by Manisha Vepa For me, the recent Imagining America conference was the culmination of ten months of meetings, conversations, and logistics planning with other members of the UMBC community....
by Jasir Qiydaar Attending the Imagining America National Conference was an excellent experience. Doing so allowed me to connect with like-minded individuals, who came from a variety of...
by Rachel Backert What does Imagining America want, really? I certainly heard directors, presenters, and attendees alike energetically reference “democratic engagement” during the conference....
by Shawntay Stocks I wanted to sing the praises of America Celebrate the beauty of her Yet, my heart laid heavy with grievance And I could not just celebrate and dance My critical mind...
"The next step is not merely to imagine, but to imagineer."
by Lee Boot A week after the conference ended, I'm still working to imagine a "we" that has real agency for addressing the challenges we face not only in higher education, or Baltimore City,...
We have a unique opportunity to attend a national conference put on by UMBC and Imagining America: "America Will Be! The Art and Power of 'Weaving Our We'" on service, social change, the public...
Students, faculty & staff: Applying is easy & help provided.
by Beverly Bickel and Sara Leidner UMBC faculty, staff and students can apply for BreakingGround grants of up to $2,000 to support courses and projects that develop civic agency. Thanks to...
by Steven McAlpine Earlier this summer, the UMBC Kinetic Sculpture Racing (KSR) team completed a challenging fifteen mile race through Baltimore with their entry, the Kraken Upcycle. In order...
In October, UMBC will host the 2015 national conference of Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life, where scholars, artists, designers, cultural workers and community activists will...
by Nicole King Kate Drabinski (GWST) and I have used The Baltimore Book: New Views on Local History in our classes for years and realized that nearing twenty-five years in print this...
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