May 22, 2023 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...
May 18, 2023 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,...
May 16, 2023 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....
May 16, 2023 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...
May 11, 2023 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...
May 10, 2023 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 -...
May 4, 2023 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...
May 2, 2023 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...
May 2, 2023 The Economy & Democracy in America – session 1 discussion summary In the first of three sessions of our small-group conversation series on the relationship of the Economy & Democracy in America, participants worked together to explore different aspects of this...
