Master Spillmann also was honored to train with and work with Grand Master Tong Suk Chun on the Kingdom Day Parade to
further world harmony, peace and understanding among all peoples. Grandmaster Tong Suk Chun President of the World Cultural
Sports Foundation, Inc. has been championing the cause of equality for the past two decades, and has been appointed Los Angeles
County Human Relations Commissioner, appointed by Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Supervisor of the Second District. He joins an
illustrious group of civic- minded men and women, interested in increasing the general understanding among the 10 million
residents of Los Angeles County.
Since coming to the United States in the
mid 70s, Master Chun has been passionately involved in community service. As a Grand
Master, he has donated his time in providing TaeKwonDo training to inner-city Los Angeles
youth, and has touched the lives of over 20,000 students in the United States.
Since 1991, Master Chun has served as the co-chair of the Martin Luther King, Jr. “Kingdom Day” Parade, and has worked on the Inner-City Games of Los Angeles, serving over 1,000 youths and young adults who participated in the tournament and demonstrations.
In direct response to the 1992 Los Angeles
riots, Master Chun founded the World Cultural and Sports Foundation,
Inc. (WCSF). Today, the WCSF works in bringing cultural expression, cooperation and friendship to various groups by undertaking cultural exchange programs to and from Korea and Japan. African-Americans and other ethnic groups
are exposed to the people, land and culture of Asia.
The
opportunity to increase mutual understanding between people is the purpose of this project.
Since 2000, the Crenshaw Elite Choir of Crenshaw High School has made its Cultural Friendship
Exchange Summer tour to Korea on five occasions and twice to Japan. The WCSF organization
also has supported the annual “Feed the Homeless” event, sponsored by the
Office of Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke, the Shell Oil Company, and many other organizations.
Master Chun has expanded his mission internationally, and has,
since March, 2003,begun to help in Afghanistan and Pakistan by establishing NGO WCSF
branches. In Afghanistan, he has established a WCSF English-language school that now
has 840 students and five soccer teams.
There also are WCSF branches in Korea and Japan. In October 2003, Master Chun supported the 1st USA & Korea Peace Marathon, held in Seoul, Korea and
organized by the Gag Nam Gu district government of Seoul City in conjunction with the U.S. 8th Army stationed in Korea.
The event was attended by over 10,000
people. Attendees included American soldiers and their families, stationed in Korea, as well as the local citizenry. The event
was so successful that it is being continued on an annual basis.