John Cho to Speak at the 30th Anniversary of the Los Angeles Rising of Hollywood American Leaders in Hollywood

John Cho, a good doctorWill Eun Lee and parliamentarian Marilyn Strickland will meet in Korea on May 1st for LA Stories: Sa-I-Gu, an evening to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the civil disturbances that shook Los Angeles in 1992 and the holders of the nation. .

Organized by the Korean American Leaders in Hollywood Advocacy Organization and a sponsor of the Overseas Korean Foundation, the Consulate General in Los Angeles and 3Arts, it also includes comedians Paul “PK” Kim, Liz Adams, Peter Kim, J Kim, Dante Kim. Tickets for the Intercrew funding event can be purchased online, with proceeds going to the Koreatown Community + Youth Center, as well as the KHEIR Clinic, which provides medical care and assistance to vulnerable and vulnerable people in the neighborhood. and in southern California.

Korean Americans refer to the 1992 uprising as sa-i-gu, The Korean “4-2-9”, marking April 29, 1992, the date of the acquittal of the filmed officers, had beaten Rodney King almost to death. The turmoil turned to violence due to a prolonged lack of justice, and the municipality of Corea was the scene of most of the week-long physical riots that killed 63 people in the city, injured thousands and, according to KALH, destroyed more than 2,000. Korean-Americans. Small business. .

“Sa-i-Gu was a tragic moment in American history when the American experience in Korea was affected by a storm of political, cultural and racial narratives. “It revealed the weakness of the American dream that forced so many of our parents to move here in search of a better life,” Kimber Lim, president of KALH, said in a statement. “This is our hope [our event] “Sa-i-gus can shed light on past events and use storytelling and humor as a means of remembrance, healing and hope for our future.”