Ilsa Govan at the White Privilege Conference 2026 Our co-Founder, Ilsa Govan, recently attended the White Privilege Conference (WPC) in April. She, along with colleague Johanna Eager (pictured center top), facilitated their workshop "Beyond the Book Group." Ilsa and Johanna shared a model people can use to form and facilitate a group that goes beyond a traditional book group. Originally designed to challenge White cultural norms in the way groups meet to discuss What's Up wit

Make Us Visible (MUV) is a national nonprofit working to get bills passed throughout the country to make AANHPI history part of school curricula. In Washington state, MUV-WA has been advocating to pass SB 5574 for the past few years. Last year, MUV-WA expanded its efforts to include Latine and Black American history in the bill. Cultures Connecting is a proud supporter of MUV and has been sharing updates and calls to action with all of you to help get this bill passed. We are

The 4th annual When Women Lead (WWL) 2026 Conference is taking place on June 18-20th in Vancouver, WA. WWL is a national event for women leading equity and social justice in public education with a focus on policy. WWL provides a space for intentional leadership development and collective action for superintendents, assistant superintendents, district administrators, and school leaders. Our co-Founder Ilsa Govan, along with her colleague Whitney White of PSESD, will be presen

Our colleague, Delbert Richardson of The Unspoken Truths, has an art and history exhibit titled We STILL Dream a Future: Reclaiming Our Humanity at King Street Station. Using a multi-sensory, interdisciplinary approach with artifacts and storyboards, the exhibit walks visitors through four segments: Mother Africa, U.S. Chattel Slavery, the Jim Crow Era, and Still, We Rise. King Street Station is located on 303 S. Jackson St. in Seattle and has gallery hours on Wednesdays thro

As we’re navigating the current backlash against DEI and the barrage of harmful policies against marginalized communities, it’s easy to...