9LTC Program Booklet

9TH NATIONAL LIGHTING THE COMMUNITY SUMMIT
OWNING OUR FUTURE

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It is our hope that through this

Summit, you will be able to
meet and dialogue with our
nations leaders as WITNESSES,
be equipped in the civic arena
and ADVOCATE, and also
elevate the strengths and
needs of our communities to
foster PARTNERSHIPS with our
government and corporate
leadership.
We are called to be salt and light to the world and be bold

witnesses in every sphere of life. This calling is greater than
any particular political stance or social agenda. We are to
bless and pray for our nations leaders.
Christian leaders from the African American and Latino
communities have preceded us in engaging in the civic
process and as a result are regularly invited to the decision
making table. They have translated their influence and
access to impact public policies and to bring investments
and needed resources for their communities and for
those who are voiceless.
We invite you to join our 1000 Initiative for such a time
as this in creating a strong united AAPI Christian voice in
the public sphere!
It is our hope that through this Summit, you will be
able to meet and dialogue with our nations leaders
as WITNESSES, be equipped in the civic arena and
ADVOCATE, and also elevate the strengths and needs
of our communities to foster PARTNERSHIPS with our
government and corporate leadership.
Lets shine our light and be a blessing to our nation and
our community!
Hyepin Im
KCCD President and CEO
Woogie Kim
KCCD Board Co-Chair
Rev. John Jong Dai Park
KCCD Board Co-Chair
9 T H N AT I O N A L L I G H T I N G T H E C O M M U N I T Y S U M M I T
are delighted to welcome you

to our 9th National Lighting the
Community Summit under the
theme of Shining Our Light: Owning
Our Future and to this third historic gathering of Asian
American & Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Christian churches
and leaders at Gallaudet University in Washington D.C.
We are excited to continue our 1000 Initative, a national,
nonpartisan network of AAPI Christian churches and
leaders who can be engaged in the public sphere.
Our theme reflects the strengths of our communities
as well as the vision of this Summit and movement.
We as AAPI Christian leaders have been active through
evangelism, global missions, and direct service. Yet
our voice and presence have been missing at the local
and national front due to marginalization and our own
disengagement. As a result, our communities have been
undeserved and overlooked in services and resources.
Welcome & Invitation
WELCOME &
INVITATION
Letters of Commendation
Mark Warner
Senator
U.S. Senate, Virginia
LETTERS OF
COMMENDATION
Ed Royce
Congressman
U.S. House of Representatives,
California, 39th District
Congressman
Mike Honda
Congresswoman
Doris Matsui
Congresswoman
Tammy Duckworth
Illinois, 8th District
Congresswoman
Grace Meng
New York, 6th District
Gerald E. Connolly
Congressman

Virginia, 11th District
Congressman
Charles B. Rangel
Congressman
Raul Grijalva
Arizona, 3rd District
State Senator
Janet Nguyen
David Hadley
Assemblymember
Delegate
Mark Keam
Virginia House of Delegates
35th District
Grace Han Wolf

COUNCILMEMBER
T (703) 435-6805
F (703) 787-7325
grace.wolf@herndon-va.gov
Lisa C. Merkel, Mayor

Jennifer Baker, Vice Mayor
David A. Kirby
Steven Lee Mitchell
Sheila A. Olem
Jasbinder Singh
Grace Han Wolf
May 26, 2016

Dear Hyepin and Korean Churches for Community Development,
Congratulations and a warm welcome to you and all of the participants in the 9th Annual
National Lighting the Community Summit.
On behalf of the Town of Herndon and my colleagues on the Herndon Town Council, I
extend a warm welcome to those attending the Summit and hope you enjoy your time in
the greater Washington DC area.
The work that you are doing to help engage the AAPI community and their elected
officials is of the utmost important and value thank you for working to bring hope,
knowledge and elevating the needs of the AAPI community to our government, at all
levels. Thank you for taking the time to learn about what resources are available on the
government level and sharing that with your local community.
Councilmember
Grace Han Wolf

Hernon Town Council, Virginia
TOWN COUNCIL
The conversations, panels, plenarys, Hill visits and networking are all important
elements to learn how to engage our political leaders to better serve all Americans.
Voices such as yours truly light up the community. Please stay in touch and thank you
for your leadership.
Warm regards,
Grace Han Wolf
Grace Han Wolf
Councilmember
Mayor Pro Tempore
Ali Sajjad Taj

City of Artesia, California
Adam Smith
Congressman

Washington, 9th District
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Location: Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University
JUNE 6th
Description
2:00pm
Check-in
5:00pm-6:00pm
Registration & Networking
5:30pm
Opening Reception Dinner
Day 1 Program Schedule
DAY 1 PROGRAM
SCHEDULE
Welcome Remarks: Our Vision - Witness, Advocacy & Partnership
Hyepin Im, President/CEO, KCCD

Rev. Jongdai Park, Summit Honorary Co-Chair, Board Co-Chair, KCCD Senior Pastor, Joong-Ang Korean
Church
Invocation
Woogie Kim, KCCD Board Co-Chair, Director of Development and International Relations, Biola Univ.
Special Remarks
Diana Yu, Chief of Staff, U.S. White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Erika Moritsugu, Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, Department of
Housing and Urban Development
Rev. Jamie Kim, Founder & Senior Pastor, Core Community Church
6:00pm
Navigating Religious Freedom and Politics of Hate

Steve Miska, MBA, Colonel (Retired) U.S. Army, First Amendment Voice
Paul Murray, Vice President, Global Peace Foundation, USA
7:30pm
State of AAPI Community & KCCD Introductions

Sam George, Executive Director, Parivar International
8:15pm
Vision Networking Session #1

Moderator
9:30pm
Closing Worship
Herman Martir, President, Asian Action Network and Asian Prayer Network
Table Hosts
Jannah Scott, Deputy Director, Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships, U.S. Department of Homeland
Security
Mark Brinkmoeller, Director, Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Moderators, Discussion Facilitators and Prayer Leaders
Sam George
Raafat Girgis
Russell Jueng
David Kyuman Kim
Woogie Kim
Sam Koh
Matthew Lee
Herman Martir
Message
Jinha Park
Hadiarso Adi
Justine Heoreon An
Christine Haahs
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DAY 2 PROGRAM
SCHEDULE
JUNE 7th
8:00am-9:30am
Description
NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER PRAYER BREAKFAST
Emcee
Richard Lui, Journalist and News Anchor, MSNBC / NBC News
Welcome
Invocation & Worship/Praise
Herman Martir, President, Asian Action Network and Asian Prayer Network
Prayer for Race Relations & Unity
Maya Rockmeyer, President/CEO/Founder, Center for/ Global Policy Solutions

Tony Suarez, Executive Vice President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC)
Prayer for Refugees
Russell Jeung, Professor, San Francisco State University
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Prayer for Humanitarian Crisis & Disaster Relief
Mark Brinkmoeller,Director, Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Lauren Erickson-Mamane, Senior Advisor, Faith Initiative, US Peace Corps
Prayer for North Korea
Christina Li, East Asia & Pacific Advisor for the Secretarys Office for Religion & Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Prayer for Mental Health/Suicide
Richard Kim, KA UMM National President, General Commission on United Methodist Men, United
Methodist Church
Prayer for President & Government Leaders/Presidential Election Year
Teresa Gerton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Veterans Employment and Training and Director of Faith
Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, U.S. Department of Labor
Mark Keam, Delegate, U.S. House of Delegates, Virginia, 35th District
9:30am
Speaker
David Kim, Deputy Administrator, Federal Highway Administration
JUNE 7th
Description
10:00am-11:15am
Workshop: Funding & Resource Workshops
Concurrent Workshops
(Choose one)
Workshop 1: How to Do Business with US Government

Matthew Lee, CEO & President, Fastech Inc. KoBE Government Contracting Alliance
DAY 2 PROGRAM
SCHEDULE
Workshop 2: How to Help Trauma Impacted Communities

Brian R. Sims, M.D. Senior Director of Medical and Behavioral Health, National Association of State
Mental Health Program Directors & Consultant, National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC)
Stephen Broyles, MPH, MSW, Training and Technical Assistance Manager, SAMHSA Grassroots Community and Faith-Based Technical Assistance Project, Adjunct assistant professor at the Howard University
Workshop 3: Job Resources & International Opportunities/Peace Corps

Mark Brinkmoeller, Director, U.S. Agency for International Development
Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, U.S. Department of Labor
Break
11:30am-12:30pm
Immigration Reform and the AAPI Community

Juliet Choi, Chief of Staff, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Adam Estle, Field Director, Evangelical Immigration Table, National Immigration Forum
Tony Suarez, Executive Vice President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC)
Reva Gupta, Senior Policy Advisor, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Jenny Yang, World Impact
12:30pm
Lunch
Prayer
Hadiarso Adi, Founding Pastor, ICC
1:00pm-2:30pm
Our Voices Matter: Strengthening Our Base during Presidential Election Year
Chris Kang, National Director, The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA)
Mee Moua, President and Executive Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
Floyd Mori, President & CEO, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)
Christine Chen, Founding Executive Director, APIA Vote
Richard Lui, Journalist and News Anchor, MSNBC / NBC News
2:30pm-3:00pm
Break
11:15am
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DAY 2 PROGRAM
SCHEDULE
JUNE 7th
Description
3:00pm-4:30pm
Workshop: Funding & Resource Workshops
Concurrent Workshops
(Choose one)
Workshop 4: Housing/Homelessness
Paula A. Lincoln, Director, Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Rita Flegel, Director of HUDs Office of HIV/AIDS Housing
Lisa Coffman, Special Needs Assistance Program Specialist, HUD
Sean Bennett, Director, Marketing and Outreach, Homeownership Preservation Office, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Moses Kim, HCA Housing Supervisor, KCCD
Tiffani Moore, Senior Affordable Housing Specialist, Office of Affordable Housing Programs, Office of
Community Development & Planning under Housing Workshop
Workshop 5: How to Help Trauma Impacted Communities

Brian R. Sims, M.D.Senior Director of Medical and Behavioral Health, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors & Consultant, National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC)
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Stephen Broyles, MPH, MSW,Training and Technical Assistance Manager, SAMHSA Grassroots Community and Faith-Based Technical Assistance Project, Adjunct assistant professor at the Howard University
Jannah Scott, Deputy Director, Center for Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships, U.S. Department
of Homeland Security
Workshop 6: Presidential Appointments/Career Path and Mentorship Opportunities for Young

Adults/Job Training Resources
Grace Choi, Policy Advisor in the Secretarys Office of Global Womens Issues at the U.S. Department of
State
Floyd Mori, President & CEO, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)
Darlene Hutto, Director of Grants and Fellowships, Forum for Theological Exploration
Piyachat Terrell, Pathways Programs Officer National Recruitment and Outreach Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
4:30pm-5:30pm
Navigating Our Voices
Rest of Evening
Informal Dinner Groups / D.C. Sightseeing/Optional Activities
David Kyuman Kim, Chair, Department of Religious Studies Program in American Studies, Connecticut
College
JUNE 8th
Description
8:00am-12:00pm
White House Tour and Congressional Visits
12:30pm-4:00pm
U.S. Capitol and Congressional Speakers
12:30pm-1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm-2:30pm
Closing Vision Networking Session
2:30pm-3:00pm
Congressional Briefings
3:30pm
Closing & Group Photo Opp at US Capitol
5:00pm-9:30pm
IMPACT AWARDS GALA DINNER
Rayburn 2172 Foreign Affairs Committee Room, US Capitol
Galen Carey, Vice President, Government Relations for the National Association of Evangelicals
David Kyuman Kim, Chair, Department of Religious Studies Program in American Studies, Connecticut
College
Charles Rangel, Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives

Ed Royce, Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives
Welcome
Opening Greeting
Sponsor Acknowledgments
Invocation
Raafat Girgis, Interim Pastor, Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Speaker & Book Signing

Jim Wallis, Editor-in-Chief, Sojourners
Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University
6:00pm-6:30pm
DAY 3 PROGRAM
SCHEDULE
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DAY 3 PROGRAM
SCHEDULE
JUNE 8th
Description
DINNER AND AWARDS PROGRAM
Special Remarks
Mark Takano, Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives

Introduction: Jinha Park, KCCD Board Member
Special Performance
Migrant Heritage FIL-AM Dance Eensemble
RECOGNITION OF FAITH AND COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD HONOREES
Honoree Presentation
Grace Meng, Congresswoman, U.S. House of Representatives

Traci G. Lee , Digital Editorial Manager, NBC Asian America
Dr. Russell Jeung, Professor, San Francisco State University/Author & Dr. Joan Jeung, Pediatrician, Asian
Health Services
Rev. Won Sang Lee, Reverend/ SEED International, President, The Korean Central Presbyterian Church,
Centreville, Virginia
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Honoree Group Photo

Acknowledgements and Special Thanks
Closing Remarks
Rev. John Jongdai Park, Summit Honorary Co-Chair.KCCD Board Co-Chair/Senior Pastor, Joong-Ang Korean
Church
9:30pm
Group Gala Photo
& OVERVIEW
SUMMIT GOALS
WITNESS
Raise the visibility, profile, and resources of the
AAPI Christian community at a national level.

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Equip AAPI Christian leaders to better engage, advocate, and educate the broader community about
AAPI needs and concerns.

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PARTNERSHIP
Deepen AAPI community partnerships with one
another and collaborate with government and
other decision makers to leverage resources and
increase impact.
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provides
opportunities for churches and non-profit
organizations to learn how to leverage
resources, access funding opportunities,
and build successful partnerships to
better implement their programs for the
community and expand their impact
and witness. The summit will also provide
networking opportunities with various
important
stakeholders
including
potential funders, elected officials, and
government agencies. At the same
time, the summit provides a platform to
highlight great models and resources in
the community as well as advocate for
issues that impact the Asian American
and Pacific Islander community.
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ADVOCACY ,
THE SUMMIT
Summit Goals & Overview
SUMMIT GOALS
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Issues Impacting AAPI
ISSUES IMPACTING AAPI
WHY IT MATTERS
RACE RELATIONS AND UNITY

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
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Why this matters - Asian Americans are facing serious moral choices in regard to how
we should respond to recent rulings by the Supreme Court on armative action. There are
seismic shifts taking place in the landscape of higher education induced by these rulings.
Both sides of the debates over armative action are seeking to enlist Asian Americans
to shore up their arguments for and against armative action policies. As it has become
clear that race based policies are on the decline, there are some resources to read to
help us develop critical responses to changing armative action practices that reect our
commitment to social justice and diversity.
Black Lives Matter - In tackling one of the most pressing racial issues in the United
States today, the treatment of African Americans in the justice system, Black lives matter to API Christians. They matter because we are all Gods children. As family, we fellowship in each others suerings. In fact, APIs have a stake in this matter because we,
too, face institutional disparities that subordinate us. For example, API youth arrested
are 2.5 times more likely than whites to be tried and convicted as adults, so that their
punishment is much more onerous.
The mass incarceration of Black and Brown people and their treatment by the hands of
the justice system may be seen the new caste system of the United States. The deaths
of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Eric Garner in New York at the hands of police ocers has led to serious questioning of whether Black lives matter in the eyes of our society. Where, then, should APIs stand on this issue which has created such a chasm in
America? Prominent scholar activists contributing to KCCDs Prophetic Voices have all
concluded that APIs need to stand on Gods side, who is for the oppressed. On Gods
side, we aim to act justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly. When we make all lives
matter, our lives will also matter.
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
Why this matters - Asian youth have the second highest rate of being tried in adult court for violent crimes. In addition, Asian youth tried in adult court are imprisoned more often than Hispanic and
White and are only slightly behind Black youth.
Why this matters - Even though Asian American and Pacic Islanders make up 6 percent of the total
U.S. population, we account for over 40 percent of the 4.2 million individuals caught in the current
family immigration visa backlog. And we account for 84 percent of the employer-based visa backlog!
AAPI DREAMers also account for 40 percent of those in the University of California system. Today, more
immigrants come from Asia or the Pacic Islands than any other region in the world. Those from Asian
countries also account for 10 percent, or about 1.3 million, of all undocumented immigrants.
IMMIGRATION REFORM
TOP ISSUES & PROBLEMS TO ADDRESS
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MENTAL HEALTH & YOUTH AT-RISK
Why this matters - Nearly 150 college-aged Asian American students will die by suicide this year: Asian Americans aged 20-24 have the highest suicide rate of all Asian Americans at 12.4 per 100,000, and have the highest
rate of suicidal thoughts among all college-aged students. This rate also appears to be nearly 1.5x higher than
the national suicide rate 7 out of 100,000 among college-aged students. In 1996-2006 at Cornell University,
there were 13 Asian American suicides of the 21 total student deaths by suicide in that time frame. Asian American students made up about 25% of the student body in that time, yet Asian American students were 55% of
students who committed suicide on-campus. 1 in 3 college students report experiencing some combination of
depression-like symptoms over the course of their time on-campus, and 15% will experience suicidal thoughts;
for this reason in part, suicide is the second leading cause of death for college-aged students. Yet, Asian American
students are dying by suicide at apparently higher rates than non-Asian counterparts. In part, this is due to high
cultural stigma against mental health disorders within the Asian American community. In the general population,
Asian Americans are 50% less likely to report symptoms of depression to others, and only 2% (compared to 13%
of non-Asians) will raise the topic with their doctors. So, it is not unreasonable to imagine that Asian American
students on college campuses are less likely than their non-Asian peers to seek treatment when they experience
depression symptoms.
HOUSING
Why this matters - Since the housing crisis, Asian Americans were a group that experienced steep decline of
homeownership rates, resulting in higher rates of foreclosure along with drop of wealth and housing burden. Within
California, Asians suered the sharpest drop in homeownership in 2008, a 1.24 percentage points drop compared
to Blacks (0.88 percentage points), Hispanics (0.80 percentage points), and Whites (0.40 percentage points.) From
2000 to 2010, Asians had the highest proportion of homeowners who paid more than 50% of their monthly income
to their housing costs.
RACIAL GAPS IN WEALTH

Why this matters - The widening wealth gap in the United States is a worrisome sign that millions of families
nationwide do not have enough in assets to oer better opportunities for future generations. Wealth allows families
to make investments in homes, in education, and in business creation. On the basis of data collected using the
National Asset Scorecard for Communities of Color (NASCC) survey, we report that, when analyzed by race,
wealth accumulation is vastly unequal. There are major disparities in wealth accumulation across various racial
and ethnic groups in the United Staes. Racial and ethnic dierences in net worth show the extreme nancial
vulnerability faced by nonwhite households.
Why this matters - Human tracking, the buying/selling of people, is rising

as a dangerous threat. Prots for tracking are the second largest illegal
enterprise in the world, after drugs. People are bought and sold for use as
laborers, domestic workers, sex workers, and held against their will in many
US cities, and around the world. The AAPI community cares about tracking
because it is disproportionately aecting our communities. Sex tracking and
forced labor are thriving in Asian and South Asian countries. The orientalization
of API women helps grow the demand for Asian women in brothels. In the US,
victims of tracking are coming from many Asian countries and the need for
services in Asian languages is high. And for our community, there is a unique tie
between domestic violence and tracking that needs to be addressed.
OTHER TOP ISSUES &

PROBLEMSTOADDRESS
Homelessness, Youth Development/Mentoring,
Gang Violence, Domestic Violence, Suicide, Access
to Healthcare, Economic Development, Affordable
Housing, Financial Literacy, Small Businesses,
Religious Freedom for Groups on Campus, Disaster
Readiness/Environment, Free Food Service
Program, International Aid, North Korea, Education
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
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KCCD Honorary Committee
KCCD HONORARY
COMMITTEE
Congressmen
Congresswomen
Congresswomen
Congressman
Tammy Duckworth Donna Edwards Raul Grijalva
David Hadley

Virginia 11th, District

Illinois 8th, District
U.S.House of Representatives,
Maryland, 4th District
U.S. House of Representative,

Arizona, 3rd District
California State Assembly,

66th District
Councilmember
Congressmen
Delegate
Congresswoman
Herndon Town Council,

Commonwealth of Virginia
California,17th District
U.S. House of Delegates,

Virginia, 35th District
Congresswoman
State Senator
Congressmen
Congresswomen
Congressman

California State Senate,

34th District


Gerald Connolly
Grace Han Wolf Mike Honda
Grace Meng
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Janet Nguyen
Mark Keam
Charles Rangel
Barbara Lee
Lucille Roybal
Assemblymember
Congresswoman
Doris Matsui
Ed Royce
KCCD Honorary Committee
KCCD HONORARY
COMMITTEE
Congressmen
Mayor Pro Tem
Congressmen
Congressman
Senator

City of Artesia, California


Maryland, 8th District
U.S. Senate, Virginia
Adam Smith
Ali Sajjad Taj
Congresswomen
California State Senate,

33rd District

Ted Lieu
Judy Chu
Chris Van Hollen Mark Warner
State Senator
Mark Takano
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Impact Award Honorees

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IMPACT AWARD
HONOREES
Dr. Russell & Joan Jeung
Dr. Russell Jeung, Professor & Author, San Francisco State University
Dr. Joan Jeung, Pediatrician, Asian Health Sevices
Dr. Russell Jeung is a Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State
University. Author of Faithful Generations: Race and New Asian American Churches (2005)
and Sustaining Faith Traditions: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion Among the Latino and Asian
American New Second Generation (2010) he has written extensively on race, religion, and
community change. One such project is Prophetic Voices: Asian Pacific Islander Christian
Perspectives for Church and Society, produced by KCCD. For the past 25 years, Russell has
lived in a low-income neighborhood of East Oakland, California. With fellow Christians, he
organized 200 Latino and Cambodian neighbors to win a landmark housing lawsuit. He also
helped to establish a community preschool and a multiethnic, multiclass church plant. Most
recently, he and his wife, Dr. Joan Jeung, have worked with the refugee communities from
Burma and Bhutan for greater access to health and employment services. He recounts these
experiences in his spiritual memoir, At Home In Exile: Meeting Jesus Among My Ancestors
and Refugee Neighbors (2016). Dr. Joan Jeung is a Commonwealth Fund Mongan Fellow
in Minority Health Policy at Harvard Medical School and a pediatrician at Asian Health
Services (AHS), a community health center serving medically underserved communities
in Oakland, California. At AHS, she has created programs expanding health care access
and health education for underserved immigrant and refugee groups. She was also the
founding director for the Empowering Mothers Initiative, which provides parent education
and peer support groups families. Dr. Jeung serves on the Project Advisory Committee for
the National Center on Medical Home Implementation. Russell & Joan Jeung continue to
live in East Oakland with their foster daughters from Burma, Bethsy and Bonny, and their son
Matthew. Both have served on the board of New Hope Covenant Church.
Won Sang Lee, Senior Pastor Emeritus / President

The Korean Central Presbyterian Church / SEED International
Reverend Won Sang Lee served the Korean Central Presbyterian Church in Centreville,
Virginia as Senior Pastor from 1977 to 2003. During this time, he oversaw the churchs growth
from 14 families with 30 people to 2208 families with more than 3000 in average attendance
during Sunday services. He also served in various community service capacities including
the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board Access For All (Committee
Member 2000-2003), Falls Church-Fairfax United Way Board of Council (Member 20002003), Association of the Korean Churches in the Greater Washington DC (President), and
the House of Representatives of United States (Guest Chaplain, 107th Congress meeting on
October 10, 2002). He was the Founding Chairman of the Central Senior Center (1994-2003).
Reverend Lee also served in various mission organizations such as the Korean World Mission
Council for Christ (Co-Chairman 2001-2004), Milal Mission of America for handicapped
people (President 2005-2008), Korean American Food For the Hungry (Founding Chairman
of the Board 2001-2012), PRASSION International (Prayer is Mission) (Founder/President
2014-present), and SEED International (Founder/President 2000-present). Reverend
Lee received his Th. M. from Dallas Theological Seminary (1972), M. A. from University of
Pennsylvania (1981), Ph. D. from University of Wales, United Kingdom (2010), and an
honorary Doctor of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia (2015).
Reverend Lee has been married for 50 years to his wife Mrs. Young Ja Lee, a pharmacist who
works at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland for more
than 30 years. They have two children, a son and a daughter.
HONOREES
Traci G. Lee, Digital Editorial Manager
NBC Asian America
NBC Asian America

NBC Asian America is the countrys first and largest English-language national news resource
dedicated to covering the United States Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
Started in June 2014, NBC Asian America works with more than 40 freelancers around the world
to cover news and features ranging from politics to pop culture. In 2016, along with publishing
daily articles online, NBC Asian America launched a video channel that features documentaries
exclusively focused on issues and voices found in AAPI communities.
Beyond serving as a news website for the AAPI community, NBC Asian America is a
multimedia platform that is for the community, about the community, and, most importantly,
by the community. For more, visit http://nbcasianamerica.com or on social media platforms @
NBCAsianAmerica.
Traci G. Lee is the Digital Editorial Manager for NBC Asian America at NBCNews.com,
where she oversees the countrys largest English-language Asian-American news source.
Under her direction, NBC Asian America has grown into a multimedia platform with a focus
on news and features on AAPI communities in the U.S., developed a robust social media
presence, and recruited more than 40 contributors around the world. In spring 2016, she
oversaw the launch of NBC Asian America Presents, a video channel containing episodic
documentary series focused on AAPI issues, themes, and voices.
Previously, Lee was a digital and multimedia producer and journalist for MSNBC and
MSNBC.com, with a focus on bridging the gap between television and the digital space. Her
experience includes television production, developing social media strategies for anchors
and reporters, and reporting and editing content for NBCNews.com and MSNBC.com, from
covering the White Houses first-ever summit on Asian American and Pacific Islanders to
documenting the fight for marriage equality within the Mormon Church to profiling rap
artists MC Jin and Awkwafina.
Along with frequently covering the Asian-American community, Lee has been a vocal
advocate for increasing diversity and representation in the media and behind the scenes,
and is committed to education, recruitment, and mentorship in an effort to increase
diversity within newsrooms. She has organized events at NBC News to promote diversity
featuring guests from actress Mindy Kaling to Angry Asian Man blogger Phil Yu.
Lee is an active member of the Asian American Journalists Association, and co-curates
a weekly newsletter featuring AAPI news/content from around the web. She is currently
based in New York City and holds degrees in literary journalism and global cultures from the
University of California, Irvine.
IMPACT AWARD
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IMPACT AWARD
HONOREES
Grace Meng, Congresswoman
U.S. House of Representatives, New York, 6th District
U.S. Congresswoman Grace Meng is serving her second term in the United States House of
Representatives. Grace represents the Sixth Congressional District of New York encompassing
the New York City borough of Queens, including west, central and northeast Queens. Grace is the
first Asian-American Member of Congress from New York State, and the only Congressmember
of Asian descent in the entire Northeast. She is also the first female Member of Congress from
Queens since former Vice Presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro. Grace is a member of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee and its Subcommittees on the Middle East and North Africa,
and Asia and the Pacific. The Foreign Affairs Committee oversees United States foreign policy
towards all nations around the world, and has jurisdiction over foreign aid, the State Department
and key international organizations such as the United Nations.
Grace also serves on the House Small Business Committee where she is the Ranking Member
of the Agriculture, Energy and Trade Subcommittee. The Small Business Committee, which was
established to protect and assist small-business owners, has oversight of financial aid, regulatory
matters and the Small Business Administration (SBA), issues critical to Queens and New York City
since small businesses are the economic engine of the region. Grace is also an Assistant Whip in
the House and a founder and Co-Chair of the Kids Safety Caucus, the first bipartisan coalition
in the House that promotes child-safety issues. She helped create and serves as Co-Chair of
the Quiet Skies Caucus which works to mitigate excessive aircraft noise that adversely affects
communities.
During her first term in the House, Grace scored several legislative victories, a significant
accomplishment for a new Member of Congress. In fact, she was one of just 12 Democrats out
of all 207 who passed three or more bills, placing her in the top six percent. Her bill to make
the desecration of cemeteries a violation of religious freedom was signed into law by President
Obama, as was her legislation to study the viability of making Queens historic sites part of the
National Parks Service. Also signed into law were her measures that aim to enhance the safety of
school buses, improve the performance of child car seats and protect the privacy of motorists in
driverless vehicles. Her first major legislative effort, to allow federal disaster funds to be used for
rebuilding houses of worship damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, passed the House just
six weeks after she was sworn in as a Member of Congress. She also secured House passage of
several other important measures she authored including a bill to reduce the massive backlog
of veterans disability claims; legislation, in the wake of the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya,
that seeks to better protect American diplomats serving overseas; a measure that aims to create
college financial-aid applications in languages spoken by Queens residents; legislation to hold
accountable those countries that facilitate Hezbollah and legislation to crack down on con artists
and devious telemarketers who use phone scams to rip off millions of Americans, particularly
seniors and those from immigrant communities.
In addition, Grace helped obtain increased funding for Israels missile defense systems;
acquired additional small-business resources for Queens; and persuaded the State Department
to acknowledge and remedy the widespread denial of tourist visas to young Israelis. Further, she
helped convince the Small Business Administration (SBA) to improve entrepreneurs access to
capital and her efforts led to New York Citys new school holiday for Lunar New Year. She was also
instrumental in securing noise monitors and establishing a community roundtable to address
increased airplane noise over Queens. Born in Elmhurst, Queens, and raised in the Bayside
section of the borough, Grace graduated from Stuyvesant High School and the University of
Michigan. She then earned a law degree from Yeshiva Universitys Benjamin Cardozo School of
Law. Prior to serving in Congress, Grace was a member of the New York State Assembly. Before
entering public service, she worked as a public-interest lawyer. Grace resides in Queens with her
husband, Wayne, two sons Tyler and Brandon and her dog, Bounce.
KCCD Board Co-Chair/Senior Pastor

Joong-Ang Korean Church
Rev. Young Hoon Lee

Senior Pastor
Yoido Full Gospel Church
Rev. John Jongdai Park
Honorary Co-Chairs
HONORARY
CO-CHAIRS
Tim Haahs
President/CEO
Timothy Haas & Associates
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Community Ambassadors
COMMUNITY
AMBASSADORS
Laura Mariko
Cheifetz
Vice President,
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation
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JC Moon
Senior Pastor,
Horizon Community
Church
April Moreno
CDC/CSTE Health
Systems Integration
Fellow , County of
San Diego Health
and Human Services
1000 INITIATIVE
For too long, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities have been portrayed as a silent minority in the
public sphere. It is time for our community to speak up. There is strength in numbers. By joining together, we can make our
voices count in the halls of Congress, the White House, and upper echelons of corporate America, and create greater access
to our nations leaders.
KCCD invites you to join our 1000 Initiative, a national, nonpartisan network of committed AAPI Christian leaders to speak
1000 Initative / 5-2 Vision Network
INVITATION TO JOIN THE
with a unified voice in the public sphere: to bear witness, to advocate, and to seek partnerships that specifically address
our communitys unique challenges. You will receive information and invitations to events, discussions and offerings and
be connected with other great leaders.
INVITATION TO JOIN THE
Many churches have a vision to impact the world and bring transformation to their communities but they often give
up before they start as they are often limited in their capacity to navigate the broader community and leverage outside
resources and partnerships. The church community is in need of leadership development training, access and information,
as well as technical assistance for service delivery and use of resources.
To address this need, KCCD is launching our 5-2 Vision Network Program to implement at our partnering churches. In
John 6: 9-14, a young man had five barley loaves and two small fish to feed a crowd of 5,000 men. Jesus took the loaves
and gave thanks, distributing it amongst the disciples and teaching them how to create abundance out of scarcity. Unlike
the little boy, the disciples became overwhelmed by the number of people who needed feeding when they saw what they
did not have versus the little boy who identified and focused on what he had. The 5-2 Vision Network works to take the
five barley loaves and two fish of each church and train how to leverage these resources to build capacity and serve the
community and congregation.
The 5-2 Vision Network will provide churches with connections to resources and decision makers as well as provide
access to trainings on fundraising, grant writing, community service, advocacy and public relations.
5-2 VISION NETWORK
To sign up for either the 1000 Initiative or the 5-2 Vision Network
Visit www.kccd.org
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Speaker Biographies
SPEAKER
BIOGRAPHIES
San Bennett, Director, Marketing and Outreach
Homeownership Preservation Office, U.S. Department of the Treasury
San Bennett leads Marketing and Outreach efforts for the Homeownership Preservation Office at the U.S. Department of the
Treasury (Treasury). Bennett joined Treasury in January 2013 to promote the Making Home Affordable Program (MHA), a key part
of the Obama Administrations efforts to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. In his role, Bennett leverages more than 25 years of
communications leadership on digital strategy initiatives, advises on strategic communications matters, and engages local and
national organizations to increase public awareness. Previously, Bennett was a senior manager with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), providing project management and strategic communications leadership for NCRCs advocacy and
financial empowerment activities. Bennetts early career experience also includes spending 16 years in the Corporate Communications and Development unit of NeighborWorks America, a federally appropriated nonprofit created by Congress to provide
financial support, technical assistance, and training for community-based revitalization efforts. For over two decades, Bennetts
work has been grounded in communications and community development.
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Mark Brinkmoeller, Director

Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, U.S. Agency for International Development
Mark Brinkmoeller leads developing high-level strategic partnerships within the faith, NGO and related industry communities
to increase the effectiveness and reach of ones advocacy efforts. He manages relationships with faith-motivated artists and on
partnerships for ones Living Proof Project. On the national scene, Mark served on the International & Domestic policy committees
of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the CRS advisory board. He served on the board ROUNDTABLE, the national
association of diocesan social action directors for six years, including three years as chair. He was a founding board member of the
Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice (now Interfaith Worker Justice). Brinkmoeller lives outside of Washington, DC with his wife
Sara and daughter, Imogen Clare.
Galen Carey, Vice President

Government Relations, National Association of Evangelicals
Galen Carey, vice president of government relations for the National Association of Evangelicals, is responsible for representing
the NAE to Congress, the White House and the courts. He works to advance the approach and principles of the NAE document,
For the Health of the Nation. Galen is the son of long-time missionaries to the Philippines, where he grew up on the island of
Cebu. Before joining the NAE staff, Carey was a longtime employee of World Relief, the relief and development arm of the NAE,
serving in Croatia, Mozambique, Kenya, Indonesia and Burundi. He received an M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and
a Doctor of Ministry from McCormick Theological Seminary. Galen is the co-author with Leith Anderson of the recently released
Faith in the Voting Booth: Practical Wisdom for Voting Well, published in March, 2016 by Harper Collins Zondervan. You can
follow Galen on Twitter @GalenCarey.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Juliet K. Choi became USCIS Chief of Staff on July 9, 2014. From 2012 to 2014, Choi was the chief of staff and senior advisor for
the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. From 2006 to 2011, Choi worked with the American
Red Cross, National Headquarters, serving as a member of the Disaster Services executive leadership team in the capacity of
senior director for disaster partnerships.
From 2004 to 2006, Choi served at the Asian American Justice Center as the inaugural NAPABA Partners Community Law Fellow
and staff attorney. She also spent seven years with the corporate division of Gannett Broadcasting (1992-1999) and subsequently
as policy director with the National Mental Health Association (1999-2000). A certified mediator, she served as a judicial law clerk
to the Honorable Dennis M. Sweeney (retired) of the Circuit Court for Howard County, Maryland (2003-2004).
Speaker Biographies
Juliet K. Choi, Chief of Staff
Adam Estle, National Field Director

National Immigration Forum
Adam Estle brings a great diversity of experience in the world of immigration to his role as the National Field Director with
the National Immigration Forum. A former high school Spanish teacher, Adam previously directed a federally funded program
providing housing and care for unaccompanied immigrant children. Before that, he worked as the lead faith organizer for
the Forums Bibles, Badges, and Business initiative throughout the Mountain West. Adam has also practiced immigration law
under accreditation by the Board of Immigration Appeals at LifeBridge Community Alliance and Neighborhood Ministries, both
in Phoenix, AZ, where he lives with his wife Kendra and their four children. Adam has an MA in Global Leadership from Fuller
Theological Seminary and a BA in Spanish Education from Olivet Nazarene University.
Parivar International
Sam is of Asian Indian descent and have lived in Singapore, Hong Kong and Liverpool (UK). He has lived in the US for nearly
twenty-five years and have served as youth pastor, community leader and scholar. Sam holds degrees in engineering and
business, and worked in the corporate world for nearly ten years before going to Fuller and Princeton seminaries. Over the last
fifteen years, he has served South Asian American churches and communities in different capacities. In 2014, he completed a PhD
on diaspora missiology from the UK and is an expert on family, migration and South Asian issues. Sam is a frequent speaker in
Asian American churches and conferences, and is the author of several books, including Understanding the Coconut Generation
and Malayali Diaspora. He lives in the northern suburbs of Chicago with his wife and two boys.
Teresa Gerton, Deputy Assistant Secretary

Veterans Employment and Training, Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, U.S. Department of Labor
Ms. Gerton brings 28 years of service as both an active duty Army officer and a civilian member of the Senior Executive Service.
She has a broad range of experience in all aspects of Defense resource and logistics management at various organizational levels,
driving process efficiencies and optimizing information systems.
Most recently, Ms. Gerton worked for The Cohen Group, a Washington, DC consulting company. Prior to joining Cohen, she
served for eight years as a member of the Senior Executive Service in the Department of Defense. Most recently, she was the
Executive Deputy to the Commanding General of Army Materiel Command. There, she was responsible for the daily operations of
over 70,000 civilian and 1,500 military employees around the world. Prior to that, she served as AMCs financial controller for three
years. She also served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Program Analysis and Evaluation where she was responsible for
executing all aspects of the development of the OSD Future Years Defense Plan and submitting the plan to Congress.
Ms. Gerton graduated from the United States Military Academy and earned an MBA from Duke University. She earned the
Distinguished Presidential Rank award in 2011 and the Meritorious Presidential Rank award in 2008. She also received the
Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service in 2011.
Sam George, Executive Director
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Speaker Biographies
Hyepin Im, KCCD President / CEO

Korean Churches for Community Development
Ms. Hyepin Im is the President and Founder of Korean Churches for Community Development (KCCD), a national nonprofit involved
in empowering churches to leverage their resource by building capacity, leadership, and partnerships in economic development
and serving as a bridge between the Korean/Asian American community and the greater community at large. Since its inception in
2001,KCCD has had over 200 partners ranging from the White House to Fortune 500 companies in implementing many successful initiatives including educating over 7000 homebuyers and assisting homeowners receive over $1.4 million in downpayment, saving over
$83 millions in assets from foreclosure, partnering with both FDIC and Freddie Mac in developing Korean curriculum in financial literacy
and homeownership, implementing a historic $5 million U.S. Department of Labor workforce development program, and hosting joint
conferences with the White House and the U.S. Department of HUD to mobilize the 4000 Korean American churches for economic
development. Ms. Im is a frequent speaker who has been on CNN, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and NPR, and at numerous
conferences including the White House, U.S. Department of Labor, Christian Community Development Association, and Federal Home
Loan Bank of San Francisco. Her previous work includes venture capitalist for Renaissance Capital Partners, Sponsorship Manager for
California Science Center, and Senior Auditor at Ernst & Young. She has a B.S. from U.C. Berkeley, M.B.A. from USC, and M.Div. at Wesley
Theological Seminary with Summa Cum Laude. She is a U.S. Presidential Appointee on the Board of the Corporation for National and
Community Service.
Chris Kang, National Director

The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA)
Christopher Kang is National Director of the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, a coalition of 35 national Asian Pacific
American organizations. Prior to that, he served almost seven years in the White House as Deputy Counsel and Deputy Assistant to
President Barack Obama; Senior Counsel to the President; and Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs. In the White
House Counsels Office, he was in charge of the selection, vetting and confirmation of President Obamas judicial nominees and
also advised the President on commutations and executive clemency. In the Office of Legislative Affairs, Chris led the legislative
outreach and strategy for the confirmations of Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, the Senates successful
effort to repeal Dont Ask Dont Tell, and the reduction of the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses.
He also has worked for U.S. Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL), including four years running the floor operations in the Office of the
Assistant Democratic Leader. Chris is a second-generation Korean American. His father, Young Woo Kang, was the first blind
Korean person to earn a Ph.D. and was an international disability rights pioneer; his mother, Kyoung Sook Kang, continues to aid
people with visual impairments.
David Kyuman Kim, Professor

Department of Religious Studies and American Studies, Connecticut College
David Kyuman Kim is Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies at Connecticut College, where is served as the
Inaugural Director of the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity. Kim is author of Melancholic Freedom: Agency
and the Spirit of Politics, and has written widely on race, religion, and public life. He has served as Senior Advisor to the Social
Science Research Councils Program on Religion and the Public Sphere, as well as Editor-at-Large of The Immanent Frame, the
SSRCs blog on secularism, religion, and the public sphere. In 2009, he was the Inaugural Visiting Professor of the Humanities at
Brown University. Kim is host of the dialogue series Love-Driven Politics on MeaningofLife.tv and co-convener of the Love-Driven
Politics Collective, a cohort of scholars, artists, and activists seeking to cultivate a political culture animated by compassion, mercy,
forgiveness, and generosity. His current book project is The Public Life of Love.
Sam Koh, Founder/Lead Pastor

NextGen Pastors Fellowship/Hillside Church
Rev. Sam Koh is the Lead Pastor of Hillside Church in East Los Angeles. His unique ministry focuses on developing a multi-ethnic
congregation by reaching out and inviting his neighboring community of El Sereno to join, worship and fellowship with the pre-existing
Korean Immigrant congregation. He is the Founder of NexGen Pastors fellowship, an organization that seeks to help Korean-American
pastors thrive and reach their capacity, and is also a board member of ISAAC (Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity). He
is a strong advocate for social justice and is devoted to taking care of the homeless and the marginalized in the East Los Angeles area. In
addition to spiritually, relationally and physically supporting the homeless near his church, Sams last innovative project provided portable showers for the homeless in the East Los Angeles vicinity.
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FASTech Inc. / KoBE Government Contracting Alliance

Matthew Lee founded FASTech Inc. in 1990. He currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the company. Mr.
Lee has guided the growth of FASTech from its inception to its current position as a well regarded business serving the BaltimoreWashington corridor. He has overseen the Companys growth in many technical and administrative areas and has enabled
FASTech, Inc. to build a strong reputation by providing quality Information Technology (IT) products and services to Federal, State
and Local Agencies, and commercial clients. Under Mr. Lees leadership, FASTech now offers a wide range of services including
custom application and database design, network engineering and desktop support, web technologies, digital audiovisual
technologies, project management, facilities management, and cyber security.
For the past four years, Mr. Lee has been the President of KoBE Government Contracting Alliance; a non-profit organization
with a diversity partners network, which shares combined resources with more than two hundred minority owned and operated
businesses spread throughout the U.S. KoBE, is committed to advancing economic empowerment, sharing knowledge, and
assisting other diversity small businesses. Recently, Mr. Lee serviced on Larry Hogans (Governor, State of Maryland) Governors
transition team and was appointed for a four-year term on TEDCO Board of Directors Secretary. TEDCO, was created by the
Maryland State Legislature in 1998 to facilitate the transfer and commercialization of technology from Marylands research
universities and federal labs into the marketplace and to assist in the creation and growth of technology-based businesses in all
regions of the State. Finally, Mr. Lee is President of the Maryland International Development Center (MDIDC) for the bilateral trade
and investment globally.
Speaker Biographies
Matthew Lee, CEO/President
Traci G. Lee, Digital Editorial Manager

NBC Asian America
Traci G. Lee is the Digital Editorial Manager for NBC Asian America, where she oversees the countrys largest English-language
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) news source, and executive producer of NBC Asian America Presents, a video
channel containing documentary series focused on AAPI issues, themes, and voices. She is currently based in New York City and
holds degrees in literary journalism and global cultures from the University of California, Irvine.

U.S. Congresswoman Grace Meng is serving her first term in the United States House of Representatives. Grace represents
the Sixth Congressional District of New York encompassing the New York City borough of Queens, including west, central and
northeast Queens. Grace is the first Asian-American Member of Congress from New York, and the only Representative of Asian
descent on the entire east coast. She is also the first female Member of Congress from Queens since former Vice Presidential
nominee Geraldine Ferraro.
During her first term in the House, Grace scored several legislative victories, an unusual accomplishment for a new Member of
Congress. Her first major legislative effort, to allow federal disaster funds to be used for rebuilding houses of worship damaged or
destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, passed the House just six weeks after she was sworn in to Congress. She also secured passage of
her bill to reduce the massive backlog of veterans disability claims, as well as legislation that better protects American diplomats
serving overseas, in the wake of the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.
In addition, the House approved her measure to make the desecration of cemeteries a violation of religious freedom. Born
in Corona, Queens, and raised in the Bayside section of the borough, Grace graduated from Stuyvesant High School and the
University of Michigan. She then earned a law degree from Yeshiva Universitys Benjamin Cardozo School of Law. Prior to entering
public service, she worked as a public-interest lawyer. Grace resides in Queens with her husband, Wayne, two sons Tyler and
Brandon and her dog, Bounce.
Steve Miska, MBA, Colonel (Retired)

U.S Army
Grace Meng, Congresswoman
Steve Miska retired after 25 years of service in the military. His last assignment was three years as the Army Chair at the Marine
Corps University. He has taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Previously, he served in the White House as a
Director for Iraq on the National Security Council, focusing on security aspects of the Iraq portfolio. He has published articles on
protecting local allies during conflict. In 2007 Steve led a team that established an underground railroad for dozens of interpreters
from Baghdad to Amman to the United States. He currently serves as a consultant for the Global Peace Foundation having
performed research about radicalization and is actively involved in the First Amendment Voice campaign to reinvigorate citizen
awareness and appreciation for the principles espoused in the 1st Amendment of the Constitution.
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Speaker Biographies
Floyd Mori, President & CEO

Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)
S. Floyd Mori was born in Murray, Utah, of parents who were immigrants from Japan. Mori has held various local and national
positions for the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), including four years as National President and four years as Vice
President. He joined the JACL staff in 2005 and was Director of Public Policy in Washington, D.C, followed by the assignment to
become the National Executive Director/CEO of the JACL. He retired from that position on June 1, 2012, and received the title of
Executive Director Emeritus. He has been on the Executive Council of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. He is currently
the President/CEO of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS).
He is a member and supporter of many civil rights and community organizations. He has received various awards, including
Outstanding Citizen Achievement Award from OCA National, Community Leadership Award from APAICS, and the Order of the
Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette Award from the Government of Japan.
He has held many church and civic volunteer positions including in youth sports, the Boy Scouts, and inner-city service work.
He is a sports fan and an avid golfer. He has spoken numerous times over the years to various groups about the Japanese American
and Asian American experience. He has a book published entitled, The Japanese American Story As Told Through a Collection of
Speeches and Articles. He has written several ebooks including Bullying Is Not Just a Kids Problem: Its a Matter of Civil Rights and
In the Aftermath of the Tsunami: Photos From the Japan Tsunami, among others.
Mee Moua, President and Executive Director

Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC
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Mee Moua is the president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC. Founded in 1991, Advancing
Justice | AAJC is one of the nations premier civil rights advocacy organizations and works to advance the human and civil rights of
Asian Americans, and build and promote a fair and equitable society for all. Most recently, Ms. Moua was a three-term Minnesota
State Senator, where she chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee, and had oversight responsibility for all state agencies in matter
related to criminal, civil and administrative law and procedures. Ms. Moua started her legal career in private practice in Minnesota.
Born in Laos, Ms. Moua immigrated to the U.S. in 1978. She attended Brown University as an undergraduate, earned a masters
degree in public affairs from the University of Texas-Austin, and a law degree from the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Paul Murray, Vice President

Global Peace Foundation
Dr. Paul Murray is an award winning author and internationally sought after speaker and minister. Dr. Murray serves as the Vice
President of the Global Peace Foundation and Senior Pastor of the Lighthouse Church. An ordained minister serving in ministry for
more than twenty years, Dr. Murray holds his ministerial credentials with One Way Churches International (OWCI). A former Peace
Corps Volunteer to the country of Tunisia, Dr. Murray has built upon his years of community service and volunteerism to exemplify
the qualities of Servant Leadership. He serves on several national and regional non-profit boards, and has received numerous
awards for his community and ministry works. Dr. Murray holds a Doctoral Degree in Pastoral Leadership from Howard Universitys
School of Divinity, a Master of Divinity and a Master of Art in Pastoral Counseling from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, and a
Bachelor of Science in Health Care Services from the University of Phoenix.
Charles B. Rangel, Congressman

Charles B. Rangel, war hero, history-making congressman, master lawmaker. A founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus,
he made history as the first African American member of Congress to lead the powerful Ways and Means Committee. Now serving his
23rd term in the House of Representatives, he was the primary sponsor of President Obamas historic healthcare reform law and is a
leading advocate for equal rights and opportunity.
Following Saint Matthews teaching, he has been a stalwart champion for the least among us, dedicated to improving the lives of
working families. He was first elected to Congress in 1970, after serving in the New York State Assembly and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney.
Rep Rangel is a veteran of the Korean War, where he earned a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He and his wife, Alma, reside in Harlem
where he was born. They have two adult children and three grandchildren.
U.S. House of Representatives, California, 39th District

U.S. Representative Ed Royce (R) is serving his eleventh term in Congress representing Californias 39th District, based in
Orange, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino Counties. He and his wife, Marie, are longtime residents of Fullerton, CA. Almost 30%
of the residents of Royces district are of AAPI descent, and Congressman Royce is one of the premier advocates in our nations
capitals for the interests of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Royces priorities in Congress are: addressing our national debt,
protecting our homeland, eliminating pork-barrel spending, fighting crime and supporting victims of crime, strengthening
education for all students, spurring job creation and strengthening Social Security and Medicare.
For the 113th Congress, Royce was selected to be Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Royce has served on
the Committee since entering Congress in 1993. Immediately prior to becoming Chairman of the Committee, Royce served as
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade and a member of the Subcommittee on Asia and the
Pacific. Congressman Royce has consistently championed partnerships between the United States and nations of the Pacific, and
has been a strong advocate for the victims of human rights abuses in Asia. In 2004, he was an original co-sponsor of the North
Korean Human Rights act, which was signed into law to promote human rights in North Korea and protect North Korean refugees.
Royce has also been long-been involved in calling attention to the abysmal human rights conditions in Vietnam. He has worked
on several important pieces of legislation to promote religious freedom and democracy in that nation, including the Freedom of
Information in Vietnam Act, the Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act and the Vietnam Human Rights Act.
Speaker Biographies
Ed Royce, Congressman
Dr. Jannah Scott, Deputy Director

Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Tony Surez, Executive Vice President

National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
Rev. Tony Surez serves as Executive Vice President of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, serving 40,118
congregations in the United States and Puerto Rico and 500,000 congregations globally. Newsmax has named him as one of the
50 Most influential Latino Republicans in the United States. Rev. Suarez has been featured on CNN, TBN, Telemundo, Univision,
Mundo Fox, NBC Latino, WGN, CBN, Charisma, The Christian Post and other print media. Rev. Suarez can be seen weekly via
his program on TBN Salsa, Faith Alive and as host of Praise the Lord Salsa. Rev. Suarez was honored to be Congressman Luis
Gutierrezs guest to the Presidential State of the Union address in January of 2014. He is also an author of the book Use Me Lord.
(2012). In 2007 he and his wife founded The Pentecostals of Norfolk church in Virginia where they served as Senior Pastors until
2013. During their pastorate Rev. Suarez founded The Norfolk Learning Center, in collaboration with Regent Universitys Youth and
Urban Renewal Center. Rev. Suarez, his wife Jessica, and their three children reside in Virginia.
Mark Takano, Congressman

U.S. House of Representatives, California, 41st District
For more than twenty years, Mark Takano has worked to improve the lives of Riverside County residents, both as an elected
official and as a teacher at Rialto High School. During his first term, Mark returned more than $2 million in benefits to constituents
and veterans, advocated for immigration reform, toured more than 100 businesses, increased VA medical residency slots, and
worked to keep federal funding for the Perris Valley Line during the 2013 government shutdown. In his second term, Mark will
continue supporting legislation that will grow our local economy, lower the cost of housing, support veterans, improve our
education system, protect Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, and invest in local infrastructure projects.
In 1990, Mark was elected to the Riverside Community College Districts Board of Trustees. At RCC, Mark worked with
Republicans and Democrats to improve higher education for young people and job training opportunities for adults seeking to
learn a new skill or start a new career. He was elected Board President in 1991 and helped the Board and the District gain stability
and direction amid serious fiscal challenges.
Jannah Scott has served in many capacities with government, faith and the nonprofit community for the past 35 years. In
March of 2009, Jannah joined President Obamas administration as Deputy Director, Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood
Partnerships in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In that role, Jannah guides the engagement of faith-based and
community groups on issues of emergency preparedness, community resilience, and other issues within Homeland Security. Her
most recent endeavors include: modeling whole community engagement in crisis management; and development of policies,
standards and protocols for government work with private sector groups.. Jannah also helps groups connect with President
Obamas White House Office for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships and the 14 other centers in federal Departments.
Jannah received her bachelors and masters degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and an honorary doctorate from
the Gateway International Bible College in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Speaker Biographies
Piyachat Terrell, Pathways Programs Officer

AAPI Special Emphasis Program Manager, National Recruitment and Outreach Specialist
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Piyachat Terrell has over 25 years of experience in the federal government with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and
the Environmental Protection Agency. She is in charge of the student program at the US EPA. Piyachat is committed to building effective
partnerships with AAPI serving institutions to support students. Piyachat works closely with the AAPIs to address environmental challenges
in their communities.
During the Katrina aftermath, while serving as the Deputy Director of the White House Initiative on AAPIs, Piyachat was instrumental in
mediating meetings between the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the Vietnamese community in New Orleans East
regarding the controversial Chef Menteur Landfill. As a result of the meetings, the State of Louisiana agreed to close down the Landfill,
bringing the victory to the Vietnamese community. During the BP Oil Spill, Piyachat helped organized the first public meeting for the fisher
folks and the EPA Deputy Administrator ensuring full community participation.
Piyachat is also an art advocate who believes in the power of social and environmental change through art. At the 2010 Smithsonian
Folklife Festival, Piyachat presented photographs taken by children of the fisher folks on the Talkstory stage. Piyachat shared personal stories
of fisher folk youths ensuring that their voices were heard. Piyachats current work focuses on women and children issues, a selection of her
work is devoted to raising visibility of targeted and victimized hill tribe children in Thailand. As an environmental artist, Piyachat works with
recycled materials.
Jim Wallis, Founder/President

Sojourners
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Jim Wallis is president and founder of Sojourners in Washington, DC. a non-profit faith-based organization, network, and
movement whose mission statement calls for putting faith into action for social justice. He is editor-in-chief of Sojourners
magazine and web site which has a combined print and electronic media readership of more than a quarter million people
with several million unique visitors to the website, sojo.net, each year. Wallis is a bestselling author, public theologian, national
preacher, social activist, and international commentator on ethics and public life. Wallis has written ten books, including The (Un)
Common Good and the New York Times bestsellers Gods Politics and The Great Awakening. He is a frequent speaker in the United
States and abroad, has written for major newspapers, does regular columns for Huffington Post and TIME.com, and appears
frequently on ABC, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and NPR; on shows from Jon Stewarts Daily Show to the OReilly Factor and Sunday
shows like This Week and Meet the Press. Wallis also teaches at Georgetown University and has taught at Harvard University. He
served on President Obamas first White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships and as the chair
of the Global Agenda Council on Values of the World Economic Forum.
Lisa Coffman, Program Specialist

Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Lisa Coffman is a Program Specialist in the Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) at the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD). SNAPS is the office that manages HUDs homeless programs. Her primary role as Program Specialist is serving as Desk Officer for the State of Illinois. In addition to her Desk Officer role, she is SNAPS subject matter
expert on domestic violence, human trafficking and HIV/AIDS. Her work as subject matter expert includes responsibility for ensuring the needs of those populations are addressed within HUDs homeless programs and the coordination and intersection of
those populations within mainstream homeless service systems. Before coming to HUD in 2010, Lisa was responsible for the City
of Evansville (Indianas) CBDG, HOME and ESG funding, served as the Director of Programs for the Indiana State Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and was a senior staff member at the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority.
She has over 20 years experience in affordable housing, community development and HIV/AIDS programs and services. She is a
former member of the Board of Directors of Dress for Success (Indianapolis), the Damien Center, which is the largest AIDS service
organization in Indiana and the Evansville (Indiana) African American Museum.
Jamie Kim, Founder & Senior Pastor

Core Community Church
Dr. W. Jamie Kim is a Founder and Senior Pastor of Core Community Church in Rockville, Maryland, just outside of Washington
D.C. He was born in South Korea and came to the United States in 1971 at the age of 16 and earned his BA in Economics from
University of Maryland and pursued MBA at American University in Washington D.C. prior to his decision to become a pastor.
He received his Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Master of Theology from Princeton Theological
Seminary, Princeton, NJ, and Doctor of Ministry from Trinity Evangelical Seminary in Deerfield, IL. He has also served as Founder
and Senior Pastor of New Covenant Fellowship Church which he and his wife started with 17 people and watched it grow to
3,000 in 23 years while he served there. In the last 35 years he has traveled extensively both in the States and abroad serving as an
international speaker in over 35 countries.
Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD)
Paula A. Lincoln is the Director, Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD). In this role Ms. Lincoln provides leadership, direction and supervision of Center staff; responsible for leading
the Center to develop and execute targeted, strategically-focused projects for faith-and community based organizations seeking
to partner with HUD to address the housing and community development needs of low-income communities.
Prior to this position, Ms. Lincoln served in a number of high-profile positions at HUD since 2001 requiring her legal, management and organizational expertise, including Associate General Counsel for Human Resources Law, Deputy Assistant General
Counsel for Ethics, Assistant General Counsel for Ethics and Chief Performance Management Officer. She previously worked as
an attorney for 16 years at the U.S. Department of Labor, and served in the White House Counsels Office advising senior officials
on ethics-related matters. Ms. Lincoln successfully completed HUDs Senior Executive Service (SES) Candidates Program, a highly-selective training program that grooms distinguished federal employees for positions of higher responsibility within Senior Executive Service, and has been a member of the Senior Executive Service since 2007. She is a graduate of The American University
and Howard University School of Law.
Speaker Biographies
Paula A. Lincoln, Director
Erika L. Moritsugu, Assistant Secretary

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
David Kim, Deputy Administrator

Federal Highway Administration
David S. Kim was appointed Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration on Feb. 8, 2016, by President Barack
Obama and U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.
In his new role, Kim serves as second-in-command for the 2,800-person agency and plays a leadership role in the agencys
daily operations. He also oversees the agencys implementation of the recently-enacted Fixing Americas Surface Transportation
Act (FAST Act) and co-chairs the U.S.-Canada Transportation Border Working Group and U.S.-Mexico Joint Working Committee.
Additionally, Kim serves as DOTs representative on the Interagency Working Group of the White House Initiative on Asian
Americans and Pacific Islanders.
For five years, Kim served as the FHWAs Associate Administrator for Policy and Governmental Affairs in which he was a principal
advisor to the Administrator and managed a team of 75 career employees involved in transportation policy development,
legislative analysis, highway data collection and analysis, and international programs. Prior to joining DOT, David spent five years
with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) as Deputy Executive Officer, Federal Advocacy and
Government Relations. In this capacity, he led the agencys Government Relations Department and managed federal relations on
behalf of one of the largest transit providers in the country.
For a decade, Kim served on the staff of numerous elected officials in Los Angeles, Sacramento and the nations capital.
He spent five years with Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) in various capacities, including overseeing the day-to-day operations of
his Sacramento office while Becerra served as a California State Assemblyman. Kim began his public service career as a field
representative and administrative assistant to State Senator David Roberti.
A native of Davis, Calif., David earned a B.A. in Political Science from Occidental College and a Master of Public Administration
from the University of Southern California.
David resides in Fairfax County, Va., with his wife Julie and two children, Tessa and Jaisohn.
Erika Moritsugu joined the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as its Assistant Secretary for
Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs in August 2014 after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 30, 2014.
Moritsugu most recently served as Deputy Assistant Director for Legislative Affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
(CFPB). She previously served as Deputy Legislative Director for U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaii; held several different roles
at the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, including Acting Staff Director, Policy Director and Counsel, and Economic Policy
Advisor; and practiced international trade, legislative, and immigration law. She has been an active volunteer in the community
with organizations focused on community engagement, mentoring, civil rights, veterans, organ donation, domestic violence
counseling, and disaster relief. She attended Brandeis University, the College of William and Mary, and George Washington Law
School. Erika was born in California and raised in Hawaii. She now lives on Capitol Hill with her husband, Brian Kernek, and two
children, Vianne Leilani and Chester Richard.
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Speaker Biographies
Stephen Broyles, Training and Technical Assistance Manager

SAMHSA Grassroots Community and Faith-Based Technical Assistance project
Stephen Broyles has 25 years of experience working with community and faith-based organizations that provide health and
human services to minority populations. He is a national expert in nonprofit capacity building and is currently serving as the
Training and Technical Assistance Manager for the SAMHSA Grassroots Community and Faith-Based Technical Assistance project.
In this capacity, he is responsible for coalition development and the design, coordination, and delivery of capacity building
activities to all Collaborative sites nationwide.
Mr. Broyles has generated over $32.9 million in grant and unrestricted funding for nonprofits through various nonprofit and
private sector partnerships. Mr. Broyles also developed and coordinated programs for the Detroit Urban League, International
Center for Injury Prevention, Salvation Army, and Ford Motor Company. He directed numerous initiatives addressing health
disparities in minority populations, and has served as a national trainer for CSAT focusing on issues of HIV/AIDS, infectious disease,
and the co-occurrences of substance abuse and mental health. He coordinated the technical assistance for over 30 SAMHSA
faith and community-based collaborations nationwide to reduce substance use and improve mental health services and has
assisted the White House Office of Faith and Neighborhood Partnerships increase the enrollment of faith-based participants in
the Affordable Care Act. He partnered with the DC Office of Partnerships and Grant Services (OPGS) to create and secure funding
for the Strengthening Community Fund project, which created economic development opportunities for the unemployed/
underemployed in the District through faith and community organizations.
Christine Chen, Executive Director

APIA Vote
Christine Chen, the founding executive director from 2006-2008 returned to APIAVote in January 2011 to serve as its current
Executive Director. During her tenure she had strengthened and expanded APIAVotes partners into 22 states. APIAVotes research
and polling of Asian American voters and their regional trainings and field programs have strengthened the local grassroots
programs in reaching and mobilizing Asian American and Pacific Islander voters. Through all these efforts, APIAVote has played
a key role in elevating the Asian American and Pacific Islander electorate to an unprecedented national level in recent years.
In addition Chen serves as President of Strategic Alliances USA, a consulting firm specializing in coalition building, institutional
development, and partnerships among the corporate sector, government agencies, and the nonprofit and public sector.
Chen is well-known by activists across the county. Her track record in building coalitions and working at the grassroots
and national levels established her as one of the strongest voices in the APIA community. Throughout the years with Chens
multitasking abilities, Chen also was a member of the executive committee of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. She also
served on numerous boards such as the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, Demos Board of Trustees, Conference on
Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL), Youth Vote, Gates Millennium Scholarship Advisory Council, advisory board for the
Progressive Majority Racial Justice Campaign, and the Board of Advisors for the Midwest Asian American Students Union, East
Coast Asian American Students Union and the Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association.
Grace Choi, Policy Advisor

Secretarys Office of Global Womens Issues at the U.S. Department of State
Grace Choi is a Policy Advisor in the Secretarys Office of Global Womens Issues at the U.S. Department of State. Previously, she
served as Staff Assistant in the White House Liaisons Office at the Department of State. She is also a NetKAL Fellow and served on
the Conference on Asian Pacific American Leaderships (CAPAL) Board of Directors and is Vice Chair for Programs.
Prior to her political appointment at the Department of State, Grace worked for the Council of Korean Americans (CKA), where
she helped to create a greater platform for Korean American voices at the national level, the Congressional Asian Pacific American
Caucus (CAPAC) in Congresswoman Judy Chus office, the Presidential Inauguration Committee (PIC), President Obamas 2012
Presidential Campaign in Virginia, the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, and the Department of Homeland Securitys
Refugee Affairs Division.
Grace is a Robertson Foundation for Government Fellow and graduated from the Fletcher School at Tufts University with a
Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy and from Boston College with a bachelors degree in International Studies. Grace is a proud
southerner who hails from metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia.
Rita Flegel, Director

Office of HIV/AIDS Housing at U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Rita Flegel is the Director of HUDs Office of HIV/AIDS Housing. Prior to joining the Office of HIV/AIDS Housing last year, Rita
worked for more than 20 years in the nonprofit sector developing and operating housing and supportive programs for special
needs populations including PLWHA and people experiencing chronic homelessness.
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White House Initiative on U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Reva Gupta is a Foreign Service Officer on detail from the U.S. Department of State. Reva is a Senior Policy Advisor for the
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, focusing on immigration policy.At the State Department, Reva
has served overseas in New Delhi, India and Mexico City, Mexico and domestically in the Bureau of Population, Refugee, and
Migration and the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs. Prior to joining the State Department, Reva worked for over a
decade on comprehensive immigration reform. Beginning at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights in Chicago,
where she also served on the board of the Asian American Institute (now Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago), she then
went to Congresswoman Jan Schakowskys office in DC. Reva worked in both the womens rights movements and the labor
movements to highlight the needs of immigrant women and immigrant workers in the push for comprehensive immigration
reform. She organized immigrant communities in the southern and southwestern parts of the United States for the Immigrant
Worker Freedom Rides and New American Freedom Summer and joined the staff of the Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration
Reform. Reva received her Bachelor in Arts at the University of Maryland in English Literature with a focus on post-colonial theory.
Speaker Biographies
Reva Gupta, Senior Policy Advisor
Darlene Hutto, Director

White House Initiative on U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
The Reverend Darlene Hutto is an ordained Itinerate Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and is currently
employed with the Forum for Theological Exploration, a non-profit organization that advocates excellence and diversity in
pastoral leadership and theological scholarship. Darlene serves as the Director of Grants and Fellowships, in her role she provides
planning and leadership for Regional Discernment Retreats for Young Adults in Discernment of Call and Vocation and oversees
the organizations grant initiatives for Pastoral Leaders and Congregations that notice, name and nurture the next generation of
young leaders. Darlene holds a Master of Divinity degree from Emory Universitys Candler School of Theology and a Bachelor of
Arts degree in Philosophy and Religion from Wilberforce University.
San Francisco State University

Dr. Russell Jeung is Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University. Author of Sustaining Faith Traditions
(2012) and Faithful Generations (2005), he has written extensively on the Asian American religious experience. His latest work-inprogress is a spiritual memoir based on his twenty years of urban ministry in East Oakland, CA.
Mark Keam, Delegate

Virginia House of Delegates 35th District
Mark Keam represents Fairfax County in the Virginia House of Delegates. In 2009, Mark became the first Asian immigrant
elected to hold state-level office in Virginia. As a third term legislator with a reputation for bipartisanship and effectiveness, Mark
focuses on creating jobs, improving schools, addressing traffic gridlocks, reducing burdens on businesses, strengthening social
safety nets, and making the government more accountable. Mark serves on Commerce, Education, Finance, and Agriculture
Committees. Several bills he authored have become law in Virginia, including green jobs tax credit, healthcare jobs for military
veterans, property tax relief for elderly homeowners, food allergy safety training, sales tax fraud prevention and prisoner reentry
reforms. Born in Seoul, Korea, Mark spent his childhood in South Vietnam until just before that country fell to communism.
His family then moved to Australia before settling in America when Mark was a teenager. He graduated from the University of
California at Irvine and Hastings College of the Law.
Russell Jeung, Professor
Richard Kim, President

Korean American UMM (United Methodist Men)
Richard Kim is National President of Korean American UMM (United Methodist Men) and was Immediate President of California
Pacific Annual Conference. He is actively engaging in broad issues such as social justice and mental health for the community and
involved with several key UMC leader groups.
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Speaker Biographies
Woogie Kim, Director

Biola Univeristy
Woogie Daniel Kim is a board member of KCCD, the Director of Development and International Relations at Biola University,
the Lead Pastor of English Ministry at Torrance Good Shepherd Church and a co-founder of South Bay Together. For the past
twenty years, he as devoted himself to defining and living out the gospel of Jesus Christ for the young Christians in South Bay area,
promoting celebration of unity through diversity in the Kingdom of God, bringing churches together for the cause of social justice
in both local and global communities. More recently, he has been devoting most of his time and energy to raising scholarship
funds for missionaries children for college, bringing together churches to help homeless children in school, and helping refugee
children from Myanmar in Thailand. southerner who hails from metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia.
Christina Li, East Asia and Pacific Advisor

Secretarys Office for Religion and Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of State
Christina Li is the East Asia and Pacific Advisor for the Secretarys Office for Religion and Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of
State. Prior to joining RGA, Christina served as a Senior Program Manager, also at the State Department. Her extensive engagement
with civil society and government representatives across the globe, as both a USG official and microfinance practitioner, has given
her many examples that illustrate the importance of incorporating religious stakeholder perspectives in formulating effective and
robust policies. Before her microfinance and government service, Christina specialized in marketing and risk analysis for start-up
and Fortune 500 companies.
Richard Liu, Journalist & News Anchor

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MSNBC / NBC News

Richard Lui is a journalist and news anchor for MSNBC / NBC News. Before that at CNN Worldwide in 2007, he became the first
Asian American male to anchor a daily, national cable news show in the U.S. Lui recently reported from Paris and San Bernadino
on the terror attacks and Ferguson and Baltimore on racial unrest. Luis charitable and philanthropic work spans 30 years and six
continents. He is UN Spokesperson for its HeForShe campaign, U.S. State Dept. Traveling Speaker, and ambassador for several
NGOs in gender equality. He is ranked in the top 1% of social media users by Twitter Counter, and Business Insider named Lui one
of 21 careers to watch alongside Warren Buffett and Sheryl Sandberg. Lui attributes much of his sensibilities to his father who was
one of the first AAPIs to graduate from Fuller Seminary in California in the 1950s.
Brian R. Sims, Senior Director

Medical and Behavioral Health for the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
Brian Sims is currently the Senior Director of Medical and Behavioral Health for the National Association of State Mental Health
Program Directors, as well as an ongoing consultant for the National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC). A psychiatrist who
has worked in forensics and corrections, Dr. Sims has previously worked as a Staff Psychiatrist with Correctional Mental Health
Services, an organization serving the mental health needs of inmates in 60 detention centers in 10 states. In that role, he was
responsible for the provision of care for more than 3,000 inmates in need of mental health. As a consultant with NCTIC, he has
provided lectures and trainings for staff, consumers, and administration in the United States, Guam, Australia, New Zealand, as
well as Atsugi, Japan, on the practice of trauma-informed care, its applications, and the neurobiology of trauma for many years.
Before joining Correctional Mental Health Care Services, he was the Senior Director for Behavioral and Mental Health for health
care management company (Conmed Healthcare Management), where he was responsible for the development of core strategic
planning for the companys correctional mental health provisions in nine states. Prior to this, Dr. Sims served in the State Mental
Health System for 25 years, as well as private practice.
Medical and Behavioral Health for the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
Diana Yu serves as the Chief of Staff for the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. In this capacity,
Diana leads the Interagency Working Group, provides administrative oversight, and supports the education portfolio at the
Initiative. Prior to this, Diana was an educational program specialist with the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) at
the U.S. Department of Education. She specialized in monitoring state educational agencies management of special education
programs with an emphasis on fiscal systems. She served as an expert in the areas of discipline and fiscal systems and also
completed a detail at the Initiative while at OSEP.
Previously, Diana was a special education teacher who taught students with disabilities in the areas of emotional disabilities,
learning disabilities, and mental retardation K-12. She also held leadership roles including mathematics department chairperson
and technology lead teacher. In these roles she helped transform the teaching practices at her school by training colleagues
on ways to innovatively provide classroom accommodations and modifications to curricula. Her middle school students were
the first in the schools history to pass the Standards of Learning (statewide) assessment in Algebra. Diana also has extensive
international educational experiences through short term trips to Mexico, Korea, and Kenya.
Diana received her Bachelor of Science degree cum laude in Psychology and Master of Education degree magna cum laude
in Special Education from George Mason University. She is currently working on her Doctoral degree at the George Washington
University in the Leaders for System Change program within the Special Education program.
Speaker Biographies
Diana Yu, Chief of Staff
Jinha Park, Board Member

KCCD
John Jongdai Park, Senior Pastor

Joong-Ang Presbyterian Church
Rev. John Jongdai Park is an ordained pastor and advocate for Korean immigrants. He is originally from South Korea and came
to the States in 1982, where he attended Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. Rev. Park served as the past President for The
Council of Korean Churches in Southern California. He also currently the Chairman of KCCD and of the Korean Cultural Heritage
Foundation of America as well as Co-Chair of the Board of Korean Churches for Community Development. Rev. John Park is
currently in Los Angeles California where he continues to serve as Head Pastor of Joong-Ang Presbyterian Church in Hollywood.
Herman Martir, President

Asian Action Network and Asian Prayer Network
Aside from being pastor of a multi-ethnic church in Fort Worth, Texas, Herman is also the president of Asian Action Network
and Asian Prayer Network, organizations aiming to strategically connect, empower and mobilize the Asian-American Christians
to pray and work together with moral and professional excellence, to see reformation in America.
As a Filipino-American, Herman works to continue the legacy of his grandfathers, who died to help defend the freedom of
America, by calling Asian-Americans to a moral duty to love God and country. He speaks in Asian-American communities in
different parts of the nation and engages them to participate by standing up for biblical values and to become leaders who make
a meaningful difference in America. Herman is also the founder of Emerging Leaders Intl., a coalition of leaders working together
to bring transformation in the 7 spheres of society (Church, Family, Government, Education, Media, Entertainment and Business).
Herman travels across America and other nations to raise up the next generation by: recognizing leadership calling, encouraging
them to exercise their individual gifts, mentoring and equipping them to bring Godly influence in their generation, resulting in
societal transformation.
Dr. Jinha Park was recently the Director of MRI and Radiology Research at the City of Hope Medical Center. He is active in the
American College of Radiology working to improve access to imaging screening tests and increase the role of diagnostic and
interventional radiology in improving the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. He is also a Board Member of the Korean American
Coalition and the Korean American Medical Association. Dr. Park obtained his B.A. degree in Molecular and Cell Biology from the
University of California, Berkeley. He then completed both the M.D. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Southern California
studying a specific tumor associated protein called HER-2 in breast cancer and developing an antibody against this cancer protein
for future diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. He then completed a Residency in Diagnostic Radiology at UCLA Medical Center
and a Fellowship in Abdominal Cancer Imaging at Stanford University Medical Center.
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Speaker Biographies
Lauren Erickson-Mamane, Senior Advisor, Faith Initiative

US Peace Corps
Lauren Erickson-Mamane is Peace Corps first Faith Based Advisor. In this role she is working to engage communities of faith
that connect to Peace Corps mission and to collaborate with faith-based organizations that wish to work with the Peace Corps
through all of the phases of engagement for Volunteersfrom recruitment, to their years of service, to their lives when they
return to the United States.
Lauren is a seasoned public health professional with over 18 years of international development experience. She previously
served as the Country Director for Peace Corps Togo, the Director of Programming and Training for both Peace Corps Zambia and
Benin, as well as the Associate Peace Corps Director (APCD) for Health and Environment with Peace Corps Benin. Lauren earned
a MPH at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Washington and
Jefferson College and is a RPCV from Niger (1997-2000).
Tiffani Moore, Senior Affordable Housing Specialist

Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs), Office of Affordable Housing Programs (OAHP) at HUD
Tiffani Moore is a Senior Affordable Housing Specialist in the Office of Affordable Housing Programs (OAHP) at HUD and is
the Offices subject matter expert on Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs). In her nearly 9 year tenure at
HUD, Tiffani has been the Team Lead of the Continuum of Care Program Regulations and Policy Team in the Office of Special
Needs Assistance Programs at HUD and a Community Planning & Development Representative in the Richmond, VA Field Office.
Prior to joining HUD, Tiffani was a Planner for the Harris County, TX Community and Economic Development Department and
an intern for the Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, 18th District Texas. A native of Houston, TX, Tiffani received a Bachelors Degree
from Dillard University in New Orleans, LA, a Master of Urban Planning from the University of Michigan, and Master of Business
Administration from the University of Virginias Darden Graduate School of Business.
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Maya Rockeymoore, President and CEO

Global Policy Solutions LLC
The Founder, President and CEO of Global Policy Solutions LLC, a social change strategy firm, and the Center for Global Policy
Solutions, a nonprofit think and action organization, Dr. Maya Rockeymoore is dedicated to making policy work for people
and their environments. With more than twenty years of experience in the government, not for profit, and business sectors,
Rockeymoore has directed successful research and advocacy strategies for an array of nonprofit, philanthropic, academic and
corporate clients. The recipient of many honors, she was named an Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow in 2004. Rockeymoore
has appeared on MSNBC, NPR, CNN, Fox News, and C-SPAN among other media outlets.
Migrant Heritage FIL-AM Dance Eensemble

A performing arts ensemble of talented youth and adults from various Fil-Am groups for high profile cultural events in
the U.S. capital region and neighboring states, such as the National Cherry Blossoms Festival, Asia Heritage Foundations
FIESTA ASIA, TTOAs Asian Festival, Smithsonian Folklife Festival, , Dance Asia, International Migrant Heritage Festival and
Americas National Independence Day Parade . The group is under the artistic direction of MHCs Co-Executive Director and
Phil.Embassys former Cultural Officer/Attache Grace Valera and with the new Choreographer Dennis Hona, The performers
bring the vibrant, exotic and diverse cultures of the Philippines in venues/ institutions like the Kennedy Center, Smithsonian
Institution, the Philippine Embassy etc.
The group under MHCs Cultural Resource Program was a Grantee of the DC Commission on the Arts from 2006 to 2009.
Its young members are trained to be leaders of tomorrow and are sent as MHC youth delegates to the World Youth Assembly
at the United Nations (UN) in New York. The group is MIGRANT HERITAGE COMMISSIONS cultural Arm and it has popularized
TINIKLING bamboo dance and its fusion variations in the U.S. capital region.
Speaker Biographies
SPECIAL
PERFORMANCES
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It is time for the Asian American church to wake

up. The church, for many Asian Americans, and
in my experience, for Korean Americans, is a
central part of our life and identity. We have yet
to use the enormous strength weve developed
as a community to make the world a better
place. But we can and we should.
Sam Yoon
President, Council of Korean Americans
KCCD has been the leading cause for community

development among the Asian and Non Asian
community. It has given hope for many who are
struggling with lifes physical issues!
KCCD has been the leading cause for community

development among the Asian and Non Asian
community. It has given hope for many who are
struggling with lifes physical issues!
Misi Tagaloa
Pastor, Second Samoan Congregational
Church
Its time for change for the Asian-American

church. At this hinge point in history, when its
immigration rates are set to become the nations
highest, and as its people begin to step onto
the stage of American life (both political and
economic), its time for the Asian-American church
to find its voice. Im glad that Hyepin and KCCD
are rallying the church, at such a time as this, to
begin this process. May this weeks meetings kickstart this process for us!
Dr.Younghoon Lee
Senior Pastor, Yoido Full Gospel Church
I am very grateful to pray for the key issues facing

the API community with fellow believers and
then to advocate on our communitys behalf.
Russell Jeung
Professor, San Francisco State University
I am so thankful for KCCDs catalytic role in

gathering together and empowering the AAPI
Christian community for civil engagement.
KCCDs generous and inclusive manner has
united a very diverse community and will serve
to create a broad base for long term partnerships for public discipleship.
Daniel D. Lee
Associate Director, Asian American
Initiative (AAI) Fuller Theological Seminary
The KCCD Summit will be an opportunity for

churches, small businesses, and the non-profits
organizations in the API communities to create
public and private collaboration and awareness
to bridge the main stream issues faced in America.
Sojung Lim
President, Korean American Association of the
Washington Metropolitan Area
Ken Kong
Director, Southeast Asian Catalyst, The
Navigators
It is my sincere prayer that KCCD will broaden

its horizon in the 8th National Lighting the
Community Summit / the White House Briefing
and reach out to the potential leaders in Korean
churches in the U.S. I envision that KCCD will
become the major voice of the next generation
Korean Christians.
Endorsements & Testimonials
ENDORSEMENTS &
TESTIMONIALS
John Lo
Lead Pastor, Epicentre Church
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KCCDs Lighting the Community a Summit is a

critical convening leading AAPI Christians to find
and establish its collective voice in the public
sphere. This is important, not merely for the sake
of finding our voice, but because God has given us
gifts and perspectives to offer to bless his people
and display his awesome creation. In gathering
around our rich ethnic identity and loving cross
of Christ, we find empowerment and more of his
glory together.
Sam Koh
Leader of Hillside EM at LACPC and Founder
of NexGen Pastors Fellowship
Shela Jeong
Associate, Partnership for Public Service
I am proud to be a Community Ambassador for
KCCD as they have opened unprecedented doors
for the Korean American community to connect,
network, and work together in a rapidly changing
and globalizing world. As Koreans make up the
largest diaspora in the world, the annual Summit
has created a platform for Korean Diaspora
Community leaders to to partner and work
together towards a reunified North and South
Korea.
Steve Sun Cho

Lead Pastor, Ocean City Church
KCCD is doing work that few in the Asian
American faith community are equipped to do,
providing a much needed bridge between our
community and national interests at large. Under
the leadership of Hyepin and Jin, the organization
has done a tremendous job of working tirelessly
to ensure that the voices of the powerless are
heard beyond the walls of our inner-circles.
Saras Chung
Doctoral Student/Research Assistant,
Washington University in St. Louis
Often lost amidst the squabbling over the

presence of undocumented Latino immigrants
is the fact that a significant percentage are
immigrants from all over the Pacific Rim. Asian and
Asian American Christian churches are strangely
silent, which is why its profoundly important that
Hyepin Im and KCCD are leading the way to make
sure that our governing officials dont ignore the
plight of our undocumented Asian brothers and
sisters.
Rev. Dr. Ken Uyeda Fong

Sr. Pastor, Evergreen Baptist Church of LA
Exec. Dir., Asian American Initiative - Fuller
Theological Seminary
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Whether it is to highlight our desire for

immigration reform or advocate for the issues
that impact our communities, the time has come
for Christian AAPI leaders to join hands and set
our path for civic engagement. Please join us this
May for an event not to be missed, as we attempt
to pour out our hearts to positively impact and
strengthen our AAPI communities.
Let us build a strong bond of unity as we advance

Christs call for justice. The KCCD summit is a
needed voice during these times where hope
must prevail.
Diane Ujiiye
Seminarian, Fuller Theological Seminary
The AAPI Faith Alliance Summit is a wonderful

place to meet and fellowship with others serving
the Lord in all sectors of society. Come and be
inspired!
Kenneth Liu
Director, Legal Aid Ministries, Christian
Legal Society; Gammon & Grange, PC
Jesus not only spoke about Gods love, he also

allowed people to experience it in tangible ways
by demonstrating compassion and alleviating
hunger and suffering. KCCD embodies this
strategy of Christ - they mobilize and resource
local churches so that they can impact peoples
eternity by sharing Gods love in tangible ways
that impact everyday life. KCCD is an incredible
ally to local churches that want to grow and make
a difference in their communities.
Rev. Michael Lee

Senior Pastor, English Ministry Young Nak
Celebration Church
I believe in what KCCD and Hyepin is doing on

behalf of our AAPI community.
James Yu
Executive Director/Pastor, Community
Christian Center of LA
Rev. Samuel In Hwan Choi

President, Washington Council of
Churches Leading Pastor, Columbia
Korean Baptist Church
Congratulations to KCCD on 10 terrific years of
service to the community you have truly been
a light to the community! This is really a great
organization bringing hope and vision to many
as you do your work. Though I am unable to be
with you on this special occasion, you will be in
my thoughts and prayers as you celebrate this
milestone.
Mary Ann Swenson

Resident Bishop, Los Angeles Area
The United Methodist Church
Tom Steers
Founder and Co-Director, Asian American
Ministries of the Navigators
To build the well-being of society is one mission

of the church, and KCCD is one great vehicle
for helping churches know how to build or
transform its congregation for the well-being of
the community, especially for Asian immigrants.
Through KCCD, you will find many resources and
tools for refreshing your vision and expanding
your ministry.
Rev. Peter Hwang

Senior. Pastor, The First Korean Baptist
Church of Philadelphia

KCCD is a bright light in the Asian American

community, guiding it toward greater strength
and well being. HomeFree-USA is honored to be
in partnership with KCCD and its great work.
Father Paul D. Lee, S.T.D

Senior Pastor, Epiphany Catholic Church
I applaud KCCDs leadership in empowering

the Korean-American community and church. I
pray that KCCDs light shines across the nation,
extending its reach and ability to empower all
those in the Korean- American community and
church.
Rev. James Chongo Kim

Senior Pastor,
Korean Church of Atlanta UMA
I am very blessed to be a part of KCCDs

compassionate service for the Korean-American
community. I know how KCCD has been working
for the community with dedication and tireless
work to establish sustainable networks and create
vibrant movement for local ethnic communities
to enhance and enrich lives... I believe and pray
that God is honored by your love and enthusiasm
for those who come through your door.
Reverend Dr. Kyunglim Shin Lee

Vice-President, International Relations
Wesley Theological Seminary
I am grateful for the work of KCCD under the

leadership of Hyepin Im to bring Asian American
faith leaders together with the President and the
White House. This historic gathering will give
a greater voice and visibility to the AAPI faith
community to become even more influential. I
look forward to working together with Hyepin to
do justice, and love kindness, and walk humbly
with our God. Micah 6:8
Pastor Steve Choi

Senior Pastor, Crossway Community Church
(Irvine, CA)
KCCD is a blessing and prophetic example for

every U.S. ethnic group and for every city as
they demonstrate in action what is good, right,
helpful, and healing. Thank God for KCCD.
KCCD has been a voice to the voiceless, especially

among recently arrived immigrants. What
impresses me is KCCDs continuing adaptive
stance, responding to the concrete needs of
people and the communities they aim to serve.
Hyepins organizational and interpersonal skills
have been put to use for the needy in a timely
fashion. May Christ continue to bless everyone at
KCCD with joy and strength in serving the Lord in
the least among us.
KCCD

,
.
KCCD Conference
.
Marcia J. Griffin
President and Founder, HomeFree-USA
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My deepest appreciation to KCCD for teaching

and guiding the way for our church to become
the light and the salt of the Earth.
Rev. Eui Chun Hwang

Pastor, Korean Presbyterian Church of
Trenton, NJ
I am grateful for the way KCCD displays the

gospel in this city by empowering the urban poor
through its capacity building in churches and
economic development programs. They are a
light to the world through their work developing
leaders, building capacity and fighting the root
causes of poverty and injustice.
Dr. Keith Phillips

President, World Impact
It is my great pleasure to support the efforts

of KCCD and its tremendous work for the
empowerment of the APIA community.
Congratulations on this significant milestone
event and may God bless all your ventures to
come.
Rev. Kyu Young Lim

Senior Pastor, Tacoma New Life
Presbyterian Church
Here in Washington, DC, we are that the forces
tearing apart our nations communities are
only increasing while the funds available from
governmental sources to strengthen communities
are disappearing. From the founding of the
republic. Americas strength has been voluntary
associations like KCCD. We must now rely upon
you again to keep the lights burning in the
darkening world. May God continue to bless you
in your work.
Reverend Dr. David McAllister-Wilson

President, Wesley Theological Seminary
KCCDs leadership is to be commended not

only for its expertise but its relentless pursuit in
seeking viable and sustainable solutions in its
relatively brief history KCCD has established itself
as a significant intermediary in leveraging both
public and private sector resources to address the
critical needs of often misunderstood and under
resourced communities.
Michael A. Mata
Urban Development Director,
World Vision
KCCD has come to play such a critical role in

giving voice and empowering Los Angeles
Korean community. Not only have they continued
to stand at the forefront of addressing significant
needs within the community, they have brought
major resources into the community, and
increased its political visibility.
Helene Slessarev
Professor of Urban Studies
Claremont School of Theology
KCCD is the wise beginning to a living end of

poverty, racism, isolation, and disharmony, God is
using KCCD to level the economic playing fields
throughout the world!
Rev. Mark E. Whitlock

Pastor, Christ Our Redeemer
A.M.E. Church
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I have seen time and again how Christians from

different congregations can dramatically impact
a community when they serve and witness
together. KCCD has an important role to play in
bringing light to Los Angeles.
Rev. John D. Miller

Vice Chancellor, Pepperdine University
I salute KCCD on its ministry and am thankful for

the partnerships you have formed, the bridges
you have built, and the initiatives you have
undertaken not only on behalf of the Korean
community but for all of Gods children.
Jim Winkler
Senior Pastor,
General Secretary, General Board of Church
& Society (GBCS)
As a member of President Obamas first Council

for Faith and Neighborhood partnerships, and as
CEO of the Christian Community Development
Association, I have seen hundreds of faith-based
organizations making a significant impact in
neighborhoods across the nation. KCCD, led by
Hyepin Im is one of the most effective of such
organizations that I have had the pleasure of
working with. Congratulations on 10 years of
service!
Noel Castellanos
2016-2017
Hyepin Im
President and CEO,
KCCD
Rev. John Jongdai Park

KCCD Board Co-Chair
Senior Pastor, Joong-Ang
Korean Church
KCCD Board Member

Attorney, Esquire Lee &
Oh, Professional Law Co.
KCCD Board Member

Director, Corporate
Strategy, Walt Disney Co.
KCCD Board Secretary

KCCD Board Co-Chair
Outreach Specialist,
Director of Development
Harbage Consulting
and International
Relations, Biola University
Dr. Jinha Park

KCCD Board Member
James Huang
KCCD Board Treasurer
President and CEO,
BRC Advisory
John Huynh
Ben Pak
Yang-Uk Kim
KCCD Board Member

Development Director,
California State
Polytechnic University,
Pomona
KCCD Board Member

Deputy, CA State
Senator Kevin de Leon
KCCD Board Member

President,
Summertime Inc.
KCCD PARTICIPATING
DONOR ADVISORY BOARD
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS
WWW.KCCD.ORG
Dr. Jinha Park
Richard Kim
Matthew Lee
David Caprara
KCCD Board Member
Korean American UMM

(United Methodist Men)
President & CEO, Fastech

Inc. KoBE Government
Contracting Alliance
VP for Strategic Partnerships, Global Peace

Foundation
Nancy Lee
Daniel Lee
Sandra Ko
Woogie Kim
KCCD Board Members 2016-2017
KCCD BOARD MEMBERS
KCCD PARTICIPATING
STAFF
Maria Oakey
Hun Choi
Moses Kim
Silvia Guillen
Office Manager
Church & Community

Relations
HCA Housing Supervisor
Intake Specialist
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KCCD Timeline of Key Events
KCCD TIMELINE
EVENT HISTORY
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden hold a meeting on immigration with faith leaders in the Oval Office, Nov. 13, 2013.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
2001
1st KCCD Conference in partnership with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
1st Lighting the Community Conference in Washington, D.C.
2002
Supervisor Yvonne Burke awards $50,000 grant to KCCD

KCCD hosts first Homeownership Fair with over 600 participants
2003
MOU with FDIC for Korean Translation Review of Korean Money Smart Financial Literacy Program
Freddie Mac Awards $45,000 for Homebuyer Education
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
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KCCD receives national AmeriCorps*VISTA grant for 26 members

KCCD receives Korean Civil Merit Badge Award GukMin Pojang Sang
KCCD President Hyepin Im receives Korean Civil Merit Badge Award GukMin Pojang Sang from South Korean Government
KCCDs Healthy Marriage Network Established 1st National Asian American Marriage Day Celebration
KCCD receives a three-year $5 million Department of Labor grant for at-risk youth services.
KCCDs Healthy Marriage Network Establishes 1st National Asian American Marriage Day Celebration
KCCD becomes corporate partner with Mayor Villaraigosa for Hire LAs Youth 2006 Youth Workforce Program (YWP)
Launch of Korean Community Homeownership Initiative
First time homebuyer receives over $174,000 in down payment assistance through KCCDs Homeownership Program
KCCD hosts Parent Educational Seminars on Asian Youth
KCCD partners with Freddie Mac to offer consumers and potential homebuyers CreditSmart Asian Guidebooks
KCCD awards over $420,000 in grants to organizations
KCCD publishes Korean American Churches as Partners in Community Development featured on The White House website
KCCD hosts Wake Up Call! Faith and community leadership summit
KCCD helps raise $400,000 in marriage grants in the Korean American community
KCCD President, Hyepin Im, honored as 2009 Pioneer Woman by Council President Eric Garcetti
KCCD awarded 2009 HomeFree-USA Presidents Award for outstanding achievement in foreclosure prevention
KCCD President Hyepin Im as Presidential Appointee to the Corporation for National and Community Service Board
KCCD President, Hyepin Im, honored as 2009 Pioneer Woman by Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti
KCCD selected as 1 of 5 national partners for Freddie Macs Borrower Home Network Initiative to help distressed
homeowners
KCCD Partners with the Wilshire Family Source Center to serve 420 low-income Los Angeles residents in providing
emergency referrals and services
KCCD Partners with the Wilshire Family Source Center to serve 420 low-income Los Angeles residents in providing
emergency referrals and services as part of City of Los Angeles Family Source Program
EVENT HISTORY
KCCD Timeline of Key Events
KCCD TIMELINE
At the White House - KCCD White House historic briefing for AAPI Christian leaders, May 2014
2011
2013
2014
2015
KCCD Hosts 7-month long SAIGU Campaign to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of L.A. Riots Over 1,500 Attend
Culminating Service
Hyepin Im, KCCD Founder & CEO selected as a 2012 Woman of Action by CA Speaker John A. Prez
Hyepin Im, KCCD Founder & CEO selected as a Pioneer Woman of the Year by Councilmember Tom LaBonge
Bank of America Honors KCCD with a $10,000 Community Grant
KCCDs Announces Partnership with E*TRADE on $10,000 Match Savings Program
Hyepin Im, KCCD Founder & CEO Recipient of the Prestigious Presidential Citation Award from South Korean Government
Torrey Pines Bank Presents $10,000 Check to KCCD
KCCD Founder Hyepin Im Recognized as Ten Most Inspiring Women by Los Angeles Magazine
KCCD Celebrates Partnership with the One Million New Internet Users Initiative
American Jewish Committee of Los Angeles Makes Historic Visit to Glory Church of Jesus Christ through Partnership with KCCD
KCCD Offering Free Basic Computer Classes for Low Income Residents of the City of Los Angeles in Collaboration
with 1736 Family Crisis Center
KCCD Joined by Councilmember Tom LaBonge and Rev. David Meyers of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Over 400 Attend Successful Disaster Readiness Seminar
Freddie Mac CreditSmart Promotion through KCCD (one of few agencies specially selected to do outreach by Freddie Mac)
KCCD & Korean Pastors Join Fasters at U.S. Capitol for Commitment to Immigration Reform
KCCD President meets with President Barack Obama and other AAPI leaders on Immigration Reform
KCCD hosts inaugural Donor Advisory Board Reception
KCCD President meets with President Barack Obama and 7 other faith leaders on Immigration Reform in the Oval Office
Launch of AAPI Faith Alliance
KCCD awarded CA Emerging Technology Fund Grant Providing low-income families with high speed internet
access and services
KCCD launches faith and community mental health collaborative, in partnership with SAMHSA
KCCD launches faith and community mental health collaborative, in partnership with Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) One of 12 communities selected by SAMHSA
KCCD President meets with President Barack Obama and other AAPI leaders on Immigration Reform
Over 140 AAPI Christian leaders attend KCCDs 7th National Lighting the Community Summit, the first time AAPI Christian
leaders are invited to a historic White House Briefing.
KCCD launches Mental Health Speakers Initiative
KCCD hosts its New Year Kick-Off Reception at The Belasco Theater - Over 300 attend
KCCD Signs MOU with Yoido Full Gospel Church - Located in South Korea, one of the largest churches in the world with
over 800,000 members
Over 140 AAPI Christian leaders attend KCCDs 8th National Lighting the Community Summit, the second time AAPI Christian leaders are invited to a historic White House Briefing.
2012
KCCD Joins L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to Support CRA

KCCD hosts its 10th Anniversary Dinner and 2011 Lighting the Community Conference
KCCD Awarded Grant From Greenlining Institute to train Minority Business Owners to win Corporate Contracts
KCCD Holds Dinner With LA County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas And Korean Pastors To Discuss Future Economic
Development Projects In The Community
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KCCD Program Descriptions
KCCD PROGRAM
DESCRIPTIONS
KCCD coordination of Congressmember Mike Hondas visit to Yoido Full Gospel Church, the largest church in the world with 830,000 members. Pictured is KCCD President
Hyepin Im, Congressmember Mike Honda and Rev. Young Hoon Lee, Senior Pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church with South Korean Congressional Members and leaders.
About KCCD
KCCD is a national, award-winning non-profit organization with the vision to serve as a light and
bridge between the Asian American community and the greater community at large. Our mission
is to advance the Asian American communitys participation, contribution, and influence through
faith-based and community partnerships. To achieve this mission, KCCD offers a wide range of programs to serve the specific needs of the AAPI community.
Homebuyer Education and Financial Literacy
Our Homebuyer Education training educates potential homebuyers on

key topics related to the home-buying process and fiscal responsibility. Participants who graduate can obtain a certificate that potentially
qualifies them for government and bank-sponsored down-payment assistance programs. Alongside Homebuyer Education, our HUD-certified
housing counselors also assist clients with pre-purchase counseling. To
date, KCCD has helped to secure over $1.4 million in down payment assistance and helped train over 8,000 potential homebuyers.
Foreclosure Assistance and Prevention
In 2007, KCCD began offering foreclosure assistance and prevention

services to address the growing foreclosure crisis. We are one of three
agencies in Los Angeles County selected to offer Keep Your Home California services, which helps unemployed clients with up to a years
work of mortgages. Our counseling services have assisted over 3,000
families in foreclosure crisis, and helped to save over $85 million in
mortgages from going into foreclosure. KCCD was honored with the
2009 HOPE Award and the 2009 HomeFree USA. Also received the 2011
Condor.
REO Property Acquisition and Rehabilitation
Since 2012, KCCD has been acquiring foreclosed properties and transforming and revitalizing these blighted sites. Properties are provided at
a discounted rate to low-to-moderate income families and individuals.
Affordable Housing
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In 2012, KCCD was successful in organizing faith and community leaders to advocate for a community benefit from J.H. Snyder, who was receiving $17 million in public funds for building a $169 million mixed-use
project in Koreatown. KCCD successfully gained the commitment of J.H.
Snyder to build 96 units of affordable housing, donate $1 million for
a community center, and provide technical assistance for the development of a Koreatown community center, as part of their community
benefits agreement. KCCD was designated as the nonprofit partner for

building the 96 units of affordable housing.
Computer Literacy Training
Our organization also provides affordable computer training to low-income parents and seniors. Our participants learn how to navigate the
internet, use social media, and utilize vital software such as Microsoft
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Affordable Care Act Assistance
Our Affordable Care Act assistance has increased access to affordable

health care by promoting awareness, performing outreach and education, assisting clients with Covered California insurance enrollment,
and taking a leading role in health care events.
Consumer Education Fairs
KCCD actively serves underserved communities by hosting various

seminars such as the Homeownership, Foreclosure, and Disaster
Readiness Fairs, which serve over 1,000 low-income families and
individuals annually.
Church & Non-Profit Leadership and Advocacy Training
KCCD has trained over 3500 faith and community leaders how to
leverage resources, navigate government, create partnerships, implement programs and services and effectively advocate for their
community. KCCD has also created a Faith and Community Collaborative on Mental Health and Drug Abuse to connect faith leaders with
resources in the community.
Youth and Adult Job Training and Internships
KCCD has trained many individuals both youth, college, adult workers, and seniors in job and leadership skills through our various internships, volunteer program, as well as city and federal programs
including Americorps Vista.
NOTES
NOTES
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SPECIAL THANKS
& SPONSORS
We would like to specially thank the following
individuals and organizations:
PRAYER PARTNERS
Alan Inman, Global Peace

Foundation
Bessie Chan, White
House Initiative on Asian
Americans and Pacific
Islanders
CGNTV
Christianity Daily
Christianview (CBS
Washington)
David Caprara , Global
Peace Foundation
David Han, Hans Travel
Diana Yu, White House
Initiative on Asian
Americans and Pacific
Islanders
Elisa Araiza
JC Moon and Sunny Ahn
Kellogg Conference Hotel
Staff
Korea Daily
Matthew Lee, KoBE
Government Contracting
Alliance (KoBE)
Radio Seoul
Radio Washington
Rev. Hyunsoo Bae, Vision
Presbyterian Church of
Washington
Sandra Ko, Harbage
Consulting
Shelley Su, Office of U.S.
Congressman Ed Royce
Stephanie Hu, Office of
U.S. Congressman Ed
Royce
Steve Park, Little Lights
Urban Ministries
The Korea Times
TVK24
Cristina Alcala
Yun Sun Cho
JosephChoi / PanCom
Angie Chu / Foundation
Ours., Inc.
Marcia Coppertino/
International Platform for
Peace
Rocio Gutierrez
Hyepin Im / KCCD
Tila Iraheta
David Jakl / Foundation
Ours., Inc...
Faith Jeon / Gaumjeong
Church
EunJoung Joo
John Kim / ACTS (Antioch
Center for Training &
Sending)
Maria Luisa Oakey / KCCD
Supporting Organizations:
The Bridge Leadership Foundation
American Red Cross Los Angeles Region
National Council of UMC Korean Clergywomen
Sponsors:
Individual Sponsors:
Dr. Jinha Park, Joan and Ron Fong
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9TH NATIONAL LIGHTING THE COMMUNITY SUMMIT

OWNING OUR FUTURE

washington d.c. convening of asian american

It is our hope that through this

We are called to be salt and light to the world and be bold

are delighted to welcome you

Welcome & Invitation

U.S. Senate, Virginia

U.S. House of Representatives,

Grace Han Wolf

Lisa C. Merkel, Mayor

May 26, 2016

Grace Han Wolf

Mayor Pro Tempore

Ali Sajjad Taj

U.S. House of Representatives,

Location: Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University

Registration & Networking

Opening Reception Dinner

Day 1 Program Schedule

Welcome Remarks: Our Vision - Witness, Advocacy & Partnership

Hyepin Im, President/CEO, KCCD

Navigating Religious Freedom and Politics of Hate

State of AAPI Community & KCCD Introductions

Vision Networking Session #1

Moderators, Discussion Facilitators and Prayer Leaders

Day 2 Program Schedule

Hyepin Im, President/CEO, KCCD

Invocation & Worship/Praise

Prayer for Race Relations & Unity

Maya Rockmeyer, President/CEO/Founder, Center for/ Global Policy Solutions

Prayer for Refugees

Russell Jeung, Professor, San Francisco State University

Prayer for Humanitarian Crisis & Disaster Relief

Prayer for North Korea

Prayer for Mental Health/Suicide

Prayer for President & Government Leaders/Presidential Election Year

David Kim, Deputy Administrator, Federal Highway Administration

Location: Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University

Workshop: Funding & Resource Workshops

Workshop 1: How to Do Business with US Government

Day 2 Program Schedule

Workshop 2: How to Help Trauma Impacted Communities

Workshop 3: Job Resources & International Opportunities/Peace Corps

Immigration Reform and the AAPI Community

Hadiarso Adi, Founding Pastor, ICC

Day 2 Program Schedule

Workshop: Funding & Resource Workshops

Workshop 5: How to Help Trauma Impacted Communities

Workshop 6: Presidential Appointments/Career Path and Mentorship Opportunities for Young

Navigating Our Voices

Informal Dinner Groups / D.C. Sightseeing/Optional Activities

White House Tour and Congressional Visits

U.S. Capitol and Congressional Speakers

Closing Vision Networking Session

Closing & Group Photo Opp at US Capitol

IMPACT AWARDS GALA DINNER

Rayburn 2172 Foreign Affairs Committee Room, US Capitol

Charles Rangel, Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives

Raafat Girgis, Interim Pastor, Immanuel Presbyterian Church

Speaker & Book Signing

Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University

Day 3 Program Schedule

Day 3 Program Schedule