Unmute Yourself: Peace on the Korean Peninsula
May 2, 2022, 12 PM PT / 2 PM CT / 3 PM ET Event date:
Zoom
Join us for a conversation hosted by Ploughshares President Emma Belcher, with guests Christine Ahn, Abigail Disney, and Deann Borshay Liem, who were part of the group of 30 women from 15 countries on a women’s peace walk with 10,000 Korean women, and a historic crossing of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) from North to South Korea. The women had three ambitious goals: replace the armistice with a peace treaty; reunite Korean families; and elevate women’s leadership in the peace process.
Special Treat: You’ll get a sneak peak into the 2022 documentary film, Crossing, that is making the rounds in the film festival circuit.
During this one-hour event you’ll get the latest updates on current North/South Korea relations, and this week’s revived nuclear brinkmanship with North Korea’s March 24th test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) – the first test of a long-range missile since 2017, the increasing tensions between the U.S. and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, what we might expect from the newly elected President Yoon Suk-yeol, and the impact of the Ukraine/Russia conflict.
Women and mothers have been protesting, advocating, and leading local and global peace and nuclear disarmament efforts for decades, in so many ways, across the globe. As this Mother’s Day approaches, reach out to moms, family and friends – and invite them to join you for some information and inspiration!
Register here.