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This week only: The next 3 orders of our K-Town Is OK shirt also come with our new trucker hat!

Design by @thethinkfarm in Silver Lake; print by @visionstitch in downtown Los Angeles.

K-Town Is OK.

J.T.

EPISODE 107 – HELEN H. KIM ON KOREATOWN AS OAXACAN-KOREAN + GIVING TUESDAY

Yours truly sits down with Helen H. Kim (@theotherhelenkim) to discuss our vision for K-Town Is OK and how donor support on #GivingTuesday can make all the difference. We reflect on Helen’s family life in Koreatown, going on to learn that her dad–like my mom–worked at a sowing factory in downtown Los Angeles during her youth. We also discuss the catalyst for our shirts: the racist L.A. City Council recordings published by the L.A. Times just this past October; other notes include the shirt’s design process, design accessibility for immigrant communities in L.A., local community shop Virgil/Normal’s support, and our privileged position to facilitate each of these processes. To donate to K-Town Is OK, please do so HERE. 100% of donations go towards commissioning more interviews for the project, a new website, and miscellaneous expenses like ink, paper, and other items in the effort to reach Los Angeles.

J.T.