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MinKwon Center’s Annual Retreat

From January 6th to the 8th, the MinKwon Center’s board and staff members went on an annual retreat at Bailey Farm located in Ossinig, NY. During the retreat, we reflected upon our activities in 2011, analyzed the current political and social landscape, and discussed our organizational direction for 2012. The MinKwon Center will continue to build community movement, increase political involvement and to grow to be a stronger organization.

MinKwon Center Meets with DHS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency

On January 4th, MinKwon’s Executive Director Steven Choi and other immigrant advocates met with Department of Homeland Security officials to discuss the implementation of the August 11th deportation and "prosecutorial discretion" policies, affecting potentially 300,000 current deportation cases. The advocates delivered their concerns to DHS officials, who explained their implementation plans to exercise "prosecutorial discretion," and agreed to meet regularly to ensure the new policies are implemented fairly and effectively.
Korean New York Daily: http://www.newyorkilbo.com/sub_read.html?uid=9846&section=sc8&section2=%BB%E7%C8%B8%BA%B9%C1%F6

MinKwon Center’s Social Services Program Highlight of 2011

On December 20th, the MinKwon Center held a press conference to highlight the accomplishments of this past year’s Social Service Program and our ground-breaking Immigrant Rights Legal Clinic, which served over 4,056 community members in 2011 and provided over 500 of them with high-quality, in-depth direct assistance ranging from direct help to obtain food stamps to full legal representation. These efforts resulted in more than $2.3 million worth in free benefits to our community. Several clients also gave firsthand accounts of the services they received from the MinKwon Center.
Korea Daily: http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=1322254

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