Giving Voice to the Korean American Community
First-time novelist and journalist Frances Cha will speak on her debut novel If I Had Your Face. The story follows the interconnected lives of four women balancing on the edge of survival in contemporary Seoul, a world of strict social hierarchies, extreme plastic surgery and K-pop fan mania. Cha is a former travel writer and […]
Adult-facilitated discussion group online for teen/tween adoptees
This series of lectures will offer topics on Korean history focused on war, democratization and economic development of South Korea, Korean American immigration history, and Korean traditional music and arts. It will also include the period of the post-Los Angeles riots, the political growth of the Korean American community, the history and significance of the […]
An adult-facilitated discussion group for adoptee children, age six to 11, will meet online via Zoom.
Black American and Asian American solidarity will be the topic of a virtual chat on Thursday, June 11, 1 to 1:30 p.m. EST (noon to 12:30 p.m. CST). The National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC) will host the virtual chat with UndocuBlack Network on to discuss their joint organizing during the restrictions imposed […]
The Sejong Cultural Society, located in Chicago, will offer its annual teachers' program in a webinar format, designed for elementary, middle school and high school teachers. it is entitled Comparing Verses from Korea, China and Japan, to teach the art and discipline of sijo, a traditional Korean poetry form. Participants will be invited to write […]
This even will be a webinar by master sommelier Kyungmoon Kim. Kim discovered young that he had an exceptional palate. He leveraged his palate and his natural aptitude for memorization to build an extensive base of wine knowledge. In 2016, Kim earned a master sommelier certification; there are only 247 master sommeliers worldwide. Kim is […]
