Let the city know.
Today in the U.S. Capitol Michigan Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib, the sole Palestinian-American member of Congress, held a news conference alongside Rabbis for Peace and several colleagues calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Rabbis for Ceasefire & Members of Congress Hold Press Conference at US Capitol https://t.co/fKQAdnbnLc
— IfNotNow🔥 (@IfNotNowOrg) November 13, 2023
J.T.
This is a special rebroadcast episode for the first ever panel-discussion by K-Town Is Oaxacan Korean.
On Thursday, November 2, 2023, K-Town Is Oaxacan Korean, also known as K-Town Is OK, brought together long-time and former residents of Koreatown into conversation. The panel, free and open to the public, was held just over a year after the public release of a private discussion between L.A. City Council Members Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo and Kevin De Leon, and Federation of Labor leader Ron Herrera, in which they dismissed Korean-American residents of the area and ridiculed Oaxacan or Mexican-American members of the community as “short, dark people” and “feos (ugly).” The panel discussion was held online and featured a line-up of guest speakers, culminating a year-long effort by my colleague Helen H. Kim and I documenting Oaxacan-American, Korean-American and other voices in Koreatown through our website and podcast, K-Town Is OK.
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to Quien Es Tu Vecindario to support this panel and help create more such dialogue for our communities.
J.T.
I still remember the day I first heard that, “There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.”
Now we’re here. Join yours truly and this amazing line-up of guest speakers from and for Koreatown on November 2nd, 2023, from 6:30 – 8:00 PM.
RESERVE YOUR TICKET HERE.
J.T.