Saturday December 5, 2009
7:30 PM
KIWA's Cultural Education Center
3471 8th Street, LA 90005 (213) 738-9050
(free parking in KIWA lot on S. Hobart Blvd)
Suggested minimum donationL $7 (free raffle ticket included)
Featuring:
Korean Drummers
Guest Poets:
7:30 PM
KIWA's Cultural Education Center
3471 8th Street, LA 90005 (213) 738-9050
(free parking in KIWA lot on S. Hobart Blvd)
Suggested minimum donationL $7 (free raffle ticket included)
Featuring:
Korean Drummers
Guest Poets:
Sung Yi & Daniel Choi
Words with a Purpose Writing Collective:
Olga García Echeverría, liz gonzález, reina alejandra prado & Frankie Salinas
(bios at the bottom of this blog)
We will also be having an art raffle at the event!
A free raffle ticket comes with your donation at the door. Additional tickets are 3 for $5.00. Check out the art that's up for grabs.
Koreatown Immigrant Worker's Alliance (KIWA) is a non-profit organization established in 1992. KIWA is based in Koreatown, Los Angeles, one of the country’s densest neighborhoods, with over 200,000 residents living in an area of two square miles. Approximately 25% of Koreatown residents are from Korea and 60% are from Latin America. A majority of these residents have limited English proficiency and work in low-wage service sector jobs. Almost all of Koreatown’s population is part of the working poor, and more than 40% fall below the federal poverty line despite the fact that most people work full-time jobs. KIWA’s mission is to empower Koreatown’s low-wage immigrant workers and to develop a progressive constituency and leadership in the Koreatown community that can struggle in solidarity with other under-representative communities.
KIWA has worked for years to organize and reform the local garment, restaurant and supermarket industries. It has also been making ongoing efforts to address the issues of affordable housing and responsible development in Koreatown. Among it's numerous programs that service the community, KIWA offers free ESL and basic computer classes. To find out more
about KIWA, visit their website http://kiwa.org/
As we all know, the current economic crisis has meant many cutbacks for nonprofits nationwide. Like many other organizations, KIWA is struggling as a result of cutbacks. Help us make a difference on Saturday December 5th!
BIOS:
Sung Yi is a Korean-American poet whose work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times and Poetry International. He is the winner of several literary awards, including the 2007 Meejoo-dong po Literary Award from Kyung-Hee University in Seoul, South Korea.
Daniel Choi is an ESL student at KIWA and a Korean poet.
Olga García Echeverría is the author of Falling Angels: Cuentos y Poemas (Calaca Press and Chibcha Press, 2008).
liz gonzález’ poetry and fiction recently appeared in BorderSenses, Cooweescoowee, and Women on the Edge: Writing from Los Angeles. Her collection of poems is Beneath Bone (Manifest Press, 2000). http://www.lizgonzalez.com/
reina alejandra prado’s poetry challenges taboos imposed on Latinas by delving into the realm of the erotic. Her collection of poetry is Santa Perversa and Other Erotic Poems (Calaca Press, 2001). http://www.santaperversa.com/
Frankie Salinas has performed her poetry and memoirs and taught workshops all over the country. She is currently working on an anthology entitled Most Likely to Fail–Extraordinary Success of Ordinary People.
Words with a Purpose Writer’s Collective is an LA County based group of writers dedicated to making a difference in communities. For more info: wordswithapurpose@yahoo.com
Daniel Choi is an ESL student at KIWA and a Korean poet.
Olga García Echeverría is the author of Falling Angels: Cuentos y Poemas (Calaca Press and Chibcha Press, 2008).
liz gonzález’ poetry and fiction recently appeared in BorderSenses, Cooweescoowee, and Women on the Edge: Writing from Los Angeles. Her collection of poems is Beneath Bone (Manifest Press, 2000). http://www.lizgonzalez.com/
reina alejandra prado’s poetry challenges taboos imposed on Latinas by delving into the realm of the erotic. Her collection of poetry is Santa Perversa and Other Erotic Poems (Calaca Press, 2001). http://www.santaperversa.com/
Frankie Salinas has performed her poetry and memoirs and taught workshops all over the country. She is currently working on an anthology entitled Most Likely to Fail–Extraordinary Success of Ordinary People.
Words with a Purpose Writer’s Collective is an LA County based group of writers dedicated to making a difference in communities. For more info: wordswithapurpose@yahoo.com
