THE COMMUNITY JOURNAL — LEARN SOMETHING. GIVE SOMETHING.
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Learning
to listen.

A helping hand.
A thoughtful question.
A new connection.

At our first kimchi community event, Jihyul volunteered—and used the interview skills he had learned in journalism class to speak with a participant.

Cultural exchangeYouth serviceLearning in action
Watch Jihyul’s story 01:30 ↗Also watch: the community film · 60 seconds ↓
Community collaboration
Okinawa Korean Association
오키나와 한인회
Venue
Okinawa Korean Church
오키나와한인교회
YOUTH SERVICE & A REAL CONVERSATION / 90 SECONDSSave film ↗

Jihyul is shown with family permission. Other participants’ faces are obscured. The interview uses the original event audio.

LEARNING TO GIVE, IN PRACTICE

From the classroom
to the community.

배워서 남주자.
함께하며 배우고, 배운 것을 나누다.

On October 31, 2026, we joined the first edition of a community kimchi-making event with the Okinawa Korean Association, at Okinawa Korean Church.

It was a busy first day. Jihyul helped at the food tables and gave his best alongside the other volunteers. He also interviewed a participant, putting skills he had learned in journalism class into practice.

Learning to give also means learning to listen. A shared task and a thoughtful question can make room for a new conversation. For ALL TO GIVE, this was a small, real expression of “learn so we can give.”

We hope to keep building understanding among Japanese neighbors, Korean community members and military-connected families—by showing up, listening and contributing regularly.

ONE DAY, TWO PERSPECTIVES

The whole room.
The shared work.

Food to share. Hands ready to help. Our first film captures the many people and small acts that brought the day to life.

지휼이의 이야기와 함께, 모두가 만든 첫 행사도 기록합니다.

Jihyul’s interview film · 90 seconds ↑
01 / THE COMMUNITY FILM · 60 SECONDSSave film ↗

Our first event edit: kimchi-making, volunteering and a shared beginning.

The actual association banner at the event, reading 재일본오키나와한국인연합회 and 在日本沖縄韓国人連合会.
02 / OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONView photograph ↗

Okinawa Korean Association

재일본오키나와한국인연합회 · 오키나와 한인회

The association’s banner, captured in the family’s event footage. We joined the community effort with the association; Okinawa Korean Church provided the venue.

MOMENTS FROM THE DAY

A few glimpses of a real beginning.

Jihyul talking with an event participant while the conversation is filmed; other faces obscured.
01 / A question becomes a conversation.
Jihyul helping at the food table with other volunteers and participants; other faces obscured.
02 / Helping where he can.
Jihyul listening beside the food table during the community event; other faces obscured.
03 / Learning from the people around us.

WHAT WE TAKE FORWARD

A first day is a beginning.
Community takes practice.

01 / LEARN

Be ready to listen.

Jihyul brought interviewing skills from journalism class into a real conversation with an event participant.

02 / GIVE

Help where we can.

He helped at the food tables, working alongside other volunteers through a busy first event.

03 / RETURN

Keep showing up.

Build on this first experience with useful, manageable ways to serve together.

Event details & film notes

The event

Date: October 31, 2026
Location: Okinawa Korean Church, Ginowan
Community collaboration: Okinawa Korean Association
Our part: Youth volunteer participation

This was a shared community event, not an event organized solely by ALL TO GIVE. The first-edition context and Jihyul’s participation are documented by the family. No attendance, donation total or service-hour figure is claimed.

View the event flyer photograph ↗

About the film

00:00–00:22 · Lending a hand, sharing a table, and bringing classroom learning into the community.
00:22–01:20 · Excerpts from Jihyul’s real interview, with original English audio.
01:20–01:30 · Learn something. Give something.

Edited from family photographs and recordings. Optional English and Korean story notes summarize the scenes; they are not a word-for-word interview transcript. No dialogue or participant quotations have been recreated.

The original 60-second community film is also preserved above, alongside the association banner captured at the event.

ONE EVENT. MORE WAYS TO CONNECT.

What could we
learn and give next?

Food, language, a game, a shared skill. We are learning how to make space for people to come together.

Our community connections ↗