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The Korea Society would like to invite your students to Project Bridge 2011 Community Presentation on Tuesday, June 7. Eight New York-based Youth Ambassadors will share their experiences over the last six months, including stories from a 10-day study tour of Korea with their Los Angeles counterparts.



Project Bridge 2010-11
Community Presentation

Tuesday, June 7th
6 PM

@ Samsung Center for Cultural Exchange, The Korea Society
(950 Third Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY)

Presenters:

Rabia Ahmad, Long Island City High School
Victoria Bigay, High School of Economics and Finance
Rachel Jones, Forest Hills High School
Marlyn Palamino, The Flushing International High School
Julian Alexander Hackney, Thurgood Marshall Academy
James Haggaerty-Skeans, Staten Island Technical High School
Antonio Lopez, Bard High School Early College Queens
Elwin Ng, Townsend Harris High School

To participate, please RSVP to Sojeong Kim, or 212 759 7525 ext. 326.

Project Bridge is a year-long intercultural youth leadership program centered on a study tour of Korea. Since its inception in 1993, Project Bridge thrived and has gradually evolved into a curriculum of programs with a focus on Korea and on intercultural issues. More than 250 high school students have participated in the program as Youth Ambassadors. The program provides an intercultural lens through which to understand Korean culture and history in order to enhance future U.S.-Korea relations.

Each year, in collaboration with the Pacific Century Institute (PCI), The Korea Society recruits 16 students from public high schools in New York and Los Angeles. Prior to the capstone ten-day study tour to Korea, students participate in six months of workshops on intercultural issues, Korean history, and U.S.-Korea relations. The study tour extends and enhances the insights and knowledge developed from these workshops, providing direct opportunities to see Korea and meet Koreans. As a whole, Project Bridge offers students an opportunity to explore the meaning of diversity—both within and outside America.

The Community Presentation is a great opportunity to learn about the program. Current New York City high school sophomores and juniors are especially welcomed to attend and learn more about how to apply to be part of Project Bridge 2011-2012.