US boy campaigns for Korean peace park

February 8: Girls Rock! The Movie premiere

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The As Ifs perform at a special opening weekend event for Girls Rock! The Movie, a documentary on the Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls in Portland, which opened in 2001 and has inspired girls rock camps around the world, including the new Bay Area Girls Rock Camp, debuting this summer in Oakland.

Filmmaker Shane King [right] led a Q&A after the screening.

You can catch Girls Rock! The Movie in a bunch of cities, now and in the upcoming weeks.

US boy campaigns for Korean peace park
An American teenager, campaigning near Tiananmen Square to bring attention to his proposal for a peace park in Korea, has been led away by police.
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Ridgeland youth takes Korea campaign to China
A 13-year-old Ridgeland boy campaigning to turn the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea into a peace park tried to get the Chinese president’s attention Monday, staging a brief protest near Tiananmen Square before being led away by police.
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