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The Korea Society’s Project Bridge programs engage Americans and Koreans in a multifaceted effort to promote understanding and tolerance by building bridges of interaction across lines of race, culture and ethnicity.

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Project Bridge 2008-2009 Application
  • New York Student Deadline CLOSED
  • Los Angeles Student Deadline November 19, 2008

Every year, The Korea Society, in conjunction with the Los Angeles-based Pacific Century Institute, coordinates Project Bridge: a yearlong intercultural outreach program for high school juniors and seniors. For Project Bridge 2008-2009, 16 students from New York City and Los Angeles will be selected to take part in a yearlong series of bi-weekly educational meetings and a weekend retreat that culminate in a joint 10-day study tour to Korea. The educational workshops will focus on topics such as Korean language, history, folktales, architecture, modern Korea and the 1992 riots in Los Angeles-known in Korean as Sa-I-Gu. The objective of these activities is to help the participants gain insight into Korea, learn leadership skills and develop intercultural understanding. The highlight of Project Bridge is a fully subsidized ten-day study tour in Korea which is held in April during the Department of Education's Spring Recess and includes visits to historical sites, the Demilitarized Zone and a home stay with Korean high school students.

Project Bridge 2008-2009 is now accepting applications. High school students who will be juniors or seniors during the 2008-2009 school year are eligible to apply. Space is available for eight students from New York City and eight from Los Angeles. A position is also available to a New York City high school teacher interested in working as a group leader for the program.

To download an application, read more.
Read more...  [Project Bridge 2008-2009 Application]
 
Project Bridge Community Presentation
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The Korea Society's 2007-2008 Project Bridge Youth Ambassadors

Friday, May 30, 2008
6:30-8:00 PM ♦ Presentation and Q&A
8:00-8:30 PM ♦ Award Ceremony

The Korea Society, 950 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor, New York City
(Building entrance on SW corner of 57th Street and Third Avenue)

The event is free but RSVP is required. RSVP online here or contact Rebecca Brabant at (212) 759-7525, ext. 326 or email. RSVP by May 27, 2008.

Please join the 2007-2008 Project Bridge Youth Ambassadors for their Community Presentation where the eight New York based students will share their learning experiences over the last six months, including the study tour in Korea with their Los Angeles based counterparts.  Current New York City high school sophomores or juniors interested in Project Bridge encouraged to attend and learn more about how they can apply to be part of the 2008-2009 program.

Download the 2008 Project Bridge Facebook (pdf file, 2.0mb)
 
Project Bridge 2007-2008 Application

Every year, The Korea Society, in conjunction with the Los Angeles-based Pacific Century Institute, coordinates Project Bridge: a yearlong intercultural outreach program for high school juniors and seniors. For Project Bridge 2007-2008, 16 students from New York City and Los Angeles were selected to take part in a yearlong series of bi-weekly meetings, and a weekend retreat that culminate in a joint 10-day study tour to Korea. The educational workshops focused on topics such as Korean language, history, folktales, architecture, modern Korea and the 1992 riots in Los Angeles-known in Korean as Sa-I-Gu. The objective of these activities was to help the participants gain insight into Korea, learn leadership skills and develop intercultural understanding. The highlight of Project Bridge was a fully subsidized ten-day study tour in Korea which is held in April during the Department of Education's Spring Recess and includes visits to historical sites, the Demilitarized Zone and a home stay with Korean high school students.

Project Bridge 2007-2008 selected eight high school juniors and seniors from New York City and eight from Los Angeles. One New York City high school teacher was selected to work as a group leader for the program.
 
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