Newsletter: September 2026 Issue 2
Train the Trainer Virtual Workshop in Three Weeks!
Our Train the Trainer virtual workshop is coming up in less than a month on October 7-9th at 9:00-12:30pm PT / 12:00-3:30pm ET on Zoom.
This 3-day intensive will provide practical strategies outlined in our newly release book, Facilitating Conversations on Race, participants will learn approaches for creating learning environments where people can engage across differences, wrestle with challenging ideas, deepen their understanding, and build stronger connections with one another.
Watch the video below to hear Ilsa Govan share why learning to have conversations about race is more important now than ever.
We're currently running a special for organizations sending a team of people. If you buy 4 tickets, you get the 5th ticket for free! Please reach out to Judy at judy.lee@culturesconnecting.com for a special promo code.
We hope you can join us! Visit the link below to learn more and to register today!
Save the Date: Author Event at Town Hall
For those of you who attended the author event at Third Place Books, thank you! We are excited to share that a second author event has been scheduled at Town Hall Seattle for December 3rd. We will be providing more detailed information, as well as how to get tickets, in one of our October newsletters. In the meantime, please save the date! We hope you will be able to join us!
Hispanic/Latine/Latinx Heritage Month
Hispanic/Latine/Latinx Heritage Month runs from September 15 to October 15 each year, a span chosen to align with the independence anniversaries of several Latin American countries including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua all mark their independence on September 15, followed by Mexico on September 16 and Chile on September 18.
The observance was established to recognize the deep and lasting contributions of Latine Americans to U.S. culture, history, and society. This month offers a meaningful opportunity to celebrate that legacy by listening to and amplifying Latine voices. Below are a sampling of ways you can honor this month around the Puget Sound area:
Sea Mar Fiestas Patrias (Sept 19-20, Seattle Center, South Park): free two-day celebration of Latin American independence with a parade, live music, folk dance, and food.
MEXAM NW (through Oct 31, multiple venues): a month-long festival spotlighting contemporary Hispanic and Mexican-American art, with exhibits at UW and downtown Seattle galleries.
Visit El Centro de la Raza: Go on a tour or get involved at this community resource located in Beacon Hill and don't forget to read our interview with Executive Director Estela Ortega.
Support Latine-owned businesses :Visit Intentionalist for a list of Latine owned brick and mortar businesses you can support, as well as learn about the people who run them.
Arc of White Womanhood: Accountability & Action Now!
Our co-founder Ilsa Govan will be a guest speaker at this lab/practice course for white women and nonbinary people socialized as white and female who are ready to deepen their anti-racist activism. Through committed practice, reflection, and community, participants will interrogate, challenge, and transform the ways white womanhood operates in systems of racism and patriarchy.
Facilitated by Robin Schlenger and Robin Mallison Alpern, the course meets on September 24, October 18 & 22, November 5 & 19th, and December 3 & 17 at 4-6pm PT. You can register here.
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!
9/15: ToP Strategic Planning
9/15: NAMI BIPOC Support Group
9/15: Tsuru for Solidarity Monthly Co-Create
9/16: Facilitating Racial Equity
9/16: Fireside Chat with Lolo Spencer on Accessibility & Inclusion
9/17: NAMI LGBTQ+ Support Group
9/18: Resistance Fridays at Common Power
9/20: Riff Raff League for Political Action
9/23: Leading without Bias: Unleashing Creativity and Innovation Inclusively
9/23: Facilitation Fundamentals with Mike Bebee
9/23: Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Action Hour
9/24: Arc of White Womanhood: Accountability & Action Now!
9/25: Resistance Fridays at Common Power
9/30: Supervisory Skills for Creating Meaningful Change
...and so much more! Visit our Events Calendar to see the most up-to-date full schedule.
*Cultures Connecting workshop.
