Practicing Futures A Civic Imagination Action Handbook

“Motivating communities to imagine a just future is a powerful act of building solidarity. And yet, it is hard work to create intentional spaces for collaborative play and visioning, to bring people together to engage in deep listening and ideation on the path to shaping a better world. In
Practicing Futures: A Civic Imagination Action Handbook
, authors Sangita Shresthova and Gabriel Peters-Lazaro beautifully bring to life the hard work involved in inspiring collective civic imagination, taking us along on journeys of dreaming and discovery, letting us in on the ‘why’ and ‘how to’ details of fueling social change through the radical process of finding creative communion with our fellow humans.”
—Caty Borum Chattoo, Executive Director of the Center for Media & Social Impact; Author of
Story Movements: How Documentaries Empower People and Inspire Social Change
, and Co-author of
A Comedian and an Activist Walk Into a Bar: The Serious Role of Comedy in Social Justice

“From the global pandemic to climate change, looming crises urge us to pause and take an opportunity to imagine and then create a better world. But how do we take that first step of imagining a world that truly breaks free into a possible future? With advice both practical and inspirational,
Practicing Futures
shows us how.”
—Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, Executive Director of the National Writing Project

“It is all too rare to find a book this widely researched, richly theorized, and immensely practical for all of us who seek to imagine together what our shared world can be. I can’t think of a more timely or crucial contribution to civic life and learning.”—Lissa Soep, Executive Producer of Journalism + Innovation Lab and Founding Director at YRMedia