News
For Immediate Release:
December 1, 2007
Contacts:
Becky Belcore, 773-506-9158, English
Jubum Cha, 718-460-5600, Korean
Inhe Choi, 773-506-9158, English & Korean
Yongho Kim, 323-937-3718, Eng., Kor. & Spanish
For Immediate Release:
November 29, 2007
Contacts:
Becky Belcore, 773-506-9158, English
Jubum Cha, 718-460-5600, Korean
Inhe Choi, 773-506-9158, English & Korean
Yongho Kim, 323-937-3718, Eng., Kor. & Spanish
Carrying the Torch of Dreams
By Wentong Lin, Dreamer from Columbus, OH and Sookyung Oh, NAKASEC
IMAGE Fall 2007 p.43
ocanational.org
[Interview] Korean American Receives "Immigrant Rights Advocacy Award": Eun Sook Lee emphasizes "we need to raise one voice across language groups and generations"
Yonhap News 11-21-07
November 19, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Christine Chen, Executive Director 202-223-9170
APIAVOTE CALLS FOR SUPREME COURT TO STRIKE DOWN INDIANA VOTER ID LEGISLATION
WASHINGTON, DC – Today leaders of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote), a non-partisan non-profit civic engagement organization, addressed the United States Supreme Court's consideration of an Indiana law that requires voters to present photo identification at the polls.
KoreAm 11-2007
p.97
Running For Their DREAMS
Raising awareness for the DREAM Act and gathering $1,000 for the DREAM Scholarship Fund, FYSH in Chicago organized a successful first time marathon. On Sept. 22, Just weeks before the Senate eventually decided to table a motion to attach the DREAM Act as an amendment, more than 100 DREAM supporters throughout Illinois ran 2.5 miles In downtown Chicago. At the end, runners signed postcards and released balloons into the air symbolizing the hopes and aspirations of thousands of undocumented immigrant students.
SSA Decides It Will Not Issue Employer No-Match Letters This Year
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC)
Date/Time: Thursday, November 15, 2007
On November 13, 2007, Social Security Administration ("SSA") spokesperson, Mark Hinkle, announced that SSA will not issue no-match letters to employers this year based on the 2006 tax year information. SSA will resume the program in March or April of 2008.
November 14, 2007
For Immediate Release
NAKASEC Joint Statement
By the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium
Korean American Resource & Cultural Center
Korean Resource Center
YKASEC – Empowering the Korean American Community
Governor Eliot Spitzer Lets Down New York and Our Nation Again