ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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Spring–Fall 2005

  1. ‣LGBTQ Korean and Korean American activists in New York begin meeting to discuss need to create some kind of resource to educate our communities about homophobia.

  2. ‣In September 2005, activists convene a public LGBT Korean Town Hall event at CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan for community dialogue and input that is open to all community members. The Town Hall and other meetings conclude that some kind of written resource that expresses the personal experiences and stories of LGBTQ people and their friends and families is necessary.

February 2006

  1. ‣Activists host a conference call that includes activists from New York and California in order to select a name for the project. The name “Dari Project” (우리다리) is chosen, based on references to Korean culture and language.

March 2006

  1. ‣Dari Project runs four workshops and panel discussions at KASCON (Korean American Students Conference), and speaks on issues of homophobia and acceptance of LGBTQ people within the Korean American community. The sessions are attended by about 70 conference participants, who comprise over a fifth of the overall number of attendees. Nine activists in total are involved in the project, and video footage is taken of the various speaking engagements.

June 2006

  1. ‣Dari Project Coordinators hold first planning retreat, facilitated by Trishala Deb of ALP, to lay out workplan for the coming year.

  2. ‣As part of GAPIMNY and Q-Wave’s multlingual outreach campaign, Dari Project participates in street outreach events in Flushing and Chinatown, distributing Korean-language postcards to passerby and engaging them about queer issues. Un Jung Lim also participates in a press conference held at APICHA to publicize the event.

August 2006

  1. ‣Dari Project Launch Party is held at Players Lounge in Koreatown/Manhattan, which marks the first time since 1996 that an openly gay Korean event has been held in Koreatown. Over 60 people attend.

Fall–Winter 2006

  1. ‣Coordinators continue meeting, working on plans and deciding priorities for coming work. Dari Project hires website designer to begin building initial version of website.

Spring 2007

  1. ‣Dari Project holds karaoke/noraebang fundraiser at Jeollado restaurant in the East Village, which is attended by 50 people.

  2. ‣Dari Project is beneficiary of a Snapshot fundraising event.

  3. ‣Initial version of Dari Project website is launched, with updates and ongoing work continuing.

Timeline of Accomplishments

Summer 2007

  1. ‣Dari Project co-sponsors the U.S. screening of the Korean gay film “No Regret” at 2007 New Festival LGBT film/video festival.

  2. ‣Dari Project Call for Stories reaches final version, to be translated and launched for dissemination.

  3. ‣Second Coordinators’ planning retreat.

Fall 2007

  1. ‣Dari Project and Nodutdol, with the support of the Audre Lorde Project, hosted an exchange program for a group of South Korean queer activists, facilitating meetings and site visits at local organizations working on queer issues.

  2. ‣In November, Dari Project formally opens Call for Stories by LGBT Koreans and family members

  3. ‣Dari Project hosts Fall community reception at APICHA in Chinatown, Manhattan, to mark the opening of story submissions.

February 2008

  1. ‣Dari Project hosts Lunar New Year Karaoke/Noraebang fundraiser in Koreatown/Manhattan.

  2. ‣Dari Project hosts a Writers Brunch in Brooklyn to encourage and support story submissions.

  3. ‣Dari Project leads panel at ECAASU college student conference at Cornell University.

March 2008

  1. ‣Dari Project formally closes Call for Stories; Selections Committee begins review process.

  2. ‣Dari Project members participate in memorial service for a community member who was a Korean American gender queer young person.

Summer 2008

  1. ‣Dari Project hosts Memorial Day Weekend Karaoke fundraiser in Koreatown/Manhattan.

  2. ‣Selections Committee reviews and deliberates over story submissions.

  3. ‣Dari Project members attend the national gathering of LGBT API groups convened by National Queer Asian/Pacific Islander Alliance in Denver, Colorado.

November–December 2008

  1. ‣Selections Committee concludes selections of stories; coordinating committee begins translation of stories and preliminary plans for design/production of publication.

  2. ‣Dari Project hosts “Desserts at Twilight” a culinary dessert-tasting event and fundraiser in Queens.

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