Kyoung’s Pacific Beat’s 2023-2024 season kicks off September 21st with a virtual gathering via Zoom called “Whiteness on Fire: Where are we Now?” But before I go on, let me tell you a story of where I am now. Watch this on Instagram. I am in Flatbush, Brooklyn, in a neighborhood called Midwood. Midwood is a predominantly […]
Read MoreGreetings! I hope this email finds you well. As 2022 comes to an end, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the milestones Kyoung’s Pacific Beat reached this year and share some reflections for the New Year. DISMANTLING WHITE SUPREMACY KPB began the development of NERO in September 2020 to catalyze a conversation […]
Read MoreGreetings! I hope this email finds you safe and in good health. As 2021 comes to an end, I find myself reflecting on what I’ve learned while living through a global catastrophe that affects us all. In the beginning of the pandemic, Kyoung’s Pacific Beat held space with Cara Page, an architect of the healing […]
Read MoreGreetings! There are no words to describe 2020. I find myself aghast, sitting in front of my computer, barely managing to cope with the chronic tightness in my stomach that has been ailing me since the summer of 2019. America was not in a good place before this year’s global pandemic. By last year, Trump’s […]
Read More“Whiteness on Fire: A Cultural Reconstruction”Monday, October 57-9PM EST BIPOC members of our community and our white allies are invited to join us online for an evening of art and social convening. This program will feature NERO’s “Suck My Violin,” an original music video produced virtually during this pandemic, followed by an in depth conversation […]
Read MoreGreetings! It has been 18 months since the last Kyoung Update. Where have I been? Since 2018, I’ve participated in the Intercultural Leadership Institute (ILI) and Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) Leadership Fellowship programs, learning more about the work of arts and culture bearers of color working with indigenous communities across the country, while […]
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