Looking back, envisioning forward

In this intergenerational dialogue, we discuss Geneva Gay’s enduring impact on the field of education. We first trace how Geneva’s life experiences shaped her educational trajectory and how her community influenced her resistance to systemic oppression. Next, we situate ideas from other articles in this special issue within Geneva Gay’s scholarly contributions to curriculum studies, culturally responsive teaching, teacher preparation, and research, attending to how newer generations of scholars could advocate for culturally responsive educational reform in the current US sociopolitical context. In our conclusion, we explore the complex concept of returning to one’s ancestral homeland for non-Indigenous people of Color in the United States and how their racialized diasporas could help envision more just scholarship.