The Korean American Coalition, in conjunction with the US Department of Labor Women's Bureau and the US Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration, held an APA Hurricane Resource Fair on Saturday, November 12, 2005 from 9 AM to 4 PM.

The Press Release is available by clicking Here.

KAC-DFW coordinated with various federal and stage agencies in order to bring them all together for this one-day event. The Resource Fair focused on providing information on the various resources available to individuals and businesses that were negatively impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by bringing together these various agencies. In addition, the Fair provided information to business owners regarding opportunities to begin new businesses and/or take part in the relief efforts in the form of potential bidding opportunities. All attendees had the opportunity to obtain this information and ask questions and Asian Pacific Americans were also able to request assistance from volunteer translators, representing a variety of Asian Pacific American languages, including Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese, Vietnamese, Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu.

The morning session allowed for the various agencies attending the Resource Fair to provide information on the many resources and opportunities they can provide. The afternoon session then permitted attendees to visit with the agencies that were of greatest interest in order to ask questions and obtain additional information. Again, translators were available to assist persons with language contraints throughout the process. KAC members also assisted people in registering for assistance with FEMA.

It is the sincere hope of KAC-DFW that this Resource Fair will only help to build strong partnerships and a spirit of cooperation among the diverse communities that make up the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

The following organizations attended the Fair in order to provide assistance:

• Baylor School of Dentistry


• Dallas County Community Colleges


• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


• Housing & Urban Development


• Internal Revenue Service


• Korean American Coalition - Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter


• Korean Society of Dallas


• Louisiana Department of Labor


• North Central Texas Workforce


• Small Business Administration


• Social Security Administration


• U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau


• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights

We express our appreciation to all of the many sponsors of the Resource Fair, including:

• AIG


• Association of Chinese Professionals


• Baylor School of Dentistry


• Binneri Presbyterian Church


• Central United Methodist Church


• Dallas County Community Colleges


• DFW-AACC


• KoMart


• Korean First Baptist Church of Dallas


• Korean Society of Dallas


• Organization of Chinese Americans
• Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Asian Students Association


• U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau


• U.S. Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration

A copy of the event program is available by clicking Here.