News & Events
- 7-4-2013
Unveiling of the Kinarra
April 7th, 2013 marks a monumental day as the Thai Community Development Center unveils the first pair of Kinarra Lamp Post Monuments on Hollywood and Hobart Blvds. The almost five foot tall statues erected to a 17 foot tall lamppost arrived in Los Angeles on March 5th. These mythical figures represent the latest effort by Continue Reading
- 22-3-2013
Thai CDC Breaks Ground! The Kinarra Are Landing Soon!
Friday, March 22, 2013 marked a monumental day as the Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) broke ground to install the first pair of Kinarra Lamp Post Monuments on Hollywood and Hobart Blvds. The almost five foot tall statutes erected to a 17 foot tall lamp post that arrived in Los Angeles on March 5th Continue Reading
- 20-2-2013
City of LA Reinstitutes the Office of Immigrant Affairs
LA’s City Council President and candidate for Mayor, Eric Garcetti, introduced a motion to re-establish an Office of Immigrant Affairs. The Office was first established in 2004 with the purpose of connecting the immigrant population with city services. Unfortunately because of shifting policy priorities at City Hall, the Office was dismantled. With the recent support Continue Reading
- 29-1-2013
Thai Community Senior Citizen Has Her Say at the Candidates’ Forum for Los Angeles Council District 13
On January 29th 2013, at the Blessed Sacrament Church, 84 year old Pattarin Thongchua delivered a speech to hundreds of people. Among those hundreds, 12 are candidates running for the position of councilmember in Council District 13. On that stage, Pattarin flexed the influence that an individual, a Thai American, can have on their elected Continue Reading
- 13-8-2012
Farmworkers’ Letter to Department of Justice
[fb_button] August 13, 2012 Eric Holder, Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 Re: Dismissal of Global Horizons Case Dear Attorney General Holder: We are the Thai farm workers who were victims of labor trafficking in the Global Horizons Manpower Case. It was not easy for us to come Continue Reading