Korean Community Center of the East Bay
KCCEB’s mission is to empower immigrants in the Bay Area through access to education, services, resources and advocacy. We help individuals get needed resources at critical moments in their lives and offer opportunities to empower themselves, their families and community for health and wellness.
Jikimee Senior Leadership Program cultivates community mental health leaders among monolingual Korean seniors. Jikimee sessions provide a culturally and linguistically responsive environment to explore issues important to the Korean community.
Our Jikimee leaders attend public meetings and join legislative visits to voice community needs, volunteer at cultural, community and wellness events, and support our programs.
Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance® Moving For Better Balance is a 12-week evidence-based fall prevention program based on the Simplified 24-form Tai Ji Quan. This course combines traditional Chinese Taiji movements and modern science to help seniors improve their balance, muscle strength, flexibility and mobility, and internal organ functioning to enhance overall health.
KCCEB partners with Alameda County senior serving organizations to offer classes in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin and with translation in other languages.
Senior Street Smarts is an 8-week course teaching seniors how to protect themselves while feeling safer in public. This course combines practical tips plus psychological concepts to increase a sense of safety and build community among seniors.
KCCEB partners with Alameda County senior serving organizations to offer the course in English, Korean, Cantonese, and Mandarin. Train the trainers is available to organizations interested in running the workshop series in their organizations.
