Dakota Pekerti
Founder of Kamu Siapa KitchenDakota is “centering the decentered” and exploring storytelling, memory, and community care through food
SOCIAL FUTURESDISTRICT 5 & 10
ABOUT DAKOTA
Dakota is the founder of Kamu Siapa Kitchen "Kamu siapa?" in Indonesian to him means, "What food, what culture, has made you?"He is versed in community-driven food projects and running pop-ups and classes for various local businesses and causes. He organically grew a supper club to a full-fledged community of cooking friends. Dakota is a Master’s student in the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley. His research focuses on the nexus of clean energy and transportation equity. His work focuses on how to facilitate an equitable transition to electric two-wheel vehicles for low and middle-income families in Southeast Asia."
INTERESTSGreen Futures, Food X Land X History
VISIONA culture of deep belonging to a place resulting from overlapping layers of people, their experiences, and spaces that come together willingly and naturally without dictation. People are part of the lifeblood of the neighborhood and know that their presence will be felt when they are there and missed when they are gone.
Food for thought
Food for Thought is a neighborhood-based series of intimate future-facing dinners that celebrate San Francisco neighborhood identities, especially those overlooked or displaced. The flavors of these meals will carry something intimate and familiar, but also something that speaks to a collectively expressed dream and inspires the motivation needed to realize it.
Brought to you in partnership between fellows Dakota Pekerti and Salina Galea'i.
July 8 & 9, 2026 • 5pmDakota’s Picks
Check out some of the materials and resources that have helped shape Dakota’s visions for what could be.
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