Shall We Meet First? Join the ‘SimSim Brunch’... Gumi City Cultural Urban Support Center

Operating Programs for Women Feeling Loneliness After Moving to Gumi

Solving Concerns and Problems Together Through Communication, Empathy, and Active Participation

The Gumi City Cultural City Support Center in Gyeongbuk is recruiting 20 participants for the ‘Brunch Chat Room, Simsim Brunch’ project from June 23 to July 4.

This project was planned reflecting the characteristics of Gumi, an industrial city with many immigrants, to support activities that alleviate the loneliness and isolation felt by women who have moved to Gumi due to reasons such as their family’s workplace.

Based on the opinions of citizens who participated in the Cultural City Citizen Promotion Group roundtable and Cultural City-based gatherings, a pilot project was first launched in May, and after gathering various opinions from experts and others, the ‘Brunch Chat Room, Simsim Brunch’ was initiated.

Activities are available in the morning, and any woman who is willing to share the emotions she has experienced with neighbors and resolve them can apply.

Participants will be organized into four teams of five members each, with expert mentoring provided to help discover and discuss agendas for each team. Based on plans directly created by citizens, various activities will be promoted to alleviate women’s feelings of isolation.

Starting with an orientation on July 5, activities will be held about 10 times until September 15, and a small activity allowance will be provided for each team.

Seo Young-su, head of the Gumi City Cultural City Support Center, said, “‘Brunch Chat Room, Simsim Brunch’ was planned to invigorate the lives of women who feel solitude during their alone time in the industrial city of Gumi, where they have no roots, and to provide motivation to take root in Gumi by forming empathy and solidarity with neighbors through culture.” He urged many interested citizens to participate.

Applications can be made through the Gumi City Cultural City Support Center blog, and detailed inquiries can be made by phone.

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