Report Back: Korean American New Orleans Solidarity Trip

Between June 19 and June 23, a delegation of Korean Americans from NAKASEC and its affiliates (the Korean Resource Center in Los Angeles, the Korean American Resource and Cultural Center in Chicago, and YKASEC in NY) traveled to New Orleans to learn about and work alongside African American and immigrant communities who are struggling to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina.

The Los Angeles delegation will be presenting and facilitating a discussion on:

USA all the way

USA all the way: First National Citizenship Day launched
Monica Rodriguez, Staff Writer
San Bernardino County Sun [1]
07/02/2006 12:00:00 AM PDT
(Same story published in San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Ontario Daily Bulletin, Pasadena Star News, and Whittier Daily news)

The line of people waiting to get into the west hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center on Saturday morning grew by scores every few minutes.

Undercurrent of Urgency in 'Day of Citizenship'

Angered by rhetoric in Congress and anxious about the future, immigrants endure long lines in Los Angeles to get the process started.
By Jeffrey L. Rabin, Times Staff Writer [1]
July 2, 2006

Several thousand legal immigrants stood in line for hours Saturday in Los Angeles to take the first step toward becoming citizens of the United States.