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ESJF STUDY TOURS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

2023

In 2019 and 2022, organizations in South Korea invited ESJF co-founder Sung Sohn and educators to educator travel workshops on the theme of preserving the history of military sexual slavery by Japan before and during WWII. On both occasions, beyond what they were asked to do, ESJF educators expanded the workshop theme into a broader scope of study on South Korean history and culture on their own. Their dedication and initiative will continue in 2023 in Europe. For the first time, ESJF will organize our own Decolonization Study Tour in Germany to learn about the decolonization movement happening in Germany.

This study tour will focus on examining the accountability of postcolonial Germany on its former colonial territories from the perspective of the historically colonized, a history often associated with atrocious crimes, including genocide. It will be held in June.

2022

UC Berkeley H-SS Project invites Ethnic Studies teachers from across the Bay Area to apply to participate in a regional community of practice on Nov. 29, 2022.
For more information, go to https://ucbhssp.berkeley.edu/ethnic-studies-community
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International Forum for Igniting History Education on
​Japanese Military "Comfort Women"
June 
3–4, 2022
Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province
South Korea

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Presenters from California
Sung Sohn is the co-founder and executive director of the Education for Social Justice Foundation. Before co-founding ESJF and being a full-time mom, she worked as a bilingual classroom and resource teacher in the San Francisco Unified School District, SFUSD. Working together with the district, she founded the SFUSD Korean/English Two-Way Immersion Program in 1994. Sung is the author of Korean Two-Way Immersion Curriculum Guide (1994), “Comfort Women” History and Issues: Teacher Resource Guide (2018), and “Comfort Women” History and Issues: Student Resource Guide (2018). She is committed to honoring sidelined voices and remembering injustices from the past and today.

Faye Kwan​ was born and raised in the Bay Area. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Art. In 2007, she began working with youth as a group home counselor, where she fell in love with providing residents a nurturing home and helping them see their potential. This inspired her to become a teacher. She has taught Special Education around the Bay Area and feels passionate about ensuring all students have the tools they need to reach their goals and gain access to higher education. Most recently, she earned her Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership with a social justice focus. In her spare time, she loves to go into nature, spend time with friends, and eat delicious food.

Erin Hanlon-Young has been teaching Modern World History at a public high school in the San Francisco Unified School District for five years. She is committed to incorporating the voices and experiences of marginalized groups into her curriculum and teaching her students about important events whose impacts are still felt to this day. 

Eric Mar is Professor Emeritus at San Francisco State University and Advisory Board member of Education for Social Justice Foundation. As a member of the SF Board of Supervisors in 2015 he helped lead the battle to approve and install the City’s memorial to “Comfort Women.” He is the past President of the SF Board of Education and has been active in social justice movements for over 35 years. He is editor of Mountain Movers: Student Activism and the Emergence of Asian American Studies. (UCLA Asian American Studies Press, 2019). 

Registration
​In-person: Available to the first 30 registrants 
Online : Zoom link will be provided after completing the registration  
Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOuob-vfEy6QZTgwNroenyxxxhr5Ioj7gWMK5glF7ZKJyFiA/viewform
There will be a simultaneous interpretation in English and Korean available
Sponsor: South Gyeongsang Province Office of Education
Host: The Masan, Changwon, and Jinhae Civil Assembly for Japanese Military Sexual Slaves

2021

Panel Discussion: Making art about horrific subjects, panel discussion
October 10, 2-4 pm
1100 Florence Gallery and live streamed

​Presenters:
Rose Camastro-Pritchett, international artist, Evanston based 
Sung Sohn, co-founder and executive director of the Education for Social Justice Foundation, San Francisco 
Jeri Frederickson, poet and creative director of Awakenings Gallery, Chicago
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30th Anniversary of Kim Hak-Soon Halmoni's Public Testimony 
Friday, August 13
Saturday, August 14

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                                             ESJF at the Teaching History Conference 2021                                                                                         Saturday, May 8                                                                        10:15–11:45 am (PST)

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ESJF has been invited to the first international educators’ workshop on teaching “comfort women.” In observance of the 5th International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, the Korean Council has an array of important events during the week of the June 17th. The conference will kick off with the first international educators’ workshop on pedagogies on teaching the history and issues of “comfort women” in different countries. Two active high school history teachers from the San Francisco Unified School District and I will present on the educational system in California and the inquiry-based teaching strategies that incorporate comparative and analytic approaches based on primary and secondary source documents. Educators from South Korea, Japan, Canada, and the United States will attend the workshop.

At the conference, sexual violence in armed conflict will be discussed, and solutions will be sought. Rashida Manjoo, Professor of Public Law at University of Cape Town, former UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, will begin the second day with her keynote speech, followed by reports from the Korean Council and representatives from Uganda.

Other events taking place during the conference include testimony from Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman, a Kosovo survivor; a photo exhibition highlighting the situations in Uganda by Jean Jung, a photojournalist; and an award ceremony for the 2019 Kim Bok-dong Peace Prize Winner.

Stay tuned for the exciting updates from Seoul.

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            • Letter to Aichi Prefectural Triennale Promotion Office
          • Days for Girls International
        • Civil Society
    • Blog
    • Interviews and articles
  • Educator Resources
    • Sexual and Gender-based Violence >
      • Japanese military sexual slavery system >
        • Brief Historical Background
        • Lesson Plans and Worksheets >
          • ​In Their Own Words
          • Resistance & Collective activism
          • Denial of legal and historical responsibility
          • ​Remembering and honoring "comfort women"
          • Global plague
          • Contemporary movements towards justice
          • Worksheets
          • Puzzles
        • 2017 CA H-SS Framework >
          • Basic questions surrounding the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery System
        • Map of "Comfort Women" Memorials in the United States
        • Survivors' Testimonies & Legacies >
          • Korea
          • China
          • Philippines
          • Indonesia
          • Japan
          • Netherlands
        • Primary Source Documents: "Comfort Women" History and Issues >
          • Concerning the Recruitment of Women for Military Comfort Stations
          • Psychological Warfare Interrogation Report No. 49
          • Psychological Warfare Interrogation Bulletin No. 2
          • SEATIC Psychological Warfare Bulletin No. 182
          • G-3 Daily Dairy
          • C.B.I. Roundup
          • Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) No. 470
          • Research Report No. 120: Amenities in the Japanese Armed Forces
          • San Francisco Local History >
            • Resolutions >
              • Resolution 158-25A1
            • Chronology: Teaching "Comfort Women" History from the 1990s to Present
          • Images
        • Secondary Source Documents and ESJF Statements >
          • Secondary Resource References
          • ESJF Statement on the South Korea Court’s ruling, April 21, 2021
          • ESJF Statement on the South Korea Court’s ruling, January 8, 2021
          • International Joint Statement, August 14, 2019
          • International Joint Statement, March 1, 2019
          • International Joint Statement, October 6, 2018
          • International Joint Statement, January 7, 2018
        • Reflections on Collective Activism in SF >
          • Reflection and Chronology: Eric Mar
          • Reflection: Steven Whyte & Ellen Wilson
          • Reflection: Sung Sohn
        • International "Comfort Women" Day >
          • 30th Anniversary of Kim Hak-Soon Halmoni's public testimony >
            • Kim Hak-Soon Halmoni
        • 2000 Women’s International War Crimes Tribunal on Japan’s Military Sexual Slavery
        • 2015 "Comfort Women" Agreement
        • 2017 Special Task Force Report on 2015 "Comfort Women" Agreement between S. Korea and Japan
        • UNESCO and the "Voices of the 'Comfort Women'" >
          • Timeline
          • 2021 Youth Artwork Competition
          • 2021 Young Adult Online Campaign
        • Historic Lawsuits related to Japanese military sexual slavery before and during WWII >
          • Sung Sohn's Essay with commentaries and statement
        • YouTube >
          • First Video Footage of Korean "Comfort Women": July, 2017
          • First Video Footage of Mass Murdered "Comfort Women": Feb. 2018
          • Life as a "Comfort Woman": Story of Kim Bok-Dong
          • Meet Estelita Dy: A Filipino "Comfort Woman" Survivor
          • 2015 "Comfort Women" Agreement and Victims' Reaction
          • 2018 International "Comfort Women" Day
        • Wednesday Demonstration
        • Peace Statue
      • Sexual and medical violence against Black Americans >
        • Lesson Plans >
          • Medical Experimentation on Enslaved Women
          • Nurse Rivers
      • Conflict-related SGBV in Tigray and Afghanistan
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      • United States >
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      • Asia >
        • Lesson Plans
        • Video Footage for Classroom
        • Primary Source Documents: Medical Atrocities and Ethics
        • Secondary Source Documents: Medical Atrocities and Ethics
      • Europe >
        • Lesson Plans
    • Resistance and Collective Activism >
      • U.S. Slavery
      • Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
  • ESJF Publications
    • "Comfort Women" History and Issues >
      • Teacher Resource Guide >
        • How to Order
      • Student Resource Guide >
        • How to Order
    • Medical Atrocities and Use of Banned Weapons
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