ROAR Story Slam 2017 Recap
As part of the National Summit on Saturday, October 21, 2017, CKA and KoreanAmericanStory.org co-hosted a storytelling contest to shine a spotlight on the significance and range of Korean-American narratives. Thank you to the six Finalists who shared their stories, journeys, and emotions. Congratulations to David Choi, winner of 2017 ROAR Story Slam.
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David Choi
1st Place in Narrative
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Watch 1st place winner of the narrative category David Choi deliver a moving presentation about coming out to his parents for the first time, and why the words “I love you” are so difficult, yet expressed in a multitude of other ways between Korean parents and their children.
Anthony Luckett
1st Place in Spoken Word
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Anthony Luckett was the 1st place winner of the Poetry Spoken Word category at this year’s ROAR Story Slam. He starts out by humming the Arirang, and talks about the complexities of dual identity, being blasian, and why choosing a side is not an option.
Kyung B. Yoon
2nd Place in Narrative
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Kyung B. Yoon, 2nd place winner of the narrative category for ROAR Story Slam 2017 at Council of Korean Americans (CKA)’s annual gala, talks about a time during the earlier years of her journalism career when she was mistaken for Soon-Yi as news of the affair with Woody Allen hit the tabloids in 1992. But being mistaken for somebody else just because she was Asian wasn’t the most hurtful part of the experience.
Peter Hamilton
3rd Place in Narrative
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Peter Hamilton has never felt quite “whole” in his life. That’s because raised half-Irish and half-Korean, he has struggled to identify himself against what others have named him. Among them were half breed, mongrel, and chink just to name a few. Watch Hamilton as he takes us on a storytelling journey on why in the end none of that matters and he is still proud to be himself as a Korean American.
Gina Kim
2nd Place in Spoken Word
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In her poetry piece titled “Mother Tongue” for ROAR Story Slam 2017, Gina Kim emotes the angst, yet marvel of being able to speak both the Korean and English language. Together–not apart–they make up her mother tongue.
Joey Kim
3rd Place in Spoken Word
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In her poetry piece called “Orientalism” at ROAR Story Slam 2017, Joey Kim asks, “How do I get to where I really came from, if I’ve only ever been here?” It’s a question her 7-year-old self asks on a yellow school bus, alluding to the racism she encountered.
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