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Yuna Jung LiveChat featuring Casey Lartigue (2021-10-09)

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oz54rdvOQ0&list=PLn7xtnmarHFr9v99a4urREm3DymgoVcKo&index=1 YouTube Live Chat, Yuna Jung featuring Casey Lartigue Support Freedom Speakers International

Yeonmi Park with Casey Lartigue

  What Action To Take To Help North Korean People - Casey Lartigue - YouTube

TNKR's most popular Website page

TNKR's most popular Website page That's right, the most popular page on TNKR's Website is.... the budget page! Yes, boring budget information is what people click on the most, even faster than refugee testimonials. If every person who checked the budget page became a monthly donor of at least $5 a month, then TNKR would already be financially sustainable! Here's our 2019 audited budget information , as translated by staffer Young-Ah Kim. You can also see the history of our budget from 2015-2019. Knowing how interested people are in budget issues, we started posting this information even before we became an official organization. https://lovetnkr.org/tnkr-budget/ One thing is clear: TNKR is winning! Every day we hear about success stories from students and volunteers. This morning's inspiring messages are from two TNKR students who passed the first round in a competitive scholarship competition. They said they never would have had a chance without TNKR being with ...

2019-12-16 Bana TV interview

Posted by Bana TV: 19. 12. 16 오늘은 '배나무 이사회' 89회를 촬영했습니다. 'TNKR (Teach North Korean Refugees) 활동에 대해'를 주제로 2015년 한국 입국, 현재 TNKR에서 영어를 배우고 있는 평양 출신 나민희 님께서 사회를 보시고, 2013년 TNKR을 공동 창립, 현재 공동대표를 맡고 계신 한국 출신 이은구 님과 미국 출신 Casey Lartigue 님 모시고 말씀 나누었습니다. 나민희 님은 "지식을 떠나 사랑을 나누는 이런 단체에 더 많은 관심이 있어야 한다고 생각해 배나TV에 모시고 나왔다"라고 말씀하셨습니다. 이은구 대표님께서는 "TNKR은 비영리민간단체로 탈북민들에게 미래를 위해 무료로 영어 학습 할 수 있는 기회를 제공한다"라며 "탈북민들에게 더 다양한 기회를 제공하고자 하는 것이 설립 목적"이라고 하셨습니다. Casey Lartigue 대표님께서는 "TNKR은 탈북민 학생이 중심이 되어 선생님 선택도 직접 한다"라고 하시며 일반영어, 영어 대중 강의, 취업능력 향상 프로젝트 등 구체적인 교육내용에 관해서도 소개해 주셨습니다. 영어뿐 아니라 탈북민들에게 자신감, 세계에 대한 지식을 늘리는 기회를 제공하고 싶으시다는 말씀도 하셨습니다. 어떻게 이 일에 관심을 가지게 되었는지, 설립 초기의 에피소드, 어려웠던 점, 도움 주신 분들, 자원봉사자, 함께 한 학생들, 기쁘고 보람되었던 일, 가장 기억 남는 순간, 향후 계획, 후원 요청 등에 관해서도 이야기 나누었습니다. '배나무 이사회' 89회는 12월 24일(화)에 업로드됩니다. 많은 시청 부탁드립니다.

2019-12-12 Workable Words at Harvard Happy Hour

Each of the three Harvard University events I've been to in Cambridge and Seoul in the last month have been special in different ways. Of course the conference TNKR hosted at the Harvard Graduate School of Education from Nov 15-16 was super special. The annual alumni dinner on December 1st was fantastic yet again. But last night's Happy Hour was absolutely unforgettable. What were some memorable things about last night? * Workable Words:  Very often at such gatherings, people chit-chat without focus. Yes, I know, it is a Happy Hour, so I expect Happy Talk. But as the evening went on--but before the more serious drinks got poured--it seemed that we were going to breakup into working groups. This is more of what I expected a few years ago when I began attending Harvard alumni events. There are influential, smart and well-connected people at many of these gatherings--but there usually aren't many workable words. After reflecting on it, I will suggest we alternat...

TNKR featured at KOTESOL International Conference

Will you be at this year's KOTESOL conference? TNKR will be! TNKR will be one of the organizations featured at this year's international conference. KOTESOL is holding a special "KOTESOL Gives Back" session encouraging attendees to donate to TNKR and KUMFA.We are scheduled to be on from 1:30 to 2:00 on October 12. Please refer to the KOTESOL Website for conference information. (October 12 and 13 at Sookmyung Women's University) https://koreatesol.org/content/kotesol-gives-back-2019-international-conference We had a planning meeting at the TNKR office with KOTESOL and KUMFA staff to get prepared. These flyers were designed by high school student Prachi Didwania. TNKR staff assistant YoungJoo Yoo will be managing the TNKR booth at KOTESOL, so sign up here if you would like to volunteer. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gWMUS4HVJ4P-4Hx7f1GDFQlM5-4rMFU5U6VCUdzuoqU/edit#gid=0

TNKR at TEDx, 2018-12-08

On December 8 in Seoul, five women from four different countries delivered speeches at TEDxDongdaemunWomen. They were understandably nervous: They are all second or third-language speakers of English. None of them are professional speakers, so this was a diversion from their daily lives. It was a beautiful scene. Numerous TNKR volunteers were on hand to support a TNKR student giving her first TEDx speech. TNKR collaborated with a TEDx organizer to put together an event. The TNKR co-founder being asked to be the MC of a TEDx event. So how did it all come together? Recommended Eunhee Park It started with Bayasgalan letting me know he would be organizing another TEDx event. Eunkoo and I had spoken at the TEDx he organized in September 2017, we strongly recommended Eunhee Park this time around. She first joined TNKR in 2015 at a basic level, and now she gives powerful speeches and engages in English conversation with ease. It would give Eunhee a great opportunity to speak to an ...