August 2023

KYCC’s Clinical Services Hosts Second Family Portrait Day

On June 23, KYCC Clinical Services hosted a second Family Portrait Day in collaboration with Las Fotos Project, and our partner organization Chinatown Service Center, to provide free portrait sessions for Koreatown families and the families we serve through our Partnership for Families (PFF) program. Read more

KYCC Joins 2023 LA Pride

This year was KYCC’s first time participating in the 2023 LA Pride Festival and Parade. Staff from across the agency participated in Pride weekend, on June 9 and 10, by passing out flyers and connecting with community members during the LA Pride in the Park Festival, and marching in the LA Pride Parade on June 11. Read more

Community Events

Join us on September 22nd at USC for the Los Angeles Business Council’s Sustainability Summit in partnership with USC President Dr. Carol Folt, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, and the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy.

This year’s summit will focus on local, state, and federal clean energy goals, advancing toward zero emission transportation, managing water resources, and how to best capitalize on the billions of dollars of incentives from the IRA, IIJA, and California state budget.

K-town Beautiful Community Cleanups

Take advantage of summer and get outside to volunteer with KYCC this month! Volunteers are needed for our upcoming Koreatown cleanups

Share with your networks and sign up to volunteer for the following dates:

K-Town Beautiful Event August 5

K-Town Beautiful Event August 10

K-Town Beautiful Event August 19

Koreatown Mobility Safety Survey

Calling all Koreatown residents, workers, and community stakeholders! 🗣️🌆 Take our brief survey to help KYCC Community Planning and Development improve the lives of all Ktown residents. As the most densely populated neighborhood in Los Angeles County, creating a safe and accessible environment directly impacts the quality of life for our community members.

English Survey

Spanish Survey

Korean Survey

Save the Date!

Mark your calendars! Join us on October 4th for KYCC’s 2023 Virtual Benefit Concert, celebrating Koreatown’s rich culture and community. 🎶 Tune in on KYCC’s Youtube Channel. More details to come! RSVP here.

August is Family Fun Month

Here are some fun activities to do with or without a family in August:

1- The Music Center’s Dance DTLA 

Free Dance parties until August 18

Fridays from 7:00pm to 11:00pm

“Jerry Moss Plaza” at the Music Center

2- Levitt Pavillion Macarthur Park

Free concerts in the park

Fridays (7-10pm), Saturdays (7-10pm), and Sundays (5-8pm)

3- CicLAvia – Koreatown Meets Hollywood

Sunday, August 20, 2023  (9am to 4pm)

4- Cinemark offers $6.75 movies all day on Tuesday.

*Exclusions may apply.

5- Sizzling Summer Nights

Griffith Park – Thursdays, August 3 – 31, 2023

Visitors of all ages can enjoy some of LA’s best salsa and Latin fusion bands at the Autry’s popular summer dance party. Children get their own dance floor!

6- Getty Garden Concerts for Kids

West LA – Saturdays & Sundays, August 5 – 20, 2023
Free

The Getty Center’s Garden Concerts for Kids returns this August with three weekends of shows. The free outdoor music series for kids and their families features some of the best children’s musical artists from across the nation. Kids have a blast rolling in the grass and running through the garden, as well as dancing and singing along with the music.

7- Much Ado about Pooh

Culver City – Saturdays & Sundays, August 5- 27, 2023
Free

Who would put on a Winnie-the-Pooh themed production of Shakepeare’s Much Ado about Nothing? Silly old bear, the answer can only be the Actor’s Gang!

8- 2023 Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival

Griffith Park – Wednesdays – Sundays, August 9 – September 3, 2023: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Free

So long, Caesar –  this is the final weekend to catch the production of Julius Caesar in Griffith Park.   (No tragedy though, we can wake up to A Midsummer Night’s Dream in August.)

9- Natsumatsuri Family Festival 2023

Little Tokyo – Saturday, August 12, 2023
Free

The Japanese American National Museum’s annual summer celebration features a fun day of performances, crafts, and activities. Highlights include summer themed crafts and origami, interactive story times, souvenir photos, and a scavenger hunt through the museum.

10- Rocket Fever!

Downey – Saturday, August 12, 2023
Free

The date for 2023’s Rocket Fever has been set!  More info to come. The Columbia Memorial Space Center invites families to a fun-filled day of rocketing, with interactive exhibits, rocket flying fun, and more.

11- Nisei Week Japanese Festival

Little Tokyo – Saturday – Sunday, August 12- 20, 2023
Free

Learn about the rich cultural heritage of Japan during Nisei Week in Little Tokyo. Nisei Week is one of the longest running ethnic festivals in the United States. Guests can try Japanese cuisine, watch the Gyoza eating contest, marvel at the vehicles in the car show, wave at the floats during the Grand Parade, and enjoy a performance of Taiko drumming.

12- KCON

DTLA – Friday – Sunday, August 18 – 20, 2023

KCON is the world’s largest fan celebration of Korean culture and music. Attendees can explore K-Pop, K-Beauty, K-Food and more through panels, an expo, KCON-exclusive programs, and artist engagements. The evenings are devoted to concerts featuring K-Pop legends alongside up-and-coming rookies.

National Eye Exam Month

Did you know that you can schedule a yearly eye exam through your medical coverage with KYCC (Kaiser, HealthNet, Anthem)?  Call and schedule an appointment.

Here are a few tips for healthy eyes:

August 31 is National Trail Mix Day

All KYCC sites will have Trail Mix delivered. Enjoy!!!

DEI Corner: The 19^th Amendment (Women’s Right to Vote)

What is the 19th Amendment?

The 19th Amendment makes it illegal to deny the right to vote to any citizen based on their sex, which effectively granted women the right to vote. It was first introduced to Congress in 1878 and was finally certified 42 years later in 1920.

The Amendment’s official certification date is August 26; however, it’s not uncommon for the Amendment to also be celebrated on August 18th — the anniversary of when Tennessee ratified it.

Did the 19th Amendment enable all women the right to vote?

On paper, the Amendment protected discrimination against all women, but in practice, it only gave white women the right to vote. Black women, Native American women, Asian American women, and women from other racial and ethnic minority groups were discriminated against for 45 more years until the passage of The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). The VRA afforded crucial protections to Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color (BIWOC) voters. And, women with disabilities only gained protections in 1990 with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Source: https://www.rockthevote.org/explainers/the-19th-amendment/

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Did you know

More Americans use Chrome than all other browsers combined?

One way Chrome makes the experience rewarding is by keeping everything current. That work comes at a cost.

A 60-tab Chrome browser averages 3.7 GB of RAM and we’ve seen individual KYCC Chrome users taking up as much at 10 GB. 

That is nearly 10% of the capacity of one of our terminal servers, just to provide passive updates and refreshed advertisements. 

Please close out the tabs you don’t need open or create a Chrome user for work. Your tech will thank you for it. 

Now you know!

Goals and Expectations

[AKA a note to a frustrated friend, just starting out on a long career]

There are three reasons that our goals might not be achieved. In order of palatability, they are:

1) Perhaps the goals are too lofty, too based on chance, unlikely for anyone to achieve, surrounded by barriers that are rooted in class or caste, or simply unrealistic. 

If that’s the case, change expectations and/or pick different goals.

2) Or, perhaps the goals are useful, but we need more persistence, more time and some hard-earned lucky breaks along the way.

If so, be persistently patient.

3) Alas, if it’s not these two, the most likely reason is that we need to walk away from our expectations and our insistence that we’re already doing the work perfectly.

It could be that we need to expend more effort than we hoped, develop new skills, find and embrace new strategies, and develop a taste for the emotional labor that’s required to get from here to there. 

Empathy, a cycle of skills improvement, developing new attitudes, and showing up in service often accompanies the careers of people achieve their goals.

Ambition is insufficient.