Lisa Ann Kim

Program Coordinator | Department of Race and Equity, City of San Diego

Pronouns: she/her

Lisa Ann Kim is a program coordinator for the City of San Diego's Department of Race and Equity. She recently moved to San Diego from Baltimore where she developed a culturally responsive social studies curriculum with the school district. Lisa Ann creates content and facilitates training based on advancing racial equity and inclusion within the City. She partners with different departments as they design and implement tactical equity plans, identifying disparities and helping address them. She’s humbled and grateful at the opportunity to support the City’s efforts to ensure all neighborhoods have what they need to flourish as their authentic selves.

Presentations from Facing Race 2024

Transforming Local Government Through Equity-Centered Coaching

"Transforming Local Government through Equity-Centered Coaching" will focus on the ways the Department of Race & Equity at the City of San Diego has implemented an equity-centered coaching program. A portion of this session will be dedicated to sharing the system that was created to shift the organization’s thinking about equity in departmental decisions on policy, budget, and programming.

Participants will then be broken out into small groups to engage in an experiential activity that will help demonstrate the importance of coaching and the skills needed to effectively coach department leaders. Lastly, session attendees will walk away with ideas on how they might begin to set up a coaching program in their organization or government entity. This will include some tools that can be replicated in their own institution.

Speakers: Yey Morales, Grace Bagunu, Lisa Ann Kim