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K00578 Summary:

BILL NOK00578
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORBraunstein
 
COSPNSRWeprin
 
MLTSPNSRAbbate, Arroyo, Barclay, Barrett, Borelli, Boyland, Cook, DenDekker, Duprey, Fahy, Finch, Gabryszak, Galef, Glick, Gottfried, Gunther, Heastie, Kim, Magee, Maisel, Markey, McDonough, Millman, Peoples-Stokes, Perry, Ra, Raia, Roberts, Rozic, Russell, Scarborough, Schimel, Sweeney, Thiele, Titone, Weinstein, Wright
 
 
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K00578 Text:

 
Senate Resolution No. 2244
 
BY: Senator STAVISKY
 
        HONORING   the   Harriet  and  Kenneth  Kupferberg
        Holocaust   Resource   Center   and   Archives    at
        Queensborough Community College, and Korean American
        Civic  Empowerment  for their devoted work on behalf
        of Comfort Women
 
  WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize  that
the  quality  and  character  of life in the communities across New York
State are reflective of the concerned and  dedicated  efforts  of  those
organizations and individuals who would devote themselves to the welfare
of the community and its citizenry; and
 
  WHEREAS,  Attendant  to  such  concern,  and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to honor
the  Harriet  and  Kenneth  Kupferberg  Holocaust  Resource  Center  and
Archives  at  Queensborough Community College, and Korean American Civic
Empowerment for their devoted work on behalf of Comfort Women; and
 
  WHEREAS, In 1937, over 200,000 teenage girls were forced into sexual
slavery by the invading Japanese armies; these young women, referred  to
as Comfort Women, were sent throughout Asia accompanying these soldiers;
and
 
  WHEREAS,  At  the  end of World War II, nearly 100,000 had perished;
these survivors sought justice, but were met with  stern  statements  of
denial;  while  these  Comfort Women survivors are dwindling, they still
seek recognition and justice for what was perpetrated against them; and
 
  WHEREAS, To assist them in their quest for justice, the Harriet  and
Kenneth  Kupferberg  Holocaust Center's Asian Internship Justice Program
familiarizes its students with the injustices  brought  upon  the  Asian
population during World War II; and
 
  WHEREAS,  Nine students at Queensborough Community College's Harriet
and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives  completed
their  Asian  Internship Project which consisted of interviews of actual
"Comfort Women" survivors in Korea via Skype; and
 
  WHEREAS, The nine 2013 Student Interns  were:  Zeba  Natasha  Babar,
Alexander Crombez, Ashley Gee, Lauren Hussey, Daniella Lampone, Lee Kwan
Li, Weiwu Li, Jialong Xie, and Ming Ming Zhou; and
 
  WHEREAS,   The   goal  of  the  Members  of  Korean  American  Civic
Empowerment (KACE), the Asian Social Justice Interns of  the  Kupferberg
Holocaust  Center  at Queensborough Community College, and the residents
of this great Empire State is to seek justice  for  the  Korean  Comfort
Women; and
 
  WHEREAS,  Under  the  leadership  of Dr. Diane B. Call, President of
Queensborough Community College and Dr. Arthur Flug, Executive  Director
of  the  Harriet  and  Kenneth  Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and
Archives,  and  Dongchan  Kim,  President  of  Korean   American   Civic
Empowerment,  the Asian Social Justice Interns have striven mightily and
 
successfully in conducting an instructional program  that  has  reminded
the world of the tragedy and of the Comfort Women of Korea; and
 
  WHEREAS,  Incorporating  the  guide  words  of  the Holocaust, Never
Forget, these interns have emerged not only as students knowledgeable of
this horrific issue that has plagued these survivors for more than seven
decades, but have emerged as spokespersons for social  justice  for  all
members of their generation; and
 
  WHEREAS,  The  outstanding  group of Queensborough Community College
students embodying the diverse cultural diversity of the  school's  more
than  150  nationalities  speaking  62 distinct languages bound together
with a fervent commitment for social justice for the  members  of  their
generation  and volunteered to study the issue of the Comfort Women, and
in doing so, have spread much needed insight and  a  distinct  call  for
justice far beyond the college campus; and
 
  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  practice  of  this Legislative Body that when
students and organizations of such noble aims  and  accomplishments  are
brought  to  our  attention, they should be celebrated and recognized by
all the citizens of this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it
 
  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
honor  the  Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and
Archives at Queensborough Community College, and Korean  American  Civic
Empowerment for their devoted work on behalf of Comfort Women; and be it
further
 
  RESOLVED,  That  copies  of  this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to the Harriet and  Kenneth  Kupferberg  Holocaust  Resource
Center  and Archives at Queensborough Community College, Korean American
Civic Empowerment, and the nine aforementioned student interns.
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