SAVE THE DATE: SNS Fundraiser
**Sahngnoksoo Fundraiser Show & Karaoke Contest @ Imo Asian Bistro!!**
Tuesday, June 15th @ 8pm
Food @ 8, Live show @ 9, Karaoke Contest @ 10
704 1st Ave (Corner of 1st & Cherry in Pioneer Square)
Show & Karaoke Contest are ALL AGES, 21+ to drink
$10 cover; $5 to enter karaoke contest
Mark your calendars! Come enjoy good people, good food, a live show featuring performances by Language Arts (la206.bandcamp.com), Dakota (modakota.com) and the Gifted Program (www.myspace.com/gprogram). Then, enter our karaoke contest to win priceless prizes from poetry slam tickets to $50 gift certificate to Imo's!! We look forward to seeing you there!*
All cover fees support the awesome work of Sahngnoksoo, a Seattle-based grassroots progressive organization of Koreans and Korean Americans creating social change.
More about Sahngnoksoo:
Together, we work to build political power for the self-determination and liberation of Koreans of all identities. Together, we create a new path for activism in the Korean and Korean American community. And together, we pave the way for stronger Korean and Korean American participation in the larger social justice movement.
www.twitter.com/SNS206
www.sahngnoksoo.org
Can't make it? Still want to support the work of Sahngnoksoo? We have PayPal! http://sahngnoksoo.org/2008/donate/donate.html
SNS Statement on International Human Rights Day
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!
International Human Rights Day Event on December 10
"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH"
Join progressive groups in Seattle to commemorate human rights for all oppressed people worldwide. December 10, 2009 marks the 61st anniversary of the United Nations adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As part of an internationally coordinated effort, community members in Seattle will speak out and provide performances calling for justice against human rights violations around the globe.
When: Thursday, December 10, 2009
Where: Hidmo Eritrean Restaurant (20th & Jackson St. Seattle)
Time: 6:00-8:00pm. *Potluck*
Who: Open to the public
This event is free and co-sponsored by: BAYAN - Pacific Northwest, International League of People Struggle (ILPS), Pinay Sa Seattle, Anakbayan- Seattle, Philippine-US Solidarity Organization, Sahngnoksoo, Khmer in Action, and Hidmo Eritrean Restaurant.
Black Freedom Struggles in the Korean War Epoch
Dr. Kimberley L. Phillips is a distinguished teacher and scholar whose work focuses on race, labor, culture, and U.S. history. She is the award-winning author of three books, including the forthcoming War, What is it Good For?: Black Culture and the U.S. Military.
WEDNESDAY
FEBRUARY 25
7:00PM
Doors open at 6:30PM
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center
104 17th Ave. S., Seattle
(Between E. Yesler Way and S. Washington St.)
Sponsored by the Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas, Korean American Historical Society, Wing Luke Asian Museum, and University of Washington’s Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest, Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, and Department of History. For more information, call (206) 543-2798 or e-mail mhjung@u.washington.edu
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Community Dialogue with Grace Cho
Come Join Sahngnoksoo at the Wing Luke Asian Museum for a conversation with Grace M. Cho on January 17th at 6pm.
She will be discussing her book as well as focusing on the many gendered effects of military occupation on nations like South Korea. There will be a presentation and plenty of space for a community discussion about topics such as war, memory, trauma, militarized prostitution, adoption and much more. Please join us this day! Come early if you want to check out the Still Present Pasts Exhibit as it is a free day at the Wing Luke!