Report and photos from the Gala Dinner & Introducing “CARE”
Announcing KAFC’s Annual Gala Dinner and Fundraiser – July 27, 2019!
May 25, 2019
“Shusenjo”: The Main Battleground of the “Comfort Women” Issue
September 24, 2019
Dear Friends,
We had a very successful Gala Dinner celebrating the 12th Anniversary of the H.Res.121 and the 6th Anniversary of the Glendale Peace Monument and introducing Our New Name “CARE: Comfort Women Action for Redress and Education”
Our new Advisory Board as well as our allies around the globe sent us video greetings congratulating our accomplishments and the messages of encouragement. We thank Mr. Shinkwon Ahn of House of Sharing, Ms. Mina Watanabe of WAM in Tokyo, Japan, Ms. Mindy Kotler of Asia Policy Point in Washington DC, Dr. Kelly Ahn of Atlanta Comfort Women Memorial Task Force, Dr. Julie Jungsil Lee of Washington Coalition for Comfort Women Issue, Inc., Professor Alexis Dudden of University of Connecticut and Professor Peipei Qiu of Vassar College, and our hero Grandma Yong-soo Lee for your kind messages!!
We thank all the supporters and volunteers for attending and donating money, time and efforts! We had an honor of having Guest of Honor, former Congressman and our new Chair of the Advisory Committee Mike Honda; the Co-Chairs of CWJC, judges Lillian Sing and Julie Tang; our Partnership Sponsor Robin Kim; the winners of the Video Contest; 3.1 Women’s Association; KAPAC; Sungsam Catholic Church; Japanese American Community; Chinese American Community; Representatives from Congressman Brad Sherman, CA Senator Anthony Portantino, CA Assembly member Laura Friedman, Los Angeles Councilmember David Ryu; Harry Leon, the President of the Crescenta Valley Town Council and Los Angeles Commissioner; educators; the “Comfort Women” Musical Team; and members of the media.
Here are the winning videos who won the Video Contest, “Why should the history and issues around “Comfort Women” taught in shcools in the United States?”
Justice Award: Sol Choi, Jiwoo You, Noah Chang, Tyler Beak, and Kayla Cho (High School)
Dignity Award: Minju Kang (High School)
Courage Award: Yesenia Olmos, Kyle Catarata, Samantha Quach, Neomi Ngo, Hanna Bobrowic, Sam Lam, Hang Yu, Amber Li, Alexa Pritchard (High school and college)
We also introduced a new, groundbreaking project to raise awareness on the “Comfort Women” issue – the “Eternal Testimony” project. It is a kind of virtual reality program where a viewer can ask questions to the person (a Grandma) on the screen and she will answer to the questions. Professor Jusub Kim of Sogang University will lead the project and we are very excited to work with Prof. Kim‘s team!!
If you missed the event, but would like to support our work, please continue to show your support by sending your donations to:
CARE
P.O. 9627
Glendale CA 91226
PayPal: kafcinfo@gmail.com
