About Us

Story of Hope

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"To remove the walls that stand between generation to generation, people to people, country to country and build a single unified community in Love." 
Building the Bridge, USA.

How We Started

We reside in Syracuse, New York and have met refugees who were resettled in Northside of Syracuse through Boaz computer class project. Since 2007, Boaz team has built relationships with refugees. Through the project, we were able to become aware of what they go through as newly-arrived new Americans. 

Then we thought, ‘they are full of potentials,’ but because of language barrier and other factors, they have not been able to introduce their potentials and bring about influences to the community. 

That is the reason we decided to “build the bridge,” a platform, which will give free rein to their potentials. We hope that our projects will bring about an impact on making the city of Syracuse a historic site because our projects highlight refugee history, talents and traditions who are Syracuse residents. 

Our Team

<span style="font-weight: bold;">Junghoon Ryu&nbsp;</span>
Junghoon Ryu 
Founder 
<span style="font-weight: bold;">John Palmer</span>
John Palmer
Fund Manager 
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Peter KS Bong&nbsp;</span>
Peter KS Bong 
<span style="font-weight: bold;">James JS Kim</span>
James JS Kim
Architectural Designer 
<span style="font-weight: bold;">June JY Park</span>&nbsp;
June JY Park 
Architectural Designer
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Yongbum Choi</span>&nbsp;
Yongbum Choi 
<span style="font-weight: 700;">Hae Lee Choi</span>
Hae Lee Choi
Art Director
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Ji Won Lee</span>
Ji Won Lee
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Jiin Kim</span>
Jiin Kim