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Learning Programs

Connect history with lived experience through workshops, talks, and curricula grounded in the Declaration’s socio-economic promises.

An oversized, vintage-style key made of brushed copper lies diagonally across a navy-blue cloth-covered journal embossed with the word "Liberty" in silver, all captured in crisp photographic detail. The journal rests on a light concrete surface scattered with small, playful cardboard cutouts: a tiny courthouse, a simple house, a scale, and a smiling sun, each in bold, flat colors. Directional studio lighting from the upper left creates a dramatic yet gentle highlight along the key’s contours and subtle shadows from each cutout, adding depth without feeling harsh. Shot from a slightly elevated angle with the key in the rule-of-thirds intersection, the surrounding elements softly blur while remaining recognizable. The mood is reflective and slightly playful, suggesting that unlocking liberty involves tangible structures and everyday economic realities.

A neatly arranged set of three glass beakers sits on a glossy white lab bench, each beaker filled with different brightly colored, semi-transparent liquid labeled "Life," "Liberty," and "Happiness" in clean, modern typography, all rendered in photographic realism. Floating within each liquid are tiny, suspended icons: a heartbeat line and leaf in the first, a tiny key and open lock in the second, a smiling star and book in the third. Cool, even studio lighting from above and slightly behind creates luminous glows inside the beakers and crisp reflections on the bench surface. Captured at eye level with a shallow depth of field, the central beaker is in sharpest focus while the others gently soften, suggesting an experimental, playful approach to analyzing the components of a just and thriving society.

Offerings

We partner with schools, colleges, and community groups to design curricula, immersive workshops, and keynote talks unpacking the Declaration’s economic, racial, and civic dimensions.

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A close-up, photographic image of a transparent glass jar labeled "Common Good" in friendly, hand-lettered script, sitting on a light maple shelf. Inside the jar are not coins, but tiny, vividly colored wooden icons: a miniature schoolhouse, a tree, a house, a heart, and a tiny gear, all stacked in a playful jumble. Behind the jar, three slim, brightly colored books stand upright with visible spines reading "Life," "Liberty," and "Happiness" in bold typography. Gentle window light from the right creates a soft glow through the glass, casting colorful reflections and faint shadows onto the wall. Captured at eye level with shallow depth of field, the jar is in sharp focus while the background books blur slightly, creating a warm, hopeful atmosphere that hints at shared resources and collective prosperity.

Seminar

Explore how the Declaration shapes today’s economic justice movements in this interactive evening seminar.

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A weathered parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence spread across a rustic wooden table, every looping letter and ink blot crisply legible in photographic realism. Around it lie scattered symbolic objects: a small brass scale tipped between a tiny house and a stack of coins, a miniature broken chain, and a bright enamel pin shaped like a smiling sun. Soft morning light from an unseen nearby window washes across the parchment, emphasizing its texture and subtle creases while casting playful shadows from the objects. Shot at eye level with a gentle shallow depth of field, the foreground text is in sharp focus while the edges blur softly, creating a thoughtful yet whimsical atmosphere that hints at the socio-economic layers hidden in the founding document.

Dialogues

Join a community forum on the potential meaning and significance of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” as these “inalienable rights” relate to labor, housing, urban design, the environment, and more.

Contact us for online and in-person meeting updates. We meet the last Sunday of each month in person at 189 Ellsworth St. in San Francisco 94110, and simultaneously through google meet:

meet.google.com/yix-dvdu-mqo

Meeting time: 5-6 pm PST.

*June 28, 2026. Topic: The Declaration adverts to there being “certain unalienable rights” bestowed by the Creator. This meeting we discuss what this practically means. Are there “natural rights”? What is meant by “We hold these truths to be self-evident”? We may not begin parsing “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” this time, but we aim to find consensus regarding what, if anything, “unalienable rights” means for us. SUGGESTED READING: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_rights_and_legal_rights https://statecourtreport.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/natural-rights-state-courts

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