🌼 Summer Mobilizing for Peace | July KPNGN Newsletter
Dear Friend,
Thank you to everyone who participated in our 2025 Korea Peace Advocacy Week! We successfully registered 152 constituents from 29 states and requested 152 meetings with congressional leaders. Many participated for the first time, including 84-year-old Myung Ja Yoon.
Myung Ja met with the offices of her congressional representatives, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD-8) to share her personal story and why she advocates for peace: “I have visited all 50 states of America and traveled to almost 100 countries, crossing many borders on foot all over the world. Yet I cannot go to North Korea because we are at war. I am almost 84 years old. I don’t have many more years left. I want to go and see the other half of my origin and heritage. I want to talk with the people there and share food with them. Sponsoring H.R.1841 will put you on this honored path with peacemakers.” Read more about Myung Ja’s story here, and read our full Advocacy Week recap here.
Join our monthly KPNGN Meeting this Thursday, July 10 at 5pm PT/8pm ET! We will provide updates on the July NYC People’s Summit for Korea and discuss upcoming regional and committee events. RSVP at bit.ly/julykpn.
🗓️ Upcoming Event
July 25-27 | People’s Summit for Korea
The People’s Summit for Korea is taking place July 25-27 in New York! The People’s Summit will be a three-day convening featuring plenaries, panels, workshops, breakout sessions, and cultural performances led by key figures in the Korean liberation movement and the global anti-imperialist struggle. Learn more and register here.
📚Recommended Viewings:
ICYMI:
Can South Korea Achieve Peace in a Chaotic World? | By Ji-Yeon Yuh, Northwestern University Associate Professor & Women Cross DMZ Board Chair
A Recap of Women Cross DMZ’s 10-Year Anniversary Solidarity Trek to Korea
Asian American Heritage Month Brings Somberness and Solidarity | By Deepa Iyer
From the Education Committee:
- The Moral Distortions of the Official Korean War Narrative explores the distorted narrative about the Korean War and the hidden atrocities and war crimes that took place with the support of the U.S. government.
- Film and the forgotten war: The Korean War on the silver screen discusses how films can be used as tools for ideological control and how Hollywood’s story of the Korean War was shaped by a “humanitarian Orientalism” trend which “presented white Americans as benevolent saviors while reducing Koreans as infantile objects in need of rescue and moral guidance from the West.”
- Lee Jae-myung’s ‘Pragmatic Diplomacy’ Stands at the Start of a Difficult Journey takes a look at President Lee’s “Pragmatic Diplomacy” approach and what this could mean for South Korea’s relationship with the U.S. and neighboring East Asian countries.
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🛍 Support the Korea Peace Movement: Show your support for Korea peace with one of our tote bags, hats, baby onesies, and clothing, available here. All funds will support Korea Peace Now!, our U.S.-based movement for peace in Korea led by Women Cross DMZ. Art by Peter Holland and lazy blender.
Sincerely,
Cathi Choi & Echo
