Butterfly Night.

Tuesday, December 1, 2026 · Los Angeles. An evening of stories, art and empathy.

Dydine Umunyana Anderson shares her story with a seated audience at a Kind Kulture storytelling event, a childhood photograph projected beside her.
Dydine Umunyana Anderson in conversation with attendees after a Kind Kulture storytelling session.

Our Impact

The work, measured in the open.

Ten years of survivor-led work, counted honestly.

100,000+
Students reached since 2014
8 years
Dialogue with law enforcement leaders from California, other states and Canada
3
Countries · U.S., Rwanda, Colombia
2027
Stories in Color opens in Los Angeles

Annual Reports

Annual Humanity Report · Issue 1
Theme: Resilience, the institution's first annual record. (2026)

Why We Gather

Every Kind Kulture gathering is a room where people listen closely, ask honest questions, and find how much they share.

Come curious · Come with an open heart · Come willing to listen

Recent Engagements

A working selection of past events.

Speaking engagements and gatherings from the past decade.

April 2025 · Los Angeles

Kwibuka 31.

Dydine speaks at the annual commemoration of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi.

February 2025 · Museum of Tolerance

Tools for Tolerance Command Staff.

A speaking engagement with high-ranking law enforcement officers from Canada and the United States.

Talks at Google

On storytelling, memory, and survivorship.

Hosted by Google’s Talks at Google program.

Harvard Kennedy School

Public policy and human rights.

A campus dialogue on memory, governance, and the long work of memorial institutions.

University of Southern California

Classroom storytelling and dialogue.

A semester engagement with USC students on survivor testimony.

Universidad de Cartagena

Abrazar La Vida launch.

The Spanish-edition release of Embrace Life, in partnership with Artimaña Editorial.

2020 · Online

The I Am You Gala.

An online gala held during the pandemic, headlined by author Consolee Nishimwe, a survivor of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi, in conversation on survival and healing, with an auction of one of Dydine’s paintings.

Stay Close

Be there when it opens.

Founding Partners and Founding Circle members are the first to know what is being built and when.