KRC organizes a group of 60 Korean American seniors (previously known as Community Health Promoters) who meet monthly to learn about health, community issues, and to take action and bring change to the community. Join us at our next meeting on June 28, 2019.

Two critical opportunities to uphold our values – and to make the slogan “California for All” a reality – have been missed, despite heartfelt organizing and advocacy. The exclusion of undocumented elders from the same health care their U.S. citizen neighbors are eligible for means beloved community members will suffer and die from treatable conditions. And the exclusion of many immigrants from the Earned Income Tax Credit will perpetuate the crisis of economic inequality in our state. Our leaders must treat all Californians with the same compassion we would hope for when we need it. We call upon Governor Newsom to honor this principle with an investment for #health4all in his January budget proposal.

In a hard reality check for Los Angeles County’s multibillion-dollar hope of ending homelessness, officials reported Tuesday that the number of people living on the streets, in vehicles and in shelters increased by about 12% over last year. The annual point-in-time count, delivered to the Board of Supervisors, put the number of homeless people just shy of 59,000 countywide. Within the city of Los Angeles, the number soared to more than 36,000, a 16% increase.

Los Angeles, CA: Gwangju People's Uprising freedom fighter Myung Sook Cha met with 67 Korean American, Asian American and Latinx community members at KRC on May 24 for a special Uprising 39th anniversary talk on the theme of "Gwangju People's Uprising: Women's Stories".  Back in 1980, during the uprising in the city of Gwangju, Cha led street announcements atop another activist's car from May 19th to 21st, exposing crimes against humanity perpetrated by South Korean government soldiers. Cha said "someone had to tell the citizens that people were being killed by the soldiers. Whenever we got our hands on speakers and a microphone, we organized street announcements."  At this event, commemorating the 39th anniversary of the uprising, and also the 36th anniversary of KRC's founding, four students were awarded with a $1,500 scholarship.