March Greatness
Dedication never fails…
KYCC’s graffiti crews were recognized at a special Board of Public Works meeting held at Council President Wesson’s office. The Office of Community Beautification gave a presentation on the tremendous work our environmental staff do every day of the week.
We are proud of the work you do. Congratulations for the well deserved recognition!
VITA powering through, as always!
Check out these photos from VITA’s Crenshaw event:
Keep our VITA staff in mind as they finish another amazing tax season this month!
KYCC LITC vs. IRS
“On February 12, 2018, the KYCC Low Income Taxpayer Clinic won its first US Tax Court case against the IRS. It involved a taxpayer who was denied her education tax credit of $1000 for 2015 because the taxpayer did not technically have her ITIN by the due date of the tax return (and that was required by recent legislation called the PATH Act). With the help of pro bono attorneys from Agostino & Associates in New Jersey, we were able to put together a strong pre-trial memorandum and were ready to go to court. Once at court, however, the IRS attorney conceded everything to the taxpayer. If the case would have gone to trial, we may have been able to set new precedent regarding the PATH Act because it is such new legislation without any previous cases that have litigated this very issue. For now, the Clinic will continue to look for important cases to litigate in the US Tax Court and help taxpayers through the maze of dealing with the IRS.” –Joanne Kim, Managing Attorney
Congratulations to our honorable LITC team!
Community News
Jamison Properties Completes 72-Unit Multifamily Property in Koreatown
Carbon Monoxide Scare for Koreatown Apartments
Hope for More Green in Koreatown
New Restaurant Joins the “Galbijjim” Competition
A New Kind of Coffee…Available from April 1st
Employee Referral Form
Glesteree “G” Blades
Human Resources Manager
GREAT NEWS!!! The Employee Referral Program is officially launching-Monday, April 2, 2018. You may recall that the program was announced in 2017. Unfortunately, there was a delay in the final approval and the program had not officially begun. Therefore, any employee referrals prior to April 2, 2018 are not eligible for the program.
This form outlines the program and must be completed by the KYCC existing staff that is referring the potential applicant. Additionally, please tell the applicant to include your name on the KYCC application.
Remember: You are the Best of the Best… we want to continue to hire the Best of the Best… with your help that will be possible.
April is Stress Awareness Month
Glesteree “G” Blades
Human Resources Manager
You’re sitting in traffic, late for an important meeting, watching the minutes tick away. Your hypothalamus, a tiny control tower in your brain, decides to send out the order: Send in the stress hormones! These stress hormones are the same ones that trigger your body’s “fight or flight” response. Your heart races, your breath quickens, and your muscles ready for action. This response was designed to protect your body in an emergency by preparing you to react quickly. But when the stress response keeps firing, day after day, it could put your health at serious risk.
Stress is a natural physical and mental reaction to life experiences. Everyone expresses stress from time to time. Your body responds to stress by releasing hormones that increase your heart and breathing rates and ready your muscles to respond.
Yet if your stress response doesn’t stop firing, and these stress levels stay elevated far longer than is necessary for survival, it can take a toll on your health. Chronic stress can cause a variety of symptoms and affect your overall well-being. Symptoms of chronic stress include:
Irritability
Anxiety
Depression
Headaches
Insomnia
Now that you know some of the symptoms… please take steps to take better care of yourself and manage your stress more effectively!
Chip & Dip Day RECAP:
March 23 was our National Chip and Dip Day! We hope you enjoyed it as much as these folks did:
Be on the lookout for more fun to come!
Miguel’s Voice
Did you know…
All of our copiers have prepaid maintenance contracts?
Each copier has a sticker with the name and phone number of the service company.
We know that having fast, clean copies and scans are important to your work.
If your copies are too dark, your scans are crooked, the waste toner light is blinking or the paper keeps getting jammed, you can either put it on the maintenance list or for faster service, you can call the vendor directly. Just say you’re from KYCC!
Now you know!
-Miguel
Birthdays and KYCC Anniversaries
Birthdays
- Mar 3 – Jamie Loh
- Mar 3 – Sehwa Yoon
- Mar 3 – Nayoung Seo
- Mar 5 – Julio Barahona
- Mar 8 – Rudy Fortiz
- Mar 9 – Sungbok Lee
- Mar 10 – Sarah Ko
- Mar 18 – Louis Pineda
- Mar 27 – Hana Leuze (Intern)
- Mar 28 – Regina Clark (Intern)
- Apr 1 – Young Jee Bae
- Apr 3 – Ernie Yoshikawa
- Apr 5 – Chan Mi Hwang
- Apr 7 – Jihyeon “Nicole” Choe
- Apr 9 – Glesteree “G” Blades
- Apr 10 – Miguel Lopez
- Apr 12 – Michelle Kim
- Apr 18 – Will Levegood
- Apr 29 – Edith Aristizabal
Work Anniversaries
- Mar 15 – 1 year – Wayne Sugita
- Mar 16 – 2 years – Jenny Park
- Mar 20 – 15 years – Lisa Kim
- Mar 26 – 2 years – Yancy Mauricio
- Mar 27 – 1 year – Deisy Gutierrez
- Apr 16 – 11 years – Joe St. John
- Apr 17 – 1 year – Melanie Villasenor
- Apr 24 – 4 years – Julio Barahona
- Apr 26 – 1 year – Jamie Loh
- Apr 26 – 1 year – Jenni Kuida
Open Positions
Have some talented and driven friends? Let them know about our open positions.
- Clinical – Clinical Supervisor
- Clinical – Counselor III (Bilingual English-Korean)
- CED – Economic Development Specialist
- CED – Retail Store Manager
- Environmental – Beautification Outreach Specialist
- Environmental – Clean Streets Specialist
- Environmental – Environmental Outreach Specialist
- Environmental – Environmental Services Specialist I (1 Temp., 2 Full-time)
- Environmental – Volunteer Specialist
- Kids Town – Preschool Teacher
- Kids Town – Preschool Teacher (Bilingual English-Korean)
- Substance Use Disorder Services – Substance Use Disorder Services Manager
- Youth Services – Summer Day Camp Instructor (Temporary)
- Youth Services – Youth Prevention Specialist
Take Note!
From Seth’s Blog:
Waiting for all the facts
“I’m just going to wait until all the facts are in…”
All of the facts are never in. We don’t have all the facts on the sinking of the Titanic, on the efficacy of social media or on whether dogs make good house pets.
The real question isn’t whether you have all the facts. The real question is, “do I know enough to make a useful decision?” (and no decision is still a decision).
If you don’t, then the follow up question is, “What would I need to know, what fact would I need to see, before I take action?”
If you can’t answer that, then you’re not actually waiting for all the facts to come in.
No Comments