7C Minjung hosted their first event on March 6 in The Motley Coffeehouse: a teach-in titled ”Korean Liberation, Palestinian Self-Determination.” The event is the first in a series of three taking place over March and April.
7C Minjung is a new student organization aiming to amplify Korean history, identity and liberation.
On Oct. 7, the two year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war, several organisations including 7C SWANA hosted guest speaker Shaheen Nassar, a member of the “Irvine 11,” for a talk at the Motley Coffeehouse titled “Beyond Recognition.” Over 100 students crowded into the Motley at 3pm to listen as Nassar detailed the historical context for the current situation in Gaza, and spoke to other issues including the Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) Movement.
