Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA)

KIWAs mission is to empower Koreatowns low-wage immigrant workers for dignity and respect in the workplace and community, and to work together with other communities to realize a vision of a just Los Angeles. One of the nations most established workers centers, KIWA is one of few community groups that organizes both Korean and Latino workers. Our vision is to bring together workers, community members, and students in a broad, multi-ethnic coalition. KIWAs primary initiatives focus on workers rights, equitable development, and immigrants justice. All our efforts are grounded in a commitment to economic, social and environmental justice and in the belief that human beings can effect real change. Our strategic approach combines cross-racial grassroots organizing, leadership development, direct services, advocacy, cultural resistance programs, community-based research and multi-ethnic coalition building. Through strategic industry-wide campaigns, persistent worker organizing, dir...