Nov. 5: Korean Kimchee Bowl

Nov. 5th.
Dinner begins at 7 pm. Program starts at 7:30 pm.

Kimchee Bowl: Korean Solidarity Event

Manhattan Open Center, 19 West 26th St., 5th floor
(1/9 to 28th St. stop)

Notutdol for Korean Community Development would like to invite you to the “KIMCHEE BOWL."? Please join us for a
celebration of one of the most important things about being Korean: kimchee.

Inspiring performance by Ishle Park and Terry Park

Delicious cooking by Hyon Mi Chang and Dongjoon Song

Nodutdol was founded in 1999 to promote the empowerment, reunification, and self-determination of the Korean people through grassroots organizing and the development of community-based institutions in New York. Nodutdol seeks to bridge divisions of war, nation, gender, class, language, and generation amongst Koreans and empower our community to address the inequalities we and other people of color face here and abroad. To advance our mission, Nodutdol works in collaboration with other people of color and workers organizations as part of a larger movement for progressive social change. Through our three program areas - Community Education, Community Health and
Korea Solidarity - we seek to meet the immediate needs of our community and, at the same time, address the root causes of these needs and develop long-term solutions.

The majority of Koreans living in New York are working-class or poor immigrants who have been displaced by economic crisis in South Korea. Many of us have come to the U.S. in search of new options, only to face more hardships. Many of us work more than
12 hours-a-day, 6 days-a-week in hazardous businesses such as nail salons, restaurants, and dry cleaners. In spite of the fact that New York's economy depends on our labor, Koreans, like other immigrants, face racism, experience barriers to public and social services, and are forced to live as second-class citizens.

On the international level, the Korean Peninsula remains divided. Since the outright fighting of the Korean War ended in 1953, the U.S. has continued to attack the north, using sanctions and the blocking of aid as weapons. In the south the U.S. maintains economic, military, and political dominance at the expense of our people. Conditions in our homeland endanger our families, loved ones and all those living
in the surrounding region. This still-present history of war and national separation has left deep wounds among Korean people across the world.

Nodutdol's Korea Solidarity Program promotes peace in Korea and works to build the larger movement for social change. Each summer we bring teams of community members to Korea to visit progressive workers, farmers, and organizers. We organize film festivals that provide new perspectives on topics such as North Korean society, human rights, and reunification. Recognizing our work as part of a global peace effort, we collaborate with other organizations locally, nationally, and internationally, seeking to weave all our struggles into a collective movement.