National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC)

Founded in 1994, the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium’s (NAKASEC) mission is to organize Korean and Asian Americans to achieve social, economic, and racial justice. We imagine a future in which low- and middle-income, immigrant, people of color, and marginalized communities are working together as the change-makers. We have transformed cultures, power relationships, systems, and policies in the United States, all in a broader global context. NAKASEC remains strongly connected with and informed by the local groups that originally formed us. Our affiliates are: MinKwon Center for Community Action (New York), Woori Center (Pennsylvania), NAKASEC VA (Virginia), HANA Center (Illinois) and Korean Resource Center (California). We also have a new chapter forming in Houston, TX! Our Affiliates serve as our channel to learn more about the issues impacting our community members at the grassroots level. This local to national channel directly informs NAKASEC’s national campaigns, policy agenda, and other projects.