Bri Taylor (’25) featured in UMNews article about 2025 Young Adults Pilgrimage of Peace
The following is an excerpt from the article “Young adults walk paths of peace” featuring Bri Taylor (’25), published by UMNews. Photo and article by the Rev. Thomas E. Kim, UM News.
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A video presentation at the memorial vividly recounted the brutal suppression of the Democratic Uprising and the citizens’ resilient, ethical resistance. On May 18, 1980, the South Korean military violently suppressed nonviolent student demonstrations against the military dictatorship that seized power the previous year.
Briana N. Taylor, from United Methodist-related Boston University School of Theology, shared her reflections following the visit.
“I saw this history of Gwangju as alive and still present,” she told UM News. “It invited me theologically to sit with death in mourning in an attitude of Holy Saturday, instead of rushing through to find new life on Resurrection Sunday.”
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