Korean Resource Center
From Korean Resource Center
The Korean Resource Center (KRC, 민족학교) empowers the Korean American, low-income immigrant and people of color communities through social services, education, culture, advocacy, and grassroots organizing. KRC is guided by the principles Live Rightly, Know our Roots, Empower Ourselves, and Live in Harmony
KRC is a founding affiliate of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC), founded to advance a national progressive Korean American agenda.
KRC's mission is as follows:
- Educate the public on issues affecting Korean Americans
- Advocate for the civil rights and immigrant rights of Korean Americans
- Facilitate grassroots organizing and electoral/civic participation of Korean Americans
- Initiate dialogue and build coalitions with other communities of color
- Preserve and promote the cultural heritage of Korean Americans as part of multicultural America
- Provide needed social and community services to traditionally marginalized groups
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[edit] History
KRC was founded in 1983. KRC has also been a space for dialogue on questions of identity, representation and appropriate political systems & structures as much as it was for actual activist training, education and community base building. Events such as the Los Angeles Civil Unrest of 1992 and the anti-immigrant wave starting with Proposition 187 during the mid 1990s steered the organization's course to focus on educating and organizing Korean Americans on major civil rights and immigrant rights issues.
[edit] Funding
KRC is a non-profit organization classified under the 501(c)(3) tax exemption provision. 70% of its funding comes from private foundations, and 30% comes from the support of the Korean-American community and fundraising events.
KRC would like to thank the foundations and organizations that support our work:
- Alliance for California Traditional Art
- Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
- Asian Pacific American Legal Center
- Asian Pacific Community Fund
- Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council
- California Consumer Protection Foundation
- Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Center for Community Change
- First 5 California
- Four Freedoms Fund
- Having Our Say
- Kaiser Permanente
- Liberty Hill Foundation
- Mobilize the Immigrant Vote
- NAKASEC
- National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development
- The California Endowment
- The San Francisco Foundation
- Wells Fargo Bank Corporate Giving
[edit] Program Areas
- Social Services
- Health Access
- Public Health Access Clinic
- Public Health Policy
- Language Access
- Community Health Clinic
- Education
- Summer Youth Empowerment
- Community Technology Project
- Community forums
- “Roots” School for young children
- Housing & Economic Development
- Low Income Housing Application Assistance
- Immigrant Rights & Advocacy
- Legalization Campaign
- Civil Liberties and Basic Rights
- Immigrant Access to Benefits
- Civic Participation
- Naturalization Project
- Voter Empowerment Project
- Culture
- PoongMool (Korean Drumming) Workshop
- Jishin Balpgi Lunar New Year Street Festival
- Cultural Connection
[edit] Social Services
KRC provides low income families, seniors and children with pro bono consultation on accessing to federal or state government sponsored health care programs which include Healthy Families, Healthy Kids, Medi-Cal for children and AIM etc. and assists them to fill out application forms for those programs.
[edit] Health Access
The Health Access Project seeks to improve the health status of Korean Americans, foster a belief that health care should be incorporated into our daily lives and ensure Korean American representation in the health policy, funding, and education.
Goals:
- To expand eligibility for public health benefits;
- To increase the number of affordable private health insurance options;
- To increase Korean American enrollment in public and private health insurance plans;
- To improve language access to public health coverage and private health insurance; and
- To provide medical services through the establishment of a local free clinic
Korean Resource Center provides low income families, seniors and children with free consultation on accessing to federal or state government sponsored health care programs which include Healthy Families, Healthy Kids, Medi-Cal for children and Access for Infants and Mothers (AIM), and assists them in filling out application forms for those programs.
[edit] Voter Empowerment
Since 1996, KRC sought to strengthen the civic engagement and voter empowerment in the Korean American community. KAVEP is a comprehensive, multi-faceted project that includes the following work areas: Voter Education (voter guide distribution and workshops), Voter Registration, Voter Assistance(Voter Hotline and Vote-By-Mail Assistance), Voter Mobilization (Phonebanking and Precinct Walks), Voting Rights Advocacy (Poll Monitoring), and Voter Research.
