ICAS  Summer Symposium

Institute for Corean-American Studies, Inc.




Senior Advisor
Young Chan Ro

Leader
Sandra Han
Don E Lee
Hayoung Yoo

Partner
Center for Korean Studies
George Mason University

The Heritage Foundation

The Korea Times
            

August 13, 2016 Saturday 9:30 AM - 5:15 PM
Johnson Center Room C
George Mason University
Fairfax Virginia


The Korean Diaspora: Challenges and Issues Facing the Korean-American Community (KAC)
Identification, Critical Examination, Goal & Vision, and Strategy


Moderator Sang Joo Kim (ICAS Sr Fellow & Executive Vice President)
10:30 AM Welcome & Opening Remarks: What Are the Issues?
Synja P Kim (ICAS Fellow, President and Chairman)
Young Chan Ro (ICAS Fellow; Professor George Mason University)
10: 35 AM ICAS Youth Excellence Program: Raising the Game
Developing Winning Strategy for College and Beyond: A Value Chain
Sang Joo Kim
11: 35 AM Is America Exceptional? What Does America Promise?
Olivia Heng (WQ; rising 7th grader, Brigantine North Middle School, Brigantine, NJ)
12: 00 PM Lawrence R Klein and Challenges Facing Korean-American Students
Joey D Kim (WQ; entering Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD)

12: 30 PMLunch

1: 30 PM The Myths of Success: The Perpetual Cycle of Ethnic Expectations
David Lee (WQ; ICAS Intern; rising senior, American University, Washington, DC)
2: 00 PM American Values and Good Citizenship
John Edward Hilboldt (Director Lectures and Seminars, The Heritage Foundation)
3: 00 PM Passage from ICAS Volunteer to USMA West Point to US Army 2LT (a video)
Paul Koh (ICAS Intern; ICAS Youth Academy; USMA’15; US Army 2LT)
3: 15 PM A Strategy for Korean-American Community Development in the 21st Century
Young Chan Ro (ICAS Fellow; Director Center for Korean Studies, George Mason University)
4: 15 PM Briefing on ICAS and What It Strives For
Don E Lee (ICAS Director and Associate Vice President for Regional Affairs)

5: 15 PM Adjourn

6: 00 PM ICAS Liberty Award Reception and Dinner


Upcoming ICAS Programs

ICAS Liberty Tennis Classic Invitational
September 24, 2016 Saturday 6:45 PM – 11:45 PM
Four Seasons Tennis Club Fairfax, VA 22116

ICAS Fall Symposium: The Korean Peninsula Issues
October 25, 2016, Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC

  ICAS Liberty Foundation seeks to promote the cause of humanity, liberty, peace, prosperity and security through cultural,
educational and research activities. It presents ICAS Symposia series as a public service pro bono publico.


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