How do we think and talk about the future? This is one of the tension points Horizons has identified within the social change ecosystem: our different feelings about and relationships to the future … [Read more...] about Our Relationship to The Future: Narratives, Imagination Skills and Futures Literacy
Narratives
History, Resistance and Democracy: Reflections on Visiting the Phoenix Indian School
Members of the Growers Guild recently came together in Phoenix, Arizona. While there, they visited the Phoenix Indian School, which was established in 1891 as a boarding school for American Indian … [Read more...] about History, Resistance and Democracy: Reflections on Visiting the Phoenix Indian School
ICE Violence and the Struggle to Make Meaning:
What Narrative Power Is Doing in Minnesota, and Beyond By Eleonore Wesserle The murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good by ICE in Minnesota were not an anomaly or a breakdown. They were … [Read more...] about ICE Violence and the Struggle to Make Meaning:
Fascism and Isolation vs. Democracy and Interconnection: The Narrative Antidote to Authoritarianism
By Mónica Roa, PuentesOne way to understand our time is as a battleground of intense narrative disputes. On one side, the climate emergency, the impact of artificial intelligence on employment, the … [Read more...] about Fascism and Isolation vs. Democracy and Interconnection: The Narrative Antidote to Authoritarianism
From Interconnection to a “Larger Us”: Expanding Circles of Identity, Care, and Solidarity (Part II)
By Mónica Roa, Puentes In the first part of this blog, I explored how the narrative of interconnection can serve as an antidote to authoritarianism by challenging fear-based stories that fragment … [Read more...] about From Interconnection to a “Larger Us”: Expanding Circles of Identity, Care, and Solidarity (Part II)
From Interconnection to a “Larger Us”: Expanding Circles of Identity, Care, and Solidarity (Part I)
By Mónica Roa, Puentes In a world where public spaces for social interaction are vanishing and digital platforms promote isolation through hyper-personalized consumption of entertainment and … [Read more...] about From Interconnection to a “Larger Us”: Expanding Circles of Identity, Care, and Solidarity (Part I)
