One hundred thousand Korean children
have been adopted into the United States.
With their extended families,
they form a Korean adoption community
of over two million.
KAAN’s primary project is an annual national conference in a different city each year.
This annual coming together allows all attendees to feel part of a national adoption community.
In fact conference attendees come from all over the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe and Australia.
KAAN offers national support and guidance, but the KAAN Conference belongs to the community where it is held.
Through the process of hosting a conference, it is hoped that the local organizations will be strengthened
and the local connections among adoptive families, adult adoptees, Koreans, and Korean Americans will be enhanced.
For nine years KAAN has supported community development through its conferences: KAAN Conferences have been
held in Los Angeles, California; Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey; Seattle, Washington; Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Arlington, Virginia; San Francisco, California; Detroit, Michigan; Seoul Korea; and Boston, Massachusetts.
Next year’s conference will be held in Chicago, Illinois.
KAAN is entirely run by volunteers with no paid staff. All funds raised go to support the KAAN Conference.
KAAN's mission is to support networking and build understanding among Adoptees,
Adoptive Families, Koreans And Korean Americans.
KAAN is the Korean American Adoptee
Adoptive Family Network. Adoptees, Adoptive
Parents and Korean Americans are involved in this
organization, making it a most inclusive
organization.
KAAN is a network which links individuals and
organizations across the United States and
Canada.
