President's Letter
Monday - April 13, 2009
Spring hopes eternal in Chicago...
If you live in Chicago like we do, you’re probably wondering
the same thing as us: “When is it going to get warmer?!!!”
The bad news is nobody knows. And it may still snow again.
The good news is it will eventually arrive. That is, spring for
a day or two and then blistering summer weather.
In any case, I wanted to let you know that we are now in our
sixth year of operations and regardless of the weather, economy
and all other such general life conditions, we continue to push
ahead and build Chicago’s Korean American community with
a new slogan: “Engage - Serve - Lead”
… as in we engage the 152 (our hip way of saying 1.5 and
2nd generation) / young professional generation, serve Chicago’s
Korean American community, and develop leaders.
If you have been wondering what we’ve been up to since
the start of the new year, so far we have:
1) Attended the Jan 31/09 KAC National Planning Session in Las
Vegas, NV.
2) Attended the bi-monthly Feb 13/09 United Korean American
Network (UKAN) Meeting, along with our counterparts in
KABA, KACS, KAtCH
and KSEA.
3) Hosted a KACC Happy Hour on March 5/09 at Goose Island (in
Chicago, IL).
4) Participated in the March 13/09 Chicago fundraiser for Boston
mayoral candidate Sam Yoon.
For the rest of Year 2009, we will be working on/participating
in/supporting:
1) KACC Survival Korean – A cohort-driven
Korean language and cultural education program starting in May
2009
2) UKAN – A network of KA young professional
organizations in metropolitan Chicago; meetings scheduled for
April, June, August, October and November 2009.
3) Asian American Institute’s 2009 Milestone Awards
Benefit, scheduled for April 30/09
4) Chicago fundraiser for Mark Keam, Candidate
for the Virginia House of Delegates, scheduled for May 7/09
5) Chicago fundraiser for Sam Yoon, scheduled
for June 17/09
6) KAC National Convention in Los Angeles, CA
(scheduled for September 2009)
7) KACC Get Connected! – Bringing you more
Happy Hours and other social/professional networking opportunities
For more information on any of the aforementioned events/initiatives
or to join us at our monthly KACC Board Meeting (1st Thursday
of every month), send us an e-mail at kacchicago@gmail.com.
Happy Spring!
Jane Lee-Kwon
KACC President
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