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Joseph Jung ’20 and Jeanne Kim ’21 represented Clark University at the Korean American Grassroots Conference University Leadership Summit<\/a> recently in New York.<\/p>\n

Organized by Korean American Civic Empowerment<\/a> (KACE), a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization based in New York and New Jersey, the summit aimed to educate Korean-American college students about civic participation and to empower them to engage in the country’s democracy.<\/p>\n

Kim and Jung met with activists, Korean-American professionals and the consulate general of South Korea. They also attended presentations about historical issues facing Korean-Americans and other Asian-Americans, and break-out sessions designed to equip students with tools and ideas to promote civic engagement on their campuses.<\/p>\n

“Through this summit, I became aware that the percentage of registered voters is dangerously low, especially among our millennial generation,” Kim says. “Our voice could make a huge difference in the way that this country is run.”<\/p>\n

“I’ve become more inspired to take up issues facing Korean-Americans, and minorities in general,” Jung says. “This conference taught me that one way to change life for Korean-Americans and minorities is through politics.”<\/p>\n

Jung and Kim hope to run a voter registration drive at Clark and work to increase voter registration and awareness on campus and in Worcester.<\/p>\n

A double major in biology<\/a> and psychology<\/a>, Kim is director of public relations for the Korean Student Association at Clark<\/a> and outreach coordinator for Liberty in North Korea’s<\/a> Clark chapter. She received the President’s Volunteer Award in 2015 and 2016 and various merit scholarships. She is a 2017 graduate of Nashua High School North<\/a> in Nashua, N.H.<\/p>\n

Jung, a political science<\/a> major on the Dean’s List, volunteers as a mentor at St. Peter’s and interns in the office of Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Jim McGovern<\/a>. Jung is a 2016 graduate of Troy High School<\/a> in Fullerton, Calif.<\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"