equity & inclusion
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Kai is committed to equity and inclusion. She has served on several committees tasked with advancing equity, access, and inclusion in the field of art education and has been invited to share her expertise in publications and speaking engagements. Her understanding of how to nurture change on multiple levels, from the personal to the institutional, is rooted in her experience working with community and her personal pursuit of liberation.
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professional service
LA County Department of Arts and Culture
Cultural Equity & Inclusion Initiative Advisory Committee Member, 2018 – 2020
Museum Educators of Southern California (MESC)
Cultural Equity & Inclusion Statement Writing Committee Member, 2019
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Task Force Member, 2018 - 2019
Worked collaboratively with fellow members to research the history of NAEA, demographics of NAEA and the field, and similar initiatives and made recommendations to the board of directors
The Getty Foundation
Multicultural Undergraduate Internship (MUI) Hub Leader, 2014, 2015, 2016
Organized two days of professional learning each year for Getty MUI interns that supported exposure to Los Angeles, nonprofit organizations, professionals, and careers in arts and culture; facilitated discussions about diversity and racism in the fields of the arts and museums
Cultural Equity & Inclusion Initiative Advisory Committee Member, 2018 – 2020
Museum Educators of Southern California (MESC)
Cultural Equity & Inclusion Statement Writing Committee Member, 2019
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Task Force Member, 2018 - 2019
Worked collaboratively with fellow members to research the history of NAEA, demographics of NAEA and the field, and similar initiatives and made recommendations to the board of directors
The Getty Foundation
Multicultural Undergraduate Internship (MUI) Hub Leader, 2014, 2015, 2016
Organized two days of professional learning each year for Getty MUI interns that supported exposure to Los Angeles, nonprofit organizations, professionals, and careers in arts and culture; facilitated discussions about diversity and racism in the fields of the arts and museums
workshops | presentations
- Jan 2022: Responding to Bias on Gallery Tours for Hammer Museum Student Educators, Los Angeles
- Aug 2020: Loyola Marymount University Laband Art Gallery Amplify Series, Episode 4
- Jan 2020: Inclusive Teaching Workshop for Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) teaching staff
- Oct 2019: Inclusive Language Training for Hammer Museum Student Educators, Los Angeles
- Jul 2019: Focus on Racial Equity: Decentering Whiteness is Our Institutions and in Our Practices Panel, Visual Thinking Strategies Summer Institute, Los Angeles
- Jun 2019: Racial Equity and Museums: Creating Structures of Sustained Support for People of Color Panel, MESC 2019 Annual Institute, Los Angeles
- May 2019: Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Webinar Panel, NAEA Research Commission
- Apr 2019: Data Science for Art Education Panel, Arts Datathon: Democratize, Los Angeles
- Mar 2019: "What's Going On? How Under-Represented Individuals are Finding Their Voice in Professional Organizations," NAEA Convention, Boston, MA
- Mar 2019: "Charting a Course: May the Task Force Be With You," NAEA Convention, Boston, MA
- Mar 2019: Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Plenary Panel, NAEA Research Commission Preconference, Boston, MA
publications
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