JOIN US: Crossings screening in New York City on April 20
March 23, 2023
Posted in: Newsletters
Dear friend,
We’re excited to announce a special screening of Crossings in New York City on Thursday, April 20, including a Q&A with filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem, Women Cross DMZ Executive Director Christine Ahn, Women Cross DMZ Board Chair Aiyoung Choi, and filmmaker, philanthropist, and social justice activist Abigail Disney. Admission is free, but donations are welcome. RSVP now! Doors open at 6:30pm and light refreshments will be available.
On March 1, Rep. Brad Sherman, along with 20 co-sponsors, re-introduced the Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act! (Watch the press conference here.) This marks the first time that Korea peace legislation has been re-introduced in Congress. The bill is now H.R.1369, and like H.R.3446 in the last Congress, has bipartisan support. If you haven’t done so already, please contact your member of Congress and ask them to support this important legislation here.
Why is this bill important? As Women Cross DMZ Advocacy Director Colleen Moore writes in Common Dreams, “While the President could formally end the Korean War through executive powers alone, Congressional support is important to building the political will for a long-lasting peace agreement and demonstrating that multiple branches of the US government support a new relationship with North Korea and an end to the war.” Read her entire op-ed in Common Dreams: “As Congress Once Again Calls for End of Korean War, It’s Time for Biden to Listen.”
Moore also wrote about why “The US must trade muscles for diplomacy to end the North Korean nuclear crisis” in an op-ed published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: “…time and time again, the United States has insisted on North Korea’s unilateral and complete denuclearization without first reducing tensions and building trust. Continuing to press North Korea to dismantle arguably its most effective deterrent without resolving its underlying contentious relationship with the United States is certain to fail.” Read it here.
In other news, on March 1 we held a webinar, “Laying Out a Roadmap for Peace in Korea in 2023,” to discuss the current political context and our strategy for peace this year around the Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act and the 70th anniversary of the Armistice agreement in July. Speakers included Rep. Andy Kim, Christine Ahn, Colleen Moore, and Professor J.J. Suh. If you missed it, you can watch it here.
And we’re delighted to announce Women Cross DMZ’s newest team member, Cathi Choi! Cathi is an attorney and activist based in Los Angeles who is our new Director of Policy and Organizing. She has organized community gatherings and written about progressive social movements spanning the Korean Peninsula and the United States – including the Gwangju Uprising and the activism of Diamond Kimm. You can read more about her here. Welcome, Cathi!
Here are upcoming Crossings screenings:
April 20: Manhattan Country School (New York, NY)
6:30 PM screening, followed by a Q&A with Abigail Disney, Deann Borshay Liem, Christine Ahn and Aiyoung Choi.
150 West 85th Street, New York City
April 21: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
2:00 – 6:30 PM screening, followed by a Q&A with Suzy Kim (Rutgers University), Daniel Kim (Brown University), Deann Borshay Liem and Christine Ahn.
Harris Hall (1881 Sheridan Road) Room 107 and 108
April 22: University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI)
6:30 PM screening, followed by a Q&A with Deann Borshay Liem and Christine Ahn. Sponsored by UW-Madison Center for East Asian Studies.
Marquee Cinema (1308 West Dayton Street)
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We look forward to seeing you at one of these upcoming events!