Joy Lee

Motivational Speech Outline

1) Attention Step

• Stereotypical response when talking about North Korea.

o Powerpoint slides!

 “When you see ‘North Korea’ you may think of…”

 “However, when I see the words ‘North Korea’ I think of…”

o So quick to rise in horror and indignation at flashy international events, that
consistent problems are hushed away.
 Reasons due to political indifference and media’s selective spotlight
2) Need Step

• Issue at hand: Human rights violations in North Korea (since end of Korean War in 1950)
o North Korean government

 DPRK

 Due to the system of government, freedom is virtually non-existent

 Brainwashing to adore “Dear Leader Kim” begins at the preschool level,

and all citizens are forced to wear “Kim” pins on his/her lapel

 Not only are the “standard freedoms” such as speech, press, and assembly,
prohibited, but the freedoms of religion, physical movement, and workers’
rights are severely restricted.
• Article 62 of the 2004 Criminal Code criminalizes travel to
another country without state permission (“Amnesty
International”)

 Malnutrition statistics

• 33% of population malnourished

o Other sources vary from 33-40 percent. UN stated 8.7
million in need of food in 2008

• 23% of children under five underweight

• A generation of physically and mentally impaired children

from lack of public health system (Link Global)
 • According to Civil Liberties writer Tom Head, Studies claim that
“the average North Korean 7-year-old is eight inches shorter
than the average South Korean child of the same age”.
• Statistics not accurate as the political transparency of these
statistics are questionable

• Solution: Join hands with LINK Global

o While this problem may seem overwhelming, we as a public must know that it is
not impossible to fight back. LINK has been continuously working to bring about
awareness, better the conditions for North Koreans, and aid those who are crying
out for help. To this day, LINK has successfully rescued and resettled over 40
refugees to the US and South Korea ("LiNK: The North Korea Crisis").
o Build Awareness

 LINK media

 E-mails

 Facebook groups/events
o TheHundred Campaign

o What we can do at PSU- LINK Chapter at PSU

 LINK is asking each chapter to support one rescue: $2,500

 That would be $2,500 from a campus of over 70,000 people. That would
be $2,500 from a university that raised over 9 million dollars for Thon. If
less than 5% of our campus donated one dollar each, we hold one person’s
freedom in our hands.

 Commit to spreading awareness through an e-mail. (Sign up through hand-

out)

 Commit to donating to fulfill one rescue mission. (Sign up through hand-

out)
o Hand-Out

 Commit to beginning the one-dollar movement at PSU

• Yes! I’d like to donate one dollar to supporting one rescue mission.

• Yes! I’d like the necessary information to spread awareness to my

friends and family.
 • Yes! I’d like to join the efforts in creating PSU’s first LINK
chapter.

Bibliography

Head, Tom. "Human Rights in North Korea - North Korean Human Rights Abuses." About.com:
Civil Liberties. The New York Times Company, 2011. Web. 19 Apr 2011.
<http://civilliberty.about.com/od/internationalhumanrights/p/northkorea101.htm>.

"North Korea 101: A Brief Overview." LiNK: The North Korea Crisis. LiNK, n.d. Web. 19 Apr
2011. <http://linkglobal.org/rescuing.html>.
"North Korean Human Rights." Amnesty International. Amnesty International, 2011. Web. 19
Apr 2011. <http://www.amnestyusa.org/all-countries/north-korea/page.do?id=1011213>.