Korea's Walk of Shame - call for photos for Adoption Law revisions

Hi,I'm copying this from the ICASN web site - I'm really in awe of just how politically active a lot of Korean adoptees are in pushing for positive change. Ripples ------------------------------------------------------- --------------TRACK (Truth and Reconciliation for the Adoption Community of Korea) is making history-changing art to convince Korean legislators to support unwed moms by voting for the Adoption Law revisions. IMAGINE -- a Korea where moms have choices and children don't have to be sent away like we 200,000 were... If you're a Korean adoptee and would like to participate, please contact TRACK directly as they are seeking mugshots/photos of Korean adoptees. Or Google "Jane Jeong Trenka" to see how you can support the project. You can see the images of the project concept at:[URL="http://justicespeaking.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/volunteers-needed-for-art-installation-inside-s-koreas-parliament/"]http://justicespeaking.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/volunteers-needed-for-art-instal\

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lation-inside-s-koreas-parliament/[/URL] Here's Jane's eloquent appeal: We need YOU to make art history inside S. Korea's parliamentPosted on May 26, 2010 by jjtrenka Our adoption law revision bill has been checked for legality and approved; ourbill has been introduced in a press conference; and we have attended countlesshours of meetings and public hearings. Now it's time to MAKE A BILL INTO LAW! South Korean national parliamentarian Choi Young-hee (DP) has asked TRACK tomake some art in order to garner support amongst lawmakers for the adoption lawrevision bill that was proposed by coalition of ASK-KoRoot-Miss Mamma Mia-TRACKand written by the Gonggam Public Interest Lawyers. Not only that, but we have gotten permission to make our art inside the NationalAssembly complex, in the building where the lawmakers debate, and leave it therefrom June 9-15. This is a huge victory to have a lawmaker so squarely on ourside. Now we are going to show them what 200,000 international adoptees look like. So they can just ponder that. The nature of the site is a big atrium connecting two parts of a building. Thatmeans that every national lawmaker in South Korea will be forced to walk throughour exhibit. Every lawmaker will be forced to think about South Korea'sresponsibility to care for its own citizens. Every lawmaker. Amongst TRACK members, we've nicknamed this project "The Walk of Shame." Make nomistake, your average Korean is ASHAMED that the country has sent away theirmost precious natural resource €" their children. And they feel GUILTY thattheycontinue to do it in the face of the G20. What we want to show them is that theydon't have to just stew in the shame and guilt. That's not productive. Instead,they can proactively take the bull by the horns and make laws that promotefamily preservation instead of international adoption. Over 89% of adoptees sent in 2008 and 2009 were children of single mothers.There are no little war orphans anymore €" only discrimination and the lawsthatinstitutionalize it. If you don't like the rules, well then, you have to changethem. We are a small band of proactive adoptees, Korean single mothers whobelieve they have the right to raise their own children, and Korean andinternational allies who have been quietly working toward that for about twoyears. Now this is the final hour and we need your help. This rises abovepartisan politics, because this is for the people. We are challenging them to doit before the G20. So it's time to pull out all the stops! We need your help. Without your help, wewill fail. This is going to be a HUGE art project right in the belly of the beast! WE CAN DO IT and we have ONE BIG CHANCE, JUNE 9-15. Please participate! Together, we can do the impossible!! ~Thank you from TRACK's grateful and happily productive adoptees!!!~ and PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!! Thanks!