Korean American Youth Leaders in Training Program (KAYLT)

Summer 2010 Internship

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High School Internship Application

The K.W. Lee Center for Leadership is sponsoring an exciting leadership development initiative for high school and college students called the Korean American Youth Leaders in Training. Sa-i-gu (April 29, 1992 Los Angeles civil unrest), which serves as the impetus for this program, exposed many deep-rooted problems in the Korean American community, particularly the lack of leadership. The purpose of this program is to take deliberate steps to fill that void by developing and supporting a new generation of Korean American leaders. The program provides an opportunity for Korean American students to develop leadership skills, explore their culture and history, experience hands-on community organizing, and develop a larger perspective of themselves in relation to their own community as well as the larger public arena.

Who Should Apply?
Korean American high school and college students who want to develop their leadership skills to create social change. Each program is limited to 8 college interns and 10 high school interns. College interns will receive a stipend. College interns who are not from the Southern California area may be eligible for an additional stipend to cover travel and housing.

Program Components
College interns will meet Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. High school interns will meet Monday through Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
EDUCATION emphasizes community organizing, power, politics, cultural diversity, gender, and generational issues.
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT entails interviewing skills, coalition building, facilitation, and strategic planning.
COMMUNITY PROJECTS provide an opportunity to organize around critical issues facing the Korean American community.

Tentative Curriculum
Training sessions for the program will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Session 1: Orientation/Tour of Koreatown
Session 2: Korean American Identity
Session 3: Korean American Pioneers
Session 4: Retreat: Saigu/Family Session Gender Issues
Session 5: Asian Gangs
Session 6: Asian American Movement
Session 7: Workers’ Rights
Session 8: Asian Americans in Entertainment
Session 9: North Korea
Session 10: Coalition Building
Session 11: Interview with Elected Official
Session 12: Korean American Adoptees
Session 13: Student-led Training
Session 14: Hate Crimes
Session 15: Personal Legacy/Program Evaluation
Session 16: Graduation

Application Timeline
Application Deadline: April 1, 2010
Program Begins: June 28, 2010

"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