Animating Democracy held its second Evaluators Circle (E-Circle) at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, inviting Los Angeles-based cultural leaders, researchers, and evaluators to share evaluation projects, findings and learning.  It was a rich and hearty exchange.  With support from the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and help in organizing from Kamella Tate, independent evaluator and former director of research and evaluation at The Music Center of Los Angeles County, our L.A. Evaluators Circle offered an opportunity to explore ways that data analysis and evaluation are informing decision making with an emphasis on cultural equity as a social justice goal.   Participants Wendy Hsu, researcher, strategist, and educator, ethnographer; recent ACLS public fellow with the City of Los Angeles Dept. of Cultural AffairsSofia Klatzker, executive director, Arts for LASusannah Laramee Kidd, research analyst and ACLS public fellow, Los Angeles County Arts CommissionBronwyn Mauldin, director of research & evaluation, Los Angeles County Arts CommissionAngie Kim, executive director, Center for Cultural InnovationKamella Tate, KTA/LLC Patti Topete, director of programs, Levitt PavilionsMatty Wilder, senior program officer, Herb Alpert FoundationSharon Yazowski, executive director, Levitt PavilionsCourtney Malloy, director of research, Vital ResearchBarbara Schaffer Bacon, co-director, Animating Democracy/Americans for the ArtsPam Korza, co-director, Animating Democracy/Americans for the ArtsRandy Cohen, vice president of research and policy, Americans for the Arts

Animating Democracy held its second Evaluators Circle (E-Circle) at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, inviting Los Angeles-based cultural leaders, researchers, and evaluators to share evaluation projects, findings and learning.  It was a rich and hearty exchange.  With support from the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and help in organizing from Kamella Tate, independent evaluator and former director of research and evaluation at The Music Center of Los Angeles County, our L.A. Evaluators Circle offered an opportunity to explore ways that data analysis and evaluation are informing decision making with an emphasis on cultural equity as a social justice goal.   Participants Wendy Hsu, researcher, strategist, and educator, ethnographer; recent ACLS public fellow with the City of Los Angeles Dept. of Cultural AffairsSofia Klatzker, executive director, Arts for LASusannah Laramee Kidd, research analyst and ACLS public fellow, Los Angeles County Arts CommissionBronwyn Mauldin, director of research & evaluation, Los Angeles County Arts CommissionAngie Kim, executive director, Center for Cultural InnovationKamella Tate, KTA/LLC Patti Topete, director of programs, Levitt PavilionsMatty Wilder, senior program officer, Herb Alpert FoundationSharon Yazowski, executive director, Levitt PavilionsCourtney Malloy, director of research, Vital ResearchBarbara Schaffer Bacon, co-director, Animating Democracy/Americans for the ArtsPam Korza, co-director, Animating Democracy/Americans for the ArtsRandy Cohen, vice president of research and policy, Americans for the Arts