Welcome to the Korea Peace Network Resource Center
National Action to End the Korean War
March 15-17 2020 | Washington DC
Sunday, March 15
1:00 – 2:30 pm: End Endless Wars, Korea Peace Now!
March and rally at the White House
Location: Rally at Lafayette Square followed by march (route TBD)
3:00 – 5:00 pm: Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network and Peace Treaty Now Joint National Convening
Location: Human Rights Campaign, 1640 Rhode Island Ave NW
5:30 – 7:00 pm: Dinner (dosirak mealbox + buffet)
We will provide dosirak for people coming just for the day and need to depart at 5pm to return to New York, Philadelphia, North Carolina, etc.
7:00 – 9:00 pm: DwiPuRi
9:00 – 10:00 pm: Clean-up
*From 12pm – 1pm the National Unification Advisory Council (aka Pyeong-tong) will have its own rally at Lafayette Park to support North and South Korea’s joint bid to co-host the 2032 Olympics as part of its campaign for peaceful unification. We are all invited to join the rally, and they will also stay for our rally beginning promptly at 1pm.
Monday, March 16
Annual Korea Peace Network Conference
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 301 A St. SE, Washington, D.C. 20003
8:30 – 9:00 am: Check-in and breakfast
9:00 – 9:15 am: Welcome and Introductions by Kevin Martin, Korea Peace Network Chair
9:15 – 10:45 am: The year ahead: Korea peace advocacy strategy and tactics for 2020
10:45 – 11:00 am: Break
11:00 – 12:30 pm: Advocacy Training and Overview
Dan Jasper, American Friends Service Committee
Elizabeth Beavers, Women Cross DMZ
Kate Parsons, Mennonite Central Committee
12:30 – 1:30 pm: Lunch
Public Forum: The Path to Peace in the 70th year of the Korean War
Same location
1:30 – 2:o0 pm: Keynote address by Dr. Bruce Cumings
2:00 – 3:15 pm: 70 years of the Korean War
Intergenerational Korean American woman dialogue
Joy Lee Powell Gebhard
Aiyoung Choi, Women Cross DMZ
Grace Choi, Re-generation Movement
Minju Bae, Nodutdol for Korean Community Development
Moderator: Sophie Yeonhee Lee, Korea Peace Now! Hawaii
3:15 – 3:30 pm: Break
3:30 – 4:30 pm: The Path to Peace
Jessica Lee, Quincy Institute
Joy Yoon, Ignis Community
Erik Sperling, Just Foreign Policy
Moderator: Catherine Killough, Women Cross DMZ
Tuesday, March 17
All day: Korea peace advocacy in assigned teams
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The Korea Peace Network, coordinated by Peace Action President Kevin Martin, is a network comprised of peace, social justice, human rights, faith, veterans and Korean-American groups and individuals advocating peace on the Korean peninsula
