CONFERENCE: 70th Anniversary of the Armistice on the Korean Peninsula

ANNOUNCEMENT: As of July 11, we have reached full capacity, but please RSVP to join the waitlist!

If we do not reach full capacity by 9:15 AM on July 28, we will admit additional people into the conference room itself on a first-come-first-served basis. We have an overflow space where we will livestream the conference.

We will also stream the entire conference online via live Webinar. Register for the webinar here: https://bit.ly/GWUKoreaPeaceAction

Introduction: 9:00am-9:15am

• Linda Yarr, Director of Partnerships for International Strategies in Asia, George Washington University
• Christine Ahn, Women Cross DMZ Founder and Executive Director

Keynote: 9:15am-10:00am

• Bruce Cumings, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago

Panel 1: Human Costs of Unending War: 10:10am-11:30am

• Kee Park, M.D., Harvard University Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
• Joy Gebhart, divided family member
• Rick Downes, Executive Director, Coalition of Families of Korean & Cold War POW/MIAs
• moderated by Jennifer Deibert, DPRK Program Director, American Friends Service Committee

Panel 2: Peace to Prevent Nuclear War: 1:00pm-2:20pm

• Dan Leaf, retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General
• Siegfried Hecker, Professor of Practice at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and at Texas A&M University
• Ann Wright, retired U.S. Army Colonel, Veterans for Peace
• moderated by Ji-Yeon Yuh of Northwestern University

Closing remarks: 2:20pm

• Cathi Choi, Director of Policy and Organizing at Women Cross DMZ

Seating is limited. To watch the webinar online, register at bit.ly/3XnKwrZ.