KAAN Conference Overview

K orean American
A doptee
A doptive Family
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Conference Overview

Program subject to change without notice

Friday

02:00 PM	Registration
	Vendors and Exhibitors
03:00 PM	Intergenerational Cultural Activities
04:30 PM	Mixer
	Dinner on Your Own
	Adoptee Dinner
07:30 PM	Conference Kickoff
08:00 PM	Screening and Discussion of Finding Seoul
	Intergenerational Cultural Activity

Saturday

07:00 AM	Breakfast
07:30 AM	Youth Breakfast Meetup
08:00 AM	Conference Welcome and Opening Keynote
	Youth Field Trip
	Vendors and Exhibitors
09:15 AM	Childcare Block #1
09:30 AM	Raising Our Children: New Chapters in the Adoptee Journey
	The Core Issues of Adoption as Normative Response to Adoption
	Betwixt & Between: Navigating the Identity Development Process in Transracially Adopted Korean-Americans
	Where Do Heritage Connections Take You?
	Adoption in Korea Today
11:00 AM	Understanding and Supporting Mental Health in the Family of Adoption
	Fifty Wonders of Korea and Korea Today
	Guiding Journeys - Adoptee Mentorship Programs
	Korean Language: A Powerful Aid for Your Journey
	Creating Ties That Bind: A Discussion on Relationships for Adoptees and Their Partners
12:30 PM	Luncheon and Keynote
02:00 PM	Childcare Block #2
02:15 PM	Finding Your Identity Within Family and Community
	Bringing Kimchi Into Our White Bread World: Adoptive Families Embracing Korean Culture and Language
	Don't Wait 'til Mommy Gets Home: Striving for Collaboration in Co-Parenting the Transracially Adopted Child
	Starting a Support Group & Keeping A Support Group Strong
	Who Owns the Information? Adoptees, Adoptive Parents, and Protecting Adoptee Information
03:45 PM	Learn About Korea Through Its Folktales
	Racism and White Privilege for the Adoptee and the Transracial Adoptive Family
	Compromised Attachments: What Parents Need to Know
	Twenty-Five Years of Camp MuJiGae
	Safe Haven
06:00 PM	Gala Dinner and Program
07:30 PM	Youth Swimming
08:30 PM	Adoptees Supporting Each Other
	Siblings and Spouses of Adoptees Supporting Each Other
	Parents of Adult Adoptees Supporting Each Other
	Birthparents Supporting Each Other
	Parents of Younger Adoptees Supporting Each Other

Sunday

07:45 AM	Prayers and Candlelighting
	Breakfast
08:00 AM	Vendors and Exhibitors
08:30 AM	Childcare Block #3
08:45 AM	Don't Hate My Face: Adoptees Explore Facial and Body Image Issues
	The Shift from Color Blind to Color Conscious
	Theme of Motherhood and Grandmotherhood Explored and Honored
	Our Journey Towards Wholeness
	Good Enough Parenting
	Youth Programming
10:15 AM	Look at Me, Don't Look at Me: Race, Culture, and Image in the Trans-racial Adoptive Family
	Giving Ourselves the Respect that We Deserve and Never Received
	Experiencing Korea Together to Change America
	Teen Talk
	Talking About Adoption
	Before You Were Mine: Why An Adoptee's Story Matters
	Youth Cultural Activities
11:45 AM	Closing and Keynote