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Women Peacemakers Today: Crossing the Korean DMZ

Date:
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Time:
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Event Type:
Speaker
Organizer/Author:
Betty Traynor
Location Details:
Main Library of San Francisco
Koret Auditorium (downstairs)
Larken @ Grove St. or
Grove @ Hyde St.

Report-back & discussion with Gwyn Kirk
(Women Cross DMZ organizing committee)

Sunday September 13, 2 - 4PM

@ SF Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Larken at Grove Sts. -- Hyde/Market & 8th Sts.
(Civic Center BART, 19 Polk, 47, 49 and any buses/streetcars on Market St. )
Slide presentation, film clips & discussion
FREE - Wheelchair Accessible

Women Walk the DMZ was a 30-woman international delegation who walked with Korean women, north and south, to call for an end to the Korean War (1950-53). They crossed the 2-mile wide Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that has separated millions of Korean families for decades. They also held peace symposiums in Pyongyang and Seoul where we heard Korean women's experiences of war and shared our experiences and ideas of mobilizing women to end violent conflict.
The group included Nobel Peace Laureates Leymah Gbowee and Mairead Maguire, writer and activist Gloria Steinem, scholars, organizers, filmmakers, and a social media whiz who sent live bulletins via periscope. Learn more about this historic initiative and how you can get involved.


Sponsor: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - San Francisco and East Bay Branches
Added to the calendar on Sat, Aug 15, 2015 5:31PM
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