War’s Long Shadow, Part 2
A Community Gathering with Jungwon Kim and Linda Thai
Jungwon Kim and Linda Thai continued their conversation on the enduring consequences of the imperialist wars that drive mass migration, as well as pathways to healing the wound of cultural loss for members of the diaspora.
Building on themes from their Part 1 discussion of generational war trauma, Jungwon and Linda shared personal stories from U.S. wars in Korea and Vietnam. They revealed how trauma reverberates across generations, embeds itself in families, and ruptures the storyline of a people. With clarity and deep compassion, they spoke to the ubiquity of war trauma and tell their unique, unpredictable journeys toward spiritual and psychological home. This sequel focused on lived experience and honors the restorative power of narrative.
We invite you to watch in community to witness, remember, and uplift the stories that resist historical erasure and reweave belonging through a global narrative of restoration.
Presenters
Jungwon Kim
Jungwon Kim is an award-winning writer and cultural worker. She is also a communications leader, organizational strategy consultant, and journalist who has dedicated her professional life to human rights and environmental advocacy. As Head of Creative & Editorial at the Rainforest Alliance, she directed a multimedia team of writers, videographers, and graphic designers. Earlier in her career, she served as the editor of Amnesty International USA’s human rights quarterly that featured the work of award-winning journalists and documentary photographers (circulation 300,000). She began her storytelling career as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor, and on-air correspondent for nationally syndicated public radio programs.
Linda Thai
Linda Thai, LMSW ERYT-200 is a trauma therapist and educator who specializes in brain and body-based modalities for addressing complex developmental trauma. Linda has worked with thousands of people from all over the world to promote mindfulness, recover from trauma, and tend to grief as a means of self care. Linda’s work centers on healing with a special focus on the experiences of adult children of refugees and immigrants. Her teaching is infused with empathy, storytelling, humor, research, practical tools, applied knowledge, and experiential wisdom. She has assisted internationally renowned psychiatrist and trauma expert, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, with his private small group psychotherapy workshops aimed at healing attachment trauma. She has a Master of Social Work with an emphasis on the neurobiology of attachment and trauma.