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PB&J 31 Thursday July 30

pbjseoul — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:55:45 +0000

THURSDAY JULY 30TH 7:30 PM @ AGITPUNKT WINE BAR *NEAR HONGDAE STATION

PB&J 31: ‘UNLEARN WAR – PROLIFERATE PEACE’

Benefit Showcase for Nodutdol for Korean Community Development based in NYC

To commemorate July 27, the date of the signing of the Korean War Armistice in 1953, we will have a benefit show with performances, readings, and films about the painful legacies of war that still affect us today and the dire necessity for a Peace Treaty in Korea. Also 2009 marks the 10 year anniversary of the founding of Nodutdol for Korean Community Development which is part of a national coalition in the U.S. that launched a peace treaty campaign last fall.

LIST OF PARTICIPATING WRITERS, PERFORMERS, ARTISTS:

Haja Brazilian Percussion Troupe

Haja Production School is an alternative High School in Seoul focusing on art, design, performance relating to social issues. Students from HPS will preform music which is heavily influenced by Brazillian percussion and sounds.

Jason Ahn

A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and is currently in his 2nd year of studies as a physician-in-training at Harvard Medical School. The urgency of the divided families issue has pushed him to pursue this project. While a Fulbright scholar to Korea, Jason became interested in the divided families through Saemsori, an organization that works towards formal family reunions between Korean Americans and Koreans living in North Korea.

Young

Young is an aspiring novelist who has nothing but his aspirations.

Ji Young Yoo

A member of Nodutdol, a contributing visual artist for the traveling exhibition, ‘Still Present Pasts: Korean Americans and the Forgotten War’, and a lecturer of Media Arts in various colleges. She received her MFA from the City University of New York and an MA in Media Studies at the New School University in NY. She has exhibited her work both in Korea and the U.S. In May 2009, she participated in a group show ‘Meta-Data’ at Guro Art Belly in Seoul.

Grace M. Cho

A member of Nodutdol, a contributing performance artist for ‘Still Present Pasts: Korean Americans and the Forgotten War’, and an Associate Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at the City University of New York. Her first book, ‘Haunting the Korean Diaspora: Shame, Secrecy, and the Forgotten War’ was published last year with University of Minnesota Press.

*Note: If you would like to purchase the book, you can order it on-line through Amazon. As a supporter of Nodutdol, 25% of the author’s proceeds will go towards the organization.

Cho Sungjoon

A second generation corean american from New York and a member of Nodutdol for Korean Community Development and (TRACK) Truth and Reconciliation for the Adoption Community of Korea.

Jane Jin Kaisen

A visual artist working with film, video, performance, text, and photography. Jane is a co-founder of UFOlab, and the collective Chamber of Public Secrets. www.janejinkaisen.org

Maja Lee Langvad

Her first book, ‘Find Holger Danske’ was published in 2006 with Borgens Forlag. She has received several awards and grants including a 3 year work grant from The Danish Arts Foundation. Since 2004 she has been the co-editor of the literary magazine ‘Banana Split’. She has translated ‘Fragebogen’ by the Swiss author, Max Frisch, into Danish. At the moment she is writing a fictional book about her experiences living in South Korea where she currently resides.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:

노둣돌 no-dut-dol

1. stepping stone; 2. home, opening, entryway; 3. bridging; 4. love and longing in separation; 5. reunification.

WHO WE ARE
Based in New York City, Nodutdol is a community of first through fourth generation Koreans living in the U.S. We are a community that has families in both, the south and north of Korea. We are diverse in our backgrounds and perspectives, but bound together by our shared sense of the Korean homeland that continues to suffer under division [with the understanding that the concept of ‘home’ may vary]. We are part of the Korean diaspora spread throughout the globe made up of artists, filmmakers, teachers, students, workers, professionals, young families, etc. who believe in social justice.

HISTORY
In April 1999, Nodutdol was founded in New York City. Inspired by the democratic social movements in Korea, there was a desire to create a progressive space in NYC that promotes the self-determination and unity of the Korean people through grassroots organizing and community development. With a critical analysis of the U.S. – Korea history [that is closely linked to war and militarism], Nodutdol began putting together workshops, lectures, and study sessions, believing in the importance of educating present and future generations of Koreans living in the U.S. to be actively engaged in social change.

MISSION STATEMENT
Through grassroots organizing and community development, Nodutdol seeks to bridge divisions created by war, nation, gender, sexual orientation, language, class, and generation among Koreans and to empower our community to address the injustices we and other people of color face here and abroad. Nodutdol works in collaboration with other progressive organizations locally, nationally and internationally as part of a larger movement for peace and social change.

Nodutdol seeks to contribute to a global people’s struggle against war and militarism as part of a Korean struggle for national unification and democracy, and as part of a U.S.-based peoples’ struggle for racial, social and economic justice in New York City. In that spirit, we are building a broad base of NYC Koreans who struggle against war and militarism on these two fronts.

*To learn more about Nodutdol and our work, please visit:www.nodutdol.org

Our work is only possible through the broad support of community members, friends, and allies. Nodutdol is incorporated under New York State law as a nonprofit co and is a 501(c)3 federal tax-exempt charitable organization. All donations to Nodutdol are tax-exempt.

if you can not make it the event on thursday, but would still like to make a donation to Nodutdol, you can make an on-line tax deductible contribution: http://nodutdol.org/index.php/support/

PB&J 30 Saturday July 11

pbjseoul — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:46:18 +0000

PB&J 29 Sunday August 17

pbjseoul — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:36:20 +0000

PB&J 29: Benefit Showcase for Migrant Trade Union
6:30pm-8:30pm
Agitpunkt in Hongdae – www.agitpunkt.org/blog or 02-323-9606
map: !

A night of film, performance, music, readings and poetry in translation. In conjunction with KEEP (Korea Exposure Education Program), PB&J is honored to present a benefit showcase for Migrant Trade Union. Featuring poet Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, who will be reading from her debut collection, and the incisive musical stylings of comedian PK, this Sunday’s performance also showcases video from artists Jane Jin Kaisen and Bum Lee, and readings from Su-Yoon Ko, Krystn Lee, Chee Wan Kim, and one of the PB&J organizers.

About the Beneficiary
The Migrant Worker Trade Union works to protect and promote the human and labor rights of the approximately 400,000 migrant workers living and working in Korea. In addition to individual support, such as direct mediation on behalf of workers who are not receiving wages or compensation for industrial accidents, MTU is also working on a broader scale to establish a work permit system, stop forced deportations and to legalize all undocumented migrant workers. http://mtu.or.kr

About the Artists
Jennifer Kwon Dobbs
Poet, librettist, teacher, and critic, Jennifer Kwon Dobbs was born in Wonju, South Korea. Paper Pavilion (White Pine Press 2007) is her debut poetry collection. She lives in Minneapolis. www. jkwondobbs.com

Jane Jin Kaisen
A visual artist working with film, video, performance, text, and photography, Jane is a co-founder of UFOlab, and the collective Chamber of Public Secrets. www.janejinkaisen.org

Chee Wan Kim
A Korean who writes for Americans, an adult who writes for children, Chee Wan Kim is a 2008 graduate of the New School’s MFA program and lives and works in New York City.

Su-Yoon Ko
Su-Yoon Ko is an adoptee. In Minnesota she was involved in theater, drumming, and was 1/3 of Mongrel, a spoken word group, until she relocated to Seoul and co-founded Adoptee Solidarity Korea. www.adopteesolidarity.org

Annie Koh
A full-time instigator and part-time editor, Annie is working on finishing her masters degree in Korean Studies and translating testimonies by former comfort women.

Bum Lee
An animation artist and freelance illustrator, Bum was born in Korea and raised in New Jersey. After graduating with a degree in computer animation in 2006, he received a Fulbright grant to study animation theory in Korea. www.bumlee.com

Krystn Lee
Krystn Lee is a lover of languages, a writer of fiction, and a teacher of literature. Most recently seen taking Spanish classes in Guatemala and on her way to Columbia,she is currently on her way to completing a short story collection

PK
A Los Angeles based Korean American comedian and the founder and director of Prokreation Productions as well as Kollaboration, the annual Korean American talent showcase. www.prokreation.com

Cho Sungjoon
A second generation corean american from New York and a member of Nodutdol for Korean Community Development and (TRACK) Truth and Reconciliation for the Adoption Community of Korea

PB&J 29 & Migrant Worker Film Fest!

pbjseoul — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:36:33 +0000

PB&J #29: Multimedia Benefit Showcase

Sunday August 17, 2008

6 pm at Agitpunk in Hongdae

All proceeds go to Migrant Trade Union

Films, poetry in translation, novels in progress, acoustic guitars, and comedy!
Please save the date, details will be posted in just a few days!

MIGRANT WORKER FILM FEST screenings are held at Jogyesa Korean Buddhist Culture & History Memorial Hall is the multi-story glass building located across from Jogyesa Temple (map to Jogyesa here: http://international.jogyesa.or.kr/default.asp)

OPENING PARTY, Saturday August 9

9 pm at Jin Mo No “hof” in Insadong (2^nd floor)

Performances from Stop Crackdown, Nepalese folk artists, African drummers and more.

10,000won gets you a free drink & snacks!

SCHEDULE

http://cafe.naver.com/mwff2008.cafe?iframe_url=/ArticleRead.nhn%3Farticleid=119

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FILMS BY SECTION

http://cafe.naver.com/mwff2008.cafe?iframe_url=/ArticleRead.nhn%3Farticleid=119

(for the remain sections, please click on the left side where it has several headers each beginning with “section”)

Contact: Linda Kwon, Migrant Worker Film Festival Programmer

mwff.korea@gmail.com

MORE ABOUT THE FILMS

OPENING FILM: DESHANTORI (‘migrant’ in Bangla), this documentary interviews scholars and people on the street to present a view of why so many young people feel they need to leave Bangladesh in order to become successful. Interwoven with these interviews is the true story of the 26 men who tried to cross the Sahara desert on their way to Spain.

MIGRANT LENS: Set aside for films made by migrants themselves, this year features seven short films. Two documentaries are made by Central Asian women married to Korean men, while a more whimsical view from a Chinese woman coping with cultural difference with her Korean husband. Another documentary is about a migrant worker band here in Seoul.

INSIDE CULTURE: The first is a drama from southern India called VANAJA about a young girl learning traditional dance, but this coming of age film combines love and laughter, with heartache and tears. The second film is a documentary from Rome, Italy called THE ORCHESTRA OF PIAZZA VITTORIO about a multiethnic orchestra that comes together to save a theater from destruction in one of Rome’s most ethnically diverse neighborhoods.

Migrant Worker Film Festival

Friday August 8 – Sunday August 10, 2008

PB&J 28 Sunday June 15

pbjseoul — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:02:07 +0000

2nd Annual Barbecue Fundraiser for the Amerasian Christian Academy
Sunday June 15, 2008
@ Nanji Camping Ground, Hangang Park
11:00 am – until the food runs out
Sliding scale of 10,000 – 20,000 won
* All proceeds will go to a scholarship fund for Amerasian students.

바베큐 파티 및 모금행사
일시: 2008년 6월 15일(일) 12시
장소: 한강공원 난지캠핑장
모금액: 1 ~ 2만원 (내실 수 있는 만큼)
* 모금된 돈은 모두 혼혈아동 장학기금에 기부됩니다.

Please join PB&J and MIX, an organization of mixed heritage Koreans, on the afternoon of June 15 for a day of fun and food in the sun. We will be grilling up hamburgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, and serving up sweets, pasta salad and other good treats in the common area of the Nanji Camping Ground and playing games nearby. All proceeds from our barbecue fundraiser will go to scholarships for students at the Amerasian Christian Academy in Dongducheon, Korea.

ABOUT THE BENEFICIARY
In the face of widespread discrimination, nearly 20% of Amerasian children in Korea drop out of school during junior high, while 10% drop out during elementary school. Over 40% will go on to meet discrimination in the workplace. (2004 data) Amerasian Christian Academy was established in 1999 to meet the educational needs of single parent mixed ethnicity children in the city of Dongducheon. Using English as the main mode of teaching and communication, ACA’s aim is to provide an environment where mixed ethnicity students are all welcome and can study without discrimination. At ACA, students build bilingual, leadership, and creative skills through diverse educational programs starting from kindergarten through high school.

한국의 한미 혼혈아동들은 광범위한 차별을 직면하여, 10% 정도가 초등학교 과정에서 학교를 그만두고, 20% 가까이는 중학교 과정에서 학교를 그만둔다. 40%이상의 혼혈인이 직장에서도 차별을 계속해서 경험한다.(2004년 리서치) 기독 동양계미국인 학교(ACA)는 결손가정의 한미혼혈 아동들의 교육을 위해 1999년 동두천에서 설립되었다. 교육과 대화시에는 영어를 주로 사용한다. ACA의 목적은 한미혼혈학생들에게 차별없이 환영받는 분위기를 제공하는 것이다. ACA에서는, 유치원과정부터 고등학교 과정까지의 다양한 교육 프로그램들을 통해 이중언어구사, 리더쉽, 창의력등을 발전시킬 수 있도록 한다.

DIRECTIONS
Directions: To get to the Nanji Camping Ground, go to World Cup Stadium Station on Line 6 and take Exit 1. The park is approximately 1.3 km away from the station, so you can either enjoy a scenic walk through World Cup Park or hop in a cab.

오시는 길: 난지캠핑장은 6호선 월드컵경기장역 1번 출구에서 1.3km 가량 떨어진 곳에 있습니다. 조금 먼 거리라서 택시를 이용하시는 편이 편리하겠습니다.

If you choose to walk, the campground is very easy to find if you keep two basic directions in mind: Exiting the subway station, (1) head directly south until you hit the Han River, then (2) turn right and walk until you hit the campground (located just after a bike rental kiosk).

걸어 오실 분들은 다음 두 가지만 명심하시면 쉽게 오실 수 있습니다. 지하철을 나오신 후 (1) 일단 한강에 이를 때까지 남쪽으로 쭉 가신 후 (2) 오른쪽(서쪽)으로 꺾으세요. 자전거 대여소 뒤에 캠핑장이 있습니다.

PB&J 27 Saturday 2/2

pbjseoul — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:46:33 +0000

PB&J 27: Benefit Party for Taean/Mallipo

Saturday, February 2, 2008
9 pm – 2 am
@ Monghwan in Shinchon /신촌에 몽환

입장료 | cover charge – 10,000 won

This month’s benefit will go to help oil spill clean-up and restoration efforts in the Taean/Mallipo area of the West Coast.
이번 자선 파티의 수익금 전액은 태안과 만리포지역의 복구 작업을 위해 쓰일 예정입니다.

As always, we have a great line-up for you including the return of our former resident DJ from 2006, accomplice! If you like dancehall (some call it reggae), then be sure to come early!!

And this will also be DJ I.N.gram’s last show for a while, so don’t miss it!

FEATURING

accomplice dancehall surprise
DJ Silent garage hip-hop
DJ LadyBird deepdubbydisco
DJ I.N.gram hip-hop funk

Check out the amazing deep dubbylicious DJ LadyBird @ myspace.com/ladybsboutique &
www.seoulsounds.com > community music project

Proceeds will be donated towards long-term recovery efforts in the Taean/Mallipo area after December’s oil spill on the west coast. 113,000 tonnes of crude oil were spilled, and while over a million volunteers have helped with the clean-up, the local economy and environment remain devastated and need our help.

지난 12월 기름유출사고이후 태안과 만리포지역에서는 많은 자원봉사자들이 복구작업에 참여하고 있습니다. 113,000톤의 사상최악의 기름유출사고를 겪은 태안은 이후 백만명이 넘는 자원봉사자들의 참여로 옛 모습을 조금씩 찾아가고 있지만 태안지역 주민들의 경제와 그곳의 환경은 여전히 어려움을 겪고 있어 우리의 도움이 절실히 필요합니다.

PB&J 27!

pbjseoul — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:13:53 +0000

PB&J 26

pbjseoul — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:39:46 +0000

Bands Showcase for Adoptee Solidarity Korea
Sunday, December 1, 2007
6 – 10 pm
@ Freebird in Hongdae 홍대
입장료 | cover charge – 10,000 won

OPENING FILMS:
My Great Grandfather – Jette Hye Jin Mortensen
Nasi (Fried Rice) – Esmée Hollenberg, Fred Goessens

FEATURING LIVE MUSIC:
Lucas Kwong | 광루가스 – singer songwriter
http://www.myspace.com/lucaskwong

Orgel Danz – world music
http://orgeltanz.wo.to/

Hwang Bo Ryung Band | 황보령 – alternative rock

Benzene – punk rock
www.myspace.com/benzene

이번 자선 파티의 수익금 전액은 “국외입양인연대”로 전달됩니다.
All proceeds from the benefit will be donated to Adoptee Solidarity Korea
www.adopteesolidarity.org

ASK’s mission is to address the problems associated with Korean overseas adoption. Through education and activism, we aim to raise awareness, advocate change, and support alternatives to intercountry adoption.

국외입양인연대 (ASK)의 목적은 한국의 해외입양 문재를 다루는 것입니다. 교육과 활동을 통해서 우리는 주의를 환기시키고 변화를 이끌어 내고 해외입양의 대안을 모색하고자 합니다.

PB&J 25 flyer!

pbjseoul — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:23:57 +0000

PB&J 25

pbjseoul — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:43:47 +0000

Free Burma Benefit Party 버마의 자유를 위한 자선 파티
Saturday, October 20, 2007 2007년 10월20일 토요일
8:30 pm — doors open, grab a comfy seat for the performance! 공연을 위한 자리를 잡으세요!
9 pm — live musical performance by Sarita (Roots songstress fusing melody and groove) 사리타의 라이브 공연
9:30 pm — djs hit the turntables DJ의 화려한 쇼

@ Monghwan in Shinchon 장소: 신촌의 “몽환” (Click here for a map to Mongwhan/지도 클릭)
cover charge: 10,000 입장료: 1만원

All proceeds from the party will be donated to groups working within Burma such as the Foundation for the People of Burma, a San Francisco based humanitarian aid organization supporting locally run projects and Shan Women, an organization working on health services and literacy for the Shan people, an ethnic group struggling for human rights along the Thai-Burma border. As communication lines to domestic Burmese activists are restored, we plan to donate a portion of the proceeds directly to Burma-based NGOs.

본 행사의 수익금은 버마 현지에서 근무하는 “버마인 자선재단(Foundation for the Peoples of Burma)”과 같은 단체에 기부될 것입니다. 상기 재단은 샌프란시스코에 위치한 인도적 지원기관으로 현지에서의 각종 프로젝트와 “샨여성(Shan Women)”이라는 기구를 지원하고 있습니다. 샨여성은 태국-버마의 국경에서 자신들의 인권을 위해 투쟁하고 있는 샨 주민들의 건강과 문맹퇴치를 위해 노력하고 있습니다. 이전에 두절되었던 버마 운동가들과의 연락수단이 다시 확보되어 본 행사의 수익금의 일부는 버마에 위치한 NGO로 직접 전달될 수 있게 되었습니다.

FEATURING

DJ LadyBird (deepdubbydisco)
DJ I.N.gram (old school funk & r&b)
DJ Silent (house)

and special guest Saritah from Australia opening the party with a live musical set at 9 pm
그리고 호주에서 온 특별손님 사리타(Saritah)가 9시 라이브 공연에 참가합니다.

Saritah > an intoxicating blend of soulful folk, reggae and jazz, sometimes called “roots/groove”, the music will lift you and the lyrics will inspire you
영감과 감정을 고조시키는 멜로디와 메세지, 그루브의 힘있는 조화를 지닌 루츠 여가수.
Visit her website at www.saritah.com for more information!