Korea and the Politics of Identity II: The First Generation

Details: Thursday, June 12 , 2014 | 6:00 PM

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Event Name: $10 Members | $20 Guests | Explorer and YPN Members are free
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Event Link: Susan Soonkeum Cox is Vice President Policy & External Affairs of Holt International and is an internationally recognized expert and presenter on child welfare and adoption. She testifies regularly before Congress on these issues and has attended numerous White House briefings on public policy regarding adoption and child welfare. She was instrumental in passing legislation providing automatic citizenship for children adopted abroad and to ratify the Hague Convention on Intercountry adoption in the U.S. Ms. Cox has published numerous articles and papers. She  is editor of the anthologies, Voices from Another Place; More Voices; and founder of the Gathering for Korean Adoptees in 1999 in Washington D.C. and the Reunion of Vietnamese Adoptees. Ms. Cox is a member of the Hague Special Commission on Intercountry Adoption; and was appointed by President Clinton to the White House Commission on Asian and Pacific Islanders. She was invited as a special guest to attend South Korea’s 60th Honorary Citizen of Seoul in 2005 by President elect Lee Myung-bak. In 2013, Susan was appointed as Honorary Consul for the State of Oregon in Eugene, by the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Summit External URL: <img src="images/icons/2013/studio_korea-logo.jpg" alt="studio korea-logo" height="142" width="238" /> Be part of a live audience for special recording sessions. Delve into the day’s headlines, dialogue with special guests from policy, finance, research, academe, international organizations, and the media, and determine new trends, priorities, and approaches in and toward East Asia and the Korean Peninsula.

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Susan Cox, Holt International Vice President of Policy and External Affairs and Honorary Korean Consul General for Oregon, looks at how the first generation of Korean-American adoptees—many now senior citizens—built bridges between Korea and the United States. She will also discuss her public policy efforts in Washington, Seoul, and The Hague. Moderated by Dr. Stephen Noerper, senior vice president of The Korea Society.

Thursday, June 12, 2014 | 6 PM

$10 Members, $20 Guests

Explorer and YPN Members are free but must register here.

5:30PM | Registration & Light Fare

6:00PM | Discussion