Cultures Connecting End of Year Wrap Up for 2025 Can you believe 2025 is already coming to a close? It's been a tumultuous year for many of us as we've experienced attacks on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, harm to our communities, and the dismantling of rights. It's a lot to take in so for our very last newsletter issue for the year (there will only be one in December), we wanted to share how we've been managing through all of this, as well as highlights of 2025

In part 4 of Ilsa Govan's conversation with Delbert Richardson of The Unspoken Truths  Traveling Museum, Mr. Richardson talks about the different ways he cultivates belonging when engaging with students. This is the final part of this conversation and parts 1-3 can be found below. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

In part 2 of our conversation with Delbert Richardson of The Unspoken Truths about culturally response practices for Black students, Mr. Richardson talks about what White students miss out on being disconnected from their culture. He also touches on the role saviorism plays in teacher-student relationships. If you missed part 1 of this conversation. Watch below. Sign up for our newsletter to get content like this and more in your inbox!