Korean Quarterly

AAOP to hold Asian Heritage Month event
2025-05-10 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | DK Training Center, 1821 University Avenue West, St. Paul, MN, 55104, United States
The Asian American Organizing Project will hold an API Heritage Month event on May 15 to honor the history and connections of the diverse Asian American people of the Twin Cities.
The free event will include food, an interactive timeline activity and other conversation-starting activities, and reflections of personal journeys. The intent is to strengthen participants sense of care and support of the community, and to affirm the many identities Asian Minnesotans – ethnic, gender, sexuality and others.
The purpose is also to view the broader community as a strength to resist the current administration’s fascist and authoritarian agenda.
The event will be held 5 to 8 p.m. at DK Training Center, 1821 University Avenue West, Suite 242, St. Paul.

Women's peace walk to be held at a U.S. base in South Korea
2025-05-24 | Naeri 260, Paengseong-eup, Pyeongtaek-si), Naeri 260, Pangseong-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Korea, Republic of
On May 24, an international delegation from Women Cross DMZ will collaborate with the Gyeonggi Women’s Association in a commemorative peace march at the Camp Humphreys, a U.S. military base at Pyongtaek, South Korea. The special focus of these two groups is on the fact that war and militarism disproportionately harms women.
This free event will be held Saturday, May 24, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Korea time), beginning at Naeri Culture Park, Pyeongtaek (Naeri 260, Paengseong-eup, Pyeongtaek-si)
The date, May 24, is International Women’s Day and is also the 10th anniversary of the original crossing of the Demilitarized Zone by an international group of 30 women peace activists under the sponsorship of Women Cross DMZ. The group included Nobel Peace Prize winners Leymah Gbowee and Mairead Maguire.
Every year since the 2015 march that crossed the DMZ, the, Gyeonggi Women’s Association has organized an annual march to coincide with International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament.
This transnational act of solidarity is particularly timely as democracy is under attack in the U.S., South Korea is on the cusp of electing a new president, and growing tensions between the U.S. and China raise the risk of war in Northeast Asia.
The walk around Camp Humphries is designed to raise awareness about the need for peace on the Korean Peninsula from the perspective of gender equality.

CAAL to hold free Grant Readiness Workshop
2025-09-03 18:30 - 19:30 | MN
A free Grant Readiness Workshop will be held online September 3, 2025, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. (CST) by the Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL).
CAAL is a network of leaders who act collectively to make Minnesota work better for its Asian American community. CAAL’s programs include: network weaving, to allow leaders to meet and network with one another; leadership building outreach and events; and advocating for annual policy priorities in areas like immigration, education, economic development.
The workshop is designed to provide guidance on preparing a strong grant application, give tips for sharpening a proposal, and answer participants’ questions on grant writing. The content is appropriate for prospective applicants who want to build a business and for non-profit leaders who want to expand the community impact of their organization.
CAAL is also launching the second round of its grant fund, CAAL Ignite, with the goal of incentivizing Asian American leadership and prosperity in Minnesota. Applications for the CAAL Ignite grant fund will open later this September.
Learn more and sign up for the workshop, and read about the CAAL Ignite second round fund at: caalmn.org/caal-ignite

Adoptee Hub's annual self-care workshop features kimchi-making, a film, and some drumming
2025-09-27 08:30 - 17:00 | Coffman Memorial Union, 300 Washington Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, United States
Adoptee Hub is holding its Cultural Identity and Self-Care Workshop at the University of Minnesota on September 27.
The day-long workshop is designed to help adult adoptees recharge and build community with fun cultural activities. Participants will choose four of 12 classes to take including: kimchi-making and mandu (dumpling) preparation; a tea ceremony demonstration; massage; Korean language for beginners; empowerment and the “gratitude effect”; a film with discussion; Korean songs with the K-Breeze kids’ choir; and an introduction to Korean drumming with Shinparam Korean Drum Troupe.
Registration is by reservation only, and the workshop, including breakfast and a Korean lunch, is $50. Registration is at the attached link.
The event will be held at Coffman Memorial Union, 300 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis.
More about Adoptee Hub is at its website at: www.adopteehub.org.

Korean adoptees discuss records fraud at live radio event
2025-11-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Arbeiter Brewing Co., 3038 Minnehaha Ave., Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
A panel of four Korean adoptees will discuss the South Korean governments admission of adoption records fraud and its effect on the local Korean adoptee community in a live event Tuesday, November 11, hosted by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) and Twin Cities Public Television (TPT).
The event, titled Mistaken: Minnesota’s Korean Adoptees Grapple with Confessed Systemic Corruption, is part of the North Star Journey Live series. It will be held at Arbeiter Brewing Company in South Minneapolis beginning at 6 p.m.
The panelists, who are all Korean adoptees, are: Ami Nafzger, president of AdopteeHub, which reaches out to adult Korean adoptees with social and self-care programming and birth family searches; Cameron Lee Small, a therapist who works in adoption literacy and counsels adoptees and their families; Matt McNiff, director of the Camp Choson summer Korean culture camp; and Mary Niedermeyer, the CEO of the non-profit organization Communities Advancing Prosperity for Immigrants (CAPI).
See feature story at this link.
Tickets are required. See link below for registration information.

Minnesota Han performing and visual arts event set
2025-12-06 17:00 - 19:00 | Queermunity, 3036 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
A visual and performing arts event, Minnesota Han, will bring four artists and a Korean traditional performing arts group together for an evening of arts, music, and fun activities on Saturday, December 6 in Minneapolis.

Minnesota Han, featuring five local artists, will celebrate the joy and angst of being a Korean American artist in Minnesota. Featured artists are: Su Hwang, Naomi Ko, Sun Yung Shin and May Lee-Yang. Additionally, artist Heather Kim will premiere new work, and JangMi Arts will perform traditional Korean drumming.

The event will include a small holiday market with Asian American vendors. Attendees can also learn how to make a norigae, a traditional Korean accessory.

There will be Korean refreshments, including Korean-inspired brews from Arbeiter Brewery. The event is free, but RSVP is requested.
