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June 2016
KAAN Conference
Annual meeting of the Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network, providing 30+ sessions on race and identity, family relationships, parenting tools, search and reunion, etc. Presenters include authors, educators, activists, therapists, and grassroots leaders. Cultural and social activities are offered as well as vendors, exhibits, and film screenings.
Find out more »February 2017
Teen AdoptCONNECT
This year's community series focuses on the experience of children in foster care and adoption. Offered quarterly by Lesli Johnson and Angela Gee, of AdoptCONNECT and sponsored by Five Acres, the presentations will include documentary screenings with discussions, and workshops on transracial adoptive families and treatment strategies for children and adolescents. The 2017 series is open to all members of the adoption constellation: adoptees, adoptive parents and first parents, as well as adoption professionals, therapists and social workers, as we…
Find out more »February 2019
AKA Adoptive Parent Series
“Side by Side: Out of a South Korean Orphanage and Into the World” is a multi-platform documentary project revealing 60+ years of inter-country adoption with first-person stories from 100 adult adoptees. For this special Also-Known-As screening, two themed film compilations “Growing Up” and “Searching for Answers,” focusing on identity and birth search, will be shown. Afterward, a panel with Side x Side creator and co-director Glenn Morey and two local adoptees who appear in the films, Joy Lieberthal Rho and…
Find out more »April 2019
Smith College “Adoption Conversation”
Join us for a lecture and discussion on adoption, with wine and cheese. This special event, co-hosted with the Smith College Office of Alumni Relations, will bring together SSW alumni, SSW students, Smith College alumnae, and guests for an authentic insightful discussion on experiences and issues surrounding adoption.
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