Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is on Monday, January 19th. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (King Center), established by Coretta Scott King in 1968, is a great resource for commemorating this day. They are holding a teach-in for educators which you can register for here , as well other virtual events such as the  2026 Beloved Community Children's Book Reading  and MLK Day Service Project . If you're local to the Puget Sound area, here are some

New Lunch & Learn: DEI Facilitation and Social Status Are you feeling stuck in your DEIBelonging work? Have you lost momentum for change in your organization? One of the most common pitfalls of DEIB work in teams and organizations is falling into the trap of  status inversion . Status inversion  shows up when an organization genuinely wants to advance equity but ends up flipping who is seen as credible instead of changing the deeper rules of the game. Rather than separating c