Newsletter: October 2025 Issue 2
- Cultures Connecting
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Save the Dates for Upcoming Workshops for 2026
We are in the last quarter of 2025 so it's time to plan our 2026 workshops. We have four workshops scheduled for next year so far which you can find below, along with brief descriptions. We will announce more details in this newsletter when registration opens!
Train the Trainer with Dr. Caprice Hollins & Ilsa Govan
January 14, 15, & 16 at 8:30-12:00pm PT on Zoom
Through engaging and interactive exercises, participants learn strategies and tips on how to successfully present sensitive information to a wide audience of learners. You will develop skills to take difficult conversations about race, privilege, and power to a deeper level and learn strategies for working with resistance.
Equity Leaders with Dr. Caprice Hollins & Ilsa Govan
March 12 & 13 at 8:30-12:00pm PT on Zoom
This workshop provides an opportunity for equity leaders to share strategies for organizational change, problem solve some of the challenges they face, and to network. Facilitators Caprice Hollins & Ilsa Govan will share a model of multicultural organizational development and strategies for change we’ve identified over the past fifteen years in our work with hundreds of organizations.
White Women's Leadership Lunch & Learns with Ilsa Govan & Tilman Smith
Fridays, May 29, June 5, 12 at 12:00-1:00pm PT on Zoom
During this lunch and learn series, we will explore topics on our minds and hearts today as we think about the role of white women's leadership in promoting racial justice.
Unpacking Sexism and White Privilege in Pursuit of Racial Justice with Ilsa Govan & Tilman Smith
July 9 & 10 at 9:00-3:30pm PT In-Person
While white women face experiences of gender oppression, we also benefit from white privilege. In what ways do these two phenomena work together to create misunderstandings, missed collaborations, and acts of supremacy? In this workshop, we use a developmental model to examine how our identities change as we grow in our understanding of personal and institutional oppression. We look into our learned patterns of behavior and practice strategies to better collaborate in multicultural settings.
Advanced Microaggressions for Leaders Next Month
Advanced Microaggressions for Leaders: How to Facilitate Difficult Conversations workshop is for people in leadership positions who want to develop skills for approaching challenging situations in a way that invites healing, creates psychological safety, increases their staff’s ability to have courageous conversations, and promotes growth when confronted with cross cultural conflicts.
Participants will:
Increase their confidence in engaging staff in difficult conversations.
Learn strategies for facilitating group discussions.
Develop skills for engaging in deeper discourse when challenging situations arise.
Our e-course Microaggressions: What are they and How are they Harmful? is included to complete prior to the workshop for those with limited understanding of what microaggressions are.
The workshop is on Thursday & Friday, November 13 & 14 from 8:30am-12:00pm PT / 11:30-3:00pm ET on Zoom.
Judy Lee Participating at Artists of Color Expo
Artists of Color Expo (ACES) is an annual pop-up exhibit to showcase visual work by BIPOC artists exploring themes of cultural storytelling and community connection. This exhibit, organized by Shunpike Arts, offers a platform for both emerging and established artists to share their vision in a public space and spark conversation.
Judy Lee, our Project Manager, will be debuting her new mixed media work, "Letters to My Father" at ACES. Housed in 2 shadow boxes with the detritus of excised words littering their bottoms, this series of 4 found poems are from the pages of a Korean-English bible he gifted her decades ago. Mounted on childhood photographs, these "letters" are a one-sided conversation in English, with the Korean side left intact as a way to communicate with her father. This project touches on the religious, cultural, and language barriers that prevents them from having a meaningful relationship.
The show is opening Friday, October 17 from 5–8 PM at 805 1st Ave in Seattle, with gallery hours throughout the month, including during Pioneer Square Artwalk on Thursday, November 6th. If you'd like to see the show, visit the ACES website to see all the scheduled events and gallery hours.
Culturally Responsive Practices for Black Students with Delbert Richardson Part 3
In part 3 of our conversation with Delbert Richardson of The Unspoken Truths Traveling Museum, Mr. Richardson talks about his museum and how younger students experience and engage with his exhibit.
Parts 1 and 2 of this conversation with Ilsa Govan and Mr. Richardson can be found on our blog here.
Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium Deep Dive Day
The Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium is hosting their 3rd annual Deep Dive Day on Thursday, October 16 at 9-4pm at Town Hall in Seattle. This event is for anyone working in the cultural sector (e.g., museums, zoos, theaters, galleries and other public spaces) interested in creating more accessible spaces and programming. Topics covered in the event include:
Building Bridges: Securing Buy-In for Accessibility in Arts Organizations
Lived Experience: Perspectives from the Disabled Community
An Equity Approach to Uplifting Disabled Voices
Reimagining a Relational Future: There Is No Me Without We
Learn more about this event here and for questions, contact seattlecac@gmail.com.
Ways to Take Action for Change
Attend a No Kings Protest on October 18
We shared this in our last newsletter but wanted to remind you of the second No Kings protest taking place this Saturday, October 18th from 12:00-2:00pm throughout the country including in Seattle at the International Foundation, Seattle Center. No Kings is organized by Indivisible and over 140 partners. Visit the No Kings website to find your nearest protest.
Join Pramila Jayapal's Immigration Justice Lab Training
Common Power is hosting a viewing party of Pramila Jayapal's Immigrant Justice Resistance Lab Training on Sunday, October 19th from 10:30-1:30pm at Common Power in downtown Seattle. Pramila Jayapal will discuss the history of our immigration system, the administration's authoritarian moves against immigrants, and actions we can take to protect our immigrant communities. Register for the event here.
Volunteer or Donate to Advocates for Immigrants in Detention NW
Advocates for Immigrants in Detention Northwest (AIDNW) is a nonprofit whose mission is to support people immediately after their release from the NW ICE Processing Center in Tacoma. Often confused and scared upon release, AIDNW provides clothing and resources including access to transportation, phones and power banks (including wifi), tents, portable toilets, food, clothing, and more. You can learn by visiting the AIDNW website or watch the King5 news story about their work below.
Upcoming DEIB/Social Justice Events
For details on these and other events, workshops and conferences happening in the social justice space, visit our Events Calendar. If you have an event you would like us to share, please reach out to us!
10/15: Responding to the Moment: Social Justice, Federal Actions, and the Future of Human Services
10/16: Race Forward: Building Racial Equity: Foundations Virtual
10/16: SURJ Abolition Action Hour
10/16: Understanding AI, Power, and Possibility: Navigating Bias and Building a More Human Future
10/16: NAMI LGBTQ+ Support Group
10/16: In the Spirit of Right and Respectful Relations
10/17: What to do about Thanksgiving?
10/17: Artists of Color Expo (ACES) Opening
10/18: No Kings Protest
10/18: Social Justice Conference
10/18: #Raceand: Ethics in Government
10/19: Pramila Jayapal's Immigration Justice Resistance Lab at Common Power
10/21: NAMI BIPOC Support Group
10/22: Race Forward Governing for Racial Equity
10/22: Reclaiming the “Monster” to Challenge Power: What the Horror Genre Reveals About Power, Bias, & Belonging
10/23: Freedom Lifted: Shared Power in Supervision
10/24: Facilitating Challenging Discussions: Tools for Constructive Conversations
10/27: King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside of the South
10/29: Grief Circles: A Practice of Dealing with World Events and Resolving Conflict on Work Teams
10/30: Community of Practice Grief Circle
...and so much more! Visit our Events Calendar to see the most up-to-date full schedule.
