Kikanza Nuri-Robins

Kikanza Nuri-Robins is a sojourner for truth. She has been an advocate for justice, equity and inclusion for her entire career. She started as an elementary school teacher and has worked as a school desegregation cop for the US Office of Civil Rights, a teacher of public administration at USC, and an organization development specialist serving mission-driven organizations across the country.

Dr. Nuri-Robins is a teacher, writer, and counselor. Her clients include educators, community workers, business people, and leaders of many faith traditions. The unifying thread of her work over the past 35 years has been her advocacy and support for marginalized and targeted people. She works with people and organizations who are in transition or ought to be. Her focus is on sustaining healthy organization cultures by improving communication, developing effective leaders, and nurturing corporate values for diversity, justice and inclusion. She started her career thinking she would change the world. Now she knows that she is most effective making a difference, wherever in the world she finds herself, one conversation at a time.

Kikanza is the author of many articles and six books, including: Cultural Proficiency and Fish Out of Water. She lives in Los Angeles where she serves on the Bio-Ethics Committee of the UCLA Medical Center and the boards of several social-service organizations. She spends her discretionary time in her studio playing with color and textiles.

http://www.kikanzanurirobins.com/