Events & Impact
A decade on the record.
Kind Kulture moves slowly. What follows is the institutional record so far, and what is being built next.
The Record
The case is already on the page.
100,000+
Students reached since 2014
8 years
Of law enforcement & community dialogue across California
4
Countries: United States, Rwanda, Colombia, Canada
10+
Survivor testimonies in the founding archive
What’s Ahead
The next institutional moments.
July 2026
The Founding GatheringA small, intentional institutional gathering. Annual Humanity Report Issue 1 launches. Theme: Resilience.
Spring 2027
The Founding LaunchStories in Color opens in Los Angeles. Opening night is the founding gala.
2028 → 2031
The Traveling YearsEach year, Stories in Color opens in a new city. Each opening night is that year’s gala.
The Homecoming
The Center OpensThe final stop of the touring exhibition is the opening of the Center for Human Dignity in Los Angeles.
Featured
A few events told in full.
Most events live as a date and a line in the record. A small number are milestones — given the full account, with photographs, partners, and the long arc of what followed.
March 2013 · Kigali, Rwanda
Women’s Potential in Cinema
The workshop that started everything. Twenty young Rwandan women, fifteen days of filmmaking training, and the launch of Umbrella Cinema Promoters at the Kigali Serena Hotel.
Read the full story →January – February 2025 · Los Angeles
Breathe Easy LA
When the 2025 wildfires filled Los Angeles with hazardous smoke, a relief effort co-led by Kath Nash and Kind Kulture put 454 free air purifiers into the homes of families who needed them.
Read the full story →Recent Engagements
A working selection of past events.
A decade of rooms. What follows is a working selection — the speaking engagements, gatherings, and community moments that have shaped the institution you are looking at now.
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.
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Be there when it opens.
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