Fw: KAC (Korean American Coalition) presents...
Soo-il Kim
From: Minna Kim [mailto:mi...@kacla.org]
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 3:54 PM
To: jay1...@gmail.com
Subject: KAC (Korean American Coalition) presents...
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North Korea has been in the spotlight for the past few years, famine and starvation, nuclear missile launches, the latest Cheonan torpedo incident, the ill health of Kim Jong Il and his likely successor....please join us at the this pivotal and timely THINK Conference to learn more about what is actually occurring in North Korea and what KAC hopes to accomplish in the future.
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Hope you will be able to join us at the upcoming KAC National THINK (Topple Hunger in North Korea) Conference, June 25 & June 26th, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles.? We have some amazing speakers, including two very well known North Korean defectors Kang Cheol-Hwan (author of Aquariums of Pyongyang) and Dr. Lee Ae-ran (recipient of US State Dept's 2010 International Woman of Courage Award), and experts in the field of North Korea.
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Friday, June 25
Welcoming Reception (6-8pm)
Saturday, June 26
Breakfast/Registration (8:30-9am)
Panel 1 -?North Korean Defector: Cheol-Hwan Kang?(9:30-10:50am)
Panel 2 - Kim Jong Il's regime: past, transition, and future; hunger issues: John Park, David Kang, and David Karl?(11am-12:20pm)
Lunch/Panel 3 - North Korean Orphan Adoption Bill currently in Congress: Sang Man Han-Schneider and Suzanne Scholte?(12:30-2pm)
Panel 4 - NGOs in action in North Korea: Eugene Bell and Asia Foundation?(2:10-3:30pm)
Panel 5 - North Korean Defector: Dr. Ae-Ran Lee (3:40-5p)
Reception (5:30-6:30pm)
National Gala Dinner Event (6:30-9pm)
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Partial list of confirmed panelists include:
Cheol-Hwan Kang (North Korean Defector; current Journalist in Seoul, Korea)
Dr. Ae-Ran Lee (North Korean Defector; 2010 International Women of Courage Award recipient)
Sang Man (Sam) Han-Schneider (founder of the Han-Schneider International Children's Foundation)
Professor David Kang (USC Korean Studies Institute Director)
David Karl (President of the Asia Strategy Initiative)
John S. Park (Senior Research Associate at the United States Institute of Peace)
Suzanne Scholte?(President of the Defense Forum Foundation)
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With the T.H.I.N.K. Conference, KAC hopes to garner support from the community as well as to educate the general public about the dire situation of the North Korean people. We will be focusing on both the humanitarian crisis within the country in addition to North Korea?s prospects in the near future as well as next few decades. We anticipate over 400 attendees for the conference with expert panel members and experience on North Korean issues.?
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Please join us, and feel free to forward this THINK Conference information to your friends and colleagues.? And if you are not able to join us, perhaps you would consider donating so that we can give deserving college students scholarships to attend the THINK Conference.
Thank you!
Minna Kim
KAC
Intern
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The Korean American Coalition is
non-profit, non-partisan community advocacy organization. ?Our mission is to
promote the civic concerns, civil rights, and community affairs of the Korean
American community through education, community organizing leadership
development, and coalition-building with diverse communities. ?
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