Monday, November 23, 2009
Join us for Korea Peace Day & DEEP Reportback on December 3rd at NYU!





Dear President Obama,
Congratulations on winning the Nobel Peace Prize! It is certainly a call to action for real change.
Receiving the award, you said, “We must all do our part to resolve those conflicts that have caused so much pain and hardship over so many years,” and that effort must include ending the lingering, costly Korean War.
I hope you will begin direct negotiations with North Korea soon so that a peace treaty could be signed to end the Korean War formally, which is the key to realizing a nuclear weapons-free Korean Peninsula.
Respectfully yours,
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Coalition members from across the country came together for a national strategy meeting from September 17 through 18 in Washington D.C. We met with policy experts and legislators to discuss U.S. policy in Korea.
We met with Frank Jannuzi, senior advisor to Senator Kerry and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who believes there is a genuine desire on the part of both the United States and North Korea to renew dialogue. “Engagement does not equal appeasement,” he said, “Recognizing North Korea means opening the door to peaceful resolution and denuclearization.”
This sentiment was echoed by many others, including General Robert Gard of the Center for Arms Control & Non-proliferation, Richard Harper, Legislative Assistant to Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, and Christina Tsafoulias, Legislative Assistant to Congressman Mike Capuano of Massachusetts.
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Through grassroots organizing, Nodutdol for Korean Community Development seeks to bridge divisions created by war, nation, gender, sexual orientation, language, class, and generation among Koreans and to empower our community to address the injustices we and other people of color face here and abroad. Nodutdol works in collaboration with other progressive organizations locally, nationally and internationally as part of a larger movement for peace and social change. To learn more about Nodutdol, go to http://www.nodutdol.org.
In 2009, Nodutdol, as part of a national coalition, launched a campaign for the ratification of a Peace Treaty on the Korean peninsula. The Peace Treaty Campaign involves mass outreach and education to college campuses and community organizations, a Peace Treaty cultural event with artists and performers, and a coordinated advocacy campaign targeting the State Department and legislators.