Date: November 11, 2005 Time: 12:00PM to 6:00PM<
Place: Skylight Room, CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan (Corner of 34th Street)
12:00 PM – Registration / Lunch – Skylight Room (9100)
1:00 PM – Welcome / Opening Remarks
- Dr. Betty Lee Sung; Professor Emerita & Chair, Asian American / Asian Research Institute
- Bong-joo Moon; Cousul-General, Korean Consulate General in New York, USA
- Pyong Gap Min; Professor, Queens College, CUNY
1:20 PM – Keynote Speech
- Jae Kim; Associate Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
1:45 PM – Break
1:55 PM – Session 1: “From Strong to Weak Ethnic Attachment and Solidarity: Intergenerational Transition Among Korean Americans”
- Presider: Daniel Baek; Program Director, Korean American Voters’ Council of NY & NJ
- Presenter: Pyong Gap Min; Professor, Queens College, CUNY
- Panelist 1: Joong Hwan Oh; Associate Professor, Hunter College, CUNY
- Panelist 2: Kelly Jeong; Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
3:05 PM – Break
3:15 PM – Session 2: “Emerging Korea: Political and Economic Developments in South Korea, and the Globalization of Korean Culture”
- Presider: Sung Hoon Jang; Assistant Professor, NYC College of Technology, CUNY
- Panelist 1: Youn-Suk Kim; Professor, Kean University, SUNJ
- Panelist 2: Bihn Seo; Consul, Korean Consulate General
- Panelist 3: Joong Hwan Oh; Associate Professor, Hunter College, CUNY
4:25 PM – Break
4:35 PM – Session 3: “Organization and Empowerment”
- Presider: Dong Ho Cho; Adjust Professor, Queens College, CUNY
- Panelist 1: Sunghoon Kim; Sergeant, NYPD & Former President, Korean American Officers Association
- Panelist 2: Joanne Kong; Director of Youth Programs, YWCA
- Panelist 3: Daniel Baek; Program Director, Korean American Voters’ Council of NY & NJ
- Panelist 4: Don Shin; Young Korean American Service & Education Center
- Panelist 5: Ron Kim; Director, www.Kofro.org
