2015-10-03 TNKR on Saturday: What have I done? :-)

Many South Korean office workers look forward to the weekend--so they can sleep! At least, that's according to what many of them say, when I ask, "What do you usually do on weekends?"

Well, Eunkoo Lee can't answer like that anymore! Before we got more serious about TNKR, she would sleep or watch baseball on weekends. But now almost every Saturday (and some Sundays), we have some type of an event related to (TNKR) Teach North Korean Refugees.

Ah, but yesterday, at last, I was going to have a Saturday off. My Korea Times column is due, I have several other pressing projects. But it was Eunkoo who was telling me that I should come out on Saturday! That's because she was going to be at our new study center in Itaewon to meet with some of the refugees studying in the program. I was making up excuses why I couldn't join, but she didn't want to hear it!

I started yesterday by shooting some hoops. After that, I joined up with Eunkoo. We all had a great time, talking, eating. One refugee started our program at the ABC level, but he has now gotten to the DEF level. Yesterday, we pushed him to utter some phrases in English. He hesitated at first, insisting on Korean, but after a lot of prompting, pushing, and teasing, he did it! He looked up some phrases, perhaps some he learned from his tutor, then he began asking questions.

And the young lady who joined us yesterday has been studying in our program for several months now. She is really eager, not the least bit shy about trying English. She said, "I always think about the nice TNKR volunteers who help North Korean refugees."

So yesterday, Eunkoo got me! I came out on a Saturday when I had planned to act like a Korean office worker, sleeping until Monday arrived.

The next few weeks we will be REALLY busy. I'm sure that the people who don't read messages closely will get confused and go to the wrong places or not properly apply.

October 10: TNKR Open House (Itaewon)
October 17: TNKR Orientation for tutors (Itaewon)
October 24: TNKR English Matching session (Bangbae)
October 31: TNKR English Rematching session (Itaewon)

In addition, we have several private meetings planned.

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Park Jin welcoming remarks to FSI (and Casey Lartigue)

National Assembly member Park Jin makes the welcoming remarks at FSI's conference featuring North Korean diplomats. Park Jin | Greeting message to FSI and Casey Lartigue mention - YouTube

Helping North Koreans 'strike the blow' (Korea Times)

H ave you ever engaged in action not because you were sure it would change the world, but to satisfy your own heart? That, I emailed to an American friend, is why I have joined the effort to help North Koreans who are trying to escape from their homeland. I can’t change the direction of policy in North Korea or China but I can row the boat I am sitting in rather than lamenting that I can’t steer the yachts somewhere else. So I have tried to do what I can: Attending protests in front of the Chinese embassy in Seoul (and I plan to do so when I visit America in April); donating money to the Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights ( www.nkhumanrights.or.kr ); educating myself, writing articles and emailing friends; and, as a member of the board of trustees, I recently submitted a resolution to the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association (FDMHA) in Washington, D.C., to try to call attention to the plight of North Koreans. Our organization’s missi...

Still writing (Korea Times, 2023-12-19)

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[Video] "Author Spotlight" by Harvard

On February 2nd from 2-3 a.m. (Korea time), I was the featured speaker at an "Author Spotlight" by the Harvard Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and the Harvard Extension Alumni Association (HEAA) . Watch, like, share, and comment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmRgP3q7rQg&list=PLn7xtnmarHFq6kVvq3PxOgC8nwjn8ioBO * * * I will be in the USA for two weeks in March, I will kick off the trip with a speech on the campus of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HSGE) for its annual Alumni of Color Conference (AOCC). It will be a bit of a homecoming reunion, I was one of the speakers at the first HGSE AOCC in 2003. Stay tuned, this will be preparation for a larger event later this year. Thanks to everyone who has helped make FSI's work possible. ( Stripe ) ( PayPal ).

Forgery or conspiracy? Memorandum 46

Here's an article I co-wrote that will appear in the Sunday Outlook section of the Washington Post . We'll be updating this page over the coming days. So check back for updates. Memorandum 46 timeline , as compiled by us. Audio from our last show on XM 169 before we got fired. That audio is divided into segments, this one is one large MP3 . Who says Memorandum46 is true? Former rep. Cynthia McKinney presents Memo 46 to the United Nations and defends it in a speech . Joe Madison presents Memo 46 at the annual Congressional Black Caucus gathering. Former D.C. delegate Walter Fauntroy, on the Joe Madison show on XM 169 (audio available, upon request) and on Michael Fauntroy's site Boyd Graves (see Exhibit 10 of his lawsuit against the government) The Final Call, with Brzezinski's name misspelled . Len Horowitz Blackelectorate.com Millions for Reparations Various discussion forums or discussants, such as: Greekchat , Jahness , Who says Memorandum 46 is a forgery? Brzezi...

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