‘Village Community AtoZ’... ‘Gangnam Village Academy’ Online Lecture

Four Sessions Including 'Village, Slow Regeneration' on the 13th-14th and 20th-21st... Non-Face-to-Face Classes Conducted

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gangnam-gu (District Mayor Jeong Soon-gyun) will conduct the '2020 Gangnam Village Academy' online via the Zoom video conferencing platform on the 13th-14th and 20th-21st to help understand the village community project.

The '2020 Gangnam Village Academy' will be held over four sessions. On the 13th, Professor Jeong Seok of the University of Seoul will give a lecture titled 'Village, Slowly Regenerating: The Secret to Healing the City and Revitalizing the Village,' followed the next day by Moon Kyung-ran, director of the Sports Human Rights Research Institute, who will speak on 'Human Rights and Gender Equality: Human Rights and Gender Equality for Everyone's Village.'

On the 20th and 21st, Professor Park Young-sun of Hanyang University and Director Yoo Chang-bok of the Future Autonomy and Decentralization Research Institute will lecture respectively on 'Change and Growth of Communities: Social Value, Public Interest Activities, and the Power of Citizens' and 'Activation of Resident Autonomy: Villages Created by Citizen Participation (Autonomy and Cooperation).'

All lectures will be conducted online, and online access links will be individually sent via text message to those who pre-register through the district website or the 'The Gangnam' app.

Lee Su-jin, head of the Resident Autonomy Division, said, "The diverse lectures by experts in various fields provide an opportunity to recognize the necessity and role of village activities," adding, "We will share the 'Mimiwi spirit' with more residents and develop resident-led village communities."

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