March Recap 🌷
April 2, 2026
Posted in: Community Organizing
Thank you to everyone we met in NYC, Washington DC, and Seattle! This past weekend, KPNGN members mobilized at No Kings Protests in NYC, Washington DC, and across the country, joining millions of people around the country to protest immigration crackdowns, war, and authoritarianism.
In NYC, we held our parallel event at the UN 70th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), “Social Healing through Advocacy: Women’s Leadership in Historical Redress.” WCDMZ Executive Director Cathi Choi (moderator), WCDMZ Board Chair and scholar Ji-Yeon Yuh, MADRE Senior Director of Advocacy and Policy Diana Duarte, legal scholar Miyoko Pettit-Toledo, and Inclusive Global Leadership Initiative Program Manager Carly Paul explored women-led efforts to address historic wrongs through advocacy, legal recourse, community organizing, and creative practices across Korea, Haiti, Iraq, Colombia, and Guatemala.
In Washington DC, we joined a strategic planning retreat with our partner organizations in the Korea Peace Network on March 11, where we cultivated a new path forward for a peace-first policy and legislative advocacy strategy to meet the current political moment. Partners included Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network, Women Cross DMZ, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, United Methodist Church Global Ministries, and the American Friends Service Committee.
On March 6, we attended the University of Washington’s Partition & Solidarity Symposium, where WCDMZ Executive Director Cathi Choi spoke at the Anticolonial Struggles in the Colonial Present panel. We also held a spirited Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network regional gathering with local community members and grassroots organizers.
Thank you again and see you at our next programming!
Photo credit 4-11: Ruthie Brownfield