Center for Civic Engagement Presents

Joseph Kim '19, Author and North Korean Refugee, to Address Bard Students  

The Center for Civic Engagement is thrilled to be hosting Joseph Kim ’19 on Friday, August 20th from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST for this year’s L&T Rostrum. Professor Peter Rosenblum will be moderating the in-person talk for L&T students. The event will also be live streamed to an online audience.

Kim is an assistant and expert in residence on the Human Freedom Initiative at the George W. Bush Institute. He was born and raised in North Korea. At the age of 12, his father died of starvation and he was separated from his mother and sister.

In 2006, Joseph escaped North Korea and went to China. In China, he connected with an international NGO called Liberty in North Korea. A year later, he left China for the United States and claimed refugee status under the North Korean Human Rights Act, signed by President George W. Bush in 2004.

In 2013, Joseph delivered a TED Talk on the importance of hope, and published a memoir, "Under the Same Sky". Joseph interned as a research assistant at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Korea Chair. He is a former America Needs You fellow and Council of Korean Americans PSI intern.

In 2019 he received his B.A. in political studies from Bard, and completed his Senior Project titled "Marketization in North Korea is Corrupting the Corrupted."

Link to livestream 

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For more information, call 845-758-6822,
or visit https://shorturl.at/qLST9.

Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: Online Event

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