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
Homeschooling & Unschooling with Akilah Richards.
Featured Articles
The Rise of Post-Pandemic
Microcultures:
By Dr. Eric Lehman
In the 1990s the rise of the internet and the globally connected culture of the post-Cold War era promised a new world of unfettered freedom. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, many people predicted “the end of history” and a “new world order” of light and hope. The advantages of the internet for this new world appeared to be legion, from keeping in touch with distant friends to helping to promote democracy itself.
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Social (In)Equity:
My Story as a Social Equity
Cannabis Dispensary Applicant
By Arianne Richards
Two Towns, Two Americas:
The Story of Rev. Edward Pinkney
By Paul Sakol
Love and Liberation
By Dominica McBride, PhD
Living in a Mess
By Todd Hoskins
There is a Story Written
on My Daughter’s Body
By Theodore Richards
Poetics & the Crisis
of this Moment
Three Poets
Tornado at
Nomad’s End
By Eric D. Lehman
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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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