• About Us Overview
• Our History
• Board of Directors
• Advisory Board
• Steering Committee

Our History

2000

• KALCA incorporated in State of Delaware.

2001

• KALCA kicks-off First Annual College Internship Program with 4 interns.
• KALCA hosts "Differences in Unity" event sharing the personal messages of diversity among the 2nd generation Korean American community.
• KALCA hosts panel, "Asian American Perspectives on Reporting, Rebuilding, and Reflecting after 9-11" event.

2002

• KALCA receives official 501(c)(3) status from Internal Revenue Service.
• KALCA begins its candidate speaker series, along with the Asian American Federation and Project IMPACT for South Asian Americans, for the 2002 New York Governor's Race.
• KALCA hosts "The World Cup and Dog-Eating," a panel discussion on media representation of the Korean American community.

2003

• KALCA hosts BoardNet USA workshop, "How to: Do Good, Learn Leadership, and Expand Your Network: Serving on the Boards of Directors of Nonprofit Organizations."
• KALCA hosts "Shining the Light - Asian Americans Making a Difference Today" event honoring Korean American community leaders.
• KALCA co-sponsors panel, "Serving the Public: Why you should consider practicing law in the public sector and what public service can do for your career" panel with the AABANY.

2004

• KALCA hires Veronica S. Jung, Esq. as its first Executive Director.
• KALCA joins New York Immigration Coalition at press conference and rally protesting DMV's initiative to revoke immigrants' driver's licenses.
• KALCA joins citywide multiethnic coalition to protest anti-Asian bias crime against a Sikh man in Richmond Hill section of Queens.
• KALCA, together with the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Korean American Voters Council, launches voter registration drives in Ridgefield and Englewood, New Jersey.
• KALCA joins the Korean American Community Open Forum Network, a working group of Korean American community organizations sponsoring events to educate the public about issues impacting the Korean American community.
• KALCA coordinates voter registration and education drive at the Korean American Choosuk Festival at Flushing Meadow Park.
• KALCA co-sponsors "Asian America Raise Your Voice" (AARYV) concerts to register and turn out young Asian American voters. The concerts, held in Manhattan and Queens, are attended by a total of over 200 young Asian Americans and community leaders.
• KALCA's Executive Director joins a panel in a PBS segment "Asian America" about the importance of Asian American voter participation.
• KALCA participates in press conference organized by the New York Immigration Coalition to protest the backlog of citizenship applications that bar the registration of new voters by the October 8th deadline.
• KALCA in collaboration with other community organizations and the Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund, operates a SWAT team on General Election Day to respond to monitor Queens poll sites and to respond to voter complaints.
• KALCA becomes a membership organization and launches its first membership drive.