(Name-mce) ListServ Korean American Youth Conference 9-23-06 Portland OR

[Villanueva Anselmo]

If you do not receive this announcement in a clear format, go to 
www.kacl.org <http://www.kacl.org/>  or contact the Korean American
Citizens League at 503.884.5607 or liani at kacl.org

 

Please share with interested students, families, and community members.

 

Anselmo

 

 

 

Join Oregon's Korean American Community 

September 23, 2006 

*  OKAY Conference 

The Korean American Citizens League, Korean Society of Oregon and
Northwest Korean Culture Society invite you to the first Oregon Korean
American Youth Leadership Conference. 

A chance for KA youth from all segments of the community--first, second,
1.5 generation, adoptee, biracial--to come together and share ideas,
experiences and stories. 

Keynote speaker is nationally acclaimed speaker Helie Lee. 

Topics include KA and Asian American identity, civic and community
involvement, and bridging the generational divide. A prominant speaker
will introduce each topic with small moderated group discussion to
follow. 

Small group discussions are limited to KA youth; all are welcome to
attend the introductory presentations and keynote speech. 

Register by calling 503.884.5607 or register at the door. 

 

*  OKAY Conference 

 

Westview High School

4200 NW 185th

Portland, Oregon 97229

Saturday, September 23, 2006

9 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Oregon welcomes KA Author Helie Lee 

Helie Lee is the author of the national bestseller Still Life With Rice
(Scribner 1996), and In The Absence of Sun (Harmony Books 2002), memoirs
in which she chronicles her family's experience in war-torn Korea from
the 1930s to 1997. 

Born in Seoul, Korea on August 29, 1964, Ms. Lee's family immigrated
first to Montreal, Canada when she was four, then to California one year
later. Ms. Lee's family pursued their American dream, settling in the
San Fernando Valley where Ms. Lee attended El Camino Real High School,
then graduated from UCLA in 1986 with a degree in Political Science.
While researching her first book, she worked on such shows as In Living
Color, Saved By The Bell and the Martin Lawrence Show. 

Ms Lee's current work, In The Absence of Sun specifically details her
Korean-American family's risky attempt to rescue her uncle from North
Korea. The story has been featured on Nightline, CNN, the Associated
Press, The Los Angeles Times, People Magazine, Life & Times, and Oprah.
She has spoken at Stanford, Princeton, USC, UCLA, Northeastern
University, Amherst, the Korean American Coalition, the Korean Cultural
Center, the Korean Youth Community Center, KASCON, The Museum of
Tolerance, CNN, AsiaWeek, and NPR. Her courageous story led Cosmopolitan
Magazine to select Ms. Lee out of thousands of women nominated for their
"1999 Fun Fearless Female" competition as a "Freedom Fighter." 

Ms. Lee has also been published in Mademoiselle, Essence, and KoreAm
Journal. She is currently working on a documentary titled "MACHO LIKE
ME" which follows her six-and-a-half month journey living as a man. 

Ms. Lee is a member of the Asian American Writers Workshop, PEN, a
community of writers defending freedom of expression and building a
literary culture, and Visual Communications, a nonprofit organization
that promotes Asian Pacific media arts for the American public. 

Ms. Lee lectures around the country on her bicultural heritage and human
rights issues for North Korea refugees. In June of 2002, Ms. Lee was
invited by Senator Ted Kennedy to testify at the Senate Subcommittee
Hearing on Immigration. Ultimately, Ms. Lee embraces her responsibility
as an ambassador of Korean history and culture by creating awareness
through stories that serve as a floodlight on the closed world of North
Korea. 

9:50 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. Keynote Speaker, Helie Lee 

10:25 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Identity: Reflection in the Mirror, Susan Cox 

11:40 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. Civic Engagement: Getting Involved in Your
Community, Youlee Yim You 

1:40 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. Bridging the Generational Divide, Helie Lee 

 

 

Korean American Citizens League

P.O. Box 3512

Portland, Oregon 97208

503.884.5607

liani at kacl.org <mailto:liani at kacl.org> 

http://www.www.kacl.org
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The OKAY Conference Planning Committee is comprised of members of the
Korean American Citizens League, Korean Society of Oregon and Northwest
Korean Culture Society.

www.kacl.org | www.ksor.org | www.nkcs.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

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