What We Do

We turn hope into practice—illuminating brilliance, transforming broken systems, designing creative tools, and bridging across movements.

KiraKira is a lab for justice, sustainability, and imagination. Our work sits at the intersection of community research, creative storytelling, and systems strategy. We co-create with frontline communities, youth, nonprofits, and educators to build practices that spark change.

STRATEGY & ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Strategic Planning (Justice-rooted, mission-aligned)

  • Program Design (Sustainability, youth-led, community-centered)

  • Volunteer Pipeline Development

  • Cross-Team Coordination

  • Impact Evaluation & Reflective Learning

CREATIVE TOOLS & CAPACITY BUILDING

  • Zine and Infographic Design

  • Game-Based Learning & Design Jams

  • Storytelling Toolkits for campaigns and classrooms

  • Custom Curriculum Development (youth, climate, civic engagement)

  • Digital & Media Production (videos, blogs, panels, livestreams)

COMMUNITY RESEARCH & SYSTEMS THINKING

  • Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)

  • Lived-Experience Story Collection

  • Justice-Focused Logic Models & Theories of Change

  • Power Mapping & Narrative Audits

  • Systems Thinking Workshops (e.g. Loopy, SDGs, causal loops)

  • Developmental Evaluation & Learning Frameworks

COALITION & NETWORK BUILDING

  • Stakeholder Mapping

  • Cross-Sector Convenings (bridging academia, grassroots, government)

  • Youth Mobilization & Leadership

  • Intergenerational Strategy Development

  • Facilitation & Event Design for collaboration and dialogue

CAMPAIGNS & COMMUNICATIONS

  • Narrative Strategy & Framing

  • Public Education Campaign Design

  • Speaker Coaching (youth, survivors, advocates)

  • Story Collection for Advocacy

  • Panel/Event Moderation

  • Fundraising Storytelling

FUNDRAISING & GROWTH SUPPORT

  • Grassroots Fundraising Campaigns

  • Grant Writing Support

  • Donor Cultivation & Narrative Development

  • Pitch Decks, Case Statements, Strategic Framing

  • Funder Alignment Research & Guidance

WORKSHOPS & TRAININGS (Customizable)

  • Systems Thinking for Social Change

  • Trauma-Informed Leadership

  • Game-Based & Story-Based Pedagogy

  • Burnout Prevention & Movement Resilience

  • DEI in Practice

  • Storytelling for Advocacy & Impact