? How do creative, culturally responsive, and critically informed discussions help us build stronger communities? How can we discuss better together to solve sticky problems?...

Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Political Economies: Ghislain Irakoze’s Fellowship

November 7, 2024

Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Political Economies: Ghislain Irakoze’s Fellowship

As industries race to embrace artificial intelligence, implications for emerging economies remain uncertain. “Emerging technologies like AI can bridge the gap, or widen the existing disparity if we don’t do...

Rethinking Punishment: Pratyush Rawal on Cancel Culture

October 31, 2024

Rethinking Punishment: Pratyush Rawal on Cancel Culture

Pratyush Rawal’s interest in punitive cultures stems from personal experiences that made him rethink how people engage in polarizing conversations. Now, as a 2024/25 Sustained Discussion Fellow at the Interactivity...

Yes, and: The Impact of our Collaborative Facilitation Workshop for Nonprofit Leaders

October 29, 2024

Yes, and: The Impact of our Collaborative Facilitation Workshop for Nonprofit Leaders

What happens when you shift from saying “Yes, but…” to “Yes, and…”? On October 14, nonprofit leaders in Harrisonburg, Virginia, explored that very question during a workshop hosted by the...

Purpose Begins Here: The Path to Purpose Interactive Journal helps students find their purpose

October 24, 2024

Purpose Begins Here: The Path to Purpose Interactive Journal helps students find their purpose

Finding purpose is no easy task, especially for young people navigating a world full of distractions, pressures, and uncertainty about the future. That’s why the Path to Purpose: Making a...

Reimagining Education: Heather van Benthuysen’s Fellowship on Belonging in Schools

October 23, 2024

Reimagining Education: Heather van Benthuysen’s Fellowship on Belonging in Schools

For nearly 25 years, Heather van Benthuysen has been focused on a critical question: how do we create the conditions in schools that connect people, ground learning in lived experience,...

Exploring Death & Beyond: Jack Crittenden’s Fellowship on Life After Death

October 17, 2024

Exploring Death & Beyond: Jack Crittenden’s Fellowship on Life After Death

Jack Crittenden, a Professor Emeritus of Political Theory, is no stranger to tackling complex and often uncomfortable topics. Now, as part of the Interactivity Foundation’s 2024/25 Sustained Discussion Fellowship, Jack...

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