James Kass
Executive DirectorJames Kass is an award-winning writer, educator, producer and media maker. He is also the Founding Executive Director of Youth Speaks, a position he held for 21 years (1996-2017), and is widely credited with helping to launch a global youth spoken word movement, working with tens of thousands of young people from across the country - and helping launch close to 100 programs nationwide. James is an advocate for arts, youth, equity, access, and inclusion.
He joined KALW as Executive Director in August 2023.
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The Bay Area has one of the nation's richest histories of poetry. This conversation draws from the multicultural communities that continue to inspire the world.
