SNS Statement on International Human Rights Day
12/11/09 02:48 PM
Sahngnoksoo is a Seattle-based organization of Koreans and Korean-Americans creating social change. We work to build political power for the self-determination and liberation of Koreans of all identities including those who are adopted, immigrants, queer, and multiracial. We keep our mission breathing through monthly community study groups, pungmeul drumming and our ongoing SPAM video project.
Tonight and always, we stand in the belly of the beast in solidarity with other community organizations working against U.S. military occupation of Asian and Pacific Island nations. We oppose state-sponsored violence and human rights violations such as the massacre in Maguindanao. This outrage is all too familiar as we look back only a generation to the massacre in Kwangju, South Korea - where soldiers, under the orders of a dictator backed by the US, killed hundreds of workers and students fighting for democracy.
In the name of those who died for human rights in Maguindanao, in Kwangju, and worldwide, we condemn the use and abuse of our land and people under the excuse of false democracy. As Americans, we reject the human rights abuses in our own country, including the inhumane detentions and deportations of immigrants and the destruction of famliies. We decry the human rights abuses in our homeland, including the second-class citizenship of migrant workers and returning adoptees.
This year on international human rights day we choose to build with our communities, bear witness for our people and affirm our commitment to fighting for justice, peace and empowerment.
Toojeng!
Tonight and always, we stand in the belly of the beast in solidarity with other community organizations working against U.S. military occupation of Asian and Pacific Island nations. We oppose state-sponsored violence and human rights violations such as the massacre in Maguindanao. This outrage is all too familiar as we look back only a generation to the massacre in Kwangju, South Korea - where soldiers, under the orders of a dictator backed by the US, killed hundreds of workers and students fighting for democracy.
In the name of those who died for human rights in Maguindanao, in Kwangju, and worldwide, we condemn the use and abuse of our land and people under the excuse of false democracy. As Americans, we reject the human rights abuses in our own country, including the inhumane detentions and deportations of immigrants and the destruction of famliies. We decry the human rights abuses in our homeland, including the second-class citizenship of migrant workers and returning adoptees.
This year on international human rights day we choose to build with our communities, bear witness for our people and affirm our commitment to fighting for justice, peace and empowerment.
Toojeng!