The MinKwon Center for Community Action (formerly YKASEC) was established in 1984 to meet the needs and concerns of the Korean American community through our five program areas: Community Organizing and Advocacy, Social and Legal Services, Civic Participation, Youth Empowerment, and Culture. 

Since our founding, we have made a profound presence in the Korean American community through various grassroots organizing, education, and advocacy initiatives that address important community issues, including immigration policies at the national, state and city levels, voter rights, and culture awareness.

The MinKwon Center places a special emphasis on meeting the needs of our marginalized community members, including youth, elderly, recent immigrants, low-income residents, and limited-English-proficient residents.  More recently, it has expanded its program areas to work with the Chinese American community as well.

The MinKwon Center has always played a key role in educating the community through the use of media and communications strategies. The Communications intern would support the work of the organization in all five program areas by promoting awareness and education of community concern through different media outlets. This is a great opportunity to gain valuable communications and non-profit experience. The intern will work directly with the Education and Communications Director.

Internship Description
– Monitor and update the organization’s website
– Develop & maintain organization’s social media profile, including regular Facebook and Twitter updates
– Develop monthly newsletters and other communications strategies
– Research on new and up-to-date communications/media strategies
– Translate publications between Korean and English

Details of Internship
– Supervision: Intern is supervised by the Education and Communications Director.
– Compensation: While internships are not paid positions, academic credit has been arranged in the past.
– Hours: Interns are expected to workpart-time for a minimum of 10 hours a week.
– Duration: The internship runs from September to December 2011.Specific internship dates will be discussed in person.

Requirements
– Have the desire to empower the Asian American community
– Strong writing and organizational skills
– Great communication and inter-personal skills
– Proficiency and familiarity with computer applications (Microsoft products) and internet research
– Korean language proficiency is preferred
– Internship applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Please submit a cover letter and resume by July 15 ^th , 2011 via email to:

Ju Bum Cha
Education and Communications Director
education@minkwon.org