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katie34549
Nov 9, 20172 min read
How KAAN Observes National Adoption Month
NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH. How are you doing out there, friends? We know this is a challenging month for some of you. Adoption is as much...
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katie34549
Sep 13, 20172 min read
Video Participation Opportunity … Deadline 10/15
Patrick Amunson attended his first KAAN conference this summer and found it to be life-changing. Amunson, a videographer, decided to give...
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katie34549
Jun 24, 20162 min read
Honoring Orlando: #KAAN2016 Conference
This message was shared this afternoon at the kickoff of the #KAAN2016 Conference by Advisory Council member Mark Hagland and presenter...
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katie34549
May 13, 20163 min read
How #KAAN2016 Meets the Needs of … Adult Adoptees Who Have Been There, Done That
This post is one in a series highlighting the ways our #KAAN2016 Conference, scheduled for June 24-26 in Pittsburgh, PA, provides a...
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katie34549
May 3, 20163 min read
How #KAAN2016 Meets the Needs of … Parents of Adult Adoptees
This post is one in a series highlighting the ways our #KAAN2016 Conference, scheduled for June 24-26 in Pittsburgh, PA, provides a...
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katie34549
May 2, 20164 min read
How #KAAN2016 Meets the Needs of … Adult Adoptees Who Were Not Born in Korea
This post is one in a series highlighting the ways our #KAAN2016 Conference, scheduled for June 24-26 in Pittsburgh, PA, provides a...
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katie34549
Apr 29, 20164 min read
How #KAAN2016 Meets the Needs of … Adoptive Parents of Teen & Young Adult Adoptees
This post is one in a series highlighting the ways our #KAAN2016 Conference, scheduled for June 24-26 in Pittsburgh, PA, provides a...
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katie34549
Apr 25, 20162 min read
How #KAAN2016 Meets the Needs of … Adult Adoptees Who Are New to the Adoption Community
This post is one in a series highlighting the ways our #KAAN2016 Conference, scheduled for June 24-26 in Pittsburgh, PA, provides a...
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katie34549
Apr 18, 20162 min read
Speak Up for #CitizenshipForAllAdoptees
The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (CCA 2000) was passed with the intention of providing automatic U.S. citizenship for international...
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katie34549
Jan 5, 20163 min read
In Memory of Ellie Conant, KAAN Contributor and Friend
Ellie Conant We are deeply saddened to announce the death of longtime KAAN friend and contributor Ellie Conant on January 1, 2016. Ellie...
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katie34549
Jun 17, 20153 min read
KAAN 2015: Intersections of Race, Identity, and Adoption
As the media buzz kicked off by #RachelDolezal swells around “new” conversations of race, identity, and misappropriation, a national...
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katie34549
Apr 18, 20152 min read
Happy 17th Birthday, KAAN!
On this day in 1998, a group of Korean government leaders, Korean-American leaders, adoptee leaders, and adoptive parent leaders met in...
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katie34549
Mar 13, 20152 min read
Announcing A New Collaborative Video Project
Brought to you by: The AN-YA Project, KAAN, The Lost Daughters Project: Dear Wonderful You, #FliptheScript: For the Next Generation will...
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katie34549
Sep 2, 20144 min read
How 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...
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katie34549
Aug 15, 20142 min read
Call for Proposals for #KAAN2015
We are now accepting proposals for our 17th annual conference to be held in St Louis, MO, from June 26-28, 2015. Forms and complete...
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katie34549
Feb 5, 20143 min read
Conference Press Release
KAAN 2014: A Return to Minneapolis A Korean Adoption Conference Highlights That the Time is NOW to Listen To and Support Adoptees For...
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katie34549
Jul 10, 20134 min read
What 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...
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katie34549
Jul 9, 20133 min read
Fifteen Things You Should Know About KAAN
1. We believe in the worth of every individual. Everyone has something to give and something to learn. We are a meeting place for...
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katie34549
Jun 26, 20135 min read
Racism 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...
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katie34549
Jun 10, 20139 min read
Six Things Your Adopted Child Might Be Thinking, But Will Never Tell You
What kinds of issues around adoptee racial and cultural identity, racism, multiracial family dynamics, cultural interactions and...
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