The Good Neighboring Korean Day
The Korean Day program began in the spring of 2001 at the Youth Academy at Fort Stewart, Georgia. It is now expanding to other Youth ChalleNGe academies, schools and organizations.
The Good Neighboring Korean Day is a program to help cadets and high school students gain knowledge and insight into the Korean culture and its history, along with an understanding of the competitiveness of the Korean people and also learning the background information on this small country's success story.
Sonny Park speaks with the cadets during the progam. (Park) a native of South Korea, immigrated to the U.S. in 1974 with no more than $200 in his pocket, he said. Having little to no money, no job and speaking broken english, didn't stop him from achieving his goal of living the American dream.
Master, Jeong Kook (Tommy) Cho taking the cadets through some Tae Kwon Do
Event Program GNDay program typically runs from 9am to 230pm and includes the following:
- Introduction to Korea, focusing on the Korean culture and work ethic
- Korean Americans and their American experience
- Keynote speaker lecture on "What can we learn from Koreans", followed by Questions and Answers.
- Tae Kwon Do demonstration and practice
- Korean Lunch
- Conclusion
Ladies from Immanuel Korean United Methodist Church prepared a wonderful Korean meal for the campus.
Guest Speaker and Visitors
Mr. George Coleman, Fulton County Police Chief
Mr. Christopher Parker, Cheif Coleman's son
Ms.Jenny Hwang, Korea Times
Ms. Sung Min Kang, US Korea Daily News
Ms. Christine (Mi-seon)Kim, GNC Staff
Mr. Sun-sik Kim, Volunteer, GNC
Mr. Sonny Park, General Director, GNC
Ms. Shiela Poole, AJC
Ms. In Suk Chung
Ms.Sung Hwa Hillsman
Ms.Eun Suk Moon
Ms. Sung Hee Park
Rev. Young-chul Shin
Master, Jeong Kook(Tommy) Cho
Master, Heather H. Cho
