Hamkae Center is a grassroots, community-based nonprofit that organizes Asian American communities in Virginia for social, racial, and economic justice. Founded in 2012 as NAKASEC Virginia and rebranded as Hamkae Center, it provides immigrant legal services, health access and education, civic engagement, youth leadership, and community organizing to center the needs of immigrants, low-income people, and communities of color.
Immigrant rights and access to services (citizenship, DACA, in-state college access), language access and translation, health access and public benefits enrollment, voting rights and civic engagement, racial and economic justice, education policy related to inclusive curricula and community representation, and small business support for immigrant entrepreneurs.
Primarily funded through foundation and government grants, individual and grassroots donations, program service revenue, and fiscal/organizational support from the NAKASEC network.
Virginia affiliate of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) with partnerships across local immigrant, faith-based, and racial justice organizations and community leaders in Northern Virginia.
Non-profit (community-based advocacy and service organization)
