The following is based on my spoken words last Friday night at the Wallflower Gallery’s “Open Mike” Event…
This past Saturday, at my invitation,we had the honor of being joined on our monthly critical mass bike ride by peace advocate Okhwan Yoon.
I learned of Okwhan from a Miami Herald article.
I e-mailed the author and a few days later, I was in touch…
As I exited my home Saturday morning, I got a call from him; when I arrived at the meeting point, he was there.
Okhwan’s mission of peace began in his native Korea and has spanned five continents—171 countries, eight years.
His goal is 192 countries.
Okhwan reminded me of Somayeh Yousefi
and Jafar Edrisi, an Iranian couple pursuing the same mission.
On his shirt, Okhwan advocates a unified Korea. I asked him what it would take to reunify his country. He looked off into the distance, a troubled look on his face—“this is very complicated…” he said. (more…)