Singer Kim Jang-hoon Ontact Concert Disability Awareness Improvement Education

Seoul Gangseo-gu Hosts Online Disability Awareness Education...Live Streamed on YouTube on the 22nd, Accessible to Everyone

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gangseo-gu, Seoul (Mayor Noh Hyun-song) has created a space for communication and harmony where people with disabilities and non-disabled people come together through culture and arts.

On the occasion of the 41st Disability Day, the district will hold an ‘Online Disability Awareness Improvement Education’ on the 22nd to improve social awareness of disabilities.

This education will be held in an ontact performance format by inviting singer Kim Jang-hoon and artists with disabilities from various genres, and will be broadcast live through the Gangseo-gu Office YouTube channel (iGangseoTV).

The purpose is to form a social consensus on disability awareness improvement through cultural performances and to provide an opportunity for residents exhausted by COVID-19 to enjoy culture.

During the education, people with disabilities who are actively working as social artists will share their talents through performances and deliver a message of hope by sharing life stories of overcoming disabilities and achieving success.

In particular, the famous singer Kim Jang-hoon, known as a donation angel, is expected to make a special appearance to brighten the event.

The education, which will last about two hours from 4 p.m. on the 22nd, consists of various performances starting with a disability awareness improvement video. Disability awareness quizzes will also be held intermittently during the performances.

First, the Bitdeul Sound Choir will present a beautiful harmony performance. Next, Kim Hee-jin, Korea’s first visually impaired musical actor, will perform a musical about the hardships of visually impaired people, followed by a dazzling wheelchair dance performance by Kim Nam-je & Kim Na-hyun and a music performance by Na Dae-yong, who has a physical disability.

Next, the highlight of this education, singer Kim Jang-hoon, will perform a show that everyone can enjoy together.

Then, the hearing-impaired dance team Beatsro will present a wonderful stage, and finally, all the performers will sing the Disability Discrimination Act campaign song together to conclude the education.

This education is expected to be a meaningful time that naturally helps improve disability awareness through performances that people with and without disabilities can enjoy together.

The education is open to anyone without prior registration, and you can participate by accessing the Gangseo-gu Office YouTube channel iGangseoTV.

Mayor Noh Hyun-song said, “I hope this will be a precious opportunity to eliminate prejudice against disabilities through the hopeful messages delivered by artists with disabilities,” and added, “Since it is held online to prevent COVID-19, I hope many residents enjoy the performances and that it helps improve disability awareness.”

For inquiries, contact the Gangseo-gu Office Disability Welfare Division.

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