Los Angeles · A Cultural Institution Being Built in Public
Storytelling as a way of healing.
A Los Angeles cultural institution being built in public — through Stories in Color, opening Spring 2027, and the future Center for Human Dignity.
On the Horizon
What is being built next.
Stories in Color
The founding exhibition.
A survivor-led traveling exhibition and living archive. Opens in Los Angeles in Spring 2027. Travels until it comes home, and the Center for Human Dignity opens.
Inside Stories in ColorIllustration by Guiliane Cerón, from Embrace Life. Stories in Color, the survivor-led traveling exhibition, opens in Spring 2027 with original survivor portraits.
Who We Are
Kind Kulture is a public humanities institution dedicated to survivor testimony, art, and storytelling. We are building a long-term cultural institution, in front of witnesses.
Rwanda is the founding heart. Humanity is the destination.
“One’s own life experiences are not theirs to keep, but ours to teach.”
Dydine Umunyana Anderson Founder & President
Photograph by Dan McMahon
Begin Where You Are
Four ways into the work.
About
The founders, the board, and the institutional case for what we are building.
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The Center
The long-term vision for a permanent cultural institution in Los Angeles.
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Programs
Stories in Color, the Annual Humanity Report, and the methodology underneath.
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Books
Embrace Life and Abrazar La Vida — the founding memoir, in two languages.
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Dear Humanity
A letter, every Sunday.
Letters on survival, healing, and what it means to be human — written by Dydine, published every Sunday on Substack.
A new letter arrives every Sunday. Read the latest, and subscribe to receive each one.
Founders Matter
Stand with us at the founding.
Founding Partners join us before the building exists. Their belief is what makes the institution real.
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.