Event Details:

This year's award recipient:
Jungsoo George Choe, president of the Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation, which has become the premier health and human services organization of the Asian American community in Philadelphia. The non-profit organization honors Philip Jaisohn, the first Korean to become a U.S. citizen (in 1890), and a medical doctor (in 1892). George Choe also directed the expansion of the historic museum/home of Philip Jaisohnin Media, PA to allow for more education and outreach about Jaisohn's legacy. More recently, George Choe has been leading vaccination campaigns in the Philadelphia area, and has been involved in high level discussions about vaccine equity, and other issues regarding diversity, equity and inclusion such Anti-Asian violence.

Lunch to follow

The Global Korea Award (GKA) was created by the Council on Korean Studies at Michigan State University in 1995 to recognize individuals or groups who have made significant contribution of cross-cultural understanding, global education, and well-being of Korean people around the world.