Replay ⏪ Stories from a Korean War Baby with Ida Soon-ok Hart

Today, as AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) Heritage Month comes to a close, GumGummers were given the opportunity to hear the honest and colorful stories of triumph and overcoming adversity from Ida Soon-ok Hart, a Korean War Baby. Thank you to the AAPI Heritage Month Subcommittee and the Women of GumGum for hosting such an inspiring event! Keep scrolling to watch the replay.

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About the Speaker

 Ida Soon-ok Hart was born to an African-American father and a Korean mother during the Korean War in Korea in 1953. In her early childhood, she experienced racism in her Korean village for being a Mixed Blood Child. Later in her youth, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee to live with her father where she experienced discrimination on multiple fronts in the 1960s segregated American South. She is currently a retired educator and writer with a BA from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and an MS in Education from Mount St. Mary College, Los Angeles. She is currently writing her memoir, “The Mountains of San-gok Dong.” Two stories, “My Dear Mother” and “Citizenship,” have been published.