In Celebration of Young Koreans United's [YKU] 18th Anniversary,

Working for Peace in a Time of War

National Conference of the Korean American Progressive Movement

August 2-3, 2002
College of Mount St. Vincent
6301 Riverdale Ave., Riverdale, Bronx, NY 10471

Click here for the report.
Click here for the flyer [PDF,160K]

Friday Program

Peace Rally in Manhattan

Looking Back at the Peace Movement
With a cultural presentation and testimonies from long-time activists

Forum on the "Current Political Situation in Korea"
Featuring Han Bong Yoon, Director of the Korea Future Research Center (South Korea)

Saturday Program

"Building a Peace Movement in Our Communities" - Symposium

  • Kathy Kelly, Voices in the Wilderness
  • Ninotchka Rosca, Gabriela
  • Steve Yun, National Korean American Service & Education Consortium
  • Martin Hart-Landsberg, author of Korea-Division, Reunification, and U.S. Foreign Policy

    Strategy Sessions:

  • "Justice for Comfort Women" Campaign
  • Creating a National Anti-Militarism Network
  • Organizing on Civil Liberties and Immigrant Rights
  • North Korea Food Aid Outreach and Fundraising

    Presentation on the "Korean Overseas Community in Canada and Australia"

    Cultural Performance

    For more information, please send email to: YKU of USA
    yku@ykuusa.org
    http://www.ykuusa.org
    tel. 718. 460. 8474 / fax 718. 460. 8520
    50-16 Parsons Blvd. 2nd Fl.
    Flushing, NY 11355