Koreatown Storytelling Program

Koreatown Storytelling Program

Koreatown Storytelling Program is an intergenerational, multilingual and multiethnic oral history and digital media program that teaches ethnographic and storytelling techniques to high school students and elders to investigate cultural practices and racial, economic and health inequities in our community. KSP is a project of the Koreatown Youth and Community Center (KYCC), a multiservice nonprofit that has served the limited-income immigrant population of Koreatown since 1975.

Episodes

May 3, 2024 29 mins

The interview portion in this episode is in Korean.


This week marks 34 years since Los Angeles’s 1992 Civil Unrest. An event in Los Angeles history that put the light on the city’s tensions. In 2020, KSP interviewed community members on their experience on April 29th of 1992. To learn more about the 1992 Civil Unrest and community stories, head over to koreatownstorytellingprogram.org.

https://www.koreatownstorytellingprogram...

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Today we are highlighting Koreatown Students!

We interviewed 4 Koreatown high school students about their experiences in the city. First we hear from Brianna Rizo and Diana Kim, two students who participate in KORYO, Koreatown Organizing to Reduce Youth Opioid Use. They talk about the changes and connection they have with Koreatown. Also why do they enjoying walking the neighborhood so much? 


We then hear from KSP students Em...

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Today we look back at one of our cooking workshops from the 2023-2024 cohort.


In this workshop, community member Ms. Cathy leads us in a cooking workshop making Miyeok Guk or seaweed soup. In Korean tradition, this meal is commonly eaten during pregnancy or at birthday celebrations. It is a meal that marks birth and celebration!


In this episode, producer Tony Morales takes you between conversations and steps. How well d...

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March 15, 2024 5 mins

SPECIAL EPISODE!


This episode was made for our culmination on March 15. In this episode we highlight the voices of our students! From our food making events to our sit down conversations.

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February 23, 2024 24 mins

This week we are sharing an interview part of our 2023-2024 KSP Cohort. In this cohort we are focusing on highlighting the LGBTQIA+ community in Koreatown. 


Today, we are happy to share our interview with multi-disciplinary artist, activist, Drag performer, consultant, and Koreatown resident Sydney Rogers also known as Miss Barbie -Q. KSP cohort students Nadia Cho and Nathalie De Mata interviewed Sydney this semester. 


We...

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Welcome to another episode of the KSP Podcast! Vicky Tesorito is a trans woman from El Salvador who has lived in Koreatown since her teens. Tesorito shares with us how she has built community at the Guatemalan Resturarant Paseo Chapin , found opportunity, difficulties and love in Koreatown. 


This interview was conducted by our summer intern Kimberly Espinoza, with a few questions from myself and KSP student Lazar Johnson. It i...

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We are starting something new on the show! Before every interview episode, we will be having a round table conversation with the KSP team. 


So today’s conversation is food. The KSP team shares our semester on food, TV dinners, what foods remind us of home, and the labor of love that goes into it! 


The conversation is followed by Tony’s interview with Carmen Perez a food street vendor in Koreatown. Our interview with Carme...

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We are revisiting a KSP student interview in collaboration with Korean American Story. In this episode, KSP student Abby Park interviews Kyu Min Lee also known as OG Chino. 

OG Chino is a Los Angeles resident who has had many roles. From owning a record store on Slauson in the late 80s to music promotion for the music label Def American. He currently owns the restaurant Escala K-Town, a fusion-restaurant that combines Korean and Co...

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December 28, 2023 8 mins

KSP Host, Tony Morales, takes us inside KSP's 2023 Holiday Party. The team makes mandu led by Ms. Yoon, KYCC's Senior Accountant!

In this episode, we join our holiday-guests in their journey to create the perfect mandu. What does the mandu say about the person?

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Credits

KSP Director: Katherine Kim

KSP Associate: Dilan Askew

Interns: Janice Yun and Jane Lee

Host and Producer: Tony Morales

KSP's 2023...

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In our first episode, the host Tony Morales interviews KSP Director Katherine Kim about her journey in journalism, creating the Koreatown Storytelling Program, and the importance of community journalism. 

Katherine is a journalist and published author. She has written about the history of L.A.’s Koreatown and in 2021 she published a visual novel with archive and family history titled Longitude. She has reported for The Cambodia Dai...

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December 5, 2023 1 min

Welcome to the Koreatown Storytelling Program Podcast! (Or KSP Podcast for short)

KSP is an intergenerational, multilingual and multiethnic digital media program. We are Los Angeles residents, youth-journalist and elders, documenting and celebrating Koreatown!  
 

On our podcast, we will be sharing stories, histories, interviews, and discussions in the different languages that make our city. Stay tuned, our first episode premier...

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