Community Letter of Support

Support Kidspace United! 

Dear Kidspace Children’s Museum Board of Directors and Leadership, 

As members of the community, we stand by your staff who are forming their union, Kidspace United through AFSCME Council 36. Kidspace Children’s Museum is a special place for educational enrichment and youth development in our community. We recognize that the incredible programs and services that benefit our families and future generations would not be possible without the dedicated, talented, and passionate staff who work on the frontlines and behind the scenes to keep the museum running. 

Workers have a legal right to freely organize their union. We call on Kidspace Children’s Museum leadership to maintain a safe and respectful environment in which staff may speak and advocate for union without fear of retaliation. We also ask that leadership remain neutral throughout the union organizing process and, upon demonstration of majority support, respect workers’ wishes by recognizing their union voluntarily. Nonprofit institutions and cultural institutions in Los Angeles County such as Museum of Contemporary Art, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, and Academy Foundation of Motion Pictures all voluntarily recognized their workers’ unions, and we urge you to follow their suit and recognize Kidspace United. 

By supporting Kidspace Children’s Museum workers and their clear path toward union recognition, you will be demonstrating your commitment to building a better museum for future generations and the people of Pasadena. 

In solidarity,

Galen Abts
Mateo Sof Allier Lechuga, Citizen
Montse Antonio
Sonia Ardon
Seamus Armstrong, MSI Chicago
Andrew Bakhit
Becca Ballan
Michaela Bannan
Gregory Bartow, CSEA Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO
Rose Boubion
Jennifer Boynton, United Teachers of Pasadena
Megan Cady
Olivia Calvi
Madeleine Calvi
Shelby Carlson
Homar Carrillo, PUSD
Bianca Carrillo
Giselle Carrillo
Joanna Carrillo
Efrain Carrillo
Angie Chaparro, Artist teacher
Galvin Chapman
Sean Chase, Denver Art Museum
Jem Chrisope
Genevieve Cohn, Artist, educator
Lori Condinus, National Action Network Los Angeles
Andi Cooper
Eris Crowley
Abigail Davis, AFSCME
Sophia Dove, Starbucks barista
francisco Elizondo
Liam Escobar
Kelsey Faamausili, Academy Museum Workers United
Matthew Feige
Jason Fennell, Artist
Michaela Flint
Larry Gates, AFSCME 3090
Audrey Gaudette
Amneh Gavina
Anand Ghorpadey, Please Touch Museum United
Ryan Gibbs
Ruby Godinez
Juan Godinez, LAFD
Juan Godinez
Juan Godinez, LAFD
Natasha Gonzales
Walter Gorecki
James Griswold
Rebeca Guizar
Antoinette Gutierrez
Thomas Hamilton, Unite Here! Local 11
John Harabedian
Jade Howe, Jadehowdy
Kyle Imdieke
Veronica Jimenez
Dante Johnson
Cheryl Jones, AMWU/AFSCME
Charlene Jones
Jessi Jones, Academy Foundation Workers United
Greg Katz
Jane Kelly
Katie Kelly, Friend of employee
Sean Kilcoyne, Academy Foundation Workers Union
Laura Kinson-Evans
Tracy Kruse
Judy Kruse
Mariesa Kubasek
Yin Min Kyi, Cultural Workers United
Sydney Kysar
Marcela Lara, United Teachers of Pasadena
Steve Lee
Kristin Leffler
Olivia Leiter, MOCA Union
Maribel Lepe
Liz Levine, Cultural Workers United
Julia Levine
Howard Levine
Samantha Lifson-Neubardt, PTM United
John Lira, United Teachers of Pasadena
Wen Ying Liu
Bighani Lometillo
Vivian Lu
Katie Lynch-Feige
Marka Maberry-Gaulke
Monica MacAllister
Manpreet Malhi
Tony Martinelli
Whitney Martinez
Kaitlyn McCown
Helen McGettrick, Newberry Library
Patrice McKenzie
Michael Monarrez
Ellen Moody
Carlos Morales, WFSE Council 28
Vanessa Moreno
Noor Nabulsi, AFSCME
Jonathan Naveh, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Jenesis Negrete
Maureen Noble
Ricardo Orduno, Concerned community member
Panny Panda
Minnie Prince
Victoria Realzola
Brandon Reily, Academy Museum Workers United
A.J. Rizer, Citizen
Jennifer Rodriguez, Organización
José Rodríguez, MOCA
Rina Romero
Abigail Rose
Chinesa Rusch
Seven Sagion
Lisa Salcido
Vanessa Sanchez
Sarah Shaw, AFSCME DC 47
Davis Sison, Community
Katherine Smith
Democratic Socialists of America, Los Angeles (DSA-LA)
Steven Sotelo
Sarah Stearn, Academy Museum Workers United
Sarah Steinman
Quinn Sterling
Michael To, United Teachers of Pasadena
Ace Ubas, Retail Coordinator at MOCA Los Angeles
Michelle Valadez
Armando Valadez, Advantage home medical
Jorge Valadez, Axsun
Lynett Valadez
Luis Valadez
Nancy Valadez, Herbalife
Eddie Valadez, Personal
Lisette Valadez
Sofia Valadez-Paez, Pasadena Unified School District
Brenda Vasquez
Victoria Vasquez
Malia Velasco, Citizen
Carter Riley Ward, Kidspace Children’s Museum
Eliza Webster, Southern Gals Arts
Jes Whittet, Former Recruitment Sup at KCM
Gwendolyn Wiegold, Cultural Workers United
Sydney Wilkinson, Former kid space Children Museum
Nalani Williams, DC37 Local1503
Masetsaba Woodland, Pratt Workers United
Erin Work, UAW
Jennifer Zhong
Isabel Zhong