Mr. Lee Cheol Woo is the Chair Person of the May 18 Memorial Foundation. He is also the founder of the Gwangju Foreign Workers Center that aims to improve the human rights and treatment of workers and foreign workers in the 1970s and 1980s. In addition, he is also the representative of Gwangju Support Center for Migrant Workers. The Presidential award recipient from the Korean President; he was also the member of advisory committee of the 12^th National Unification Advisory Council. He was also the member of the draft committee of the Gwangju Human Rights Charter Legislation ( Gwangju Metropolitan City).