KIWA (Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance)

KIWA was created just two months before the Los Angeles Civil Unrest. In a city torn with racism, poverty, and inequality, KIWA started with the goal of addressing worker exploitation amongst Korean and Latino workers in Koreatown, and to struggle in solidarity with other communities for a more just Los Angeles. KIWA’s first campaign insisted that not only business owners, but also workers were entitled to compensation funds when their livelihoods were destroyed in the civil unrest, winning some measure of restitution for dozens of Korean and Latino workers in Ktown.