Journeys: The 14th Annual KAAN Conference
Journey with Us at the 14th Annual KAAN Conference
Journeys...
Albany Marriott, Albany, NY
July 27-29, 2012
KAAN is a community where people seek to improve the lives of adoptees and their families through education and support. Since 1999, KAAN has provided an annual conference located in the United States or Korea. These conferences are unique assemblies of those with ties to each other... Korean-born adoptees of all ages as well as family through birth, adoption or marriage, other Koreans and Korean-Americans, social workers, adoptees from other backgrounds, community leaders, and more. Through gathering together, we find what we have in common and where we can help one another.
Our conferences provide over thirty sessions on ethnic ties, search and reunion, racial identity development, family relationships, and more. Each block includes an adoptee-only session as well as many choices open to all. Cultural and social activities are offered as well as vendors, exhibits, and film screenings. Our 2012 conference theme is Journeys. Together we will explore the many journeys--physical, emotional, legal, spiritual--that we as individuals and as a community travel.
Want to hear about personal journeys and also research being done by adoptees on the experiences of other adoptees? Want to connect with others who are planning programs across the country? Want to meet some great friends and mentors? Join a global community of adopted people, first and adoptive parents, extended adoptive families, and adoption professionals at the KAAN Conference. Online registration is still available at http://www.kaanet.com/currentconference/.
New This Year: A new childcare program that is joining our existing youth activities and adult programs. Together these programs create offerings for attendees age 3 and up and make it possible for all members of adoptive families to attend.
Back by Popular Demand: The adult-adoptee-only tier that runs throughout our program blocks. Adoptees are the largest attendance demographic, followed by other Koreans and Korean -Americans and adoptive parents. We also have birthparents, siblings and spouses/partners of adoptees, and social workers who attend.
See you in Albany!
The Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network
P.O. Box 714 Camp Hill, PA 17001
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