Seeds Will Grow

Cross-posting the recording of last week’s conference hosted by Women Cross DMZ at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. (source):

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FRIDAY, JULY 28, 2023 | GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Introduction:

• Linda Yarr, Director of Partnerships for International Strategies in Asia, George Washington University
• Christine Ahn, Women Cross DMZ Founder and Executive Director

Keynote Address:

• University of Chicago Emeritus Professor and eminent Korea historian Bruce Cumings

The Human Costs of Unending War:

• Kee Park, M.D., Harvard University Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
• Joy Gebhart, divided family member
• Rick Downes, Executive Director, Coalition of Families of Korean & Cold War POW/MIAs
• Moderated by Jennifer Deibert, DPRK Program Director, American Friends Service Committee

The Threat of Nuclear War:

• Dan Leaf, retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General
• Siegfried Hecker, Professor of Practice at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and at Texas A&M University
• Ann Wright, retired U.S. Army Colonel, Veterans for Peace moderated by Ji-Yeon Yuh of Northwestern University

Closing Remarks:

• Cathi Choi, Director of Policy and Organizing at Women Cross DMZ