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| Drum roll, please: The stage is ready for the very final program of the year for the Korean American Centennial Commemoration. | The Boss-man, Dr. Franklin Odo, director of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program, welcomes a ready audience. | ||||
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| A very small token of appreciation for all the wonderful people who helped our year-long celebration be the best it could be: (from left to right) Dana Tai Soon Burgess, Jodie Atkinson, Luella Ramos, Roshni Lal, the Boss-man making his rounds, Cedric Yeh and Dr. Yoon -Soo Park and Sue Walther. |
Andy Hong of The Bob Hong Foundation (named after his beloved cat, by the way) accepts an amazing thank-you print by David Chung from the Boss-man. | ||||
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| Oh the surprise, the surprise! The whole office kept mum on planning KACC project director Terry Hong’s amazing gift. |
And there’s the gift! A hand-crafted, gorgeous piece of wearable art by one of Terry’s favorite artists, Komelia Okim who co-curated the “Dreams & Reality” Korean American art exhibit with Franklin earlier this year. | ||||
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| Terry does the very last introduction of the year … singing everyone’s praises, it looks like. | Legendary activist and attorney (and Zen Buddhist priest even!) Angela Oh gives a sobering, realistic view of the future of the Korean American community. | ||||
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| Women’s Bureau director Shinae Chun, the highest-ranking Korean American in the Bush administration, gives an overview of her career as an example of the many opportunities open to Korean Americans. | Judge Jeannie Hong, the first Asian Pacific American judge in Maryland, talks about the tenacity of her parents that inspired her own drive to succeed in her own career. | ||||
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| The
final Q&A session proves to be a doozy: an amazing exchange of ideas, thoughts and even a few quips... |
Angela
relaxes into her questions and provides remarkably insightful answers. |
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in hand, Shinae does an amazing job answering every point of even some of the most convoluted questions! |
Jeannie gets passionate about her community involvement as a judge. | ||||
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| A
post-program photo op with Franklin, Terry, program specialist Gina
Inocencio, development consultant Francey Youngberg and favorite KACC
poster boy Dana Tai Soon Burgess – who got some fabulous news
that night about his APA Program and Kennedy Center commissioned world
premiere, Tracings, which will begin touring next year. |
A congratulatory hug for Terry from hubby Gregor and Dana, too. | ||||
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| Sookie
Choi Kunst, a much-loved KACC funder, finally receives her most special
thank-you gift (she couldn’t find parking in time to be in the limelight!). |
Let the retirement begin! Terry laughs about receiving her very first batch of post-program bon bons from Sookie to send her on her way… | ||||
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| As
the year began with commemorative flowers, so, too, must it end with such blooms… |
The very final shot of the evening: (from left to right) Jeannie, Shinae, Terry, Franklin and Angela. And what a night to remember! **WHEW ** | ||||
| Photo credit: Hugh Tallsman | |||||
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