Lee Young-hee, designer of the traditional Korean attire 'hanbok,' held a hanbok fashion show at the Samsung Experience exhibition hall inside the Time Warner Center in New York on May 22. She has held the fashion show every spring and autumn in New York since 2003. This year, she showcased a total 80 outfits of combined Korean and Western beauty including 15 made from a new material processed from the traditional Korean paper 'hanji.' Hanji threads combined with silk were woven into cloth, which were then naturally dyed.

The Diamond Sutra Recitation Group was there to distribute complymentary copies of their booklet series 'Admiral Yi Sunsin' and 'King Sejong the Great'. More than 400 copies were freely distributed. A limited number of the DVDs 'History of Gold, Nation of Gold: Rediscovering the Relics of Ancient Korea' and 'Dream of the Dynasty, Music of Peace' were also freely distributed.

The Great Neck Arts Center (GNAC) is dedicated to promoting and supporting the arts through education, performace, exhibition and outreach.

On May 20^th, 2007 the GNAC hosted "Poetry Sundays" at the Great Neck Plaza Village Hall, in Great Neck (Long Island). The guest in this event was poet Ishle Yi Park that presented some of her poems from her book "The Temperature of This Water".

Ishle Yi Park was named the Poet Laureate of Queens in 2004 and served for three years. Her first book, The Temperature of This Water, won three awards, including the Pen America Award for Outstanding Writers of Color. She has taught creative writing in high schools, colleges, prisons, and community centers across the country.

Diamond Sutra Recitation Group members at the end of the event distributed complimetary copies of the KSCPP Series booklets ("Admiral Yi Sunshin" and "King Sejong The Great") along with the DVD "The History of Gold, The Nation of Gold: Rediscovering the Relics of Ancient Korea".