About KRC
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KRC empowers the Korean American, low-income immigrant and people of color communities through social services, education, culture, advocacy, and grassroots organizing. More »
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Work Environment
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KRC provides more than 6,000 units of service a year. Some of these services are specialized that are handled by designated staff, but when the service is a generic one, such as providing referral to a legal aid agency, all staff contribute in handling some of the tasks. While providing the services, KRC also educates and organizes community members.
A typical working day keeps staff busy while handling phone and in-person service requests, team meetings and community outreach. It is a challenging environment, but at the same time a rewarding one!
KRC is a bilingual working environment – most of KRC staff are Korean speakers, as well as the community members served. Staff meetings are conducted in Korean, with English interpretation provided based on need, since some staff are English speakers. Meetings with other organizations or with NAKASEC may be conducted in English, with Korean interpretation as needed. Most print materials are provided bilingually. Interns and staff with proper proficiency in English as well as Korean may work on translating documents and educational materials from English to Korean.
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Living Environment
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KRC staff and interns live in a communal setting. Everyone, including senior staff, make turns in teams cooking lunch at KRC's kitchen and cleaning up the premises.
KRC has three rooms and six beds available in its premises at its office (900 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019), which houses a mix of international interns, college interns and other guests and it located just half a mile away from the heart of Koreatown.
Staff, board, volunteers and supporters mingle for meals and social time at KRC's offices after hours and over weekends, sometimes arranging group trips during extended holidays.
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Compensation
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A small stipend will be provided. During the summer of 2010 cycle, KRC is unable to provide room and board for interns.
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How to Apply
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Please send your resume and a cover letter to Yongho Kim at yk@krcla.org. The following formats are acceptable: plain text, MS Word, OpenDocument Text (ODT), and PDF.
Applications are taken until March 15th, 2010. Hiring decisions will be made by April 1st.
KRC is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage women and minorities to apply.
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Youth Program Intern
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The intern's mail role will be assisting the Summer Youth Empowerment Program. This involves fine tuning curricula, arranging guest speakers, planning field trips, and other program logistics.
Additionally, the intern will be working with the Immigrant Rights team to carry out KRC's Immigration Reform campaign. The campaign involves different tasks depending on the state of the campaign and the political conditions, which include background policy research, the production of community educational materials, calling and talking to community members and mobilizing them for actions and petitions and preparing logistics for various kind of actions - rallies, town halls, congressional visits, and press conferences.
This is a full-time (40 hours/week) internship, over a 10-week period, and may involve some weekend and weeknight actions and events. Supervision and regular training will be provided by KRC's Youth Organizer.
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Project Description
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- Summer Youth Empowerment Program (SYEP)
SYEP is an annual 6-week program from June to July to empower and activate Korean American high school youth who come from a wide range of immigrant experiences. The youth learn about Korean American identity, immigration reform, DREAM Act, healthcare access, equal access to education, civic participation, human trafficking, LGBTQ equality, racism, and acting to fight for our right in order to create a world of social justice, from a range of in-house and visiting organizers and activists. They also learn how to tell their stories through video documentaries, a collaboration with Visual Communications. More »
- Immigration Reform Campaign
KRC seeks to provide the opportunity of legalization for undocumented families, secure the rights of immigrant workers, provide every student equal access to higher education, and family unity for separated families. More »
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Desired Qualifications
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- Commitment to social justice and agreement with KRC’s organizing model which combines direct services and advocacy.
- Experience working with high school youth.
- Familiarity with the issues of immigration, race, gender, and class.
- Ability to communicate with community members in a culturally sensitive manner.
- Familiarity with social communication platforms, such as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter. Experience designing emails and websites a plus.
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Health Access Campaign Intern
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The intern's main role will be working with the Health Access team to carry out KRC's Health Reform and State Budget campaigns.
The campaigns involve different tasks depending on the state of the campaign and the political conditions, which include background policy research, the production of community educational materials, calling and talking to community members and mobilizing them for actions and petitions and preparing logistics for various kind of actions (rallies, town halls, congressional visits).
In addition, given that the Health Access team's work involves working with and getting information from a large number of outside organizations and institutions and at the same time educating and organizing Korean American community members, a major expectation of the intern is the ability to translate a variety of materials - press releases, powerpoint presentations, pamphlets and fact sheets - from English to Korean.
This is a full-time (40 hours/week) internship, over a 10-week period, and may involve some weekend and weeknight actions and events. Supervision and regular training will be provided by KRC's Health Access coordinator.
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Project Description
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- Health Reform Campaign
Nationally, Korean Americans are known to have the highest uninsured rate of 52% among all ethnicities largely due to immigration status, affordability, and lack of work-based health insurance programs. This alarming rate was the catalyst for KRC, NAKASEC and KRCC to initiate its Health Reform Campaign which has three central policy goals: immigrant inclusion, health equity for racial and ethnic populations and affordability through the creation of a public plan option in any new health insurance pool. More »
- State Budget
Due to the state budget deficits, the governor budget cuts have hurt low income immigrants. KRC is engaging in efforts to protect Korean seniors and children, who are among the weakest in our community. More »
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Desired Qualifications
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- Commitment to social justice and agreement with KRC’s organizing model which combines direct services and advocacy.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Fluency in the Korean Language.
- Ability to communicate with community members in a culturally sensitive manner.
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