Summary of Speech: MANNAM, #3: Culture of Violence

발표내용 요약 Summary

Talking about ‘Culture of Violence … many people are discussing on violence in pop culture. We will miss the important thing if we just blame violence in mass media, pop culture and other entertainments.

Why there are Violence and War … we can find the reason in our culture. You can see the potential of violence or use of violence in conversation patterns, traditions, religions, studies, laws, and other culture in real world, which you can feel directly you see every day. The more serious result is being made by interaction between violence in real culture and violent contents and entertainment from media.

Why we started <더 PEACE>… If we practice culture of peace and love in our community, next we inform this to local communities and schools, then people in society will be interest in making world peace, and they will hear and watch this movement, also they will raise their voice together! Beyond the state without violence, let us establish culture of peace, culture of non-violent from the group which is the most closest to you. The creation of peace culture is started from your words. Your mind and thought is expressed as the words, then, if it is shared among members in society, it will create culture. I sincerely hope your life to change our culture and make peace.

‘폭력 문화’를 이야기를 할 때 많은 사람들이 미디어의 폭력성을 이야기합니다만중요한 것은 실제 세계에서의 폭력 문화입니다. 미디어, 대중 문화, 각종 엔터테인먼트의 폭력 문화만을 탓하다가 본질적인 것을 놓칠 수도 있습니다.

폭력과 전쟁이 만연하고, 평화를 이루지 못하는 이유는 우리의 문화 속에서 찾아 볼 수 있습니다. 각 언어, 풍습, 종교, 학문, 제도 안에서 폭력을 가져오는 요인들. 여기에, 폭력을 보여주는 자극적 콘텐츠의 대중 문화가 한 몫 해서 서로 상호작용하며 더욱 심각한 결과를 만들고 있는 것입니다.

‘더 피스’는 평화의 문화를 연습하고, 지역 사회와 학교, 나아가 이 땅 가운데 사람들이 평화에 관심을 갖게 하고, 함께 목소리를 모을 수 있게 되기를 바라며 기획한 것입니다. 폭력 문화가 없는 상태를 넘어서, 평화의 문화, 비폭력의 문화를 가까운 공동체부터 건설해 나가자는 것입니다.

여러분의 말 한마디로부터 평화 문화의 창조가 시작됩니다. 여러분의 정신과 사상이 말과 글로 표현되고 행동양식으로 이어지면, 이것은 문화가 됩니다.

우리는 모두 변화의 주체가 될 수 있습니다.              - Jimin Kristen Hwang

MANNAM 더 PEACE, The Peace Talk Concert #2 Equality&Discrimination

Our 2nd peace talk concert video clip!

There was some problem in the editor's computer so we had to wait till her computer was repaired. Finally, got it!

Hope you all to see this video clip if you get to know about 더 PEACE talk concert and MANNAM Volunteer Association. We consists of many international friends from all over the world. And it's the fact that we respect each other and try to share our love to other people who need our help. It's also true that we are trying to make the culture of peace however you thought. So, I ask you to see the video!

Thank you our speaker, Rodrigo Braune, and all friends who discussed actively and shared experiences of discrimination. We will not just listen and stay there, we will really practice and hope that we do not mistake same as before.

Why don't you join us? You can thought it is the small group discussion as normal and talking about peace is useless. But you don't know that we, MANNAM international members, already started to dream together in Busan, Korea and made the 2nd concert, looking forward to reaching more and more peace, 더 PEACE!

Our Pledgement to End Discrimination: After the 2nd talk concert

The end of this month is already coming again, and there will be the 3rd concert on this Saturday! Ahead of time, I share the summary of promises when we did in the part 2 of last concert. It will be exhibited on the 3rd talk concert, in front of the gate of seminar room!  Hope you reading this blog to come and see, but I upload it for people who cannot come because of the distance or previous appointment.

Our Pledgement to End Discrimination

-MANNAM Busan North <더 PEACE> staffs and participants-

We are seeing there is still discrimination in our society, although UN made Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Today, people are talking about ‘global village’, ‘globalization’, and ‘multiculturalism,’ but how much has it developed their understanding and tolerance for other people different from them? MANNAM International in Busan North held the 2^nd peace talk concert, <더 PEACE> and 35 members from 12 countries found many cases of discrimination in our everyday lives then we discussed how we overcome and end discrimination.
As many charters and declarations which have been made in human history announced, truly all human beings are equal without distinction of race, property, sex, birth or other status. There is only one race in the world: the human race. We are human whose common characteristic is being different. The fact that we are all different cannot be the reason of discrimination but it makes us equal.

We promise as below hoping to be doers to contribute to realization of equality, and to construct the culture of love and peace among our community and society without discrimination.

First, we will learn about others and understand and tolerate enough each other.Second, the barriers of discrimination and prejudice which cause misunderstanding and war will be broken down through communication between us.Third, in our family and school, we will educate family members, friends, and students that we are all equal, but we are just all different, in order to make them think human rights.Fourth, ‘I’ will stop discrimination first.
By putting these promises into action we can achieve human equality in our life and construct the culture of peace. 

MANNAM International Busan North branchMonthly Peace Talk Concert, <더 PEACE>, the 2^nd story, ‘Equality and Discrimination.’ 

1948년 UN의 인권 선언이 있었음에도 불구하고, 아직도 오늘날 우리는 사회에서 차별이 이루어지는 것을 목격하고 있습니다. 지구촌, 세계화, 다문화주의를 말하고 있지만 실제적으로 자신과 다른 상대방에 대한 이해와 관용의 태도는 100년 전보다 얼마나 진일보했을까요? 만남 부산 북부지부 주최의 제 2회 평화 토크 콘서트 <더 PEACE>에서, 세계 12개국의 35명의 회원들은 대화를 통해 도처에 존재하는 차별의 실례들을 확인하였으며, 이를 끝내기 위한 약속을 하였습니다.
역사 속 수많은 헌장과 선언문들이 재차 말해왔듯이, 참으로 모든 인간은 평등하며, 인종이나 소득 수준이나 남녀 노소를 불문하고, 세상의 인종은 오직 한 가지 인종, 사람밖에 없습니다. 우리는 각각 다르다는 공통점을 가진 인간이지, 다르다는 것이 차별에 대한 이유가 될 수 없습니다.
우리는 인간 평등 실현에 기여하는 주체가 되며, 우리의 공동체, 나아가 사회에 차별 없는 문화, 사랑과 평화의 문화를 건설하기 위해 아래와 같이 약속하는 바입니다.

첫째, 우리는 타인에 대해 배움으로써, 서로를 충분히 이해하고 관용하겠습니다.
둘째, 대화를 통해 소통함으로써 오해와 전쟁을 불러 일으키는 차별의 벽은 허물겠습니다.
셋째, 가정과 학교에서 모든 사람이 평등하며, 다만 다 다를 뿐이라는 것을 가족과 친구, 학생들에게 교육함으로써 인권에 대한 의식을 심겠습니다.
넷째, 나 먼저부터라는 생각으로, 차별을 중지하겠습니다.
위와 같은 조항을 실천함을 통해서 우리의 삶 속에서부터 평등의 가치가 실현 될 것이며 나아가 평화의 문화를 건설할 수 있을 것입니다. 

만남 부산 북부지부월간 평화 토크 콘서트 <더 PEACE>, 두 번째 이야기 ‘평등과 차별’

MANNAM The PEACE: To End Discrimination-after the 2nd talk

Pledge to End Discrimination

MANNAM International Busan North, 

The 2nd <더 PEACE> Talk Concert!

Time flies! Again the 4th Saturday came to us, and we held the 2nd <더 PEACE> talk concert!
On 23th, February, in Learning Square in Seomyeon, about 35 people came to the talk. In part 1, Rodrigo Braune, a Brazilian friend in MANNAM International Busan North branch gave us speech with the theme 'Equality and Discrimination.' (You can see the summary of speech the prior post)


In part 2, people was divided into a few of groups, then we shared our experience of discrimination and made the pledge to end discrimination. 

There were variety people and variety stories. First, discussion was going on in the group, then one of the members announced their experiences and pledge. Listening to others' experience, people found discrimination was around us and my experience was not severe one. What we discussed and shared will be posted more this week soon.

It was really great talking to share our experience and through the group activities, we found that we can overcome and end discrimination because we have seen and heard how people discriminated our friends and solutions to end it. Many friends came and wanted to share their stories, so some friends gave us feedback that 2 hours was short to pledge to end discrimination. We will longer discussion time but, though this time we didn't have enough time to establish specific and practical solutions, each group was talking about the basic and fundamental things and there are common grounds. We will make and announce soon our pledge to end discrimination!


After all presentations of the groups, we got feedback and received application to be a presenter. Constructive feedback is needed to develop our program, so thank you for all feedback we got if it helps us make the concert better! If you want to see pictures on the spot please visit our facebook: www.facebook.com/mannam.busan.north

Summary of Speech: MANNAM, #2: Equality&Discrimination

Finally we are going to have the 2nd peace talk concert! The speaker is Rodrigo Braune, a Brazilian friend in MANNAM International in Busan North branch. He will give us presentation about Equality and Discrimination. The bottom is summary of his speech, and you can see this on leaflet on the spot. Exited! Hope you come and share your stories with us. :)

발표내용 요약 Summary

The meaning of discrimination is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people. We can often have prejudice about others different from us but we need to tell prejudice from discrimination.

Examples of Discrimination … Around us there are a lot of examples of discrimination, from a story about 12-year-old boy who was bullied because of appearance to political issues. Recently, Brazilian government created laws about having a quota for university entrance exams. It is an on-going debate in Brazil. It seems that the law is based on the racism which assumes those who are not white have difficult receiving good grades. There is only one race in the world: the human race. Everyone is equal but everyone has different opportunities in life, some of them have less and some have more.

What we have in common and the need of tolerance … Difference. This makes us equals and being different is our common characteristic. We need to tolerate our differences and live with that. I enjoyed my school days with a variety of people from all different groups, and countries and it made me not only understand but live the concept of diversity. In that school, we were not labeled as for example homosexuals but students of the school and we were proud to be students of that school. If it weren't by attending that school, I think I wouldn’t be here now.

차별이란 서로 다르다는 이유로 공정하지 못한 대우를 하는 행동을 말합니다. 서로 다른 대상이기에 편견을 가지는 것은 자연스러운 일이나, 어떤 기준으로 다른 대우를 하는 것은 편견과는 구별되어야 합니다.

차별의 예 … 차별의 예는 12살 한 소년이 뚱뚱하다는 이유로 왕따를 받은 것에서부터 정치적인 문제에 이르기까지 광범위합니다. 최근 브라질에서 소수자들에게 교육의 기회를 더 주어야 한다는 법 개정에 대한 논의가 일고 있습니다만, 그것은 백인이 아니면 좋은 성적을 받는 것이 어렵다는 인종주의적 차별에서 근거합니다. 세상엔 오직 한 인종밖에 없습니다. 인간 말입니다. 각 사람은 모두 평등합니다. 하지만 저마다의 삶에서 각각 다른 기회들을 가진다고 생각합니다. 어떤 사람들은 기회가 많을 수 있고, 또 어떤 사람들은 기회가 적을 수도 있죠.

우리의 공통점과 관용의 필요성 … 다름. 이 사실이 우리를 평등하게 만들어 주고 그것이야 말로 우리의 공통적인 특징입니다. 우리는 각 존재의 다름에 대해서 관용해야 합니다. 저는 각 계층과 나라에서 모인 다양한 사람들과 학창시절을 보내며, 다양성의 개념을 이해하고 생활하기 시작했습니다. 서로를 그냥 학교의 학생으로 보았지 예를 들어 저 애는 동성애자야 라고 낙인 찍지 않았습니다. 친구들은 모두 그 학교의 학생인 것을 자랑스러워합니다. 그 학교에서의 시간이 없었다면 지금의 저도 없었을 것입니다.

- Rodrigo Braune

MANNAM the 2nd Peace talk concert : Laws for Human Rights

Preparing the 2nd peace talk concert, searching and reading many articles, laws, and studying programs of other organization helped us. Among them, I want to share about laws and a book 'Enough Blood Shed.'
On this post, you can find an effort of organizations and countries through establishing laws.

Effort to protect Human Rights

First one is so basic and fundamental one, UN human rights declaration. The general assembly proclaims the universal declaration of human rights:

Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty. (Article 2)

Feel sorry for that they did not utter disablity in article 2, but the enactment of this laws made many people think about human rights. I learned this since childhood in school. However, reading again this time, I really appreciated of UN and many organizations' effort to establish freedoms and peace in the world. The rule of law can change many things and protect the rights of human.

Rised Awareness through Correcting Color Name

Reformation of laws often diverts our thoughts.

What name is this color in your country? In Korea, about 10 years ago, its name is '살색', which means 'skin color.'


The Korean Agency for the Technology and Standards (KATS) had defined the certain color as "skin color" in the Korean Industrial Standard. Revision for this color was started on November, 2001, by 4 foreigners and the Reverend Hae-song Kim, of the Seong-Nam House for Foreign Workers. They filed a petition to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) against KATS and three other crayon manufacturing companies.

The NHRC recommended KATS to revise the name of color in Korean Industrial Standard. The NHRC maintains that the terminology may be appropriate for those with East-Asian origins, the terminology violates the right of equality of other races and spreads misconceptions of race and skin color. Finally, the name of color is changed into '연주황 (light orange)' in November, 2002.


However, it was not the end. the name was changed one more time by 6 childeren. I translated the '연주황' as 'light orange' so you maybe may not feel it's not difficult, but '연주황(軟朱黃)' comes from Chinese character and it's difficult for Korean childeren to understand (Many Korean language words come from Chinese, but they are usually vocabularies for more advanced level.) 6 children submitted petition, which declared that it was another discrimination to children who have difficult understanding, to NHRCK.

So, now this color name is 살구색 (Apricot.)

Of course, when I was young, I recognized and called the color 'skin color' but after a few years later, in my highschool, through learning and campaigns, I learned the name of color is not that. This shift of thinking is started from a few of people who focused on what wrong is on laws and tradition (the labeling 'skin color' began in 1967) and they required the reformation of laws. Then, it influences people's thought and even crayon companies because it has force.

*Reference:
National Human Rights Commission of Korea. (2002). Skin Color Crayons Promote Discrimination. NHRCK Press. Retrieved from http://www.humanrights.go.kr/english/activities/view_01.jsp

Make the World Move and Create Laws Together

We are also going to create the laws in activity time on the 2nd Peace talk concert.
First, we will talk and share our thoughts and experiences about discrimination and equality. Then, we will make promise and want to establish laws for our community.

It doesn't look serious because we are not a member of UN? But as you see in above case, small steps and real action will make a big change. So, now we start to move.
MANNAM Volunteer Association hopes to establish world peace together.

Why not you?
Let's Talk, Share and Express together !

[더Peace] #1. Peace, War and Me. - MANNAM Volunteer Association North Busan

Our First talk concert movie clip!

The 1st speaker was Aislin Kim, who is in charge of MANNAM facebook, an university student in Busan. You can find her story more on the blog mannampop.blogspot.com

MANNAM has a goal of world peace and the peace team do not want to stop World Peace Initiative movement which we started last year. When we held the World Peace Festival last year, some people has skeptical view about World Peace and they thought it's just for making the organization famous, but I really don't like the view.

'더 PEACE' team, including me, has each reason why we want peace and love to share our feelings and opinions in the MANNAM community. What I want is not to be famous, or writing a good line on my resume (one of my friends guesses that I am doing this for good resume) - If I want it, I will work for more established organizations than MANNAM - but what I sincerely want is to learn attitude to accept/tolerate other culture and friends with true heart.

MANNAM makes me imagine and act. Before, I was just thinking without acting. Although I learned  5 languages and eastern/western histories and literature, I did not imagine and even did not believe world can be united and establish peace.   

But now, I'm finding the possibility of peace and true understanding between you and I, we and they, and between all different nations/cultures.

You can find what MANNAM is doing, what we are dreaming on the video.

We never do force our view/vision to members.

What we are doing is listening to others' story sharing each opinion, and express to make the culture of peace and unity.

If you want to take part in our project, <The PEACE>, please do contact!

Contact# Kristen 010.6718.0091 / mannamthepeace@gmail.com

Please subscribe our blog also!

Oh, I did not introduce myself, I'm Kristen and leader of this project team.  :)

In Korea, it's three-day-holiday (Feb 9th-11th) celebrating Lunar new year! Have a good day and Happy Seolnal!

[MANNAM Volunteer Association] Wanna Talk about Peace?: Members' short speech in the 1st concert(5)

The End of War

No Fight -JACQUE (Guniea)

전쟁 없는 .. 아프리카에서 세계 나라 여러나라 fighter 많이 와 있으니까,

fight 없으면 제가 정말 행복할 거에요. 요즘 우리나라 옆에 말리..지금 살 수 없어요.

우리나라 가까이 있어서 나쁜 사람 우리나라 올 수 있어서 진짜 고민해요. 그래서 진짜 fight 제가 싫어요.

There’s no war.. (looking the picture) I will be really happy if there is no fight because many fighters from all over the world are in Africa. Recently, Mali, the neighbor nations, people can’t live there. Mali is very close to my country so I’m seriously worrying about it. So.. I extremely hate “Fight.”

The End of War - SUKYEONG (Korea)

저는 오늘 ‘나의 평화, 나의 전쟁’ 이라고 해서, 먼저 ‘나’를 그려봤어요. 그러니까 그 다음에 나의 가족들이 생각나고, 내 친구들이 생각 났어요. 그리고 나니까 또 내 친구의 가족들이 생각났어요. 또 그 사람들의 친구들.. 이렇게 계속 확장이 되어가는데, 종이가 작아서 다 그리지 못했어요.

I drew myself on the leaf because title is ‘my peace and my war.’ Then, I came up with my family and friends. Next, I thought of my friends’ families. These circles expanded.. I couldn’t drew more because there’s no room on the leaf.

만남 가족 중에 이란 친구들이 있었어요. 그리고 그 친구들은 한국에서 공부를 마친 후에 이란으로 돌아갔어요. 저는 그 친구들을 생각할 때마다 기도해요, 그 친구들이 안전할 수 있기를.

Among MANNAM members, there are friends from Iran. They turned back to their country after their study course. Whenever I think of them, I pray for them. “Protect them”

한 번은 다큐멘터리를 봤어요. 저는 다큐멘터리를 별로 좋아하지 않지만, 우연히 보게 되었어요. 나라 이름이 정확하게 기억이 안 나지만 중동 지역의 한 국가였어요. 아주 어린 아이들이 산에서 나무를 줍고 다녔어요. 그래서 기자가 물었어요, ”힘들지 않아요?” 그랬더니 아이가 “괜찮아요, 제가 이 일을 하지 않으면 우리 가족이 굶어 죽어요.” 라고 대답을 했어요. 그리고 이번에는 제일 무서운 게 뭐냐고 물었어요. 그랬더니 놀랍게도 비행기라고 대답했어요. 아이들의 설명은, 비행기가 뜨면 폭탄이 언제 떨어질 지 모른다고 하는 거였어요.

One day I saw a documentary program. I don’t like documentaries, but by an accident, I had opportunity to watch it. I can’t remember exactly what the name is, but the background is one of nations in Middle East. Young children are picking boughs of trees in mountains. Reporter asked to one of them, “Isn’t it hard to do it?” then he said, “I’m okay. If I do not this, my family will be in danger of death.” And the interviewer asked again what the most dreadful for him was. His answer was ‘plane.’ He thought that plane will deliver bomb.

제가 살고 있는 이곳은 전쟁의 위험을 직접적으로 경험하지 않아서 피부에 잘 와 닿지 않았는데, 그 다큐멘터리를 보면서 아 아직도 세계는 전쟁 중에 있다는 것을 깨달았고, 지금으로서 저의 평화는 전쟁이 끝나는 것입니다.

The place where I live here is not danger compared to their country. I didn’t know and experience about war and didn’t worry about it. However, I saw and watch the world is still in war!!!

Now, for me, the peace is the end of war. 

All scripts and pictures from members who took part in MANNAM The PEACE talk concert.

It is briefly written based on what members really said on the spot. 

Now, it's time to ask yourself, 

"WHAT is MY PEACE?"

[MANNAM Volunteer Association] Wanna Talk about Peace?: Members' short speech in the 1st concert (4)

 Peace has Level

Peace has Level-Yazun (Jordan)

I just wrote what I understand peace.

I believed that Peace is level. We want to achieve.

There is a basic level. Basic level is 'accepting' however their skin color, ethnicity, religion, economic situation. We should accept them.

This is the basic.

After that if we can do this, accepting the others, we can go higher level.

I have a question.

Where is the place where everyone can get peace?

I think, it's my family house.

When I come back home, my heart feels peace.

Especially when I go to chat with my mother, I feel that case is the most peaceful.

What I want to say is the higher level is to consider the other as one member of your family.

And among the family, the mother, she accept, keeps, even she sacrifices for others.

However her baby is evil, she accepts.

I think it's the higher level of peace. 

Tolerate - Hugo (Mexico)

Yazun, he told my thought.

But it is my experiences. Accepting one another is usually harder than people think it is. I'm not saying it is impossible.

What I've experienced..the another word I'd like to use.. it's "Tolerate"

It means.. I’m also writing down same as my friend (Yazun) here. This is what I wrote.

You don't need to love me, you don't need to like me, you don't need to respect me, you don't need to accept me, or my belief, my religion, all my choices.

You don't need to respect anything of me or myself. You just have to tolerate me. That's what I only gonna do. If we can tolerate one another, I think it will be like step 1.

Then, I think it really works forth as Yazun told.

So, my way to shape peace, the world be to.. they need to teach others to tolerate one another.

All scripts and pictures from members who took part in MANNAM The PEACE talk concert.

It is briefly written based on what members really said on the spot. 

Now, it's time to ask yourself, 

"WHAT is MY PEACE?"