Events

WHAT: 70 Years Too Long: National Action to End the Korean War

Join the Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network, Peace Treaty Now and the Korea Peace Network in Washington DC to raise a unified voice for an end to the Korean War and peace on the Korean Peninsula.

WHERE: Washington, DC

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

SUNDAY, MARCH 15

“End All Endless Wars, Korea Peace Now!” March and Rally at the White House
Time: 1-2:30 pm
Location: Lafayette Square, Pennsylvania Ave. NW & 16th St. NW, Washington, DC

Joint National Convening of the Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network and Peace Treaty Now
Time: 3-5 pm (followed by dinner and dwipuri)
Location: Human Rights Campaign, 1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington, DC
Registration required.

MONDAY, MARCH 16

Annual Korea Peace Network Conference
Time: 8:30 am-1:30 pm
Location: St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 301 A St. SE, Washington, DC
Registration required.

“The Path to Peace in the 70th Year of the Korean War”
Public forum with keynote by Dr. Bruce Cumings
Time: 1:30-4:30 pm
Location: St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 301 A St. SE, Washington, DC

TUESDAY, MARCH 17

Korea Peace Advocacy
Time: 9 am-5 pm
Location: Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
Registration required.

WHAT: A discussion of the new report The Human Costs and Gendered Impact of Sanctions on North Korea.

WHERE: Church Center for the United Nations, 2nd Floor, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York

SPEAKERS:

• Henri Féron, Ph.D., Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy
• Kee B. Park, MD, MPH, Director of the DPRK Program at the Korean American Medical Association and Lecturer at Harvard Medical School
• Joy Yoon, Co-founder of Ignis Community and PYSRC Director of Educational Therapy
• Introduction by Liz Bernstein, Executive Director, Nobel Women’s Initiative
• Moderated by Yifat Susskind, Executive Director, MADRE

Event is free and open to the media and public.

WHAT: Press conference featuring women leaders calling for an end to the Korean War and the creation of a peace process that includes women

WHERE: Across the street from the U.S. Embassy in Gwanghwamun Plaza, South Korea

SPEAKERS:

• Christine Ahn (Executive Director of Women Cross DMZ)
• Kozue Akibayashi (Doshisha University/Former President of WILPF)
• Mimi Han (Executive Board Member, The National YWCA of Korea; Vice President, World YWCA)
• Gloria Steinem (Feminist scholar activist)
• Moderated by Mi-kyung Han (Standing Representative, Korea Women’s Alliance)

WHAT: Gloria Steinem Keynote Speech at Let’s DMZ

WHERE: KINTEX Exhibition Center, 217-60, Kintex-ro, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea