Lowell Humanities Series Webinar Min Jin Lee is the author of Pachinko (2017) and Free Food for Millionaires (2007). She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study at Harvard, and the New York Foundation for the Arts, and holds an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Monmouth College. Her…
CKA Panel Debates How Korean Americans Fit Into a Growing Wave of DEI Initiatives in America Why should Korean Americans care about diversity, equity, and inclusion? American corporations and educational institutions are putting DEI center stage but many Asian Americans feel that they are getting left behind other minority groups. Please join Jerry Kang, Hyepin Im, Don…
The Korean American Family Service Center Hosts a Virtual Gala Join KAFSC’s first ever virtual gala to reflect on a year of incredible challenges and celebrate the resilience of our immigrant survivors and their children. KAFSC never closed its doors to the public and our frontline essential staff responded bravely to meet a 300% increase in…
[Updated with video on 1/22/21] In 2005, the US Congress passed a resolution to commemorate Jan. 13, as the day the first wave of Korean immigrants arrived in Hawaii in 1903 to work on sugarcane plantations. Korean American Day is an opportunity for all of us to recognize the significant impact of Korean Americans in…
In the middle of a pandemic, it’s great to know that the organizations that exist to benefit the Korean American community are stepping up and finding creative ways to continue to push their missions forward. Most of these organizations are reliant on annual galas to raise the funds they need and while we can’t gather…