A few weeks ago the Raising Imagination community (that's you!) participated in a practice act I like to call Kicking the Tyranny of the Possible in the Booty: An Exercise in Radical Imagination. I asked you to respond to the...
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No matter where we are in life, the first day of school means something to us. Maybe you're sending someone off to Kindergarten for the first time, or off to their senior year in college- maybe you're teaching for the...
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”Hollywood has magic power. And they've been wasting it. The whole point is to use our imagination in making films, and we're using it horribly. Fascinating start to an exclusive interview with Abigail Disney, award-winning documentary filmmaker, activist, philanthropist, mother...
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Did you know August 9th is National Book Lovers Day? Me either. But the more I'm on social media (good? bad? ugly?) the more I realize there's a day for everything. I've wanted to find occasion to celebrate the gorgeously...
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A white Baptist Preacher from Texas moves to NewYork City to engage in HIV/AIDS work in the early 90's. I give you Ronnie Adams, today's feature in our Tuesday Series: People who Help us Imagine More for Humanity. My first...
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Unmistakable auras surround strong women. Especially women that fight for children. I first noticed Zakiyah Ansari as a prominent member of the Resistance Revival Chorus, a collective of more than 60 women who come together to sing protest songs in...
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I've known Gaby and her family for almost 12 years. Gaby's spirit is unassumingly strong. Over the years I've watched her nurture her younger siblings, babysit my children, chaperone youth and children events at Rauschenbuch Metro Ministries where we met, and...
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we remember. we mourn. we work. we imagine doing better. Today marks the two year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub Massacre in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people. In addition to another tragic instance of gun violence in our country, Pulse…
I have a complicated relationship with Father’s Day (as I do with most Hallmark holidays). And I know I’m not alone here. Even for those of us who are lucky enough to have a father, partner, and/or partner with a…