{"id":4040,"date":"2023-07-21T17:05:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T21:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapeacenow.org\/?p=4040"},"modified":"2024-05-07T13:48:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T17:48:30","slug":"rep-barbara-lee-to-host-7-27-media-briefing-to-mark-the-70th-anniversary-of-the-korean-armistice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapeacenow.org\/rep-barbara-lee-to-host-7-27-media-briefing-to-mark-the-70th-anniversary-of-the-korean-armistice\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Barbara Lee to Host 7\/27 Media Briefing to Mark the 70th Anniversary of the Korean Armistice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Top military, geopolitics experts and Korea peace advocates join Reps. Barbara Lee, Jan Schakowsky, and Judy Chu to call for a formal peace agreement with North Korea<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Location<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: House Triangle, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington, D.C.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With tensions rising dangerously on the Korean Peninsula\u2014including a sharp escalation of U.S.-South Korea joint military drills and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/11\/world\/asia\/north-korea-us-submarine.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. plans to deploy a nuclear-capable submarine <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to South Korea\u2014top experts will join hundreds of Korea peace advocates from across the country to call on the Biden administration and Congress to replace the Korean War Armistice with a formal peace agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On July 27, at 11:30 AM, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA-12) will host a press conference at the House Triangle i<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n support of the H.R.1369, the Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act, which is now backed by 33 Members of Congress<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Rep. Lee is a longtime Korea peace champion whose father served in the Korean War, an experience that influenced her brave vote against the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. She will be joined by fellow Korea Peace Champions Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-9) and Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA-28), who will also speak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The press conference is expected to gather at least 200 people from a broad coalition of groups representing Korean Americans, separated family members, veterans, faith groups, and humanitarian aid workers with firsthand experience in North Korea.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following individuals will also speak at the press conference:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Joy Gebhard<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a 90-year-old Korean American woman whose last wish is to reunite with her family in North Korea;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rick Downes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, of the Coalition of Families of Korean and Cold War POW\/MIAs, who has been searching for his fallen father\u2019s remains from the Korean War;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Dan Leaf<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, retired three-star general, a former Air Force fighter pilot and former deputy commander of the U.S. Pacific Command;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Joyce Ajlouny<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Secretary General from AFSC; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Hana De Vitton<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 14-year Korean American youth from a separated Korean family.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The press conference kicks off the two-day <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreapeaceaction.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Korea Peace Action: National Mobilization to End the Korean War<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, co-convened by a national coalition of organizations working for peace on the Korean Peninsula:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Friends Service Committee<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Ministries\u2014 The United Methodist Church<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Korean American Peace Fund<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mennonite Central Committee<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Association of Korean Americans<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veterans for Peace<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women Cross DMZ<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The national convening is cosponsored by the following groups.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coalition of Koreans in America<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.codepink.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Code Pink<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/international.dsausa.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DSA International Committee<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Impact Rotary Club<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jungto.org\/english\/good_friends\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good Friends USA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ggjalliance.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grassroots Global Justice Alliance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gyopo.us\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gyopo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamptonthink.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hampton Institute<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/hanpan\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Han Pan Korean American Cultural Center<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiipeaceandjustice.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hawai\u2019i Peace and Justice<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June 15 U.S. Committee for Reunification of Korea<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpolicy.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Korea Policy Institute<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kqtx.net\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Korea Queer and Trans National Network<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kancc.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Korean American National Coordinating Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madre.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madre<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nodutdol.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nodutdol<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaceaction.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peace Action<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.panys.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peace Action New York State<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peace Committee of the Korean Association of the United Methodist Church<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presbyterian Church of USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quincyinst.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quincy Institute<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President of Rotary Club of Global Impact<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotary Satellite Club of International Peace World, District 5000<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women Against Military Madness (Minnesota)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top military, geopolitics experts and Korea peace advocates join Reps. 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