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align=center><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO">100 Larkin Street, San
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">For Immediate Release</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 4">
</SPAN>Contact: <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Gabrielle
Jones<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:date Month="5" Day="15"
Year="2003"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO">May 15,
2003</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO"><SPAN
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</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(415)
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</SPAN></SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">Everett</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO"> Erlandson<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO">San Francisco Public Library
presents<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B><I><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO">“Min-Sok: Korean
Heritage in </SPAN></I></B><st1:City><st1:place><B><I><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">San
Francisco</SPAN></I></B></st1:place></st1:City><B><I><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">”</SPAN></I></B><B><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO">June 14-</SPAN><st1:date
Month="8" Day="21" Year="2003"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO">August 21,
2003</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: KO">CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF
KOREAN-AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH PICTURES AND FILM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
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style="mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><st1:City><st1:place><B><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">San
Francisco</SPAN></B></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO"> – This year marks the centennial celebration
of Korean-Americans in the </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">United
States</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">. The <I>“Min-Sok: Korean Heritage in San
Francisco,”</I><B> </B>exhibit opens <B>Saturday, June 14</B>, at the <B>San
Francisco Public Library’s International Center</B>, 100 Larkin Street at Grove,
San Francisco.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><I><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">“Min-Sok: Korean Heritage in
</SPAN></I><st1:City><st1:place><I><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO">San
Francisco</SPAN></I></st1:place></st1:City><I><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">” </SPAN></I><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">gives audiences a first hand account of how
Korean immigrants struggled to maintain a rich culture as they settled in
</SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO">San
Francisco</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO">.
“Min-Sok” means “folk culture” and represents Korean heritage and identity in
the </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">United
States</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">Photographs and documents from private
collections – many never before exhibited –offer a window into a rarely seen
part of bay area history. Telegrams from 1945 reveal how many bay area Koreans
rallied to support their countrymen who were becoming victims of the North-South
divide in </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">Korea</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">As apart of this exhibit honoring
Korean-Americans, an exclusive public screening of <I>“Arirang: The Korean
American Journey,” </I>will also take place on </SPAN><st1:date Month="6"
Day="22" Year="2003"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO">Sunday, <B>June 22,
2003</B></SPAN></st1:date><B><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO">
</SPAN></B><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO">at </SPAN><st1:time Minute="0"
Hour="14"><B><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">2:00pm</SPAN></B></st1:time><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO"> in <B>the Koret Auditorium at the
</B></SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><B><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO">San
Francisco</SPAN></B></st1:place></st1:City><B><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO"> Main Library.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">Philip Cuddy, the grandson of</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN>Do-San
Ahn Chang-Ho,<SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO"> a famous Korean patriot and
hero <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO">(more)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">Min Sok:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Korean Heritage in </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">San
Francisco</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO"><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><st1:date Month="5" Day="12"
Year="2003"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO">May 12,
2003</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-fareast-language: KO">Page 2<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">highlighted in the film, will lead a discussion
on the immigration activities that surrounded the Korean American community in
the bay area. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“It is an honor for
me, a third generation Korean American, to have an opportunity to share stories
and insight of the movement my grandfather dedicated his life to.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The exhibit, film, and discussion at the
San Francisco Public Library enables us to learn more about the history of a
community that is well established in the bay area,” said Cuddy.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">Producer Tom Coffman has created a dramatic
documentary that </SPAN>covers the background of political forces in
<st1:country-region><st1:place>Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region> that drove
immigrants overseas, their arrival in
<st1:State><st1:place>Hawaii</st1:place></st1:State> 100 years ago, and work by
political leaders in exile to restore sovereignty.<SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO"> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A
discussion and reception will immediately follow the screening. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><I><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><I><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">“Min-Sok: Korean Heritage in
</SPAN></I><st1:City><st1:place><I><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO">San
Francisco</SPAN></I></st1:place></st1:City><I><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">” </SPAN></I><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">and “<I>Arirang: The Korean American
Journey</I>,” are part of a centennial celebration of Korean-Americans presented
by the Intercultural Institute of California. The Intercultural Institute of
California is a non-profit organization in </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: KO">San
Francisco</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: KO">
dedicated to Korean cultural studies. <U>For more information regarding the
exhibit, call (415) 441-1884, or on the web, at <A
href="http://www.iic.edu/">www.iic.edu</A></U>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B>NOTE TO
EDITORS<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Mr. Phillip Cuddy, is
available for recorded or live interviews, please call Gabrielle
Jones at <B>415-557-4282</B> to arrange an interview with Mr.
Phillip
Cuddy.,<o:p></o:p></P></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></SPAN> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
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<P><FONT size=2>____________________________________________<BR>Chris K.
Lee(cklee@iic.edu)<BR>MIS-CS Director<BR>Intercultural Institute of
California<BR>1362 Post Street<BR>San Francisco, CA 94109<BR>Tel: 415)441-1884,
eFax)775-201-5626<BR>Fax)415-885-4155<BR>www.iic.edu<BR><BR></FONT></P>
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