LiNK launching new documentary on North Korean refugees brought to safety

Esther Lee, the communications manager at LiNK (Liberty in North Korea), a highly worthy organization aimed at assisting North Korean refugees hiding in China that you may remember from Pepsi's "Refresh Everything" campaign, passed along some information for me to share with my readers.

From their website's announcement:

This year, we've rescued 20 North Korean refugees from hiding in China, thanks to the help of our incredibly generous supporters.

"Hiding" will follow the story of five individuals whose recues you have helped to fund. The documentary will highlight what life in hiding is really like and the risks that must be taken to escape.

LiNK's Nomads will be taking the film on the road this fall so if you are interested in seeing it, please book a screening to secure a date on our tour. We’ll be traveling to colleges, high schools and churches.

Here is a link (ha ha!) to the teaser. They've also got a list of planned screenings, and a way for folks to host their own screening. Their "tour" doesn't seem to include Hawaii, so if anyone out there would like to join me in co-hosting a screening here in Honolulu, shoot me an email.

Esther also informs that LiNK is doing an eight-week webisode series, with considerable cooperation from the Ford Motor Company, to follow a North Korean defector whom LiNK helped rescue:

We were ecstatic to learn today that we were selected by Ford in a project called The People's Fleet, a two-month program in Los Angeles that will help five influential and socially-conscious organizations drive their unique missions forward with a Ford Fiesta, Flip HD video camera, and a professional cinematographer. Ford will highlight LiNK's work by following us with a film crew for the next eight weeks and promoting our work to Ford's network. This will all be done behind the wheel of the brand new Ford Fiesta!

The Fleet will follow North Korean defector Danny, rescued by LiNK in 2006, as he lives his resettled life in Los Angeles, as well as capture LiNK's headquarters operations.

Some of the webisodes for that can be found here, along with those of several other of Ford's worthy projects (including Habitat for Humanity in Orange County).

Last chance(s) to vote for LiNK

Today and tomorrow you can put in two votes (one for each day) for LiNK to win $250,000 from Pepsi. Click here for the reasons why this important, and click here to go and VOTE.

You can vote today and you can vote tomorrow. Hannah Song of LiNK wrote this to me:

Thanks so much for ... your tremendous support on the Pepsi challenge. We are SO close so we're in the office this weekend trying to rally last minute support and votes. We really appreciate all your help so far!

You can vote once today and you can vote once tomorrow, and unlike most other elections in America, multiple voting is legal! Go vote, now!

Countdown to completion of LiNK's Pepsi challenge: Vote early, vote often!

I got an email from Esther Lee, the Communications Manager at LiNK, the site organization that assists North Korean refugees and is trying to win $250,000 from Pepsi to set up a facility to better serve the refugees. Until the voting is done, you'll find a direct link to vote for LiNK at the top of the right-hand column. Here is her email:

Hi Kushibo,


I wanted to ask if you could urge your readers to vote for us every day this week at www.linkglobal.org. We've been stuck in 4th place and we only have one week left to place in the top 2. Sunday is the last day to vote.


An easy way to get the word out is through our facebook group and cause. Here are some links that make it easier:


http://linkglobal.org/pepsi/blog/?page_id=111


http://linkglobal.org/pepsi/blog/?p=204


http://linkglobal.org/pepsi/blog/?p=186


Thanks for your consideration and help!
-Esther

I'm more than happy to do whatever I can. Please, people, these folks at LiNK do good work, so vote early, vote often (at least vote once a day).