KIWA

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Who We Are

11999757745_f3cc0f996f_bAbout KIWA

KIWA’s mission is to empower Koreatown’s low-wage immigrant workers for dignity and respect in the workplace and community, and to work together with other communities to realize a vision of a just Los Angeles.  One of the nation’s most established workers centers, KIWA is one of few community groups organizes both Korean and Latino workers. Our vision is to bring together workers, community members, and students in a broad, multi-ethnic coalition.

History

KIWA was created in 1992 just two months before the Los Angeles Civil Unrest. In a city town with racism, poverty, and inequality, KIWA started with the goal of addressing worker exploitation amongst Korean and Latino workers in Koreatown, and to struggle in solidarity with other communities for a more just Los Angeles.

Executive Director

Alexandra Suh 

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Founded March 1, 1992, Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA)

is one of the first and most well-established worker centers in the United States. KIWA organizes low-wage immigrant workers, tenants, and their families to promote workplace justice, housing rights, immigrants’ rights, democratic and sustainable community development, civic participation, gender justice, and cultural resistance. Our vision is guided by the needs of immigrant workers and by an understanding that workers face injustice both inside and outside their workplaces. A multi-ethnic organization based in Koreatown, KIWA is one of the only groups organizing both Korean and Latino workers. KIWA seeks to strengthen progressive, immigrant worker leadership as part of a broad-based movement for social change.

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info@kiwa.org 
T: 213.738.9050
F: 213.738.1833
1053 S. New Hampshire Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90006

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KIWA membership is open to all people who support our mission and work.

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