About Kind Kulture
Who we are. Why we are.
A Los Angeles cultural institution founded in 2020. We are building toward a permanent home for survivor testimony, art, and storytelling.
The Institution
Kind Kulture began with a conviction — that the stories history tries to silence deserve permanent institutional homes. We are building toward that. Slowly. In public.
Rwanda is the founding heart. Humanity is the destination.
The Founders
Dydine & Alex Anderson.
Photograph · Dan McMahon
Dydine Umunyana Anderson
President & CEO · Co-Founder · Vision Lead
Dydine is the founder and president of Kind Kulture, a survivor of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi, and the author of Embrace Life: How I Survived the Tutsi Genocide in Rwanda. She is a permanent speaker at the Museum of Tolerance and has carried her work to USC, Harvard Kennedy School, Talks at Google, and partner institutions in three countries.
She writes Dear Humanity, a weekly Sunday letter, and is building Stories in Color and the long-term vision for the Center for Human Dignity.
Photograph · Arin DeGroff
Alex Anderson
Executive Director · Secretary & Treasurer · Co-Founder
Alex Anderson is the Executive Director and co-founder of Kind Kulture, where he leads operations, communications, production, and strategic development. A filmmaker, producer, and communications specialist by training, he has spent more than six years building Kind Kulture’s digital programs, audience reach, and institutional infrastructure — and eight years embedded with the Museum of Tolerance’s Tools for Tolerance program, leading educator and law enforcement dialogue sessions across California.
At Kind Kulture, Alex has built the email marketing and audience growth systems that connect the organization with donors, educators, students, and community partners. He has produced documentary and promotional content across platforms that have supported Dydine’s speaking work, including a TEDx Cornell talk on cultural storytelling.
Where Dydine brings the story, Alex builds the systems that allow it to be told at scale.
Governance
The board and advisory.
Board of Directors
Consolee Nishimwe
Board Member
Survivor of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi and author of Tested to the Limit: A Genocide Survivor’s Story of Pain, Resilience and Hope. An internationally recognized speaker and women’s rights advocate, Consolee has addressed audiences at the United Nations General Assembly and has been featured in Time, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera, and Voice of America.
Sherry Horowitz
Board Member
Founder and President of Horowitz-Harnick Communications. A public-relations strategist with more than 25 years of experience across financial services, independent film, and high-net-worth membership organizations, including nearly eight years as Vice President of Public Relations at TIGER 21. Cornell graduate. Member of Chief.
Lynn Stuart
Board Member
Board member of Kind Kulture. Full bio forthcoming.
Dydine & Alex Anderson
Founders · Officers
Dydine serves as President and CEO. Alex serves as Secretary, Treasurer, and Executive Director. See the Founders section above.
Advisory Board
Isabella Harnick
Advisor · Volunteer Lead
Operations Manager at NYU Langone Health, where she manages the Emergency Department, Labor and Delivery, and Pediatrics. Cornell-trained in policy and healthcare administration; adjunct faculty at Cornell teaching Hospital Operations. Isabella leads Kind Kulture’s volunteer team and brings hospital-grade operational precision to the work of building something permanent.
Arno Michaelis
Advisor · Serve to Unite
Co-founder of Serve to Unite and decade-long partner in Mirror · Bridge · Change work. Author of My Life After Hate. Arno has carried the methodology into schools, communities, and dialogue spaces across the United States.
Build With Us
Stand with us at the founding.
Founding Partners join us before the building exists. Your belief is what makes the institution happen.
Kind Kulture is the public name of Umuco Love, Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. EIN: 85‑0780571. All contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.