Chicago Public Library, Albany Park branch
Thursday April 13, 2006
Saemsori was invited by our founding partners, the Korean American Coalition of the Midwest to give a presentation and press conference on our work to Chicago's Korean-American community.
Press Coverage:
- CBS2-Chicago: Local Koreans Hope to Reunite with Lost Loved Ones
- Chicago Tribune: Decades pass but Koreans hold hope for reunions
- Medill News Service (Northwestern University): Project Reunites Families Separated In Korean War
With Saemsori's founding supporters, the Korean American Coalition of the Midwest (l-r: Alice Suh, Saemsori, Se Hum Hong, president of KACM, Cha-hee Lee Stanfield, Dr. Sohn, Steve Kim, CEO of DirectAlly)
At the Albany Park branch of the Chicago Public Library, with leaders of the Korean American community.
Margaret Maclean, VP of Maclean-Fogg International, speaks of how she was personally moved by Cha-hee Lee Stanfield's testimony of losing her father and brother in North Korea.
Mr. Se Hum Hong, President of the Korean American Coalition of the Midwest.
Cha-hee Lee Stanfield, branch manager of the Chicago Public Library and member of the Korean American Coalition of the Midwest. With the help of Congressman Mark Kirk in 2001, she met Secretary of State Colin Powell to tell him about her divided family story.
Dr. Stephen Linton, chairman of the Eugene Bell Foundation.