Immigrant Rights

Dream Riders: Market Outreach in Annandale

07-30-2013

(Simon Jun) Yesterday, I saw DC for the first time. It was definitely different from Los Angeles.

Early in the morning, at 10:30 AM, we did market outreach to register Korean Americans and AAPIs to vote and to ask them to sign a petition in support of immigration reform. Sae Hee, led a training session at NAKASEC’s new office in Annandale before we started. I started to get nervous. Speaking to strangers has never been easy for me. Thankfully, I had my fellow Dream Rider, Anna Chung, and together we started asking people to register to vote and to sign our petition for immigration reform.

Dream Riders: Briefing with Interns at the White House and meeting with the Secretary of Education

07-29-2013

(Kevin Lee) Today we arrived in Washington DC on an overnight flight at 8:00am EST. We ate breakfast in the car and watched the beautiful DC sunrise inside the van. The Dream Riders which included Simon Jun, Anna Jung, Ga Young Chung, and I visited the Eisenhower Building next to the White House for the AAPI Interns briefing. We were all very nervous as it was our first scheduled event as Dream Riders. I introduced the Dream Riders and asked participants to share their stories. I was surprised that so many people in the audience were either children of immigrants or were immigrants themselves.

Dream Podcast Episode 8

06-10-2013

Inside: Stories from our Community: Andrew Jung, a US Citizen, shares his story of being separated from his deported parents by our broken immigration system; Political Update: During May, AAPI Heritage Month, President Obama met with AAPI leaders including NAKASEC Executive Director Dae Joong Yoon; Call to Action: Stand with Families, AAPI Mobilization for Immigration Reform in Washington DC June 5th, 2013

Podcast #7: The Dream is Now Movie Review

05-24-2013

Now with our second ever English & Korean bi-lingual "콩그리시" "Konglish" episode!
Jenny and Green review Davis Guggenheim's new documentary film "The Dream is Now" - Watch for yourself at http://www.thedreamisnow.org/documentary
Political Update - Senate Immigration Reform Amendments
The Good, Bad, and the Ugly
Call to Action - check out and donate to our America is our Home campaign at www.krcla.org/now

Job Announcement: Policy Director

05-23-2013

The National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) seeks a hardworking, talented, and committed individual to serve as the Policy Director. This position will be based in Annandale, VA.

NAKASEC is a dynamic grassroots-based organization founded in 1994 by local community centers to project a progressive voice and promote the full participation of Korean Americans within the social justice movement. NAKASEC maintains offices in Los Angeles and Annandale, Virginia. NAKASEC has affiliates in Los Angeles (Korean Resource Center) and in Chicago (Korean American Resource & Cultural Center) and works in partnership with local community based organizations across the nation. Major program areas include: Immigrant Rights, Civic Engagement, Civil Rights, Financial Empowerment, Youth Organizing, and Technical Assistance.

Kevin HyunKyu Lee Participates in DREAMers and Families Meeting with President Obama and Vice President Biden

05-21-2013

Washington, D.C. – Kevin HyunKyu Lee, a recent DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipient and organizer with the Korean Resource Center in Los Angeles, met with President Barack Obama this morning as part of the national Keeping Families Together Campaign. He joined 6 other DREAMers who have received DACA and U.S. citizen family members of undocumented immigrants who are directly affected by our nation’s broken immigration system. They shared their stories with President Obama and Vice President Biden to highlight the importance of passing immigration reform.

Congress Failed to Protect Our Youth, but We are #HereToFight in Orange County

03-07-2013

To express the urgency for a permanent solution for immigrant youth, the Korean Resource Center (KRC) alongside 12 community partners coming from faith, labor, LGBTQ, women's rights and other grassroots organizations assembled a candlelight vigil outside Representative Mimi Walters’ (R-CA) office. Through this action, community leaders expressed not only their outrage against the failed leadership of Representative Walters, who has one of the most impacted districts in the county for undocumented youth and families, and the White House, but also their determination to continue fighting for justice for all immigrants.

이민개혁의 긴급성과 우리의 역할

04-30-2010

이번 주 5월 1일은 이민개혁 전국연합을 통해 전국적으로 수십 개 도시에서 이민개혁을 요구하는 집회 및 행진이 이루어지는 날이다. 한인들이 많이 살고 있는 로스 앤젤레스, 시카고 및 워싱턴 DC에서도 이 날 집회가 열린다. 이 땅의 수백만 이민자 가정에게는 시간이 없다. 한인 커뮤니티의 미래를 짊어지고 있다는 각오로 행동을 통해 한 목소리를 내자.

Loretta Sanchez and the DREAM Act

05-12-2009

Carlos, a CSU Fullerton student and a member of the Orange County Dream Team and HyunJoo Lee, National Organizing Coordinator of NAKASEC talked on KPFK about the DREAM Act and strategies to have Rep. Loretta Sanchez sponsor the DREAM Act.

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Newsletter: Achieving a Healthier Tomorrow

05-11-2009

In this issue: Health Reform Campaign, Community Forum in Commemoration of the May 18th People's Uprising, Policy and Campaign Updates, Dream Scholarship Deadline, California Special Elections

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