More than 400 scholars, students and community members will converge at New Mexico State University Oct. 3-5 for the 25th anniversary of the Imagining America (IA) National Gathering.

Imagining America is a national consortium of colleges and universities that promotes public scholarship and practice in the arts, humanities and design to foster a more just and equitable society.

The theme for this year’s gathering is “Providing Passage: Practicing the Worlds We Want,” which celebrates and conjures passages of all types and the life-sustaining ecological, physical, intellectual and spiritual passages that artists, organizers and scholars provide as a way forward in these turbulent times.