MinKwon Center for Community Action

The MinKwon Center for Community Action was founded in 1984 (formerly called YKASEC) in Jackson Heights, Queens as an open space for Korean Americans to devote themselves to service, youth education, and cultural activities for the community.

Over the past forty years, MinKwon Center has evolved and expanded its activities to include immigrant rights advocacy, civic engagement, education, social and legal services, and youth leadership programs.

Today, MinKwon Center is the premier immigrant rights and services community-based organization for Korean Americans, Asian Americans, and the broader immigrant community in New York. 

MinKwon Center is an affiliate of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC), a nationwide network of grassroots-based organizations working to organize Korean and Asian Americans to achieve social, racial, and economic justice.