KAANJun 256 minHow Can White People Become Stronger Racial Justice Allies?In this post, Stacy Schroeder shares practical tips & resources to help white people understand how they can play a role in racial justice.
KAANJun 245 minRe-Imagining Pride in the Midst of COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter MovementIn this post, Erica Gehringer discusses the importance of centering Black & Brown Queer & Trans people as we celebrate Pride month in June.
KAANJun 167 min"This Week Has Been Hard for Mommy": A TRA Talks about #GeorgeFloyd with her Multiracial DaughterIn this post, Dr. Aeriel A. Ashlee tells a vivid story about how she discussed the murder of #GeorgeFloyd with her multiracial daughter.
KAANJun 36 minExamining Anti-Blackness in TRA & Asian American CommunitiesIn this post, SunAh Laybourn and Shaaren Pine discuss the importance of examining anti-Blackness for Transracial Adoptees & Asian Americans.
KAANMay 293 minBeyond Speaking Out May is APA Heritage month, and in this post Taneka Hye Wol Jennings shares why history is crucial for solidarity and justice movements.
KAANMar 175 minReflections from KAAN 2019 Scholarship RecipientsAttending a KAAN conference for the first time can be transformative. This post shares the experiences of three 2019 scholarship recipients.
Chris ShepardSep 18, 20184 minA Letter from KAAN’s New Executive DirectorThank you all for the tremendous support as I step into the role of KAAN’s executive director. I appreciate all of the comments, messages...
Chris ShepardSep 13, 20172 minVideo Participation Opportunity … Deadline 10/15Patrick Amunson attended his first KAAN conference this summer and found it to be life-changing. Amunson, a videographer, decided to give...
Chris ShepardJun 24, 20162 minHonoring Orlando: #KAAN2016 ConferenceThis message was shared this afternoon at the kickoff of the #KAAN2016 Conference by Advisory Council member Mark Hagland and presenter E...
Chris ShepardMay 13, 20163 minHow #KAAN2016 Meets the Needs of … Adult Adoptees Who Have Been There, Done ThatThis post is one in a series highlighting the ways our #KAAN2016 Conference, scheduled for June 24-26 in Pittsburgh, PA, provides a wond...
Chris ShepardMay 4, 20163 minHow #KAAN2016 Meets the Needs of … Parents of Adult AdopteesThis post is one in a series highlighting the ways our #KAAN2016 Conference, scheduled for June 24-26 in Pittsburgh, PA, provides a wond...
Chris ShepardApr 29, 20164 minHow #KAAN2016 Meets the Needs of … Adoptive Parents of Teen & Young Adult AdopteesThis post is one in a series highlighting the ways our #KAAN2016 Conference, scheduled for June 24-26 in Pittsburgh, PA, provides a wond...
Chris ShepardJun 17, 20153 minKAAN 2015: Intersections of Race, Identity, and AdoptionAs the media buzz kicked off by #RachelDolezal swells around “new” conversations of race, identity, and misappropriation, a national adop...
Chris ShepardMar 14, 20152 minAnnouncing A New Collaborative Video ProjectBrought to you by: The AN-YA Project, KAAN, The Lost Daughters Project: Dear Wonderful You, #FliptheScript: For the Next Generation will ...
Chris ShepardSep 2, 20144 minHow I Met The Lost Boys Of Sudan (On The Way To KAAN)A guest post by Katie Jae Naftzger, LICSW, a KAAN presenter, member of KAAN’s Advisory Council, and family therapist, adoption specialist...
Chris ShepardJul 10, 20134 minWhat Transracial Adoptees Share: A Conversation with Stephanie Kripa Cooper-Lewter, Ph.D.by Mark Hagland Stephanie Kripa Cooper-Lewter, Ph.D., was abandoned in northern India in the 1970’s, and adopted at the age of two-and-a-...
Chris ShepardJun 26, 20135 minRacism and White Privilege: Breaking out of the “White Club”An Interview by Mark Hagland For the fifth year in a row, Jennifer Griffith Hilzinger will help lead a session for all KAAN attendees on ...
Chris ShepardJun 3, 20134 minOn Spark Moments and In-Between PlacesMy pastor and good friend (who also happens to be an adoptive sibling) recently gave a sermon where she referred to ecotones. It was a new...
Chris ShepardMay 29, 20137 minNot An “Adoption Expert”When I was in elementary school my father introduced me to an older girl who I was told was my new sister. I instantly began spending as ...
Chris ShepardMay 7, 20133 minVariations on a Common Theme: Adult Adoptees Set to Explore “Commonalities Across Countries” at KAANI am incredibly excited to be able to participate in two of the sessions at this summer’s KAAN Conference, because they speak to so much ...
