KLee

About Kien Lee

Kien S. Lee, Ph.D., Vice President of Consulting, has expertise in promoting equity, inclusion, and cultural competency for health, food security, civic engagement, and leadership development. Current evaluations include those with the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the Colorado Trust, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Strategy That Advances Equity & Justice: Five Principles

By |2025-08-25T13:54:56-04:00May 20, 2021|Blog|

The challenges of philanthropy include allocating resources while balancing short-term urgency with long-term vision, absorbing countless reports and recommendations, navigating diverse perspectives and dynamics internally and externally, and facing critiques from every direction. Watching the needle remain motionless on major indicators can drive a constant search for elusive answers, especially when taking on complex issues around equity and justice for communities that are historically disadvantaged and excluded. In this environment,…

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The Role Local School Wellness Councils Play in Promoting Health in Schools

By |2025-08-25T10:23:16-04:00April 26, 2021|Health and Behavioral Health Equity|

Healthier students tend to be stronger learners (Busch et al., 2014; Basch, 2011). Student health is related to grades, school attendance, and graduation rates. However, one in three children is overweight or obese (Alliance for Healthier Generation, n.d.). In addition to the connection to poorer education outcomes, childhood obesity is linked to diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other health issues in adulthood. Given the long-term educational and health consequences of unhealthy…

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Diversification of the U.S. Healthcare Workforce: How We Should Train and Motivate Future Leaders

By |2025-08-25T16:44:48-04:00April 26, 2021|Health and Behavioral Health Equity|

Over the past several years, the severe shortage in the healthcare workforce has been largely overshadowed by political infighting concerning the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Nevertheless, it is a topic that deserves our immediate attention, given the great impact it has on the quality of the health care we receive and to our nation's overall health. In this article, we review key lessons and strategies Community Science team members have…

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Stronger Leaders, More Effective Action, Equitable Change

By |2025-08-25T16:46:00-04:00April 15, 2021|Organizational Effectiveness|

The widening of racial and economic inequities illuminated by the pandemic and incidents of police brutality have compelled funders to explicitly invest in diversity, equity, and inclusivity strategies. Funders have an emerging interest in investing in leadership development programs to train people to lead in a way that contributes to inclusivity and equity. Yet, there are studies and practitioners of social transformational change that continue to remind us that to…

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Black Lives Matter When It Comes to Community Violence

By |2025-08-25T14:00:46-04:00March 16, 2021|Blog|

There was a historic increase in homicides in US cities between 2019 and 2020, according to a report by the National Commission on COVID-19 and Justice. This increase was disproportionately experienced in Black communities across our country. In an examination of 27 US cities, the Washington Post found that violence disproportionately rose in predominantly Black communities across the country compared to predominantly White communities. Predominantly Black Baltimore saw a nearly…

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Advancing Oral Health Equity: Oral Health as Whole Health

By |2025-08-25T11:16:12-04:00March 3, 2021|Health and Behavioral Health Equity|

Oral health is an important but often overlooked component of health and well-being. It affects people's quality of life and functioning - one's ability to eat, speak, learn, work, sleep, and socialize with others. Black, Latinx, Native American, poor White, and other marginalized communities are disproportionately impacted by the lack of adequate dental care, barriers to receiving care, and consequent negative health outcomes. This article provides a brief overview on…

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