Re-imagining is a place for people who believe that the stories of the Modern world no longer sustain us, bringing us to brink of catastrophe – ecologically, economically, spiritually. Our troubles cannot be solved merely through technology, or even politics; rather, we need to re-imagine what it means to be human. We seek new stories, new poetics, new ideas – and we put our ideas and stories into action. This work requires the wisdom of those at the margins, and by those with the courage to imagine a new world. Click here to learn more.
The ReImagining Podcast
The ReImagining Podcast with Theodore Richards explores a world in crisis and transition
with guests who are taking various approaches to reimagining what it means to be human.
Click here to learn more. Click here to listen to our latest episode
ReImagining Cosmic Education with Sam King.
Featured Articles
Everything is Education;
Everywhere is a Classroom
By Theodore Richards
A child sits alone, staring at a screen.
This is the enduring image of the pandemic: the sad and lonely child, learning “remotely.” It is the child who encapsulates this moment, the child who forces a reckoning with the world we’ve made, the future we’ve mortgaged, the cost of our hubris.
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Compass Me About With
Songs of Deliverance
By Cleis Abeni (Upāsikā tree turtle)
Stakes is High:
Black Men’s College Endeavors
and Educational Desires
By Derrick R. Brooms
Broken Flower
(or Problem In The Car Line)
By Theodore Richards
The Mindful Morning
By Erika J. Kendrick
Love and Liberation
By Dominica McBride, PhD
Editor’s Picks
Snapshots From A
Colonized Planet
By Theodore Richards
Virally Black
How do the poet’s words
impact crisis
By J. Drew Lanham
Meister Eckhart: A Mystic
Warrior for Our Times
By Matthew Fox
Highlights From The Podcast
ReImagining Education
A Conversation With Bill Ayers
ReImagining Home
A Conversation With Bayo Akomolafe
ReImagining Our Neighborhoods
A Conversation With Tonika Johnson
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Re-Imagining Education
Empowering educators to take a deeper look at the stories told in our schools and to re-imagine them in transformative and
nurturing learning spaces.
Learning Opportunities
Classes, workshops, and lectures that help to empower people to re-imagine who they are and their place in the world.
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