October 4, 2019 Financial Fragility and the Future of Retirement Discussions You have probably heard that 40% of Americans cannot cover a $400 emergency expense, or that about half of Americans are not saving anything for their retirement, or, which might...
September 24, 2019 Promoting Good Mental Health in Communities IF Fellow Sue Goodney Lea has completed a project exploring ways by which we might best promote good mental health in our communities. What resources might communities leverage to help...
September 24, 2019 ‘Communicating Across Cultures’ collaboration with Humanities DC and Howard University launches COMMUNICATING ACROSS CULTURES (GENTRIFICATION) DISCUSSIONS Some 75 DC residents came out for the launch of the “Vision Grant” award-winning partnership between IF, Howard University and Humanities DC. BRINK Media designed...
September 24, 2019 The High Rocks Academy & Collaborative Discussion Program This summer the Interactivity Foundation partnered with the High Rocks Academy in West Virginia to offer a pilot program in Collaborative Discussion. Instructors Tristan Nutter and Thea Rossman worked with...
July 8, 2019 Concert, Conversation, and Lunch Series How better to spend an afternoon than with music, conversation and lunch in beautiful spaces filled with literature and learning? I am the founder of Culture Saves. I’ve been organizing music...
July 8, 2019 IF Helps Train Summer Camp Counselors IF Fellows Ieva Notturno and Jeff Prudhomme worked with Lauren Wilson, Director of Community Engagement at the National Building Museum in D.C. to prepare 8 counselors for an upcoming summer camp, Investigate...
June 19, 2019 Community Conversations on Eviction at the National Building Museum Before the Community Conversation I… “thought that there were few solutions to the eviction epidemic in the US.” Now I…“realize there are many ways to institute change and policy to eradicate...
June 19, 2019 Busy Times at EnCiv Between projects, design, and testing, it’s a busy—and exciting—time at EnCiv. Regular newsletter readers will remember that EnCiv is an attempt to build an integrated online civic platform, supported by a...
June 19, 2019 College Access: IF Discussion Guide Provides a Pathway for Working-Class Youth Continued progress towards full political equality is not likely to occur without real effort. Consequently, those of us who suspect that American politics isn’t as fair as it should be...
March 26, 2019 New Partners—New IF Discussion Series 2019 has just begun and IF has been working with new partners and organizing a new kind of public discussion series. In January IF partnered with Culture Saves and D.C. Public...
March 22, 2019 What IF? Exploratory Discussions, Museums, and Housing Insecurity How might museums engage their visitors in dialogue and deliberation surrounding the content of their exhibits? This is a question that IF has been exploring in very real terms with the National...
March 21, 2019 Upcoming IF Discussions at Neighborhood Libraries in the DC Area For more information, contact IF Fellow Ieva Notturno.