 NAKASEC was founded in 1994 by local community centers to project a national progressive voice and promote the full participation of Korean Americans as a part of a greater goal of building a national movement for social change.NAKASEC was one of the major players in the Korean American community during the restoration movement after the welfare reform of 1996 through the ""Fix '96" Campaign" and continues to be active in the immigration reform debate.KRC along with other centers in Seattle, Washington, DC, Houston and other cities, were established in the early 1980s by political activists who escaped South Korea after Chun Doo-hwan's military leadership crushed the Gwangju People's Uprising in May 1980.