"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
-- Albert Einstein

"The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live."
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes

" Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands." ---Anne Frank

In approximately one month, we will gather again in Atlanta for our National Session.  In addition to the learning opportunities that are anchored in our seminars, there are opportunities to rekindle and reinvigorate our various learning communities. 

Building on last year’s Courageous Conversations, we have set aside additional time to explore ways our social and ecological justice goals shape our teaching model, our research, our institutional policies, and our community service.  Kitty and Lenneal have provided us with a living outline of where we are in our thinking.  Also, June Klein and other members of the Equity Council will be involved in helping us make our Courageous Conversations as meaningful as possible.

For many historians Atlanta is the hub of the modern civil rights movement, so in keeping with the goals of the Diversity Summit, we have organized a Walking Tour of Auburn Avenue. We hope to share with participants the rich history of that geographic region and to explore how that history might contribute to our goals of social and ecological justice.

We are meeting at an unprecedented time in world history: on the one side, uneven efforts of politicians to come to grips with healthcare, climate change, an economy on life-support, climbing unemployment, and schools that teach fear and loathing, and, on the other side—the other side is bright with opportunity for leadership and change.  See you in Atlanta.