Events
Fast For NK
Mark your calendars: Wednesday, April 11, 2007!
On April 11, 2007, thousands of people all over the world will be participating in an exciting new LiNK initiative - Fast for NK. On that day, in solidarity with the North Korean people, to raise awareness of the human rights and humanitarian crisis in that country, we ask that you skip your normal meals, and donate the amount you would have normally spent on food (suggested donation, $25).
Imagine the impact of thousands on every continent sacrificing a day's meals, talking about the issue, and raising funds for the cause! We have already enlisted several US congressmen, celebrities, and many prominent individuals.
The time is now, to place this issue front and center on the world's stage so that its existence and urgency can no longer be denied.
Hunger knows no politics.
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San Francisco Summit
April 19-22, 2007
Because of LiNK's large geographical stretch it becomes nearly impossible for LiNK's coordinators and activists to meet on a regular basis. To solve this LiNK has held two international summits every year- a Summer and Winter Summit, where the entirety of LiNK, as well as those interested in becoming part of LiNK, get together to look back on the past, catch up on developments and plan for the future. LiNK has held Summits so far in San Diego, California; Englewood, New Jersey; Irvine, California; Washington, D.C.; and Los Angeles, California.
Summits regularly feature prominent speakers (Washington, D.C., for example, had a senior MOFAT official from the ROK, representatives from the office of the US Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights, and David Hawk, NK human rights researcher), off-the-record discussions and debates, presentations by underground field workers and the latest updates on advocacy efforts worldwide.
We have not had a Summit for LiNK since the summer of 2006, as LiNK and the movement have been in the thick of some important changes.
Regular registration has closed, but we are still accepting registrants seeking to attend without hotel housing. Late fees will be $35 per day for students, and $50 per day regular, for either Friday, Saturday, or both. Please note that food is not provided for late registrants. If you are a late registrant, please email Lori with an application below.
Tentative Schedule
Thursday, April 19
3 pm to 6 pm: check in at hotel, register with LiNK
6 pm: eat on your own
7 pm: brainstorming, icebreakers
Friday, April 20
10am: Plenary Session | Keynote Remarks: Hannah Song, LiNK Deputy Director
11am: "Concentrations of Inhumanity" | Special Presentation by David Hawk
A new report arguing that human rights violations in the DPRK constitute crimes against humanity, with special comparisons
12pm: Lunch
1pm: "Hunger in North Korea: The Humanitarian Crisis in the DPRK" | Special Presentation by Professor Stephan M. Haggard, UCSD
The state of food aid in the DPRK, the impact of recent political developments, and solutions.
2pm: "A History of LiNK" | LiNK HQ
3pm: "Status Update: The Underground Railroad" | Adrian Hong, LiNK Executive Director
Needs, holes, successes and failures in the Underground Railroad, and a presentation on the Shenyang Six.
4pm: Special Debate Preparation - positions will be assigned.
Resolved: Security concerns take precedence over human rights concerns in the DPRK.
Resolved: Food aid to North Korea should be contingent on political cooperation
Resolved: The United States should hold bilateral talks with the DPRK.
Resolved: The International Community should not interfere with the internal human rights of sovereign nations, and therefore should not seek regime change in the DPRK.
Resolved: The United States should hold bilateral talks with the DPRK.
Resolved: The International Community should seek regime change by supporting and cultivating underground resistance efforts in the DPRK.
Saturday, April 21
9am: Plenary Session | Keynote Remarks: TBA
10am: "The New LiNK" | Hannah Song, LiNK Deputy Director
10:30am: "Public Health in the DPRK: Problems and Solutions" | LiNK HQ
11am: "New Lives In A New World: NK Refugee Resettlement In the US" | Adrian Hong, Executive Director
12pm:Lunch
1pm: "A New Worldwide Front for North Korean Human Rights" | Adrian Hong, LiNK Executive Director
A presentation on new initiatives in international advocacy for the North Korean people, and how the grassroots will play a pivotal role.
2pm: Special Debates
4:30pm: "Where Do We Go From Here? What Can We Do?" | LiNK HQ
Next steps, new initiatives, and how the grassroots can bring about change for NKHR
Guest Speaker Biographies
DAVID HAWK directed the Cambodia Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and frequently attended sessions of the UN Commission on Human Rights in the mid 1990s. In the 1980s Hawk documented the Khmer Rouge atrocities in Cambodia under the auspices of the Columbia University Cfor the Study of Human Rights. In the early 1990s Hawk directed the Cambodia Documentation Commission, which sought an international tribunal for the Khmer Rouge leadership, and human rights provisions in the 1991 Cambodia peace treaty and subsequent UN transitional peacekeeping operation. In August 1994 and again in1995 Hawk went on missions to Rwanda for the US Committee for Refugees and Amnesty International respectively. Hawk formerly was Executive Director of Amnesty International, USA and has served on the board of directors of AIUSA and Human Rights Watch/Asia.
Recent publications include "Confronting Genocide in Cambodia" in Pioneers of Genocide Studies, eds. Totten and Jacobs, Transaction Press; Hidden Gulag: Exposing North Korea's Prison Camps – Prisoner Testimonies and Satellite Photographs. (US Committee for Human Rights in North Korea); Thank You Father Kim Il Sung: Eyewitness Accounts of Violations of Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion in North Korea (US Commission on International Religious Freedom); "Human Rights and the Crisis in North Korea" in North Korea: 2005 and Beyond, eds. Yun and Shin, APARC/Stanford University, Brookings Institution Press; "Factoring Human Rights into the Dismantlement of Cold War Conflict on the Korean Peninsula and the Construction of a Post Cold War Security and Cooperation Arrangement in Northeast Asia," Sejong Institute, Seoul (forthcoming).
PROFESSOR STEPHAN M. HAGGARDis a Professor at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) at UC San Diego, one of the best of its kind.
Prior to joining IR/PS in 1992, he was an associate professor in the department of government at Harvard University. Professor Haggard was named director of the Korea-Pacific Program in 1999. He earlier served as director of the University of California's system-wide Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, based at UC San Diego.
His research interested center on international relations and political economy, with a focus on East Asia and Latin America. He is currently conducting research on the politics of social policy in East Asia, Latin America and Central Europe and is teaching a course on Globalization, the World System, and the Pacific.
His most recent book, Famine in North Korea: Aid, Markets and Reform, with Marcus Noland, was published March 2007.
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