Kien Lee

Kien Lee

  • Principal Associate & Vice President, Community Science

Kien Lee, Principal Associate & Vice President of Community Science, leads Community Science’s practice in the areas of cultural competency, inclusion, and equity as they pertain to contemporary issues such as health and behavioral health disparities, healthcare workforce development, immigrant integration, food insecurity, civic participation, and community change.

For 15 years, she has provided philanthropic and nonprofit organizations and federal agencies with research and evaluation services and consultation in strategy development in all these areas, bringing to the work her passion, knowledge about the issues, expertise in research and evaluation methodology, and equally important, flexibility and a commitment to shared learning and excellence.

Kien Lee

Contributing Articles

Key Recommendations for Funders, Evaluators, and Technical Assistance Providers Who Support Racial Equity Work

In this blog post, Kien Lee, our evaluator outlines recommendations for folks who are supporting racial equity work. We are lifting up lessons we’ve learned from our Racial Equity Here cohort, five cities working to operationalize racial equity in local governments. Check out our Racial Equity Here learning report for more about what we’ve learned from this work. Funders and …

April 3, 2019

Getting Ready for Racial Equity Work: Community Engagement

Community engagement is central to cities’ racial equity strategies. It’s also where cities need a lot of support. We are lifting up lessons we’ve learned from our Racial Equity Here cohort, five cities working to operationalize racial equity in local governments. Check out our Racial Equity Here page for more about what we’ve learned from this work. Community engagement — especially in …

March 12, 2019

Racial Equity Here – Lessons from the Field

Four lessons from our Racial Equity Here cohort on how to embed a racial equity lens in local government.

March 21, 2017

Contributing Resources

Getting Ready for Racial Equity Work: The Racial Equity Here Evaluation

In May 2016, Living Cities launched Racial Equity Here (REH), an initiative that supported five U.S. cities committed to improving racial equity and advancing opportunity for all. Living Cities engaged the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE), a joint project of Race Forward and the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, to provide technical support and coaching …

March 5, 2019

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