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2026 Annual Meeting - Start Making Plans
The Korean Cultural Center in Washington, DC is the venue for this year's annual meeting. Located at 2370 Massachusetts Ave NW, the nearest Metro stop is DuPont Circle which is approximately a half mile walk, mostly flat terrain. Meeting details are as follows:
Friday - November 13th
2:15 - 3:00 pm - Membership Meeting (all are welcome)
3:00 - 5:00 pm - The public program will feature the following speakers:
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Ambassador Kyung-wha Kang - Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States
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Pil Ho Kim - Associate Professor of Korean in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at The Ohio State University
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Ambassador Kathleen Stephens - Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (2008-2011) and former Peace Corps Volunteer in Korea
In addition to these great speakers, we will be presenting this year's O'Donnell Award and our Giving Back Award.
5:00 - 6:30 pm - the meeting will be followed by a reception at the Korean Cultural Center.
An additional bonus for those attending this year's annual meeting is the opportunity to see the current exhibit at the Center. Entitled Hanji: Embracing Color, a new exhibition of works by artist Lee Seung-chul which explores the chromatic and sculptural possibilities of hanji, traditional Korean paper, while also tracing its deep cultural roots as a hand-made medium for both craft and communication.
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We would like to acknowledge the generous support provided by the Korean Cultural Center to our annual meeting this year.
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