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    Han Jik Kim

    Han Jim Kim is an acupuncturist and herbalist who practices traditional Korean medicine in Central Los Angeles.

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    June Lee

    June Lee serves as the Executive Director of the Korean Community Center of the East Bay, where she works to reify the organization’s key tenets of community service.

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Our Mission

To capture, create, preserve and share the stories of the Koarean American Experience.

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The Legacy Project

Our first effort to document the stories from the first-generation Korean Americans who immigrated during the 1970’s and 1980’s. Specifically, it started with a video of HJ’s parents in our basement. We asked them what their lives were like when they were children back in Korea, about their favorite memory, their biggest regret, and the outcome is something my children and their children will have forever.

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Sun Ok Hwang
Sun Ok Hwang

From Japanese occupation to war and displacement, Sun Ok Hwang’s life was shaped by survival and constant movement across Korea. She reflects on building a new life with her husband through shared experience, finding strength in family across generations.

Letters to My Hometown: Rheem Family
Letters to My Hometown: Rheem Family

Across three generations, the Rheem family reflects on how war, displacement, and Korea’s modern history reshaped their lives and relationships. Their conversation reveals how, despite loss, family remains a lasting source of identity, memory, and what they call a “network of love.”

In Whan Rheem
In Whan Rheem

From a forty day escape to the loss of his father and brother, In Whan Rheem recounts a journey defined by both tragedy and faith. His reflections trace how devotion sustained him through war and displacement, ultimately guiding him toward a life of ministry abroad.

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ROAR Story Slam

The ROAR Story Slam is a live storytelling competition featuring the best Korean American stories and storytellers across the nation.

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Letters to my Hometown

Letters to My Hometown seeks to collect messages from elderly Korean Americans across the United States to their relatives in North Korea, from whom they have been separated for over seventy years.

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Annual Gala

Join us for Annual Gala where we celebrate and honor three special trailblazers in the Korean American community and enjoy great entertainment.

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Our Projects

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K-Pod

K-Pod is a podcast series dedicated to the stories of Korean Americans in arts and culture.

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Legacy Project

Documenting the stories from the first-generation Korean Americans who immigrated during the 1970’s and 1980’s

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ROAR Story Slam

The ROAR Story Slam is a live storytelling competition featuring the best Korean American stories and storytellers across the nation.

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GALA

Join us for our Annual Gala where we celebrate and honor three special trailblazers in the Korean American community and enjoy great entertainment.

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