The next is an excerpt from the article “Young adults walk paths of peace” that includes Bri Taylor (’25), revealed by UMNews. Picture and article by the Rev. Thomas E. Kim, UM Information.
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A video presentation on the memorial vividly recounted the brutal suppression of the Democratic Rebellion and the residents’ resilient, moral resistance. On Might 18, 1980, the South Korean army violently suppressed nonviolent scholar demonstrations in opposition to the army dictatorship that seized energy the earlier 12 months.
Briana N. Taylor, from United Methodist-related Boston College Faculty of Theology, shared her reflections following the go to.
“I noticed this historical past of Gwangju as alive and nonetheless current,” she informed UM Information. “It invited me theologically to take a seat with loss of life in mourning in an perspective of Holy Saturday, as a substitute of speeding via to search out new life on Resurrection Sunday.”
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