KCCNYC Community News - May 2025
By Eun Byoul Oh
The first meeting of Dosan Hakdang: KCCNYC Monthly Book Club
As previously announced, KCCNYC’s monthly book club, Dosan Hakdang, will kick off on May 18, 2025 at 2PM. This month we are reading the Nobel Prize winning novel Human Acts. You can still RSVP HERE to join the May 18 meeting!
NEXT UP FOR DOSAN HAKDONG: YOUR UTOPIA
We are happy to announce that for June’s book club meeting, a very special guest, Bora Chung, the writer of Cursed Bunny and Your Utopia will visit our book club. We will read Your Utopia this month & will meet on June 5th at 7:30 PM EST to accommodate the Korean Time Zone. RSVP for the June Meeting HERE
Your Utopia is a collection of short stories by Chung. The book includes a special story, “To Meet Her,” which is a tribute to Korea’s first openly transgender soldier who took her own life. We will celebrate Pride Month with the community in the Book Club.
KCCNYC ‘After Class’ - May 9
Join us for our first KCCNYC AFTER CLASS event on FRIDAY MAY 9 at 8pm to support KCCNYC Community Member DJ KARLLLL for a night of socializing and dancing at the Lobby of the ACE HOTEL in Manhattan. This is a 21+ event. Can’t make it on Friday? Check out the additional residency dates on the flyer here.
Message us at hello@koreancc.org if you have any questions!
LiNK UP NYC on May 21
Please join KCCNYC students & community members at a young professionals happy hour in support of Liberty in North Korea (LiNK), a nonprofit that helps North Korean refugees escape, resettle, and rebuild their lives, on May 21st (Wed) from 6:30-9pm at Aunt Bernie’s (513 3rd Ave) where folks can meet other young professionals and learn a bit about LiNK’s work and mission. LiNK has rescued over 1,300 North Korean refugees to date, with 5 rescues made thus far in 2025.
The first 20 drinks are free and there is a chance to enter into a $200 value raffle for a trendy new Korean restaurant in the city! Please feel free to indicate via the RSVP link if you can’t make it but want to hear about future events.
RSVP HERE
KCCNYC South Korea Wildfire Recovery Fund Wraps Up With $8200 Raised!
KCCNYC’s fundraiser for the Gyeongbuk Wildfire Recovery Fund wrapped up on April 30th. KCCNYC sent the entirety of the donated fund to Hope Bridge Korea Disaster Relief Association in Korea on May 2, 2025. The total donation for the fundraiser amount was $8,200, and KCCNYC wants to relay our deepest gratitude for all the contributions and generosity that our community has shown us. We will keep you updated with the communications that we get from Hope Bridge in the following weeks.
We want to thank everyone who has helped us to be so successful in our fundraising effort. We also thank the organizations that help us extend our outreach.
KCCNYC would like to thank the following groups for their generous contributions:
Current KCCNYC students and alumni
Members of our affiliate organizations
Young Korean Academy (흥사단)
Law Office of Thomas Goodman & Friends
Sincerest gratitude to the donors below:
In honor of BTS and ARMY 💜
In Memory of Jhong H. Kim (김종희)
MD Istiak Ahmed
Mohammad Alam
Louise Charles
Ryan Chong
Kyu Dong Chung
Hye Chyun
Dana Cunningham
Casey Eckersley
Hannah Elliott
Christina Ferraro
Thomas J. Goodman & Priscilla Yong K. Kim
Sara Jeon
Woosung Kang
Dong Jun Kim
Hokyoung Kim
James Kim
John C. Kim
Joshua Kim
Myong S. Kim
Sarah Kim
Haeran Ku
Winford Lindsay
Tung T Liu
Jason McGibbon
YoungEun Na
Walter M. Nahm
Elizabeth R. Neblett
Abdullah Al Noman
Jon Oaks
Eun Byoul Oh
Hyun Young Oh
Myung Suk Oh & Myung Ja Yun
Anonymous Donor
Chan Mo Park
Sungyoon Park
Woonsoo Kevin Park
Sydur Rashid
Nicole Serratore
Judy Shampanier
Hung Won Shin
Sharon Stern
Sang M. Suh
Mark Szalkiewicz
Francesca To
Laura Warfield
Tunde Martin Weekes
MD Yeasin
Joanne Yu
Chang Hi Yun
And our numerous Anonymous Donors
