On Sep. 16, KSP kicked off our 2023-2034 cohort with an indigenous botanical dyeing workshop at Harold A. Henry Park.

Meet @lacountyarts and Koreatown Storytelling Program Intern Monica Negrete!

Koreatown Storytelling Program was recently highlighted in Generations United’s report that “highlights the intentional and creative ways that organizations are combatting systemic racism by prioritizing the voices and lived experiences of diverse staff and participants in their practices.”

Koreatown Storytelling Program joined Maum Market and Live.Love.Create for their 2-day festival celebrating the 78th anniversary of Korean Liberation Day!

On Aug. 1, student interns at the K.W. Lee Center for Leadership organized Mothers of Koreatown, an art exhibit showcasing and celebrating motherhood in LA Koreatown.

KSP was super honored to be granted $100,000 from the Snap Foundation for our 2023-2024 cohort on the LGBTQIA+ community in Koreatown.

KYCC’s Koreatown Storytelling Project (KSP) has been awarded a 2023-2024 Honda Community Grant for $25,000, which will contribute directly to the growth of KSP and the expansion of intergenerational outreach events and historical multimedia education in the Koreatown community.

Yesterday the KSP crew joined our friends from St. James Manor for a lovely outing at the Huntington Library and Gardens in Pasadena!

This year’s Big Brothers Big Sisters of America National Conference was held from June 26-29 in Anaheim, CA. Koreatown Storytelling Program Director Katherine Kim, alongside CoGenerate’s Janet Oh and Elly Katz, as well as Civics Unplugged’s Michaela Davenport, spoke on a panel to discuss co-mentorship between youth and older adults and the importance of intergenerational relationships in supporting youth leadership.

On Thursday the KSP team visited the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures with some of our friends at St. James Manor to watch a screening of Next Sohee, directed by Jung July.

Celebrate a year of intergenerational stories and delicious memories with Koreatown Storytelling Program! KSP's 2022-2023 cohort on the food industry in Koreatown has reached its culmination, and we couldn't be prouder of our participants. To celebrate we gathered at Feng Mao Lamb Kebab on Western for a meal with KSP students, the amazing individuals we interviewed and learned from, as well as our dedicated interns!

In 2022 and in partnership with Korean American Story, Koreatown Storytelling Program interviewed Barbara Uni Lee Potter. Barbara spoke to her experiences of being a Korean American Pioneer, a descendant of the First Wave of Korean immigration, and one of the earliest known Korean American adoptees.

We know you have been waiting for the promised japchae (잡채) recipe!!! Find it and a KSP style demo here!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS!!! With your help, Abbi reached her goal of $2,800 and was able to print and distribute her curriculum. If you, or someone you know, is an educator who is interested in receiving access to the AAPI curriculum and furthering Abbi’s mission of legitimizing AAPI counterstories in school curricula learn more here!

Koreatown Youth and Community Center (KYCC) has been approved for a $30,000 grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), for the second time, to support the Koreatown Storytelling Program! Learn more here!

Koreatown Storytelling Program will be learning how to make JAPCHAE from Jenny! Before the big cooking day we went with Jenny and Cathy to get ingredients and supplies. We CANNOT wait to learn (and to eat) Jenny’s delicious japchae and share the recipe with you.

Get ready to tune in and turn up the volume, because the KSP Podcast is almost here! Our KSP Podcast Intern, Tony, has been hard at work teaching our participants how to create amazing audio content, and we can't wait for you to hear our first episode all about street vendors in K-Town's Salvadoran Corridor!  

Thank you for joining Koreatown Storytelling Program, @GYOPO.us, San Gabriel Valley PFLAG and the UCLA community @uclagenderstudies at Navel for last weekend’s @Navel.LA screening of the South Korean documentary Coming To You! It was SO special to meet the director, Byun Gyuri @gyuri_byun, the stars of the documentary, Vivian and Nabi, and be in such a warm and welcoming space. After the powerful screening, KSP participant Chloe Kim Manilay shared the stage with the stars and SGV PFLAG activist Sung Tse in a panel discussion of the film and their experiences with some time for a Q&A!