Koreatown Stories
Every year, Koreatown Storytelling Program works with high school journalists and neighborhood older adults in Koreatown, Los Angeles, and its neighboring environment to celebrate and document their stories. Our curriculum includes in-depth workshops on oral history, journalism, photojournalism, community history, interview skills, technology how-tos, and dialogue around cultural traditions, immigration, and civil rights.
Each cohort focuses on a different theme in our community. Please read below to find out more about our past and present cohorts.
Traditional Healing Arts (2024-2025)
In 2024–2025, KSP explored the traditional healing arts within our Koreatown community, learning about the practices of acupuncturists, herbalists, shamans, curanderas, and other healers across our largely Latine and AAPI community. We gathered oral histories from our primarily limited-income, immigrant community, where the majority of countries of origin (Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Korea, Bangladesh, and Mongolia) have strong cultural roots in these modalities.
LGBTQIA+ (2023-2024)
KSP’s 2023-2024 cohort explored the LGBTQIA+ community in Koreatown, Los Angeles. We recorded the life experiences of our multiethnic and multilingual LGBTQIA+ older adults — their home countries, cultural traditions, childhood, faith, family, immigration, coming-out (and not coming-out) narratives, intersectionality, experiences with discrimination, milestones, and celebrations.
