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20. Casey Latigue

Nathan Glazer's endless thoughts

Attending a special alumni weekend lecture by Harvard University emeritus professor Nathan Glazer about 15 years ago, I began introducing myself as one of his former students. Prof. Glazer interrupted, saying, “Mr. Lartigue. I shall never forget you.”

2019-03-27 17:30

Happy birthday, Mr. Douglass!

As a pre-teen growing up in Missouri City, Texas, I participated in my first leadership seminar: I read all three of Frederick Douglass's autobiographies. Applying lessons learned from the 19th century slave-turned-abolitionist, I convinced my parents to drive me to Douglass's “Cedar Hill” home in Washington, D.C. (a distance of about 1,400 miles).

2019-02-19 17:01

From A-B-C to T-E-D!

In April 2015, Eunhee Park joined Teach North Korean Refugees as a novice at English. At that time, she was embarrassed to use her name and hated to admit that she was from North Korea. She even refused to be in the group photo that we take after matching sessions where refugees choose tutors (refugees have the option to hide their faces, but even that wasn't enough for her at that time).

2019-01-13 08:14

Slow-motion information hack

It was international news that almost 1,000 North Korean refugees in South Korea had their personal information stolen recently by an unknown hacker. As was reported by numerous media outlets, North Korean refugees may be at risk of blackmail or threats to their relatives back home if North Korean agents or their associates were involved.

Park Yoon-bae2019-01-04 22:46

Studying or socializing with refugees?

Volunteers eager to help North Korean refugees run into a brick wall with my nonprofit: No socializing. That takes fun out of volunteering for those who dream of helping North Korean refugees with clubbing, hiking or dating.

2018-12-03 17:33

Making invisible people visible

Mark Twain supposedly said: “I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.” Quote-master Twain also supposedly said, “I can live for two months on a good compliment.”

2018-10-31 18:20

Dear critics: You may be right

After I began my professional career back in 1998, it didn't take long before I started receiving angry letters from readers. Through my two decades as a writer, speaker, talk show host, commentator, columnist, researcher, analyst and activist, I have been attacked from more angles than enemy troops at MacArthur's landing at Incheon.

2018-10-02 18:52

A conspiracy against me?

I am hereby calling a meeting of all of the people who believe I am part of a conspiracy. They seem to contradict each other so much, perhaps they can resolve their differences face-to-face.

2018-08-29 16:54

Five lessons from education warrior

When I left the stage after giving the keynote address to the 43rd World Youth Rally in Seoul on July 22, I was cheered like a conquering hero. There was so much love and admiration for me that, more than a week later, some of them may still be cheering.

2018-08-01 16:57

Is this schooling trip necessary for all?

If I told you that I had discovered a fun way for you to put yourself into debt, that you would be unemployed for months or years after going through my four-year program, and if you got hired that you would be working at menial jobs for a while?

2018-06-26 15:53

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