Remembering the Struggles: Gwangju Remembrance, 429 Reflections, and Scholarship Awards
Please join the Korean Resource Center (KRC) in commemorating the 42nd anniversary of 518 Gwangju Uprising and the 30th anniversary of Sa-i-gu (429).
What: KRC Scholarship Awards / 518 Gwangju Uprising Commemoration / Community Forum: Story of 429 Told by Liquor Store Babies
When: 5/19/2022 (Thu), 7-9pm (Light snack served from 6pm)
Where: Korean Resource Center (900 S. Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90019)
Please RSVP to join our online meeting room at 6:40pm to chat with the scholarship awardees and other participants.
Korean Drumming Performance
Buknori by Hansori, Korean Cultural Awareness Group at UCI (Pre-recorded)
Panels
So Yun Um – So Yun Um is a Korean American Filmmaker born and based in Los Angeles. She explores the intimate stories of marginalized people through her poetic visual language and poignant editing style. Her directorial documentary feature film, LIQUOR STORE DREAMS, about second generation Korean American children of Liquor Store owners in Los Angeles, will have its world premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. So is a CAAM 2021 Fellow with mentorship support from acclaimed Director Nanfu Wang. She is also an alumnus of the Armed with a Camera Fellowship by Visual Communication, recipient of the Sundance Uprise Grant and a Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program Grantee. She is a proud member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia and the Asian American Documentary Network.
Danny Park – Danny Park is a second generation Korean American store owner of Skid Row People’s Market, a grocery shop focusing on healthy food and equitable labor. He’s the co-founder of Skid Row Coffee, a social enterprise cafe in the downtown central library. Danny is an artist, designer and meditation practitioner.
