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Here are a list of Summer of Service opportunities organized by NAKASEC and its affiliates:
Korean Resource Center, Los Angeles, CA
Location: 900 S. Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019
Contact: Hee Joo Yoon, 323-937-3718, hj@krcla.org
1. Community Health Clinic Description: The community health clinic will provide checkups to uninsured Korean Americans residing in Southern California. Nationally, Korean Americans are known to have the highest uninsured rate of 52% among all ethnicities. Furthermore, 26% of Korean Americans do not receive regular care [the number climbs to 48% among those uninsured], with only 26% of Korean Americans reporting to visit a regular doctor. The health clinic attempts to address the health needs of the Korean American community; health practitioners provide education, services and screenings for diabetes, colorectal cancer, hepatitis B, cervical cancer, and more. Date: Saturday, July 18, 2009 Time: 9:30 – 2:00 PM
2. Volunteering for Census 2010 Outreach Description: Beginning in August, KRC will conduct extensive outreach to mobilize community members to participate in the 2010 Census to ensure adequate resources for the community. 10 volunteers are needed to create and distribute flyers, phone bank, and contact institutional leaders. Date: Start August 1, 2009 – ongoing Time: 9 – 5 PM
3. Volunteering for Citizenship Service Description: 10 volunteers are needed immediately to outreach to Korean American community members about the opportunity and benefits of applying for citizenship. Date: Every Thursday Time: 9 – 5 PM
Korean American Resource & Cultural Center
Location: 6146 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659
Contact: Becky Belcore, 773-588-9158, becky@chicagokrcc.org
1. Volunteering for ESL Classes Description: To practice English with 18 Korean adult immigrants: 2-4 volunteers are needed beginning July 28th to provide English conversation practice for Korean American immigrants at their evening English as a Second Language class. Classes are offered Tuesday and Thursday evening from 7-9pm for a 12-week period. Date: July 28, 2009 – ongoing
2. Volunteering for Census 2010 Outreach Description: Beginning in August, KRCC will conduct extensive outreach to mobilize community members to participate in the 2010 Census to ensure adequate resources for the community. 30 volunteers are needed to create and distribute flyers, phone bank, and contact institutional leaders. Date: August 1, 2009 – ongoing
3. Volunteering for Citizenship Service Outreach Description: 10 volunteers are needed immediately to outreach to Korean American community members about the opportunity and benefits of applying for citizenship. Korean language abilities are needed. Date: Now/anytime
4. Volunteering for Building Sisterhood, A Program for Young Women Description: 5 volunteers needed to assist with Building Sisterhood, a young women’s program which seeks to empower Asian American teenagers. Females preferred and needed immediately. Date: Now/anytime
Korean American Volunteers with NAKASEC Featured on Serve.Gov
NAKASEC is in the midst of our “Summer of Service” as part of President Obama’s United We Serve initiative. Launched on June 22, 2009, President Obama’s nationwide service initiative is based on the belief that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things when given the proper tools (for more information, please visit http://www.serve.gov). NAKASEC and its affiliates, the Korean American Resource and Cultural Center in Chicago and the Korean Resource Center in Los Angeles, have organized a series of service opportunities and are excited that more and more Korean Americans are getting involved to serve and better immigrant communities throughout the U.S. To learn how you can volunteer, please visit http://nakasec.org/blog/english/unitedweserve-2.
We are proud to announce that 2 of our volunteers have been featured on President Obama’s United We Serve website: summer intern Healy Ko and Dr. Angela Jo.
A Philadelphia resident, Healy Ko will be a sophomore at Stanford University, majoring in Asian American Studies. She has been volunteering with the Korean Resource Center in Los Angeles (www.krcla.org), working with Korean American high school youth in their “Summer Youth Empowerment Program.”
Dr. Angela Jo, assistant clinical professor at the UCLA Department of Family Medicine, began a community health program at Korean Resource Center (KRC) with a group of Korean American medical students. Since beginning last year, the monthly clinic, which provides individual consultations to low-income uninsured Korean Americans, has served over 100 community members ranging in age from eight to 89 years. “This work gives me energy and satisfaction” said Dr. Jo, “I, too, came here as an immigrant with my parents. We have gone through many of the issues our community faces, and healthcare is one of them. I’m grateful to be at a place where I can give to the community and make a positive difference.”
To request media interviews with Healy and Dr. Jo, as well as other inspiring volunteers, please contact HyunJoo at hlee@nakasec.org or 323-937-3703 x 202.
July 8th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Here are a list of Summer of Service opportunities organized by NAKASEC and its affiliates:
Korean Resource Center, Los Angeles, CA
Location: 900 S. Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019
Contact: Hee Joo Yoon, 323-937-3718, hj@krcla.org
1. Community Health Clinic
Description: The community health clinic will provide checkups to uninsured Korean Americans residing in Southern California. Nationally, Korean Americans are known to have the highest uninsured rate of 52% among all ethnicities. Furthermore, 26% of Korean Americans do not receive regular care [the number climbs to 48% among those uninsured], with only 26% of Korean Americans reporting to visit a regular doctor. The health clinic attempts to address the health needs of the Korean American community; health practitioners provide education, services and screenings for diabetes, colorectal cancer, hepatitis B, cervical cancer, and more.
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2009
Time: 9:30 – 2:00 PM
2. Volunteering for Census 2010 Outreach
Description: Beginning in August, KRC will conduct extensive outreach to mobilize community members to participate in the 2010 Census to ensure adequate resources for the community. 10 volunteers are needed to create and distribute flyers, phone bank, and contact institutional leaders.
Date: Start August 1, 2009 – ongoing
Time: 9 – 5 PM
3. Volunteering for Citizenship Service
Description: 10 volunteers are needed immediately to outreach to Korean American community members about the opportunity and benefits of applying for citizenship.
Date: Every Thursday
Time: 9 – 5 PM
Korean American Resource & Cultural Center
Location: 6146 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659
Contact: Becky Belcore, 773-588-9158, becky@chicagokrcc.org
1. Volunteering for ESL Classes
Description: To practice English with 18 Korean adult immigrants: 2-4 volunteers are needed beginning July 28th to provide English conversation practice for Korean American immigrants at their evening English as a Second Language class. Classes are offered Tuesday and Thursday evening from 7-9pm for a 12-week period.
Date: July 28, 2009 – ongoing
2. Volunteering for Census 2010 Outreach
Description: Beginning in August, KRCC will conduct extensive outreach to mobilize community members to participate in the 2010 Census to ensure adequate resources for the community. 30 volunteers are needed to create and distribute flyers, phone bank, and contact institutional leaders.
Date: August 1, 2009 – ongoing
3. Volunteering for Citizenship Service Outreach
Description: 10 volunteers are needed immediately to outreach to Korean American community members about the opportunity and benefits of applying for citizenship. Korean language abilities are needed.
Date: Now/anytime
4. Volunteering for Building Sisterhood, A Program for Young Women
Description: 5 volunteers needed to assist with Building Sisterhood, a young women’s program which seeks to empower Asian American teenagers. Females preferred and needed immediately.
Date: Now/anytime
August 21st, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Korean American Volunteers with NAKASEC Featured on Serve.Gov
NAKASEC is in the midst of our “Summer of Service” as part of President Obama’s United We Serve initiative. Launched on June 22, 2009, President Obama’s nationwide service initiative is based on the belief that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things when given the proper tools (for more information, please visit http://www.serve.gov). NAKASEC and its affiliates, the Korean American Resource and Cultural Center in Chicago and the Korean Resource Center in Los Angeles, have organized a series of service opportunities and are excited that more and more Korean Americans are getting involved to serve and better immigrant communities throughout the U.S. To learn how you can volunteer, please visit http://nakasec.org/blog/english/unitedweserve-2.
We are proud to announce that 2 of our volunteers have been featured on President Obama’s United We Serve website: summer intern Healy Ko and Dr. Angela Jo.
A Philadelphia resident, Healy Ko will be a sophomore at Stanford University, majoring in Asian American Studies. She has been volunteering with the Korean Resource Center in Los Angeles (www.krcla.org), working with Korean American high school youth in their “Summer Youth Empowerment Program.”
Please visit http://www.serve.gov/stories_detail.asp?tbl_servestories_id=84 to read more about why she volunteers and how she is improving her community from the bottom up.
Dr. Angela Jo, assistant clinical professor at the UCLA Department of Family Medicine, began a community health program at Korean Resource Center (KRC) with a group of Korean American medical students. Since beginning last year, the monthly clinic, which provides individual consultations to low-income uninsured Korean Americans, has served over 100 community members ranging in age from eight to 89 years. “This work gives me energy and satisfaction” said Dr. Jo, “I, too, came here as an immigrant with my parents. We have gone through many of the issues our community faces, and healthcare is one of them. I’m grateful to be at a place where I can give to the community and make a positive difference.”
Please visit http://www.serve.gov/stories_detail.asp?tbl_servestories_id=140 to read the full article on Dr. Angela Jo
To request media interviews with Healy and Dr. Jo, as well as other inspiring volunteers, please contact HyunJoo at hlee@nakasec.org or 323-937-3703 x 202.