The Imagining Futures series seeks to reframe some of today’s pivotal social issues in order to conceptualize a more just and sustainable future for all. The topics covered throughout the lecture series will be interdisciplinary and will address issues that impact all of us. Our speakers will help us to reimagine our futures around climate change, sustainable planning, indigenous sovereignty, and racial justice.
The world we now inhabit will not be the world that later generations encounter. The COVID pandemic has exposed and deepened societal challenges and inequities that demand urgent attention and sustained action. Prior to the pandemic, many were already living with the realities of systemic injustice and climate destruction. At this crucial turning point in human history, we now must ask: What does a better future look like, and for whom? Who will—and should—have the power to define the future? How do we move forward together? This lecture series will summon us to imagine answers to these and other related questions