2006
APRIL
22-30 -
April
22, Saturday
Concert
and Program to Appeal to the World to Free All Abductees Held in
Flyer and Rules (MS Word). Map (PDF).
Time:
Location:
Sponsor:
Rescuing
Contact:
Founder of ReACH, Izumi Asano: asanocpa@erols.com
Website: www.asanocpa.com/reach
April
23, Sunday
Sunday
Church Service focusing on North Korea
Time:
Location:
Pastor Bill
Shuler. Tel: 703-228-1843. www.capitallifechurch.com
Event sponsor:
Open Doors
Contact:
Lindsay Vessey: lindsayv@odusa.org
Visits
by North Korean defectors to area churches
(Free
Time:
April
24, Monday
Opening
of the
Ribbon
cutting ceremony at
Time: The
exhibit is open to the public April 24 - April 26,
Location: First Korean Presbyterian
Contact: Sin U
Nam: snam@nkparchitects
Website: www.nkgenocide.net
Genocide
Exhibit Flyers: English
(PDF) & Korean
(PDF)
April
25, Tuesday (Holocaust Remembrance Day)
North
Korea Genocide Exhibit open
Location: First
Korean Presbyterian
Senate
Hearing: "Illicit Activity Funding the Regime" - Hearing
Notice here.
Chaired by Senator Tom Coburn, Subcommittee on Federal Financial
Management, Govt Info & International Security.
Time:
Location:
Contact: Trey
Hicks: Trey_Hicks@hsgac.senate.gov
Panel
Discussion, "How to Promote Information Flow to
Location:
Time:
Sponsor: Open
Radio for
Refreshments
and light meals served after discussion.
Limited
Seating: RSVP Young Howard at youngdemos@hotmail.com
by April 23
April
26, Wednesday
North
Korea Genocide Exhibit open
Location: First
Korean Presbyterian
Screening
of "
Time:
Location:
Sponsor:
Student Campaign for
Limited
Seating: Non-AU viewers please RSVP Vivian Lee: cityslick430@gmail.com
April
27, Thursday
House Hearing:
"North Korea: Human Rights Update and International Abduction Issues"
Hearing
Notice here.
LIVE WEBCAST
AT: http://www.house.gov/international_relations
Chaired by Congressmen James Leach and Chris Smith. International
Relations' Subcommittees on
Time:
Location: Room
2172
Contact: Doug
Anderson: Doug.Anderson@mail.house.gov
Free
Sending
the Message of Hope to
Free North
Korea Radio director Kim Seung-Min & Dong Chol Choi,
Congressman
Joseph Pitts, dignitaries from the government of
Location: Room
2168
Time:
Host: Defense
Forum Foundation President Suzanne Scholte and Gil
Chung of Free
Food and
Refreshments served. Public is invited.
RSVP: Pamela
Thompson: pamelat@inebraska.com
Wreath Laying Ceremony at the
Korean War Memorial by the Exile Committee for
Time:
Contact: Col.
Gordon Cucullu: gordon@mail.colonelgordon.com
Seoul
Train Screening with co-producer Jim Butterworth
$10 suggested
donation to cover cost of event.
Time:
Where: The
Warehouse,
Website: http://www.warehousetheater.com
Contact: David
Hurwitz at davidirahurwitz@hotmail.com
and seoul.train.screening@gmail.com
Capitol
Hill Reception for participants of North Korea Freedom Week (Open to public)
Host:
Congressman Ed Royce and Freedom House
Time:
Location: Rayburn
Cafeteria,
APRIL
28, FRIDAY,
Location:
For the list of confirmed
speakers, see below.*
Event sponsor &
coordinator: North Korea Freedom Coalition
Music by Seoul
Presbyterian Church's Band "Flood" led by NKFC's
Jeff Park, and a special band traveling from New York City which assembled
solely for North Korea Freedom Day.
Contact:
Suzanne Scholte skswm@aol.com
Visits
by rally participants to their Members of Congress to urge full implementation of the
North Korea Human Rights Act.
Contact: Mariam Bell: mbell@wilberforce.org
(If you plan to
participate in the visits, please register so we can organize groups
beforehand. Registration will also be available at the Rally, but early
registration is helpful. During the first North Korean Freedom Day,
All
Night Prayer Vigil** for North Korean Refugees, Jailed Humanitarian Workers and
Repatriated North Koreans
Location: PRC
Embassy (Little
Time:
Sponsor:
Contact: Pastor
Heemoon Lee: heemoonlee@comcast.net
April
29, Saturday
Conclusion of All
Night Prayer Vigil,
Evening
Church Event on North Korea hosted by Open Doors at
Location:
Tel:
703-770-2986
Time:
Event sponsor:
Open Doors
Contact:
Lindsay Vessey: LindsayV@odusa.org
April
30, Sunday
Special events at local churches focusing on
*
STATEMENTS
FROM APRIL 28, 2006 RALLY AVAILABLE HERE
Visiting leadership of the
Ambassador to the United Nations
John Bolton;
Special Envoy for
North Korean Human Rights Jay Lefkowitz;
Senator Sam
Brownback;
Vice Minister
of the
Congressman Ed
Royce;
Congressman
Trent Franks,
Congressman Shu Watanabe (
Congressman Keiji Furuya (
National
Endowment for Democracy President Carl Gershman;
Amnesty
International’s Advocacy Director for Asia & Pacific T. Kumar,
Open Doors
President Dr. Carl Moeller;
Former Congressman
and USCHRNK Board member Steve Solarz;
US Commission
on International Religious Freedom Chairman Michael Cromartie;
SEOUL TRAIN
producer Jim Butterworth;
Freedom House’s
Councilwoman
Eriko Yamatani (
Brian Kim,
Executive Director of KCC’s Jericho Institute;
Pastor Joshua
Chung,
Citizens'
Coalition for Human Rights and Abductees and NK Refugees President Do Hee Yeun
Korean War
Abductees Union President Lee Mi-Il,
Korean War POW Cho Chang-Ho,
Japanese Rescue
Movement leaders Shimada Yoichi and Shigeo Iizuka
LINKS TO INFO ABOUT
Interactive Map of downtown
Washington, D.C.
Official Tourism Site of Washington, D.C.
Washington D.C. Visitor Resource Center
**Prayer
Vigils are also being held at these locations:
April 28,
April 29,
For more info,
contact Lindsay Vessey: lindsayv@odusa.org