Kula Koenig is an activist. She has been that way since she started collecting money from the residents of her apartment complex for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in junior high school. Currently, she serves as Director of Impact for the United Way California Capital Region directing the Square One project – an initiative to end poverty through education.
Prior to her role at the United Way, Kula was Government Relations Director for the American Heart Association and District Director for former Assemblymember Roger Dickinson. Her background is in community organizing, policy advocacy, strategic outreach, and fundraising.
She loves being of service to her community and just recently launched the Social Justice PolitiCorps for Sac County (socialjusticesac.org) to crowdsource political information. Kula serves as president of the Sacramento chapter of Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA) and is passionate about black women being in positions to influence policy.
She loves deadlifts, craves her mom’s Liberian cooking and leads with her heart. You can keep up with Kula on her social platformsm IG: @SWEETPICES3 @SOCIALJUSTICESAC and FB: KULA KOENIG
Press play below and watch her speak on her passion for her community, and how she felt when featured in Sacramento Business Journal 40 under 40 list.