Candidate Kyungsun Min Accelerates 'Welfare and Disability Field Activities'... Declarations of Support and Policy Proposals Follow

Goyang City Local Child Care Center Association Declares Support for Kyungsun Min

Gyeonggi Disabled Human Rights Forum and Goyang Branch of Parents’ Solidarity for the Disabled

Deliver Joint Policy Proposals on "Independent Living and Mobility Rights" for Persons with Disabilities

Candidate Min: “I Will Make Goyang Free of Welfare Blind Spots”

On the 29th, the final days of the official election campaign, Goyang mayoral candidate Kyungsun Min made focused efforts to eliminate welfare blind spots by consecutively visiting child care sites and welfare organizations for the disabled.

On the 29th, nearing the end of the official campaign period, Min Kyung-sun, candidate for mayor of Goyang, made focused efforts to address welfare blind spots by consecutively meeting with child care sites and organizations for disabled welfare. Photo provided by candidate Min Kyung-sun

On this day, Kyungsun Min held a meeting at his campaign office in the morning with the executives of the Goyang City Local Child Care Center Association (hereafter referred to as the Association). In the afternoon, he visited the auditorium of the Gyeonggi Disabled Human Rights Forum, where he attended a joint policy proposal delivery ceremony with the Gyeonggi Disabled Human Rights Forum and the Goyang branch of the Parents’ Solidarity for the Disabled.

The morning meeting was attended by Choi Seongbok, Senior Vice President of the Association, other executives, and heads of local child care centers. They shared on-site difficulties and officially declared their support for Kyungsun Min.

In their declaration of support, the Association stated, “Reducing gaps in local care and establishing a sustainable welfare system is an urgent task that can no longer be postponed.” The Association proposed five key policies, including: stabilizing the child and youth care system and strengthening support for field organizations; expanding customized support for children from multicultural families and vulnerable groups; and establishing a collaborative care system between public and private sectors.

At the event, candidate Kyungsun Min expressed his deep gratitude for the role that local child care centers have played in supporting children under difficult circumstances. He emphasized, “We will not stop at mere institutional formality, but will ensure, through policy, meticulous care and learning environments for children without any blind spots, as well as a stable working environment that allows staff to take pride in their work.”

Later in the afternoon, at the policy proposal delivery ceremony, about 50 members from the Gyeonggi Disabled Human Rights Forum and the Goyang branch of the Parents’ Solidarity for the Disabled delivered to candidate Min their “Policy Proposals for Independent Living and Social Participation of Persons with Disabilities.”

The core directions proposed by these organizations included: securing accessibility to public facilities and stabilizing the operation of low-floor buses and special transportation (mobility rights); providing individualized support for independent living and building health care and cultural infrastructure; facilitating community transition and strengthening public rental housing and follow-up support systems for people with disabilities moving out of institutions; and improving treatment for disability welfare workers and adjusting the operating expenses of independent living facilities to reflect reality.

In particular, Kim Jaeryong, the representative, strongly appealed, “It is urgent to expand the number of drivers to improve the bus usage environment and mobility rights for wheelchair users, and it is essential to reorganize the additional budget for activity support workers that has been reduced.”

In response, Kyungsun Min said, “I deeply empathize with the mobility restrictions, housing insecurity, and pain caused by budget cuts felt by persons with disabilities and their families.” He announced, “To make Goyang a city where people with disabilities are at the center of social participation, I will establish a ‘Dedicated Advisor on Disability Policy’ directly under the Mayor’s Office.”

Furthermore, candidate Min promised, “To enhance the effectiveness of policies, I will institutionalize quarterly ‘town hall meetings’ chaired by the mayor, to immediately reflect on-site voices in the budget and system.” He added, “In particular, I will promote the expansion of special transportation options for those with mobility challenges to ensure the mobility rights of persons with disabilities.”

Lee Kyungja, president of the Parents’ Solidarity for the Disabled, who attended the event, stated, “The support and policy proposals from welfare and disability organizations are a recognition by citizens of Kyungsun Min’s field-oriented and genuine approach.” She added, “We look forward to a ‘warm Goyang community’ where no one, from children to persons with disabilities, is left behind.”

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