HANA in the News!

2025

• Illinois elected leaders combat fear through education as ICE raids put immigrant communities on edge

• Advocates And Officials Vow To Fight For Chicago's Immigrants 'You Are Not Alone'

• Chicagoans protest Trump policies on Inauguration Day

• Hundreds brave frigid temperatures during march in Chicago on Inauguration Day

• 'We're going to fight against it': Local groups rally against new Trump administration

• Chicagoans brave frigid cold to protest Trump inauguration. ‘This is not our first rodeo’

• 1/1/2025 - KCBS Interview with Danae Kovac (Part 2) | 하나센터 사무총장 다내 코백 인터뷰 (2부) ⬇️

• 1/1/2025 - KCBS Interview with Danae Kovac (Part 1) | 하나센터 사무총장 다내 코백 인터뷰 (1부) ⬇️

2024

• 12/20/2024 - WIN TV Interview HANA’s Community Education Programs | WIN TV 인터뷰 하나센터 시민권 수업 개강 ⬇️

• Horner Park Basketball Lights Now On After Neighbors Fought For Them For Years

• 시카고 한인사회 큰 별, 최인혜 전 하나센터 사무총장 환송회 성황리 개최

• Chicago’s Korean community reacts to political turmoil in South Korea

• 하나센터와 무궁 시니어, 시카고 과학산업박물관에서 한국 문화의 아름다움 알리다

• Don Kemp Memorial Lecture in Social Work: Jaye Hobart ’11

• 19 Chicago-area organizations receive millions from MacKenzie Scott’s ‘Yield Giving’

• MacKenzie Scott donates millions to Chicago charities

• 하나센터, Yield Giving 공모전 당선 및 200만 달러 상금 수상

• HANA Center & Transition of ED Leadership

• Here’s how to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month in Evanston

• Chicago: May Day march for Palestine prepares for protest at DNC

• Evanston hosts 4th annual Umbrella Arts Festival for AAPI Heritage Month

2023

• 미교협 하나센터 기금 갈라행사

• 하나센터 2023 취업 박람회 및 오픈하우스 성황리 개최

• How have the 'Leaders for a New Chicago' made use of their title and award?

• A new court ruling deems DACA illegal, but the program hasn't ended. Here are 4 things to know.

• Meet the leaders who are paving the way for a new Chicago

• Immigration advocates among ‘Leaders for a New Chicago’ awardees

• 10 Artists, Advocates And Organizers Receive Leadership Grants From Field And MacArthur Foundations

• Debate Over Expansion of Health Care Program for Undocumented Residents, Green-Card Holders Slows State Budget Talks

• Hear from 7 Mayoral Candidates Monday at Forum Organized by Asian-American Advocacy Groups

2022

• With Congress gridlocked, advocates say it’s up to state and local lawmakers to protect the undocumented elderly

• Chicago Ward Map Referendum Will ‘Fan Flames of Racial Division,’ Asian Groups Warn

• Attacks are still happening': Chicago's Asian American community says violence is still affecting them

• An Intergenerational Approach to Community Wellbeing

• Undocumented people in Illinois could soon get health care

• Thousands more people would get access to Medicaid under a proposed Illinois law

• How anti-Asian hate crimes are connected to state-sanctioned violence

• HANA Center organizer: 'The proposed subcircuit maps split important municipal, ethnic and religious communities'

• Advocates say language access issues could jeopardize voter turnout among Asian immigrants

• A Decade After DACA, the Rise of a New Generation of Undocumented Students

• DACA program recipients reflect on 10-year anniversary of the start of the program

• Tonys, tech awards, and terpsichore

• Planning to Protest? Borrow a Banner at the Skirball

• Appeals court hears arguments over GOP-leaning states' suit to end DACA

• Justice Department defends DACA in appeals court

• Chicago DACA supporters demonstrate in front of a federal courthouse in New Orleans

• How A North Side Immigrant Rights Group Is Using Korean Folk Drumming To Build Community

• Chicago activists teach Korean drumming to advocate for immigrants

• Voice of Change: Chicago nonprofit using pre-industrial tradition for advocacy

• Mayor Lightfoot Announces Grant Recipients for Community Healing Projects

• On Election Day, poll watchers serve as the ‘eyes and ears’ of the voting process

2021

• CPS Students Rally for Immigrant Citizenship Provisions

• We can't wait': Immigration advocates worry time is running out to pass a pathway to citizenship

• In Chicago, some DACA holders frustrated by renewal delays

• Biden administration's work to protect DACA program applauded by Chicago immigrants rights groups

• Young lives at pause as first-time DACA applicants await federal appeal of court ruling that declared program unlawful

• Community groups rally in the Loop, pushing for immigration reform

• IL becomes 1st state to require Asian American history in schools as Gov. Pritzker signs TEAACH ACT (ABC 7)

• A Q&A with the HANA Center: White Supremacy’s Impact on AAPI Communities (The Center for Law and Social Policy)

• Michael Libberton was brought to Illinois for adoption from Colombia in 1978. He found out only 5 years ago he isn’t a citizen. (Chicago Tribune)

• May Day march activists call for US immigration reform, fair work accommodations (ABC7)

• Hundreds gather in Union Park to fight for rights for workers on May Day (Chicago Sun-Times)

• What do AAPI women think about U.S. AAPI policy? (Al Día)

• ‘Trauma upon trauma’: Asian Americans say mental health has suffered amid COVID-19, anti-Asian violence (Chicago Sun-Times)

• Chicago Asian Americans Grieve, Honor Atlanta Shooting Victims And Rally Against Anti-Asian Violence (WBEZ)

• Chicago has few reports of anti-Asian attacks, but there are efforts to boost reporting, awareness (Chicago Sun-Times)

• ‘Emergency Town Hall’ Addresses Anti-Asian Hate, Violence In US (CBSN Dallas)

• How to Support the AAPI Community in Chicago (Thrillist)

• Asian Community Calls for Action in Wake of Deadly Atlanta Shooting (WTTW)

• Woman's mission aims to empower, inspire women in Chicago's Asian American communities (ABC7)

• Illinois Asian American Groups Hold Virtual Vigils Saturday For Atlanta Shooting Victims (NBC5 Chicago)

• Atlanta Mass Shootings Spark Fear And Anger In Chicago-Area Asian Communities (WBEZ)

• Immigration advocates in Chicago celebrate end of Trump era changes to public charge rule (Chicago Sun-Times)

• The COVID-19 Impacts You May Not See (NRDC)

• Undocumented Renters Carry Pressure of Housing Crisis With No Safety Net (City Bureau)

• Census canvassing begins in Chicago, focusing on immigrant communities (ABC7 WLS)

• Some immigrants shut out of stimulus; other mixed-status households will get COVID-19 relief check (Chicago Sun-Times)

2020

• Immigrant advocates regroup, prepare for austerity after Fair Tax defeat (Chicago Reader)

• What’s At Stake For Immigrant Communities In The Vote Over The Fair Tax Amendment (Block Club Chicago)

• Older people will soon receive health coverage in Illinois regardless of immigration status under first-in-nation program: ‘It’s a relief’ (Chicago Tribune)

• Lightfoot accused of using pandemic as an excuse to consolidate power (Chicago Sun-Times)

• How to count in a pandemic (Chicago Reader)

• What Happens If Undocumented Immigrants Get Infected With Coronavirus? (NPR WBEZ)

• Fight Against New Public Charge Rule Continues In Illinois (NPR WBEZ)

• Days after new immigration restrictions take effect, federal judges in Chicago grill Trump administration lawyer on so-called public charge rule (Chicago Tribune)

• Chicago police announce new gang database as leaders hope to answer questions of accuracy and fairness (Chicago Tribune)

• Mayor Lightfoot Boosts Protection For Immigrants, But Collaboration Between Chicago Police And ICE Continues In Criminal Cases (Block Club Chicago)

• Census canvassing begins in Chicago, focusing on immigrant communities (ABC7)

2019

• Korean American Groups Launch Census Outreach Effort (WBEZ)

• The Democratic debate protesters were DACA recipients (Vox)

• Young Immigrants Helped By DACA Urge Chicagoans To Support The Program (WBEZ)

• 'I want women and girls to feel safe in every part of the city in every part of the day': New Chicago Foundation for Women CEO brings police experience to role (Chicago Tribune)

• Committee votes end use of controversial Cook County gang database (InjusticeWatch)

2018

• Families Remember Those Lost To Gun Violence With Día De Los Muertos Altar In Irving Park (Block Club Chicago)

• No One Can Do It Alone: How Chicago Funders Are Taking on Domestic Violence (Inside Philanthropy)

• Health, immigration advocates oppose rule (Chicago Catholic)