FMI Public Speaker Series at TTU - Yeonmi Park

601 Indiana Ave,Lubbock TX 79409

26 April, 2021

Description

Human Rights Activist Yeonmi Park presents 'In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom.' Free Market Institute Public Speaker Series – April 26 In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to FreedomSome must must risk everything for the fundamentals of freedom, dignity, and justice. The Free Market Institute welcomes Yeonmi Park, North Korean defector and human rights activist, to deliver a public lecture on Monday, April 26, 2021, from 5:30 - 6:30 PM, in the International Cultural Center (ICC) - Auditorium (601 Indiana Ave.) on the Texas Tech University campus . Ms. Park will also be available for a book signing right outside the ICC Auditorium, prior to the public lecture, from 4:45 - 5:15 PM. Her book, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom, will be available for purchase beginning at 4:30 PM. This program is free and open to all members of the Texas Tech University System community and the general public. *Advance registration, social distancing, and face masks will be required for in-person attendance.* Event Parking is located in the lot to the North of the ICC and overflow parking is available in the TTU museum lot. About the ProgramEverything must be taught, even the fundamentals we sometimes take for granted: freedom, compassion, love. For Yeonmi Park, growing up in North Korea, right vs. wrong, justice vs. injustice—these weren't concepts inherently understood or taught. Telling her electrifying story of escape from North Korea, Park explains that the life she left there was "a totally different planet." There's only one definition of love in North Korea—"love for the Dear Leader." Romantic love doesn't exist as a concept or possibility. And for most North Koreans, neither does freedom. Now a US citizen, Park calls for us to fight for North Koreans—for all oppressed people around the world—who cannot speak for themselves. Freedom is fragile, she says. Who will fight for us when we're not free? Join the Free Market Institute for this event, as Yeonmi Park as she recounts the incredible story told in her searing memoir, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom (September 2016). For more information about this event, visit www.events.fmi.ttu.edu or contact the Free Market Institute at [email protected] or 806.742.7138.