New Plans for a New Year: The 2026 Look Ahead
- 7000 Languages Team
- Dec 18, 2025
- 2 min read
Dear Friends and Relatives,
Our 7000 Languages Team are so excited to expand on the great achievements of 2025 with new collaborations, new partnerships, and new language courses in 2026! Read below to learn what we hope to accomplish, and ways that you can support this work!
Continuing Partnership with National Native American Language Resource Center
We will continue to support language revitalization across the United States as a part of the National Native American Language Resource Center, working in collaboration with the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, the University of Alaska Southeast, and Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University in Wisconsin. In close collaboration with local partners from tribal nations, we intend to support the launch of more new language courses in 2026.
Fellowship Program
We are excited to reaffirm our commitment to community members engaging in language revitalization work. Our fellowship program will support 4 New Fellows in 2026 with exciting new components to the fellowship program that we will share details on soon. As a part of our commitment to our community and our 2025 Fellows, we will be launching our current Fellows’ courses in early 2026! To keep up with course launches, fellowship application announcements, and the work of our community members as they go on to accomplish their goals, make sure you’re subscribed to our mailing list.
Our fellows are supported throughout their fellowship with a stipend for the work they accomplish. This support allows community members to dedicate the necessary time to creating language content for this program that can later be used by the community in their language learning goals. If you or someone you know is interested in supporting a fellow for an endangered language around the world, connect with us today!
Community Partnerships
This year, we supported endangered language communities across the US, the Caribbean, and Africa through our various programs and partnerships. We are grateful for the opportunity to work in lock step with such diverse communities doing important work. In 2026, we will continue to expand on this work with new partnerships planned with our partners in Alaska as well as the expanded launch of our new collaboration with a major tech company to support community based language efforts! If you are interested in learning more, getting support for your language, or want to support this work, contact us today!
As members of our community, we are grateful for you and your support now and throughout the years. We look forward to more collaborations, more language courses, and a more linguistically diverse future alongside you! Please consider a tax deductible contribution to 7000 Languages as a part of your end of year giving to support this work!
Great forward-looking piece. The https://www.poppyseeddreams.com/ balance between reflection and anticipation made it very engaging. I recently came across a poppyseeddreams-style commentary that also explored how intentional planning can set a meaningful tone for the year ahead.
The forward-looking goals outlined here feel both ambitious and grounded, especially the emphasis on structured planning for 2026. When working on similar long-term strategy documents, I’ve relied on academic editors, whose research proposal proofreading and editing support helped me express complex ideas with far more clarity.
I really enjoyed this forward‑looking post your breakdown of goals and priorities for 2026 feels both thoughtful and inspiring, especially as someone trying to start the year with intention. Reading it during a packed study period made me think about how much support matters, and there have been moments I truly need help with my online exam so I can slow down and absorb posts like this without stress.
I really enjoyed your comment about the 2026 look‑ahead and how new plans can bring fresh energy and hope, it made me reflect on my own goals for the year. It reminded me of a time when my schedule was tight and I used take my online WGU class for me help so I could finish early and focus more on planning and self‑growth. Your words made me feel inspired to start the year strong.
I really enjoyed your 2026 look‑ahead article because it showed such thoughtful planning and optimism for the year ahead, especially the way you laid out goals and community projects that matter. It reminded me of a stressful week during my own studies when I joked that I wanted to pay someone to do my PhD exam, even though I ended up finding legit support and tutoring to get through it. Your post made me think about how good planning and the right help can make big goals feel more doable.