2015-01-02 Asia Leadership Institute

Friday night I was one of the speakers at an event with about 40 members of the Asia Leadership Trek--a collection of geniuses from Harvard, MIT, Tufts. I spoke along with three Ambassadors from the Teach North Korean Refugees project.

The students responded really strongly! In my case, some of the students were pleading for the opportunity to help TNKR. And they were telling me specific ways that they could help out, so there could be some real opportunities. A few of them said the same thing--they follow many issues (talking and analysis), but it isn't often that they can see real opportunities to get involved.

Our three Ambassadors all gave speeches that touched the audience in different ways. One with her call to action, another with his personal story, and another who had the courage to give her talk in English even though she is still new to TNKR.

Special thanks to John Lim and Samuel H Kim for allowing TNKR to present at their event, and to the students who gave us such a strong response. A few of them... amazing, they didn't want to leave. The organizers were saying it was time to go, but one group at the end refused to go, they wanted to talk with me even more, to find out more about me and my activities helping North Korean refugees.

Actually, I gave two speeches that night. One was about Harvard, the other about North Korean refugees. We (organizers, handful of NK refugees students and TNKR Ambassadors) were waiting for the Asia Leadership Trekkers to arrive, so I gave a speech to the 10 or so refugees giving them background about Harvard. Then as soon as the Asia Leadership Trekkers arrived, I switched to my PPT about North Korea. I was the first speaker to arrive and the last to leave, talking to the last group for quite a while. The people at the building may have been wondering if they would have to call security to escort me out of the building...

Even then, I wasn't done... I was introducing two friends so they could talk about how to collaborate... so I met with them after the Asia Leadership Trek crew finally left...

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Diverse Secondary Education (2016-10-09)

This morning I was one of the featured speakers at "Diverse Secondary Education in South Korea." www.lovetnkr.org/donate Young Collyer, host of the event, wrote: Diverse Secondary Education in South Korea (학생들에게 직접 들어보는 교육이야기) 쌀쌀한 가을의 휴일, 이른 아침부터 토론회에 참석해 주신 TNKR 대표 케이시 라티그(Casey Latigue)님, 하파엘 (Rafael Miliati Ramalho) 중대 북한개발협력과 석사과정), 한대의 (세종대 생명공학과), 레이첼 스타인 (Rachel Stine 허핑톤 포스트 컬럼니스트, 파고다) 외 글로벌 유스 인스티튜트 회원들 한국국제학교의 장정환, 윤지수 KKFS의 Mohamed와 Esther. 특히, 참석을 위해 익산 원광여고 민정이와 알렉스가 익산에서 서울까지 왔습니다. 무척이나 열정적이고 알찬 토론회였습니다. 특히 자원봉사자 선생님들과 함께 북한 이주민들을 대상으로 무료로 영어교육하고 있는 케이시 선생님에게 많은 영감을 얻었습니다. 케이시 선생님은 하버드대학교에서 교육학 석사과정 중 워싱턴 D.C. 의 빈민가정의 아이들을 대상으로한 교육을 필두로 해서 지금까지 사회의 음지에 있는 이들을 대상으로 양질의 교육을 펼치기 위한 교육을 펼쳐 왔으며, 우연히 북한이주민 영어교육 프로그램을 시작하게 된 뒤 계속해서 이 일을 해오고 있다고 합니다. 또한, 오후에는 청소년들과 함께, 우리나라의 교육 현실에 대한 토론을 하였습니다. 현재 사교육 중심으로 돌아가는 한국의 교육제도, 창의적 교육 운운하면서 실상은 창의를 말살시키는 한국의 교육제도, 내자식은 1등이 아니면 안되라고 생각하는 한국의 어머니들때문에 사교육 시장으로 내몰리는 한국의 청소년들.. 스스로 창의적인 사람이 될 수 있도록, 남들보다 잘하기 위해 1등이 되는 것이 아니라, 내...

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