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NAKASEC VA’s Campaigns Coordinator will be a key member of a local-national team that develops and implements multi-pronged education, advocacy, civic engagement and organizing projects to advance policies towards social, economic and racial justice. Your goal is to build a strong, informed and active Korean and Asian American base in Northern Virginia to win policies that uplift our communities.
Join us for our CA Dream Act Workshop in Fullerton! The Korean Resource Center will provide AB 540/CA Dream Act Workshop for undocumented high school and college students. The workshop will provide important information on how to apply to college as an undocumented student, including AB 540/CA Dream Act qualifications, step by step application process, and available financial aid resources. Date: Saturday, February 2, 3:00 PM. Location: KRC Fullerton Office. Please register online.
We denounce “Trump’s deal” to trade a $5.7 billion border wall for a temporary fix for immigrant communities. Our community says “NO DEAL.” We cannot allow a U.S. President to terrorize some Americans in favor of the racist beliefs of others. We cannot allow him to change America from a refuge for those in need to a place where White supremacy reigns. Increased resources for enforcement will only lead to more deaths of our siblings at the southern border, more raids, more detentions, and more family separation. This is not a deal that is good for our communities or for America.
A crowd of around 70 protesters gathered in front of Asian Garden Mall in Westminster on Saturday morning to rally for refugees. President Donald Trump recently announced plans to deport Vietnamese refugees with any trace of a criminal record–something that didn’t sit well in Little Saigon. The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a statement saying, in part, that “these are non-citizens who during previous administrations were arrested, convicted, and ultimately ordered removed by a federal immigration judge,” in claiming deporting such refugees back to Vietnam is a priority.
San Diego, CA - Faith, labor and community, joined by a delegation from the Korean Resource Center in Fullerton/Los Angeles, gathered by the San Diego/Tijuana border on Monday, December 10, for a solidarity civil disobedience action demanding a just process for asylum seekers gathered near the U.S.-Mexico border.
With the blessing of a multi-faith religious leadership, a hundred people were arrested at the fence that separates the U.S. from Mexico. "We are out here to show that this is a humanitarian crisis. To seek refuge and apply for asylum is a human right", said Nara Kim, KRC Campaign Coordinator who joined the action.
(Media Advisory) Young Asian American members of the Korean Resource Center will join a public action in San Diego on Monday, December 10, 2018, in support of those at the southern border seeking sanctuary and asylum in the United States. The group will leave from Fullerton at 6:00 am and return at night. Detailed planning about the action is currently underway.
Last week the Department of Justice, joined by the Department of Education, opened a new front in the fight over affirmative action, announcing an investigation into whether Yale discriminates illegally against Asian-American applicants. The move represents the latest attempt by the Trump administration to take aim at the longstanding practice of allowing race to be used as one of many factors, and never the primary or sole factor, in admissions at highly selective colleges and universities.
In the year of Frederick Douglass's Bicentennial celebration, a project called The Frederick Douglass 200 (FD200) has been announced by the Frederick Douglass Family Initaitives and the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American Univeristy in Washington D.C. to honor the impact of 200 living individuals who embody the work and spirit of Douglass. Dae Joong Yoon, Board President of KRC and current Co-Director of the NAKASEC who is currently on a year-long sabbatical leave, has been named as one of the FD200 awardees under "The Abolitionists" category for his work in community organizing and movement building in the Korean American, immigrant community and fighting against anti-immigrant legislation.
(Media Advisory) Students from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and residents of the city will join forces at the Irvine City Council meeting this evening, to reject what they view as a “Trump-inspired attack on minorities in Orange County.” “Will Irvine’s city council side with a racist agenda that separates families and dehumanizes people of color? Enough is enough. Irvine city council needs to make clear whether they stand with Trump’s hatred, or they stand with their own community in Irvine,” said Catherine Tran, who is a third year Asian American Studies Major. “We need our city council to say NO to hate, and be an example, for our youth, for our county, and yes for the rest of the country.”
KRC is now growing in Orange County and we invite you to join us at our NEW office in Fullerton as we reflect on our past work and accomplishments and discuss what we want the future of Orange County to look like with a gallery walk. We will have a gallery full of KRC photos and videos from throughout the years and discussion sessions facilitated by staff and community members. Change is coming to Orange County!