Our 2020-2021 Annual Report
November 23, 2021
Posted in: Annual Reports
Despite all the challenges during this pandemic, Women Cross DMZ has persevered and grown this year, in both capacity and spirit. Here are some of our many accomplishments:
- Released the groundbreaking report Path to Peace: The Case for a Peace Agreement to End the Korean War, which explores how a peace-first approach can help advance denuclearization and improved human rights
- Sent a letter signed by 71 prominent Korean American leaders to President Biden urging him to end the Korean War with a peace agreement
- Launched the Feminist Korea Peace Fellowship to build the bench of the next generation of young Korea peace leaders
- Strengthened our Feminist Peace Initiative with MADRE and Grassroots Global Justice Alliance to advance a movement-driven US foreign policy away from endless wars
- Devised a two-year strategic plan to become a more robust, powerful organization
- Expanded our board with the addition of two new board members, Professors Ji-Yeon Yuh at Northwestern University and Marie Berry at University of Denver
Looking to 2022, Women Cross DMZ will:
- Urge the Biden administration and Congress to pursue a peace-first approach on the Korean Peninsula by building and leading coalitions, directing the advocacy work with national organizations, cultivating Korea peace champions, and building the political space for peace through Congressional resolutions such as H.R.3446, the Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act.
- Strengthen solidarity among feminist peace movements, from the Korea Peace Now! transnational feminist campaign to the Feminist Peace Initiative with MADRE and Grassroots Global Justice Alliance.
- Cultivate younger generations of activists to become Korea peace champions, by establishing Korea Peace Now! chapters in colleges and universities.
- Convene a national strategy meeting with key leaders and allies to develop a roadmap for organizing and advocacy for Korea peace during the Biden administration.
- Organize nationwide screenings of the documentary film Crossings by Deann Borshay Liem about our transnational feminist movement for Korea peace.
Read more about our accomplishments this year and how we will continue to advance Korea peace in our 2020-2021 Annual Report.
