John Kern

Originally from Baltimore, John began his career working in the Great Lakes region of East Africa, where he was a co-founding member of the More Life exchange and the Arts in the One World Conference. Concurrently, he worked with a contemporary arts collective based In Los Angeles which specialized in original performance. After returning to Baltimore he joined Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service where he oversaw the Advance Planning Project, a housing stabilization initiative which focuses on historically redlined communities. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Philosophy in Aesthetics and Politics from the California Institute of the Arts.