Welcome to the KW Lee Center for Leadership!
Founded in 2003, the KW Center for Leadership is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing youth with the tools and opportunities necessary to become future leaders. Based in the Koreatown area of Los Angeles, the Center offers youth leadership training and educational programs that encourage community organizing. The mission of the Center is to teach and train youth to take proactive steps towards improving and enriching the quality of life in their communities.
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2011 KAYLT summer internship applications are now available!
High School Internship Application
College Internship Application
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Do Kim, Christine N. Lee Receive SAN Awards
Congratulations to Do Kim (President, K.W. Lee Center for Leadership) and Christine N. Lee (Board Member, K.W. Lee Center for Leadership) for their awards from the South Asian Network for their work in the community!
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The 1st Korean American History Conference:
"Looking Forward to the Next 100 Years"
We cordially invite your participation in our history conference at the public youth forum on Saturday, Octover 30, 2010. Free admission.
The year 2010 marks the 100th year of colonization of Korea by Japan. History teaches us to examine historic events such as the forced annexation of Korea with an honest look back at the past, critical assessment of the present, and hopeful prospect of the future.
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Run for Her 2010
K.W. Lee Center Pledge Drive
Hello Friends and Supporters of The KW Lee Center!
We are recruiting volunteer runners/walkers to raise funds for The Center at the "Run for Her" 5K Run & Friendship Walk on Sunday, November 14, 2010, at 9:00 am at Pan Pacific Park, 7600 Beverly Blvd. If you would like to walk/run a 5K distance for the KW Lee Center, we could really use your support!
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"Individually we are powerless and dysfunctional. YOU must be the generation to create a new value system -- one of community consciousness -- to break away from the past." -K.W. Lee
K.W. Lee Writings
A CAUTIONARY TALE: DEEDS, NOT DEGREES, THAT MATTER
By K. W. Lee
A TRIBE, A PEOPLE OR A NATION is likely known or judged by its heroes by whom it reveres above all others.
Such is Abraham Lincoln, an icon of all humanity beyond borders.
So are Korean diaspora pioneers Dosan Ahn Chang Ho (Island Mountain) and Charles Ho (Nobody) Kim who are now among the pantheons of not only Korean but American heroes.
These towering figures from our American heritage share one common trait: They couldn’t afford attending a day in college.
Supporters
- Ben & Jerry's Foundation
- International Korean War Memorial Foundation
- Korean American Oral History Project
- Nam Yong Foundation
- Young Nak Presbyterian Church
- API Giving Circle
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