Min
Paek
Founder
and Executive Director, Korean American Women Artists and Writers
Association (KAWAWA);
adjunct faculty of Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University;
presently also attending a Korean Studies PhD program at Hamburg
University; and since spring 2011 Korea Foundation Assistant Professor of Korean Studies at Ca’ Foscari University, Venice
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Education
and Work Experience
M.A. in Korean Studies, IIC; Master of Art with emphasis in Interdisciplinary
Art. San Francisco State University; B.A. in Conceptual Art, San Francisco
State University; presently attending PhD program at Hamburg University.
Worked in the Korean community non-profit sector for the last 25 years.
Assisted Korean immigrant population, working on various issues, including
education, human rights, voter education, etc. Worked with Asian, African
American, and Latino community leaders and organizers on issues of ethnic
identity, art, and culture.
Korea Foundation Assistant Professor of Korean Studies at Ca’ Foscari University, Venice (Spring 2011 - present)
Founder and President (1995 - present)
Korean American Community Agenda Council
Board member (2003 - present)
Korean Art and Culture Committee, Asian Art Museum
Founder (1993)
KAWAWA Intercultural Youth Program
Commissioner (1995 - present)
San Francisco Parking and Traffic Commission, then S.F.
Taxi Commission
Member (1995)
San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown's Transition Team
Executive Committee member (1996)
Mayor's Summit for Economy
Steering Committee member (1997 - present)
Mayor's Summit for Women
Executive Director (1992 - 1995)
Korean American Grocers' Victims Association (Los Angeles
Riot victims group)
Producer and Host of Community Affairs Program (1979 - 1991)
KTVU Ch2 TV Asians Now and Ch26 Korea Journal
Author and illustrator of Aekyung's Dream, published by Children's
Book Press, 1979; the first children's book for Korean American youth
and children
Contact:
Min Paek, Executive Director
Korean American Women Artists and Writers Association (KAWAWA)
745 Buchanan St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 252-5828
Fax: (415) 252-5829
E-Mail: min@kawawa.org
Web: http://kawawa.org