Join the Koreatown Storytelling Program!
WHO WE ARE
KSP is a six-month intergenerational multimedia oral history program where students interview community elders on their life stories and professional experiences.
KSP is looking for high school students who are interested in exploring our Koreatown community from Sept. 2025 to Feb. 2026. This year KSP will be partnering with the Los Angeles Local News Initiative to create a community newsroom with youth at the forefront. Students will learn how to write local news stories and how to interview community members in order to preserve stories and spread hyper-local news. We believe that this program will be an excellent way to foster discussions between youth and elders and encourage kids to engage deeply with their community.
We will interview, gather, and archive oral history narratives from our primarily limited-income, immigrant community.
Join KSP to learn about community journalism, engage with new artistic practices, fulfill community service hours, and be an active participant in your community!
REQUIREMENTS
Be a high school-age student
Must commit to a full six-month program (September 2025 - February 2026). We will meet weekly for 2-hour sessions (with breaks for holidays).
Must live or attend school in Koreatown
Be interested in engaging with and learning from elders in their community
Bilingual preferred but not required (Korean, Spanish, Bengali, etc.)
All KSP students will receive community service hours, can work towards the President's Volunteer Service Award, AND are eligible for an up to $500 stipend!