Who we are

Good Karma Karaoke (GKK) was born out of the isolation of the Covid-19 pandemic, and has a vision to create world-wide love and acceptance by soothing souls through song and a mission to spread good karma and build a loving community that brings together people of diverse social and cultural backgrounds, shares the transformative power of music, and promotes self-empowerment in a safe and nurturing environment. Our online community has included hundreds of karaoke enthusiasts from all over the world, many whom have now met each other in person and consider each other friends or even family.

GKK is the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (Charitable Foundation) that was founded after the community's 2022 spontaneous Karaoke Marathon to provide an outlet for the creative, charitable, and social activity interests of the members of our online Karaoke community. We hope to be a hub and incubator for creativity of all sorts and provide support and resources for the artists in our community.

GKK's Guiding Principles

The GKK Board and Leadership Team established a number of Guiding Principles for our community during its 2023 Retreat. Some of most notable ones are:

Everyone is welcome and belongs - GKK is radically inclusive as long as you are willing to abide by the community standards for treating each other with kindness and respect. We embrace everyone, regardless of race, religion, national origin, culture, sexual orientation, age, physical or neurological differences, socioeconomic status, political affiliation, gender, or identity.

We maintain a culture of inquiry - we value mutual respect and constructive debate that leads to sound decision making. We seek information, question assumptions and challenge conclusions so that we may advocate for solutions.

We continuously learn - we embrace the qualities of a continuous learning organization, evaluating our own performance and assessing the value we add to the GKK community. We embed learning opportunities into routine governance work and activities outside of board meetings.

We promote Independent Mindedness - We value independent thinking. We base our decisions on personal examination of the facts, full and rich discussion at the board meetings, in consultation with other board members and volunteers. We are non-partisan. We operate using democratic principles and collaboration.

We’re all on the same team! People aren’t the problem, problems are the problem.

The complete list can be found at GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE GKK COMMUNITY (1).

Leadership Staff & Volunteers

Executive Team & Staff

Deborah Chang, Executive Director

Deborah (Debbie) Chang is the founder and Executive Director of Good Karma Karaoke (GKK). Debbie brings to GKK over 35 years of experience in government and the nonprofit sector, as a manager in the BioPharmaceutical industry, and most recently as small business owner, author, social purposes entrepreneur, and candidate for the Nevada State Assembly. She received her Master’s in Public Administration and Urban Planning from New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service and her Bachelor’s in Anthropology from Columbia University/Barnard College in New York.

Debbie started doing online karaoke to support her high school friend, Steve “DJ Purple” Hays, a Karaoke DJ (“KJ”) who lost his entire income due to the pandemic. While Debbie ran for Assembly in 2020, it began as an occasional distraction. However, three days before Election Day, she lost her father to Covid-19. Online karaoke then became a critical source of comfort for Debbie, who was nicknamed in the community the “Fairy Squad Mother.” After accidentally (spontaneously) starting an online Karaoke Marathon that lasted 250-hours over 10 days in March-April 2022, Debbie was inspired to start Good Karma Karaoke in order to spread the transformative power of love and music.