Tammy Kim
Tammy Kim | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Irvine City Council | |
| Vice Mayor | |
| In office December 8, 2020 – December 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 16, 1971 Seoul, S. Korea |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | http://tammykim.com |
Tammy Kim (born January 16, 1971) is an American nonprofit leader, community advocate, and politician who currently serves as an at-large member of the Irvine, California|Irvine City Council in California[1][2]. Kim is an elected member of the Central Committee for the Democratic Party in Orange County[3] representing California's 68th State Assembly district.[4]
Biography
Kim was born in Seoul, Korea|S. Korea and immigrated with her family to the United States as an infant in 1971, eventually settling in Flint, Michigan where she spent her formative years.[5] Her family moved to Baltimore|Baltimore, MD right after her high school graduation[6]. Kim graduated from Michigan State University with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Humanities.[5][7]
Kim moved to Los Angeles in1997
Kim moved to Orange County, California|Orange County in 2002 while pregnant with her son. They then settled in Irvine in 2005 while he was attending pre-school in Irvine.[5]
Career
Early Career
After moving to California in 1997, Kim spent the next several years working for Fortune 500 and venture backed technology companies[6] including VMware|VMWare, EMC Corporation and CA Technologies, where she was VP of Global Talent Acquisition.[8]
Nonprofit Work
In 2015, Kim founded the Korean American Center, an Irvine based nonprofit organization with a mission to build bridges between intergenerational Korean Americans and the greater community by promoting opportunities for cultural awareness through education[9][10][11], civic engagement[12] and community advocacy. [13] [14] [15] [16] In 2017 Korean American Center began the process of merging with Korean Community Services, becoming one of the largest nonprofit organizations in Orange County serving the most vulnerable in the Asian American Pacific Islander community.[17] In 2018, under Kim's leadership, the Korean American Center received designation as the King Sejong Institute|Irvine King Sejong Institute by the S. Korean government to promote Korean language education and culture. [18][19][20] [21] Additionally in the 2018, the organization was awarded a STARTALK (language program)|STARTALK grant by the National Security Agency for teaching Korean, a language critical to national security. [22][23]
Community Advocacy & Political Career
Kim has been a leading voice in Orange County on various social issues affecting immigrants, working families, marginalized and under represented linguistically isolated communities.[24][25] She served as Chair of the Language Access Committee for the Orange County Registrar of Voters, [26] [24] Board Member of the Korean American Democratic Committee, [27] [28] and co-founder of Asian Americans in Action, a political action group to empower and amplify the voice of Asian Americans in the political process. [5] [25][29]
Kim competed for one of six open County Central Committee seats for the Democratic Party during the March 2020 Primary Election. With no previous experience on the ballot, Kim placed third out of a crowded field of eighteen candidates.[30][3] In March 2021 Kim was elected as Southern California Chair for the Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for the California Democratic Party.[31]
Irvine City Council Campaign
On August 2019 Kim announced her candidacy for the 2020 Irvine City Council race .[32][33] Kim was one of fourteen candidates competing for one of two full term at-large seats or one partial term at-large seat in a nonpartisan election.[34] [35] She won in the general election on November 3, 2020 as a first time candidate.[36] Kim made history as the highest vote getter for a City Council race in the history of the city. [36][34][37] Kim was sworn in on December 8, 2020 and her term ends in 2024. In January 2021, she was appointed by the City Council to serve a year-long term as Vice Mayor.[2]
Asian American Advocacy
Kim has been a key figure for Asian American political activism in Orange County even before she won her City Council race. Her election coincided with the rise of Anti-Asian hate happening on a national basis. Kim was a vocal advocate bringing awareness to what she called "the intersection of racism and misogyny" after the 2021 Atlanta spa shootings|Atlanta spa shootings. [38] [39] [40]
Kim made global headlines for standing firm against Xenophobic attack that was directed to her at a city council meeting in October 2021.[41] [42] [43] [44] "Xenophobic attack on Vice-Mayor Tammy Kim at a council meeting this week serves as a reminder to politicians of Asian descent of their ongoing struggle to prove their American bona fides."[45]
Electoral History
Irvine City Council - November 3, 2020[34][1]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ Tammy Kim | 43,744 | 14.8% |
| ✓ Mike Carroll* | 38,615 | 13.1% |
| ✓ Larry Agran | 38,615 | 12.9% |
| Lauren Johnson-Norris | 37,931 | 12.8% |
| John Park | 32,521 | 11.0% |
| Carrie O'Malley | 27,440 | 9.3% |
| Mark Newgent | 15,894 | 5.4% |
| Diana Jiang | 14,837 | 5.0% |
| Laura Bratton | 10.305 | 3.5% |
| Dylan Green | 8,813 | 3.0% |
| Christina Dillard | 8,321 | 2.8% |
| Anshul Garg | 6,420 | 2.2% |
| Abigail Pole | 6,406 | 2.2% |
| Hai Yang Liang | 5,944 | 2.0% |
*Incumbent
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tammy Kim". Ballotpedia.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Vice Mayor Tammy Kim". City of Irvine.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "태미 김 '날개' 달았다". Korea Daily. March 12, 2020.
- ↑ "Central Committee Members". Democratic Party of Orange County.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Korean American Perspectives | Season 3: Episode 3 with Tammy Kim". Council Korean Americans (CKA). 2021-03-29. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Tammy Kim".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "[인터뷰] "한인들의 고통 누구보다도 잘 알아요" 어바인 시의원 출마 태미 김 씨 - 미주 한국일보". www.koreatimes.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Tammy Kim". Linked In.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Anaheim school will offer O.C.'s first dual-language immersion program in Korean". Los Angeles Times. January 22, 2019.
- ↑ "From Tagalog to Korean, these Asian Americans are using quarantine to learn their families' languages". NBC News America. September 8, 2020.
- ↑ "한국 고전 홍길동 전 공부하고 있어요". Korea Times. July 24, 2018.
- ↑ "풀뿌리 운동으로 후세 정체성 확립". Korea Daily. April 23, 2019.
- ↑ "More than 700 sign high school student petition to add Asian American studies classes". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ "The primary is March 3, but for Orange County voters, 'election month' has begun". Orange County Register.
- ↑ "Congressman With Large Asian American Constituency Fears Census Undercount". KPCC.
- ↑ "In House battle for CA 39, the immigrant vote and Trump's hard-line policies loom large". Orange County Register. 2018-08-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "코리안 복지센터·한미문화센터 "이젠 한가족". Korea Times.
- ↑ "한국어·한류문화 전파 거점될 것". Korea Daily.
- ↑ "South Korean government helps fund Irvine language institute". Los Angeles Times. July 26, 2018.
- ↑ "At a Korea-sponsored school, Americans learn the language with K-pop, dramas and more". NBC News America. October 8, 2018.
- ↑ "South Korean government selects Irvine's Korean American Center to teach language program". Orange County Register. 2018-07-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "어바인 OC한미문화센터 '스타토크' 시행 기관 2년 연속 선정". Korea Daily. February 16, 2019.
- ↑ "STARTALK Programs".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 24.0 24.1 "Fearing deportation, Asian immigrants in America obtain U.S. citizenship". Los Angeles Times. 2017-12-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Coronavirus backlash triggers wave of progressive activism from Asian Americans in Orange County". Orange County Register. 2020-07-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "CEW Members | OC Vote". www.ocvote.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Twitter. "Asian Americans hold the key to victory in this Orange County district, and Democrat Gil Cisneros knows it". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Board". Korean American Democratic Committee.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Widyatmadja, Grace (2021-03-15). "Rise in Hate Incidents Against Asian Americans Sparks Calls for Solidarity". Fullerton Observer.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Election Results Archives | OC Vote". ocvote.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "2021-2023 Executive Board". Asian Pacific Islander Caucus.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 8. 21. 19 KBS America News ‘OC 정치 1번지’ 어바인 한인 정치력 명맥 잇는다
- ↑ "태미 김씨 "어바인 삶의 질 높이는데 앞장" - 미주 한국일보". www.koreatimes.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 "City of Irvine Municipal Election History 1971 to Present". Municipal Election History 1971 to Present: 1.
- ↑ "Republicans and Democrats Move to Finalize Wins, OC Remains Purple As of Latest Election Results". Voice of OC. 2020-11-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 36.0 36.1 "2020 Election Night Results: Irvine Mayoral and City Council Race". Voice of OC. November 3, 2020.
- ↑ "Tammy Kim Makes History in Irvine City Council Election". PR Newswire.
- ↑ "Wording of Anti-Asian Hate Resolution in Irvine Prompts Hard Debate Among Local Democrats". Voice of OC. April 26, 2021.
- ↑ "한인법률가들 "애틀랜타 총격범 혐오범죄 기소 가능"". Voice of America. March 25, 2021.
- ↑ Jose, Huang (March 27, 2021). "Twitter @josie_huang". Twitter.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Dani, Anguiano (2021-11-13). "'I am an American': how a city official stood firm against an anti-Asian attack". The Guardian UK.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Column: Are diversifying suburbs like Irvine ready for a conversation about race?". Los Angeles Times. 2021-12-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ ""누구 덕에 미국땅 밟았는데" 美참전용사, 한국계 시의원 인종차". Now News Korea. Oct 31, 2021.
- ↑ Kwon, Min Chul 권민철 (Nov 3, 2021). ""미국에 올만큼 운 좋았네" 한국계 정치인에 인종차별". CBS No Cut News (Korea).
- ↑ Josie, Huang (2021-10-28). "In Orange County, Another Asian American Public Official Fends Off Xenophobia, Racism". LAist.
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