Summit on Radical Imagination
You’re invited to a day of imagining, together.
We are living through a moment that asks more of us—not just politically, but relationally, spiritually, and imaginatively.
The School of Radical Imagination Summit is a gathering for people seeking deeper conversations about what it means to build a more liberatory future together.
This summit is for you if:
Your best ideas emerge in conversation and collective reflection
You sometimes fall into despair, but want to hold onto hope because you know it matters
You understand that everything is connected
You are willing to look inward at the ways we are all implicated in systems of harm
You are searching for community rooted in honesty, imagination, and possibility
You believe another world is possible, even if you are still figuring out what it looks like
Join faculty members from around the world for a day of conversation, reflection, and connection exploring liberation, relationships, imagination, and the futures we are being called to build.
This summit is also an invitation into our Summer School semester, where adult learners from across the globe gather in intimate, live courses exploring liberation, imagination, systems change, healing, creativity, and regenerative futures.
10 AM EST- We Are the Architects: Four Pillars for Liberatory Futures
Interactive Workshop by Hanieh Khosroshahi
What does a liberated world actually require, and what must we build to get there?
This interactive, two-hour workshop moves participants from radical imagination into collective action, exploring the four pillars of a liberated world. Through collective ideation and co-design, participants will generate bold, radical visions and ideas for what a new world requires, leaving with concrete commitments to help bring it into being.
12:15 PM EST- Can We Build Together? Relationships, Conflict, and Liberation
Panel Discussion
The importance of doing this work together is undeniable. But do we actually have the skills to sustain liberatory relationships?
Activist and movement spaces often unintentionally replicate the very systems of harm they are trying to dismantle—through burnout, conflict, urgency, ego, extraction, and disconnection.
In this honest conversation, faculty members from the School of Radical Imagination explore the inner work required to build differently. Together, we’ll reflect on trust, repair, power, community, and the messy human dynamics that emerge when we try to create a new world together.
Panelists
Angela Montijo
Angela Montijo creates reflective, conversation-based spaces where people can examine their lives with honesty and care. Her work is grounded in relational facilitation, where learning happens through storytelling, curiosity, and being witnessed. Through With Care Collective, she designs workshops and group experiences rooted in the belief that the future is relational.
This summer, Angela is teaching:
The Values Lab: Living What You Stand For
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Hala Saleh
Hala Saleh is a technologist, community builder, and culture bearer with more than 20 years of experience in the tech industry. As the founder of Future Collective Coaching, she supports leaders navigating careers in startups, product management, and technology while also offering product strategy for mission-driven organizations. Hala is the founder of Ya Hala Seattle, a community café and gathering space rooted in connection, culture, and belonging.
This summer, Hala is teaching:
Digital Uprising: Reclaiming our Tech Sovereignty
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Sarah Elahi
Sarah Elahi is an educator, writer, and parent with over 17 years of experience teaching humans of all ages. Her work explores childhood, power, creativity, and the political dimensions of how we raise children—and ourselves. She is the author of Apocalypse Babies and believes play, community, and failure are essential ingredients for a life well lived.
This summer, Sarah is teaching:
Childhood, Power, and Decolonial Praxis
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Moderated by Besan Abu-Joudeh
Besan Abu-Joudeh is the founder of the School of Radical Imagination, a new model for higher education rooted in academic rigor, liberation, and community connection. Her work explores the intersection of economics, healing, and purpose.
This summer, Besan is teaching
Idea to Impact: How to Birth a Soul-Aligned Venture into the World
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2 PM EST Community Networking Gathering
One of the core beliefs of the School of Radical Imagination is that we were never meant to navigate this moment alone.
Join fellow participants, faculty, artists, organizers, scholars, and changemakers for an informal networking space designed to foster meaningful connection across disciplines, geographies, and movements.
Come meet the people imagining and building differently.