Join the Founding Board of the KiraKira Institute.
KiraKira is currently building a working board: a small, hands-on group of leaders who support both governance and active program development. Our board members are not passive fiduciaries — they are collaborative partners helping us design, build, and scale our justice-centered research and storytelling initiatives.
This means our board members will be deeply engaged in hands-on work, including strategy, fundraising, partnerships, program development, narrative shaping, and organizational systems building.
A working board is ideal for early-stage organizations like ours, where the most meaningful impact comes from leaders who can combine governance with active participation.
In our first 1–3 years, board members will contribute 3–8 hours/month, participate in committees, support early fundraising, and help shape the foundation of the KiraKira Institute. We welcome leaders who are energized by creativity, innovation, community-engaged work, and building a new organization from the ground up.
About KiraKira
KiraKira is a social impact lab and community illuminating the path toward justice, sustainability, and collective resilience. We blend research, storytelling, and play to help communities imagine brighter futures and build the tools to achieve them.
Our Work Spans
Sustainability & environmental justice
Public health & health equity
Creative storytelling and narrative change
Play-based learning & game design
Youth leadership & capacity-building
Community-engaged research
Policy engagement and civic imagination
Our Approach
Hope Work – lifting shining moments of brilliance
Shadow Work – analyzing systems, power, and inequity
Play Work – using games and creativity for learning and action
Bridge Work – connecting generations, sectors, and communities