Practicing Futures: A Civic Imagination Action Handbook

By Sangita Shresthova ’97 and Gabriel Peters-Lazaro

Published June 7, 2021

In this practical guide, Shresthova and Peters-Lazaro describe the importance of human imagination in thinking about the future. Writing for community leaders, educators, professionals, and change-makers, they urge us to cast aside obstacles and harness our innate creativity in order to build a better world.

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