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Immigrant and Human Rights Project
Since its inception, one of the centerpieces of the
Center’s work has been its Immigrant and Human Rights
Project. The Center is the leading immigrant rights
organization in the Korean American community of greater
Chicago and often works in collaboration with the National
Korean American Service & Education Consortium and its
affiliates.Past four years, in support of Comprehensive
Immigration Reform and DREAM (Development, Relief,
Education for Alien Minors) Act, the Center has mobilized
thousands of community members to sign postcard petitions,
to pay more than sixty legislative visits to legislators’
offices in Illinois and in Washington D.C., to participate
in major marches for immigrant rights and immigrant
workers rights, and to donate resources and to reach out
to their friends and neighbors. In 2008, the Center will
continue to remind elected officials of the importance it
has on Korean American community as well as other
immigrant communities of color.
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Electoral Work
Since 1996, KRCC has been the main Korean American
organization in Chicago to coordinate non-partisn effort
which includes voter registration, voter education, Get
Out The Vote (GOTV), voter assistance and voter research.
In preparation for Presidential election in November, the
Center has collaborated with other Asian American
organizations to collect and publish candidate survey in
other Asian languages and to register and to educate more
immigrant voters. In particular, the Center targets
northwest suburban congressional districts and college
campuses in the city this year.
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Workplace Justice Campaign
In 2008, the Center launched Workplace Justice Campaign
with following three goals in mind; 1) to educate business
owners and employees in the community regarding workplace
issues and labor regulations, 2) to promote better working
relationship between Korean American owners and other
immigrant employees of color, and 3) to organize and
advocate for immigrant workers’ rights. At its first phase
of 3-year period, the workplace surveys of 100 Korean
employers and 200 employees are under process.
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