Session Four: Futures History of 2045


Essential Questions:

• What fictional events could occur from 2025 to 2045 to create a healthy democracy?

• What democratic practices will need to grow in the future?

• What institutions will need to change?

• What stories about power, citizenship or "who belongs" need to change?

Music: "Everyday People,"Playing for Change Link to Site

Gathering: "Something I like about democracy is..."

Exercise: Creating a Futures History (see participant packet)

Closing: "Something I learned today was.."

Readings:

"Ideas for improving democracy in the US," Chatgpt  Link to Site

• "Bold and Realistic changes," Chatgpt

• David Andersson, "Vision of 2050 Part 3," Link to Site

Resources

• Iseult Gillespie, " What the earth in 2015 could look like," TED Talk, April 2025 Link to Site

• Jill Lepore, "How Originalism Killed the Constitution," Atlantic Magazinelink to site


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