December 10, 2018 Dear Friends,

Women Cross DMZ has just returned from Beijing, China, where from Dec. 4-6 at the Embassy of Canada we convened with our partners the Nobel Women’s Initiative for the Northeast Asia Roundtable on Women, Peace and Security, a historic meeting of 30 women peacemakers from North and South Korea, the U.S., China, Japan, Russia, and Canada. Over two and a half days, we discussed how to advance peace on the Korean Peninsula and ensure women’s inclusion in the official Korea peace processes. Read our Principles of Unity here. We then headed to Seoul, South Korea, where, on Dec. 7, the Canadian Embassy hosted a mini-roundtable discussion on women’s peacebuilding in the Korea peace process with members of our women-led peace treaty campaign and the foreign diplomatic community. That afternoon, we met with South Korean women members of Parliament to discuss their upcoming dialogue with U.S. women members of Congress in Washington, DC, in March 2019. Their meeting will focus on why it’s important that Congress take action to end the Korean War. WCDMZ’s Christine Ahn spoke at the Ploughshares Fund’s Annual Conference in Washington, DC on Nov. 14 to a packed ballroom of the foreign policy community. Speaking on a panel on Regional Threats, Christine introduced the Korea peace treaty campaign — which is now called Korea Peace Treaty Now! Women Mobilizing to End War — and discussed Why Women Must Be Involved and Why We Need A Peace Treaty Now, which you can watch on YouTube. Women Cross DMZ was also featured prominently at the United Methodist Church’s Roundtable for Peace on the Korean Peninsula, held Nov. 9-11 at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Ga. Christine delivered a response to opening remarks made by President Jimmy Carter and former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea James Laney. She also spoke about the inspiring women-led Korea peace treaty campaign on a panel about moving from theory to action. WCDMZ Steering Committee Chair Aiyoung Choi gave a closing prayer. Christine also had the special opportunity to sit down with President Carter in his office at the Carter Center to discuss the Korea peace treaty campaign and hear his ideas on strategy and approach. In other news, Women Cross DMZ is pleased to announce the hiring of Kathleen Ok-Soo Richards as the new media and communications coordinator for the peace treaty campaign. A Korean-American journalist who has been the editor of several weeklies in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle, Kathleen brings tremendous knowledge and experience to our campaign. If you missed our 2017/2018 Annual Report, it’s online now. Your continued support enables us to grow our team and advance our important work. As we gather steam toward the February launch of our campaign, we could really use your support. Please consider making an online donation today.

With hope and gratitude, Women Cross DMZ