As I write this message, I am

full of gratitude, hope and

anticipation for a bright future

at East Rock Institute (ERI).

The past six months at ERI can

be described as a rapid yet firm

transition of leadership to the

next amazing and loyal

g e n e r a t i o n o f y o u n g

professionals. Drs. Christopher Park, Mu Young Lee

and Heseung Ann Song, in consultation with Ms.

Yerrie Kim of Harvard Kennedy School and

Business School, prepared two grant proposals.

They also planned and executed successful

NamMae‘s meeting in January 2010, and will be

involved in strategic planning at the Board meeting

this fall. I am encouraged by these developments and

very proud.

As ERI begins yet another decade of academic,

social and cultural activism, we must work together

to ensure that our organization continues to play a

vibrant role in both our immediate neighborhoods

and the global community. I deeply appreciate our

new leaders‘ commitment to furthering ERI‘s

mission, and am very proud of the excellent

contributions made by ERI‘s Strategy, Nomination,

and Teach Korea Corps Committees, ERIK

(Educators Reflecting on Instructional Materials on

Korea), and NamMae leadership (who also

participated in the planning of the Teach Korea

Corps Conference). I also wish to express my

gratitude to our Friends and Supporters of ERI in

Korea, especially Drs. Wan Kyu Cho, Dr. Jeong

Woo Kil, President Hwajin Shim of Sungshin

Women‘s University and Professor Aekyung Choi of

Ewha Women‘s University. Last but not least, I

would like to commend our devoted ERI staff

members (under the steady guidance of Dr. Eunsup

Daniel Shim) for their dedication to ERI. Our

Editorial consultant Charles Riley, our visiting

fellow from SNU Library Mrs. Young Aie Kim, our

interns from Ewha Women‘s University and our

volunteers from Yale University all deserve our

special gratitude.

Please accept my deep appreciation for all of you

who made this year so exciting and rewarding.

Thank you.

C H A I R ‘ S M E S S A G E B Y H E S U N G C H U N K O H

G R E E T I N G S F R O M T H E

N E W P R E S I D E N T

Christopher Y. Park, MD.,Ph.D.

As I write these comments, I reflect on my

experience as ERI‘s President for the past two and

half months. Not unexpectedly, these two months

have been filled with many

activities and new encounters,

and I take each of these as a

harbinger of ERI‘s bright

future. In taking on this role, I

cannot help but reflect on the

legacy of the Institute I serve.

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has evolved to remain at the

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Mu Young Lee, Ph.D.

Professor Hesung Koh and I traveled to Seoul at the

end of October 2009. Our whirlwind week of

activities was scheduled to coincide with the first

"International Conference:

CultureWear and Diaspora

Museum" held at Sungshin

Women's University, sponsored

with Sungshin, ERI and the

Japanese National Museum of

Ethnology (NME). Speakers

from the sponsoring institutions

were joined by presenters from

the embassy of the United Arab

Emirates in Seoul and Parsons

New School for Design in New York. (to p. 3)

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P O I N T O F I N T E R E S T :

By Hesung Chun Koh, Chair of ERI

The first international conference on CultureWear and the Diaspora

Museum was held on Oct. 23rd at Sungshin Women‘s University. At

this momentous event, I had the pleasure and privilege of introducing

newly installed ERI Vice President of Development and Treasurer, Dr.

Mu Young Lee, to our supporters, donors, and representatives from

our institutional partners.

In front of 450 students at

S u n g s h i n Wo m e n ‘ s

University, I delivered a

lecture titled, ―Global

Lead er sh ip , Ko rean

Cultural Values and

Culture.‖ I used this

opportunity to explain how

cultural conception is a

key aspect of Sungshin

(Outstanding Service Award presented to Dr. Wan Kyu Cho, 2009)

and ERI‘s collaboration as aspiring global leaders. As a part of the

presentation, Dr. Mu Young Lee gave an introduction to East Rock

Institute‘s programs. Afterwards, ERI held two project planning

meetings at Sungshin Women‘s University with the Culture Wear

conference committee and the Sungshin Longevity Research Project

team

During the trip, I also had the pleasure of meeting the esteemed

directors of several Korean Studies—related organizations and a

congresswoman who has been gathering support for ERI in the

Korean National Assembly. Sungshin Women‘s University eventually

held a dinner in our honor, and Dr. Mu Young Lee was introduced as

ERI‘s representative for emerging young leaders to ERI‘s Korean

supporters, several of my Japanese colleagues, and the leaders of

Sungshin‘s Aging and CultureWear projects . Dr. Mu Young Lee gave

a presentation on current developments at ERI, and received a warm

welcome from everyone we met. In return, ERI awarded Certificates

of Appreciation to Dr. Wan Kyu Cho, Dr. Jeong Woo Kil and

president Hwa Jin Shim, new ERI board member Mrs. Dong Yong

Jeon, conference organizer and chair Prof. Kyong Hee Kim, and Prof.

Ae Kyong Choi of Ehwa Women‘s University.

After the engagement at Sungshin, many groups and individuals

stepped up to offer support for ERI in the near future. To help prepare

for our upcoming events, Sungshin hosted a luncheon for us with Dr.

Wan Kyu Cho and Dr. Jeong Woo Kil.

The Chair of Kodensha Co. came to visit me from Osaka, Japan. I also

met over a dozen prominent lawyers at the International Association

for Korean Lawyers‘ 17th annual meeting, which was held at

Sunggyungwan University Law School. Among those in attendance

were the President and Judge of the International Criminal Court in

Hague, the keynote speaker at the conference, and the President of the

Korean Bar Association (their sponsor). Hopefully, our support base

in Korea will continue to grow and foster a wider network of

appreciation for ERI‘s many projects.

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E R I A N D K A S Y

By Judy Park

Upon learning that I would matriculate at Yale in the fall of 2008, Mr.

David Kim, President of C2 Education, told me that I must visit Dr.

Hesung Koh. He mentioned that she had many inspiring stories to

share from her personal experience . When I met her, she seemed

eager to revive the ties between East Rock Institute and Korean

Students at Yale (KASY) At first, however, I feared that I would not

be of much help because I did not know much about Chinese or

Japanese or Korean American history.

Dr. Koh‘s first instructed me to recruit KASY volunteers by

organizing an open house event at ERI. I strived to gather as many

students as I could, and was pleasantly surprised when more than

twenty students showed up to share their interests and learn about the

ERI‘s historic partnership with KASY. After the event, Yong , Chris,

and HaYeon joined to volunteer at ERI. I was glad to get to work with

people of such diverse talents and contributions.

While preparing for the event, I learned much about ERI, KASY, and

Korean-American history. I listened to the countless fascinating

anecdotes of Yale and ERI alumni. I felt connected to a large network

of amazing, successful, and genuine people within the sphere of Yale

and ERI. I could tell that my KASY colleagues shared these feelings

of admiration and ambition.

To assist with the endless array of projects that required the staff‘s

attention, I did everything from scanning books, updating the ERI

website and editing articles to contacting members of ERI Korea.

Reading some of Dr. Koh‘s ERI publications, such ―Authentic

Leadership and East Asian Values,‖ I engaged myself in the Korean

culture that I had forgotten and neglected due to the other demands of

life in the States.

Out of the projects I

have been involved

w i t h , I f e e l

especially attached

to the CultureWear

project because it

required the most

time and attention.

The purpose of the

project was to

inspire international

communities (ERI Open House for KASY, February 2009)

through a cultural exchange of clothing. I sat in on meetings, sold

tickets, and emceed at the event. Although I felt overwhelmed at times

by the magnitude of these responsibilities , I brought the project to

completion with the satisfaction of knowing that I could now organize

and put on a nonprofit event. The experience itself was valuable and

worthwhile.

Currently, I am working with the other members of the ERI staff on

archiving and indexing all our materials concerning the Koh Family.

Looking through the pictures and articles, I am absorbing many

lessons such as the value of family, independence, and, as Dr. Koh

emphasizes, deok (or virtue). I consider my participation at ERI as a

learning experience, and I see it as a chance for me to ponder what

really matters to me in my hectic life at Yale. I hope that the KASY-

ERI connection will continue in the future through further cooperation

between enthusiastic students and ERI-Yale alumni.

(Continued from p. 1) manner, understanding the interrelatedness of

these groups as well as the lessons that can learned from exploring

―insider‖ and ―outsider‖ perspectives with respect to Korean identity

formation. In doing so, ERI has remained relevant to the Korean,

Korean American, and other Korean Diasporic communities as well as

to the larger communities

that they are a part of. By

examining these diverse

experiences, we have

deepened our insight not

only as individuals, but also

a s m e m b e r s o f a

multicultural society in an

increasingly globalized

world.

(ERI Board of Directors Meeting, November 2009)

I come to ERI with my eyes open to the

opportunities and challenges that we face as

an organization. I served as an ERI

volunteer for more than 20 years: first as a

Yale College undergraduate, then as a

member of the ERI Young Professionals

Group, then Co-Director of the Teach Korea

Corp Teachers Conference and until

recently as a Board member. Throughout

this time, ERI‘s message of promoting

inclusion and building bridges by

cultivating a deeper understanding of what

it means to be Korean was one that

resonated with me. I am committed to

furthering this mission, and I‘m eager to

take it to a larger audience, both here in the

U.S. and abroad. Thus, while I bring a sense of institutional memory

to this position, I also hope to usher in a period of new perspectives

and initiatives, continuing to evolve with the Korean community and

adapting to its changing needs as ERI has done so over the years.

While working to improve each of its programs, ERI is also in a time

of transition. At ERI, we are moving to an organizational model that

includes professional, full-time staff, new partners who share our

vision, and a fully engaged Board with fresh perspectives and voices

from both our second generation Korean American and non-ethnic-

Korean Board members. We are also working to move Korean

culture into the mainstream in every sense of the word. One of the

most important lessons we have learned over the past 50 years is that

our experiences as a diasporic community have allowed us to explore

ways to become culturally competent individuals and identify new

ways of educating diverse audiences about new cultures. In this

respect, ERI has become a leader in cultural education and in the

training of cultural competent, globally-oriented, authentic leaders.

We hope to continue this legacy into our next 50 years.

This is a very exciting time at ERI. We are developing a sustainable

organization model with new energy and commitment from our Board

and volunteers. We will take advantage of new collaborations and

alliances to expand Teach Korea Corp (ERI‘s Master Teacher

Training Program) as well as CultureWear, an exciting program that

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uses clothing as a tool for multi- and cross-cultural education. We

will continue our unique approach towards the training of authentic

leaders through NamMae, our young professionals group, which

successful hosted its 9th annual retreat in Boston, MA on Jan 22-23,

2010 (www.whomovedmykimchi.com). Organized by a dedicated

group of volunteers, this conference explored best practices in

multicultural education by sharing ERI‘s experiences with a diverse

group of cultural and educational organizations, Korean and non-

Korean oriented alike. ERI co-organized this conference with the

Korean Caucus at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Asian

Coalition for Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education,

with additional funding from the Korean American Community

Foundation, Harvard Kennedy School Student Organization, Yes,

LLC, Barrel, the Osiris Group, Inc., and Sungjoo Group. (HRD

Korea)

So, 2010 looks to be a very exciting time at ERI. I am looking

forward to a productive and compelling 2010, and I thank all of you

for your continued support. If you are

interested in learning more about any of

our programs, I invite you to take the time

to read this edition of ERI‘s newsletter,

which summarizes each of these programs

for you in greater detail. Alternatively,

p l e a s e v i s i t E R I ‘ s w e b s i t e ,

www.eastrockinstitute.org. As always, we

welcome inquiries and proposals for

collaborative projects.

Sincerely,

Christopher Y. Park, M.D., Ph.D.

(continued from p. 1) This conference was part of a series that grew

out of ERI‘s efforts in New Haven to explore different manifestations

of cultural values in clothing. The second conference will be hosted

by NME this August in Osaka at the 40th anniversary celebration of

the 1970 Osaka World Expo. Parsons will most likely be the host for

the third conference, which is planned for New York next year. In

addition to Sungshin, we met with several other

organizations. President Jang-mu Lee of Seoul National University

hosted a meeting for us to discuss how ERI could make some of its

original research and source materials accessible to the SNU

library. At the National Library of Korea (NLK) we secured

agreement to start a project that would systematically categorize

nearly 60 years worth of ERI archives. Although it is in its early

stages, this project aims to digitize the Koh family & ERI

archives. Meeting with both the president of the Korea Foundation

(www.kf.or.kr) and its director of Korean Studies, we hand delivered

one grant proposal to support expansion of our annual Teach Korea

Conference (TKC) and a second proposal to build ERI's

endowment. We have recently received word that our TKC proposal

has received partial funding but that the endowment proposal has been

declined. (to p. 8)

“For more than 50 years, ERI has evolved to remain at the cut-ting-edge of exploring what it means to be Korean - in the U.S, Korea, and abroad.”

R E P O R T F R O M T H E N E W V I C E

P R E S I D E N T

(Dr. Koh presented Outstanding Service Award to Dr. Sung Joo

Kim, President, Sung Joo Group, 2008)

(Participants at 2009 Teach Korea Conference, Yale Divinity

School)

(CultureWear and Diaspora Museum Conference, Sungshin

Women’s University; Seoul, Korea, 2009)

(Outstanding Service Award Presented to Dr. Jeong Woo Kil,

2009)

(Interns and Volunteers, Minn Soo Lee, Jin Young Byun, Ji Hye Yoo,

2010)

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(Dr. Koh met President Myung Bak Lee (center) Republic of Korea in

New York, 2009)

(Dr. Koh and Dr. Hwajin Shim

exchange MOU; Seoul , Korea, 2008)

(Dr. Koh met with, Ms. Nak Gyun

Shin, Congresswoman, Republic of

Korea, Right, 2008)

(Celebrating MOU; from left: Dean Margaret Grey, YSN; President Greg

Gravel, Whitney Center; President Hwajin Shim, Sungshin; Dr. Hesung Chun

Koh, ERI; Sept. 2009)

(Dr. Koh’s lecture at Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul, Korea,

2009)

( CultureWear, Girl’s Friendly Society, New Haven, 2009)

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By Hesung Chun Koh, Chair of ERI

In early September 2009, East Rock Institute signed two

international Memoranda of Understanding: one with Yale School of

Nursng, Whitney Center, and Sungshin Women‘s University and

another with Sungshin Women‘s Univesity and Parsons New School

of Design. The mission was to meet the needs of a rapidly aging

society in an increasingly diverse and multicultural world.

East Rock Institute is a fifty-plus year old non-profit organization

dedicated to cross-cultural research and outreach in the U.S. and

overseas. Its mission is ―To search, to learn and to serve.‖ With

sister organizations in Europe and Asia, ERI organizes innovative

programs in culture, the arts, leadership and teaching. ERI serves as

the hub for international and intercultural cooperation for these and

other projects.

The goal for our organizations to maximize their mutual benefit from

each other‘s strengths.

(Bridging Culture through Korean Fashion Show, 2008)

A. CultureWear/Diaspora Museum Project: Heart & culture on

your sleeve

CultureWear is a creative venture to re-fashion gently-used

children‘s clothing with ethnic flair. Our purpose is to educate and

inspire youth in communities worldwide through fashion-forward

exchange. We have begun by blending traditional motif with modern

design, using Korean, Irish and Ghanaian elements. We hope to

eventually incorporate all world cultures. We work to enhance global

cultural competency through awareness, knowledge and cross-

cultural skills. Some CultureWear designs are hand-remade by youth

for other youth. Revenue from

our clothing sales supports our

non-profit partners‘ efforts to

endow an innovative Diaspora

Museum of Ethnology, which

will reflect the multiracial,

multicultural face of families

today.

(CultureWear 2009 at Sungshin Women’s University)

The first international CultureWear and Diaspora Museum was held

in October 23, 2009 at Sungshin Women‘s University (SWU). This

conference focused on developing a culturally themed children's

clothing line as a means of cultural education. Conference

participants sought to identify the essence of beauty in the cultural

fashions of Korea, Japan, India, Russia and the Middle East. The

conference was hosted in Seoul by Sungshin University, and scholars

from the National Museum of Ethnology (Osaka, Japan), the Parsons

New School for Design (New York City), and East Rock Institute

were among those in attendance.

The Second International conference will be held in Osaka, Japan

from Friday August 27 to Sunday August 29, 2010 at the Osaka

Japanese National Museum of Ethnology, which is located in Senri,

Expo Park, Suita, Osaka, Japan. The theme of the conference will be

―Cultural Fusion in Diaspora: Ethnic Costume, Fashion and

CultureWear.‖ Papers are scheduled under the following Sessions: 1.

Keynote Speeches, Session 1.Diaspora as Forces for Creating New

Culture, Session 2: Exploration of CultureWear and Session3:

Prospects of the Business Model for CultureWear, and the Final

Discussion and Concluding Remarks.

The third conference will be held in 2011, at Parsons New School of

Design in New York City.

B. University-related Model Retirement Community

Development:

The professionals – Established as America‘s first university level

educational program in nursing, Yale University‘s School of

Nursing (YSN), is one of the top 10 graduate schools in the US for

professional caregiver education and training.

Scholar/educators and graduate

students – Sungshin Women's

University, Seoul, Korea is drawing

doctoral and graduate scholars in the

social sciences and humanities to the

study of Korean perspectives on

elderly care and the role of the elderly

in society.

(MOU signing by Dr. H.C. Koh, ERI; Dean Margaret Grey, YSN; President

Hwajin Shim, SWU; President. Greg Gravel, Whitney Center; Sept. 2009)

The accredited superior retirement community– bench marking

Whitney Center, Hamden, CT: As a non-profit organization and

senior-living community, the Whitney Center is an enlightened

model for self-empowerment in the field of elderly care. ERI scholar

residents at the Whitney Center are documenting this new model of

aging care for retirement communities to introduce to Korea, and

stimulate comparative cultural studies between senior citizens and

their respective culture.

This would theoretically maximize their strengths and help them

become integrated into a new and ideal model for retired living.

(Celebrating Dr. Koh’s 80th birthday with Whitney Center friends at Yale

Divinity School : life cycle ritual session at ERI teachers conference, 2009)

E R I P E O P L E N E W S

Christopher Y. Park, M.D., Ph.D. recently joined Memorial Sloan

Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, as an Assistant Attending,

Pathology and Clinical Laboratories and Assistant Member in the

Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program. Chris was elected as the

President of East Rock Institute (ERI) at the November 2009 Board

meeting. He will continue to serve as Secretary of ERI.

Eunsup Daniel Shim, Ph. D., Interim Executive

Director, was elected as the 13th President of

National Association for Korean School-Northeast

Chapter (NAKS-NEC) in September 17, 2009.

NAKS-NEC has a membership of 150 weekend

Korean schools located in New York, New Jersey

and Connecticut, with nearly 1,000 teachers and

10,000 students.

Sungjip Sue Shim, MLA, joined ERI as the Project

Librarian for National Library of Korea . She earned

her M.S. in Library Science from Southern

Connecticut State University and received B.A. in

Law at Ewha Women‘s University. She is a part-

time Librarian at Sacred Heart University.

On August 28, 2009, ERI Research Assistant Ms.

Haruka Kumamoto delivered her daughter,

Amane Jasmine Kumamoto. Haruka earned her

B.A. in Chinese Literature from Tokyo University.

Haruka‘s husband, Yosuke Kumamoto, Ph.D., is a

Postdoctoral Associate at the Department of

Immunobiology at Yale School of Medicine.

(Photo on right: Haruka and her daughter, Amane

Jasmine)

On Sept. 12, 2009, Administrative Assistant Ms.

Sook Jung Kim delivered her son, Ian Kim. Her

husband, Dr. Lark Kyun Kim, is a Postdoctoral

Associate at the Department of Immunobiology at

Yale School of Medicine.

(Photo on left)

Ms. Young Aie Kim, from Seoul National

University Library, is a consultant at ERI and

Visiting Fellow for Korean collections at Yale. Ms.

Kim has managed international relations and

professional exchanges between SNU and peer

institutions around the world. On January 14, 2010,

she exhibited her hand-made Dolls at the Whitney

Center. Her exhibit is titled, ―Bridging Culture

Through Dolls.‖

Ms. Eun Young Jang, Admin. Asst, joined ERI in Oct

‗09. She earned her M.A. in TESOL at Central

Michigan University, and her B.A. in Educational

Technology and Elementary Education at Ewha

Women‘s University (in Seoul, Korea). She also

teaches at CT Saturday Korean School and New Haven

Korean School. Her husband, Dr. Chulguen Yang, is an

Assistant Professor in the MIS School of Business at

Southern Connecticut State University. She has two

sons, Timothy and Titus.

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Upcoming Events and Conferences:

Recent Publications:

The Sixth Teach Korean Corp Conference: June 28-30, Yale

Divinity School, New Haven, CT

―Ancient Roots and Emerging Trends in Korean Culture: Language,

Literature, Music and Clothing‖

Speakers: Ross King, Ph.D., Dept. Head, Asian Studies, Univ. of

British Columbia; Hesung Chun Koh, Ph.D., Chair & Founder, East

Rock Institute; Jina E. Kim, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies,

Smith College; Jin Hi Kim, Living Tones.

For Registration Information Please Contact: Peter Herndon:

pnhteach@sbcglobal.net or eastrock3@gmail.com

The Second International CultureWear Conference: August 27-

29, 2010, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan

Organizers: National Museum of Ethnology; East Rock Institute;

Sungshin Woman‘s University; Parsons, The New School for De-

sign

Sponsors: Girls Friendly Society, USA: Senri Foundation, Japan

Contact: East Rock Institute: eri3@pantheon.yale.edu

Last November, East Rock Institute published the latest issue of

Korean and Korean American Studies Bulletin (KKASB) titled,

―The Role of Korean American Churches in the 21st Century.‖

Comprised by a series of scholarly articles and a transcript of East

Rock Institute‘s Conference on ―the Role of Korean American

Churches‖ in 2001, this publication (KKASB Vol. 17) seeks to initi-

ate a dialogue on the dynamic sociopolitical as well as cultural

changes within the Korean American community catalyzed the

growing number of houses of worship. It includes the thoughts and

reflections of spiritual leaders, laymen, theologians and students. It

also presents a candid discussion of some of the intergenerational

and interdenominational conflict experienced with the Korean

American Christian community.

Edited by Dr. Hesung Chun Koh with the assistance of Consulting

Editor Charles Riley and Managing Editor Christopher Lee (Yale

‗12), this volume marks the completion of 25 years of publication

for KKASB. Begun by Dr. Hesung Koh as a journal for independent

research on Korean and Korean American issues, KKASB was the

only publication of its kind.

Copies can be ordered from East Rock Institute.Please email us at

eri3@pantheon.yale.edu or eastrock3@gmail.com for more informa-

tion!

251 Dwight Street

New Haven, CT 06511

Phone: (203) 624-8619 Fax: (203) 624-7933

E-mail: eri3@pantheon.yale.edu

eastrock3@gmail.com

E A S T R O C K I N S T I T U T E

Board of Directors:

Chair: Hesung Chun Koh, Ph.D.

Vice-Chairs: Robert G. LaCamera, M.D.

and Charles C.S. Kim, M.D.

Officers:

President: Christopher Y. Park, M.D., Ph.D.

Secretary: Christopher Y. Park, M.D., Ph.D.

Treasurer: Mu Young Lee, Ph.D.

Vice President of Development: Mu Young Lee, Ph.D.

Executive Director (Interim): Eunsup Daniel Shim, Ph.D.

Board Members:

Bruce Y. Cha, DMD; Edward T. Chang, Ph.D.; Juliana Kang

Choi, M.D.; Peter Herndon, M.A,; Dong Yong Jeon; Hesung

Chun Koh, Ph.D.; Charles C.S. Kim, M.D.; Ross King,

Ph.D.; Robert G. LaCamera, M.D.; Frederick P. Leaf, Esq.;

Mu Young Lee, Ph.D.; Paul C. H. Lim, Ph.D.; Dean Mark-

ham, CPA; Harry S.Y. Nam, MBA; Christopher Y. Park,

M.D. Ph.D.; Heseung Ann Song Kim, Ed. D.; Eunsup Daniel

Shim, Ph.D.; Sandra D. Wirth, Ed. D.

Committees:

Nomination Committee:

Hesung Chun Koh (Chair) Christopher Y. Park (West

Coast), Heseung Ann Song Kim (East Coast), Harry S. Y.

Nam (Korea)

By-Laws Committee:

Frederick P. Leaf (Chair), Charles C. S. Kim, Mu Young

Lee

Strategic Planning Committee:

Robert G. LaCamera (Chair), Dean Markham, Hesung

Chun Koh, Carolyn Kyoungshin Koh Choo, Charles C.S.

Kim, Frederick P. Leaf, Christopher Y. Park, Heseung Ann

Song Kim

Development Committee:

Harry S. Y. Nam and Mu Young Lee (Co-Chairs), Patrick

Lee, Dean Markham, David Kim

Teach Korea Corps. Committee:

Ross King, Christopher Y. Park (Co-Chairs), Sandra D.

Wirth, Peter Herndon, Edward T. Chang, Juliana Kang

Choi, Mu Young Lee

NamMae Committee:

Heseung Ann Song Kim, Mu Young Lee, Christopher Park,

(Co-Chairs) Seunghee Eu, Paul C. H. Lim, Bruce Y. Cha,

Woo Seok Jo, Yerrie Kim

(ERI Board of Directors, 2007)

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W H O M O V E D M Y K I M C H I ?

(Espousing a multi-cultural viewpoint on Korea and Korean culture, the 9th Young

Professionals Conference ‘Who Moved My Kimchi” was held at the Boston DoubleTree

Hotel January 22-23, 2010.)

This event was co-hosted by East Rock Institute, the Korean Caucus at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Asian Coalition for Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

About 70 people from a smattering of countries were in attendance. The panel

included reporter Adam Pertman from the Boston Globe, Community Relations

Manager Zakiya Thomas from the Boston Art Museum, Senior Advisor Kim

Kwang from the OTF group and Dean Ross King from the Asian Dept. of the

University of British Columbia.

Mr. Pertman argued that, ―American society desperately needs a multicultural

education, including one in Korean culture.‖ During the conference, the young

professionals had a discussion about ―Korea in a Global Context: Reviewing the

Korean Identity in a Multicultural Framework.‖ After a presentation made by

Harvard‘s Korean Studies and Korean Language Departments, attendees shared

their opinions on how they could introduce Korean language and culture to other

cultural communities.

Afterwards, award winning Korean American director Joy Dietrich screened her

movie, ―Tie a Yellow Ribbon.‖

This event was organized by ERI member Ms Yerrie Kim, from Harvard Business

School and the Kennedy School of Government. She stressed that culture is never

stationary, and can be interpreted differently depending on the observer‘s own

cultural perspective . She hopes that this event helped the participants broaden their

perspective on Korean culture in the 21st century.

Noting past movements of multicultural education in the United States and

Germany‘s story of post-Cold War reunification, Ms Kim stressed the need for

Koreans to learn from these successes. By inviting representatives from the Boston

Art Museum and Goethe Germanic Culture Center, she sought to enrich the

dialogue on Korea by introducing a comparative cultural perspective.

Meanwhile, Dr. Koh emphasized that, ―Now is the time for Korean and Korean-

Americans to move into the world stage and return the knowledge and the

experience to the wider community…Koreans and Korean Americans must both be

sure of their identity, confident about their culture, and prepared to communicate

with people from different ideological backgrounds to advance humanity.‖

She also advised that, ―As the teaching from the East says, virtue is more important

than talent. I want our young leaders to keep that in mind.‖

Dae Yeon Cho, Esq.

F. Don and Gerti James

Rabinowitz, Richard & Janice

Law Offices of Jay Ho Lee

Dean Markham

In Jo Chung

Patron ($500-$1,000)

Carolyn & Woong Choo

Chuwan Kim

Jae Ho Jung

Chang Song & Juliana Kang

Eunsup Daniel Shim

Steven Rosenbaum

Jang Moo Lee

Heseung Ann Song

David Kim, C2

Friend of ERI ($500-$100)

Paul & Jeanine Kim Donahue

Bruce & Kim Cha

Kyung Ha Lee

Gyoo Gwan Kim

Ki Hoon Kim

Robert G. LaCamera

Katherine Koh

Ward & J. Goodenough

Hwasun Loh

James M. Philips

Jin Hi Kim

Michael & Susanna Choo

Thanks to your generous

support, ERI has been able to

pursue its goal of cultural

exchange between the U.S.,

Korea and the world.

Grants

Sungjoo Group

Community Foundation for

Greater New Haven

Korea Foundation

Korean American Community

Foundation

The National Library of Korea

Korean Consulate General, NY

Seoul National University Library

Over $10,000

Hesung Chun Koh

Jung Woo Kil

$2,000 - $10,000

Christopher Y. Park

Mu Young Lee

Wan Kyoo Cho

Earl & Gina Weiner

Sponsor ($1,000-$2,000)

Kodensha, Co. Ltd.

Harry S. Nam

Dong Young Jeon

Moonja Kim

Peter N. Herndon

Philip & Ellen Bloomberg

William F. Dow, Esq.

Kie & Bok Ahn

Richard & Nancy Judd

Sung C. & Sung K. Hong

TYCO

Daniel and Helen Pyo

Gwan Lee & Sung Ko

John & Sheila Collins

Doo & Byung Park

Im Ja Choi

Alice Miskimin

Jerry G. Olsen

Thomas & Linda Macgregor

Phillip & Ellen Blumberg

Myung Park

Herbert H. Pearce

Yoshiyuki & Mitsui Takeuchi

Hannah & Charles Welsh

Carolyn Westerfield

Sungjip Sue Shim

Yerrie Kim

Judge Guido & Anne Calabresi

Maria Levinson

Elizabeth Miller

John E. & John W. Nagy

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Young Hyun Chung

G R A N T S & D O N A T I O N S ( 2 0 0 9 . 1 ~ 2 0 1 0 . 2 )

T O L E A R N , T O S E A R C H A N D T O S E R V E

East Rock Institute (ERI) is a nonprofit research

and educational organization dedicated to the en-

hancement and deepening of cultural understanding

between Eastern and Western societies through

innovative approaches to research and teaching.

The work of ERI has evolved through three phases.

In the early 1950s, the Institute made a concerted

effort to introduce democratic ideals to the Korean

people. During the 1970s, ERI pushed for the intro-

duction of Korean and Korean American Studies to

the American and Korean American academic

community. In the 1990s, ERI broadened its

scope to include comparative East Asian and

Korean diasporaic studies. East Rock Institute is

situated in New Haven. CT, adjacent to Yale

University. The Institute's name, taken from a

New Haven landmark, symbolizes the firm foun-

dation of East Asian and Korean studies in the

United States.

Member (Under $100)

Anne Smith

Yoong Hong

Sarah & Moon-kyoo Kim

Higgins Ann

Shirley & Edward F. Dobihal

John & Margaret Carr

Chul Woo Lee In-Kind Contributions Nak Kyun Shin

Sung Joo Kim Hae-Chan Park, Esq. Osiris Inc.

Barrel, Inc.

Korean Beacon

Sejong Society

Young Aie Kim

East Rock News

© East Rock Institute

Issue 1, Vol. 1, March 2010

Editorial Assistant: Eunyoung Jang

eastrock3@gmail.com

Editor: Christopher S. Lee

christopher.Lee@yale.edu

Managing Editor: Dr. Eunsup Daniel

Shim, csksshim@gmail.com

Adviser: Dr. Hesung C. Koh

(continued from p. 3) The meeting was important in that it was our most direct and personal engage-

ment with KF to date. We ended with a better understanding of where KF and ERI interests were

matched.

After our official meetings and Dr. Koh's media interviews, we finally had a chance to meet with our

friends of ERI. They are involved in a broad cross section of institutions, including the Korea National

Assembly, International Vaccine Institute, UNESCO Korea, Ewha University, law firm of Kim &

Chang, and luxury goods maker MCM Haus. The cordial reunions were marked by our friends‘ warm

reception and the kind advice pertaining to ERI‘s strategic and personal relationships within the Korean

peninsula. It was especially gratifying to meet with our ERI Board members Dong Yong Jeon and

Harry Nam, we also enjoyed being feted at a dinner for the Friends of ERI hosted by Sungshin Univer-

sity. Professor Jeong Woo Kil was in attendance as master of ceremonies.

As a whole, the trip was an excellent opportunity to rekindle many friendships and was a remarkably

rewarding and gratifying experience. Our continued encouragement and financial support from Korea

have been a tremendous inspiration for all of us who work for and at ERI.

Mu Young Lee, Treasurer and VP for Development

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