Updates:Fundraiser, Elvira March, Labor Day Mass

Annual
Fundraiser Banquet
Friday,
October 19,
2007
Omni
Hotel
251 South Olive Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90012 (map)

The
National Korean American Service
and Education Consortium and
the Korean Resource Center invite
you to attend our joint annual
fundraising dinner. [information
on sponsorship, advertising,
table and ticket
rates]

We
Are All Elvira Arellano!
Rally

Saturday,
August 25th 12:00 pm,
2007
Meet
at Olympic and Broadway and
march to Federal Building
march
route map at krcla.org/467

Please
join us this Saturday for a
march to demand family unity
and justice for Elvira Arellano,
a mother who was recently deported
to Mexico after leaving her
church sanctuary in Chicago
to revive comprehensive immigration
reform.
[read further]

Labor
Day Mass

Monday,
September 3 10:00 am,
2007
Cathedral
Our Lady of the Angels
555
West Temple Street, LA CA 90012 (map)

Join
workers who struggle for a living
wage, better working conditions,
justice and dignity for all.
Cardinal Roger Mahony will challenge
our community to address: Workers’
rights and the right to organize,
Legalization and the right to
higher education for immigrant
families, Healthcare for all,
and Affordable Housing. [read
further]

Sign
your DREAM Postcard Today!

go
to http://krcla.org/dream
to sign a DREAM postcard online

KRC's
Activities at a Glance

KRC
signed on to a letter to
the Los Angeles County Supervisors
with other organizations
and individuals regarding
the future of the Martin
Luther King-Harbor public
hospital. The letter
made recommendations which
will alleviate the difficulties
the hospital's closure may
have on the area's residents.
ORAnGE
members and students at
the Summer Youth Empowerment
Program collected 370 DREAM
Postcards between July 15th
and August 7th. (pictures)
8.11
KRC & NAKASEC joined
in a solidarity rally with hotel
workers at Wilshire Plaza
Hotel.
8.15
HanNuRi, KRC's Poongmul
Cultural Troupe, performed
at MacArthur Park in the
occasion of Korea's Independence
Day.
8.16
Having Our Say 's press
teleconference discussed
a report which looked at
how health reform proposals
affected communities of
color. If AB8 (Nunez/Perata)
or the Governor's proposal
passes, 7 of the 10 newly
insured Californians will
be from a community of color.
8.17
Nine students graduated
from KRC & NAKASEC's
Summer Youth Empowerment
Program, and premiered their
documentary. (pictures)
8.19
Over eighty friends and
supporters joined a commemoratory
gathering at KRC to recall
Han Bong Yoon's contribution
to the Korean American progressive
movement and reaffirm our
commitment to his legacy
of "continuous learning"
and "making the movement
part of our lives"
(pictures)
8.20
Poongmul players joined
a vigil for Elvira Arellano,
Saulito, and humane immigration
reform. Sookyung Oh spoke
on the irrationality of
an administration that forces
children to be separated
from their mothers. (pictures)
8.20
KRC The K.W. Lee Center's
Health Reform round-table
discussion brought together
legislative aides, community
advocates, and concerned
citizens to look at the
Korean community's low health
insurance rates. The
round-table opened up to
different viewpoints to
causes and potential strategies
for raising awareness.

KRC &
NAKASEC
in the News

KRC
& NAKASEC's activities were
covered by the media in the
articles below. Links to Korean
language news articles can be
found at the bottom of this
email.

8.22
Elvira Arellano and the
tightening enforcement system
(KBS-LA)
8.21
Deported
Undocumented Immigrant,
Activist Sparks Rally:
Activists Hold Vigil at
Federal Building in Downtown
L.A. (CBS)
8.21
SSA No Match Letters are
Bad for Everybody: Real
Immigration Reform is the
Only Answer (Kyocharo)
8.17
Summer Youth Empowerment
Graduation (Korea
Times)
8.16
Advocates
warn of Growing anti-immigration
measures in Congress, local
gov'ts (Balita News
Service)
8.16
Let's sign DREAM Postcards
(Korea Times)
8.16
Free Legal Consultation
at KRC on the 23rd (Korea
Daily, Korea Times)
8.15
Even not Returning a Library
Book Can Lower your Credit
Score (Korea Daily)
8.14
"Conditional Residency"
Proposal for the Undocumented:
proposed by Arlen Specter
but chance of passage is
low (Korea Times)
8.10
Rights Expanded for Medicare
Beneficiaries. (AsianWeek)
8.10
Enforcement Team Strikes
K-Town Residential Areas
at Dawn: Enforcement Expands
to College Students Too
(Korea Times)