NAKASEC was founded in 1994 by local community centers in Los Angeles seeking to empower and improve the lives of Korean Americans as a part of a greater goal of building a national movement for social change. Our founding was the culmination of the base building work our affiliates had been doing for years in their respective cities. Our D.C. office opened in the fall of 2008.

Our mission is to project a national progressive voice on major civil rights and immigrant rights issues and to promote the full participation of Korean Americans in American society.