Our Community

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.

Our Conference

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 thirteen years KAAN has supported community development through its conferences: KAAN Conferences have been held in Los Angeles, CA; Hasbrouck Heights, NJ; Seattle, WA; Minneapolis, MN; Arlington, VA; San Francisco, CA; Detroit, MI; Seoul, Korea; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Denver, CO, Harrisburg, PA, and Atlanta, GA. Next year's conference will be held in Albany, NY.

We are excited to announce the 14th annual KAAN Conference. This event will be held in Albany, NY from July 27-29, 2012. Our theme is Journeys... The conference will explore the many journeys--physical, emotional, legal, spiritual--that we as individuals and as a community travel. We will accept session proposals through December 15, 2011. For more information on how to get involved, click the "KAAN Conference" link at the left.

Our Organization

Our Mission

Our mission is to build understanding and stronger connections among adoptees, adoptive and birth families, Koreans, and Korean-Americans. Since 1998 we have nurtured a network of individuals and organizations related to Korean adoption, connecting the community through our annual conferences and frequent newsletters of events and opportunities from around the nation and world. We also welcome members of other international or interethnic adoptive communities, as we often share some common experiences and can learn from each other.

What is KAAN?

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.

KAAN is entirely run by volunteers with no paid staff. All funds raised go to support the KAAN Conference.