CANCELED: 70 Years Too Long: National Action to End the Korean War
March 15-17, 2020 Event date:
Washington, DC
UPDATE, March 4, 2020: This event has been canceled due to COVID-19.
2020 marks the 70th year of the Korean War. It’s time to end the war and make it year one of peace.
Join the Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network, Peace Treaty Now and the Korea Peace Network in Washington DC to raise a unified voice for an end to the Korean War and peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Schedule of Events:
SUNDAY, MARCH 15
“End All Endless Wars, Korea Peace Now!”
March and Rally at the White House
Time: 1-2:30 pm
Location: Lafayette Square, Pennsylvania Ave.
NW & 16th St. NW, Washington, DC
Joint National Convening of the Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network and Peace Treaty Now
Time: 3-5 pm (followed by dinner and dwipuri)
Location: Human Rights Campaign, 1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington, DC
Registration required.
MONDAY, MARCH 16
Annual Korea Peace Network Conference
Time: 8:30 am-1:30 pm
Location: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 301 A St. SE, Washington, DC
Registration required.
“70 Years of War and Division: The Path to Peace with North Korea”
Time: 1:30-4:30 pm
Location: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 301 A St. SE, Washington, DC
- 1:30-2pm: Keynote address by Dr. Bruce Cumings
- 2-3:15pm: “70 Years of the Korean War”: intergenerational Korean American women dialogue. Speakers: Joy Lee Powell Gebhard; Aiyoung Choi, Women Cross DMZ; Grace Choi, Re-generation Movement; Minju Bae, Nodutdol for Korean Community Development; Yeonhee Kim, Korea Peace Now! Hawaii
- 3:30-4:30pm: “The Path to Peace”: panel on the challenges and opportunities for a peaceful resolution to the conflict between the US and North Korea. Speakers: Jessica Lee, Senior Research Fellow in the East Asia Program at the Quincy Institute; Joy Yoon, Co-Founder and International Director of the Ignis Community; Erik Sperling, Executive Director of Just Foreign Policy; Catherine Killough, Advocacy and Leadership Coordinator of Women Cross DMZ
TUESDAY, MARCH 17
Korea Peace Advocacy
Time: 9 am-5 pm
Location: Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
Registration required.