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The 2010 KAAN Conference will be held in Harrisburg, PA from July 23-25, 2010. Our theme is The Road Ahead. This theme is relevant as Korea looks at closing international adoption, as racial discussions and perspectives continue to evolve in the United States, and as North Korea’s situation changes every day with questions of war, reunification, and human rights on the forefront. What wisdom can KAAN presenters and participants bring to these discussions? How can we listen and respond to each other and the world around us? How can we as a community support adoptees and adoptive parents of all ages? We are currently selecting workshops from the proposals submitted. We are consolidating our websites. We will begin adding workshops to the website at they are selected and speakers are notified. Check back often for updates at www.kaanet.com Click on 2010 Conference. We expect to be open for registration in February. |
A Euro-American on a Korean Tour at a Thai Restaurant in China : With
each chapter examining issues that interethnic adoptive families experience, Chris
Winston weaves her own perspective on her adoption experience with perspectives
related to her by her own children, adopted adults, other adoptive parents, birth
parents, Koreans, Korean Americans, and Asian Americans. While the book’s focus
is on experiences with Korean adoption, the experiences are transferable to inter-ethnic
adoptions from any country. Author's
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Pushing Up the Sky : This is the story of a remarkable family facing
incredible challenges of cancer while simultaneously figuring out how to weave their
adopted children's Korean heritage and racial ethnicity into their family. It is a story of
compromises and insights, profound joy, deep suffering, and terrific rewards. Parenting birth
and adopted children — is one theme of this book. Most of all, it is a story on the meaning
of family, and learning to let go of expectations and to forge a new identity. Author's
speaking engagements... |
| Proceeds from book sales support the KAAN Conference. Purchase your copy at www.kaanet.com/books/ | |
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As Palo Alto's Jeremy Lin leads his Harvard hoops squad toward victory, an Atlanta promoter launches an all-white basketball league, leading Jeff Yang to ponder the light and dark side
of rooting for the race. Read More: http://www.sfgate.com |
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The North Korean government sends its engineers to China to study reforms and free market. A sign of the fragility of the economic system of the regime, which fears total collapse. The
trip was paid for by Seoul, which does not want to find 22 million poor people on its back. Read More: http://www.speroforum.com |
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A 23-year-old Shin Suk-kyun was recently scolded at a private educational institute or hagwon for not doing his ``home assignment'' of approaching a woman in the street and obtaining her
mobile phone number. Read More: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr |
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The lucrative trade in newborns was fueled by an adoption frenzy that saw government-run orphanages paying for children who they then made available to Westerners. Read More: http://www.latimes.com |
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Everybody knows what adoption is. But we rarely see how adoption affects the people involved: adoptees, birthparents and adoptive parents in same race and transracial adoptions. The
56 minute documentary Unlocking the Heart of Adoption explores the adoption experience from all three points-of-view of the adoption triad interwoven with fascinating historical background.
This groundbreaking film bridges the gap between birth and adoptive families revealing their innermost feelings, fears and joys. Your can watch the 5 minute trailer and purchase the film on the
website: http://www.unlockingtheheart.com. |
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Adopted reveals the grit rather than the glamor of transracial adoption. First-time director Barb Lee goes deep into the intimate lives of two well-meaning families and shows us the subtle
challenges they face. One family is just beginning the process of adopting a baby from China and is filled with hope and possibility. The other family’s adopted Korean daughter is now 32 years old. Prompted
by her adoptive mother’s terminal illness, she tries to create the bond they never had. The results are riveting, unpredictable and telling. While the two families are at opposite ends of the journey,
their stories converge to show us that love isn’t always enough. http://www.adoptedthemovie.com |
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A book for all cultures, What Will You Be, Sara Mee? celebrates siblings, community, and the blending of traditions as it tells the story of Sara Mee’s tol, the Korean first-birthday celebration. Food and presents abound, but most exciting of all is the traditional Korean prophecy game, called the toljabee, which predicts what Sara Mee will be when she grows up. Author Kate Aver Avraham writes with a deep knowledge and understanding of Korean culture and its first-birthday celebration tradition. Having adopted a child from Korea 25 years ago, What Will You Be, Sara Mee? is inspired by her own daughter’s tol. Available through Charlesbridge http://www.charlesbridge.com |
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In 1982, Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man who lived in Detroit at the height of anti-Japanese sentiments, was murdered by two white autoworkers. For the first time, Asian Americans around the country galvanzied to form a real community and movement -- and Chin's murder was the catalyst for this. View Trailer: http://www.youtube.com |
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Part one http://www.youtube.com Part two http://www.youtube.com Part
three http://www.youtube.com Part 4 http://www.youtube.com Part 5 http://www.youtube.com |
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At the end of the KAAN Conference we had some left over KAAN Conference bags. Karen Lim offered to take them and use them for an art project with kids in a Korean orphanage.
Wow did she follow through! Beautiful dear precious children at SungNo Orphanage expressing their beautiful soul colors! Take a look http://www.facebook.com |
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The third issue of Journal of Korean Adoption Studies focuses on community as a significant project that Korean adoptees have been engaged in building since the early 1980s. This... issue facilitates opportunities to examinexamine struggles for community by documenting previous models on which adoptees have relied to imagine possible directions toward developing collective unity... To download full CFP, visit: http://goal.or.kr See More |
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This is a great opportunity to learn Korean language at a prestigious University in South Korea. InKAS provides Korean language scholarships to overseas Korean adoptees. In association with a grant from the Ministry for Health, Welfare, and Family Affairs, scholarship grantees can study at any of these language Institutes: Ewha Woman’s, Korea, Kyunghee, Seoul National, Sogang, Sookmyung and Yonsei University. Any overseas Korean adoptee over the age of 18 can invest a semester or more of studying Korean is qualified for the scholarships. Application – Required documents - Application form - One photocopy of adoption document with your Korean name - One photocopy of your passport with passport number - One photocopy of your high school graduation certificate - One photo (3x4cm) - One page of self-introduction Application Dates Starting from February 1st, first-come, first-served basis *Only fully-completed application along with all the required documents after February 1st in Korean time will be accepted. Selections will be made entirely on a first-come, first-serve basis. *Please note that Sogang and Seoul National Univ. are not available for the Spring semester. How to Apply Sign-up through the InKAS website and go to the Korean Language Scholarship section: Services -> Scholarship -> InKAS Scholarship Program Request (http://www.inkas.or.kr)
? Submit an application form on the page and upload all the required documents on “Mypage” *MyPage is on your right top after you log in. |
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Don't miss this opportunity to visit Korea. Airfare and Room and Board are covered. (Korean Air only covers the airfare cost at departing Korean Air airports and tax & fuel surcharges are not included.) There is a registration fee of $150/ The program includeds Korean Culture Classes, Gatherings with Korean Volunteers and Field Trips. To apply and for more information go to http://www.inkas.or.kr |
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A colleague of mine in Asian American Studies asked me to send this around: Hi all, Kelley Blomberg is working on a feature story for Hyphen on Asian American adoptees who end up adopting Asian children of their own. Kelley is looking to interview people who fall into this category. She's already talked to adoption agencies but they're a little cagey about releasing personal information. If you know of anyone who'd be willing to speak with Kelley for her story, please e-mail her at kblomberg@kearnswest.com. Thanks much, Pia (Features Editor) -- |
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Dear Fellow Korean Adoptee, |
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KSEA and KUSCO are pleased to announce multiple scholarships for graduate($1,500 each) and undergraduate($1,000 each) students majoring in science, engineering, or related fields. The scholarships
recognize outstanding students of Korean heritage who excel in academics as well as in service to the community, and have potential to become future leaders of society. Details are given online at http://scholarship.ksea.org . Potential recipients should apply by February 19, 2010. |
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The Asian Pacific Islanders for Professional and Community Advancement Applicants will be evaluated on the basis of their scholastic and personal If you have further questions or need additional information, please call |
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*Call For Papers* Sixth Biennial St. John's University Adoption Conference *Open Arms, Open Minds:* *The Ethics of Adoption in the 21st Century* * October 14-16th 2010 * (Thursday evening to Saturday afternoon) We are pleased to invite professionals, researchers, scholars, practitioners, and graduate students to submit papers and research manuscripts that address issues likely to impact individuals and families touched by adoption for the sixth, biennial adoption conference at St. John’s University. Our first conference in 2000 was entitled, “The Adoption Journey: Psychological, Socio-Political, and Legal Challenges”; the second conference in 2002 focused on “The Lifelong Adoption Journey: Through the Eyes of the Adopted”; the 2004 conference was entitled, “The Dynamics of Adoption: A Three-Way Mirror;” the 2006 conference focused on “Families Without Borders? Adoption Across Culture and Race”; and the 2008 conference was entitled “Identity and the Adopted Teen: Surviving the Crucible of Adolescence.” In keeping with our goal to create conferences that address adoption themes relevant to the training of mental health professionals as well as to the personal growth and understanding of adoption triad members themselves, our sixth conference will focus on issues related to ethics of adoption in the 21st century. The 2010 conference theme will highlight emerging changes in the practice of adoption since the start of the new century. The topics should include consideration of *ethics* and also address *openness* (or the lack thereof) in adoption. Thus topics might include discussions of search and reunion, third party reproduction adoption and openness to contact with donors and surrogates, GLBT adoptees and/or parents, contact between foster care providers and adoptive families, and clinical issues with various members of the triad, open records legislation and adoption reform, the Hague Convention and changes in international adoption, etc. *EXAMPLES* for papers and sessions: v Challenges to creating openness in international and/or transracial adoption v Identity formation in an open versus closed adoption v Kinship care and the openness of birth relatives to kinship adoption v Maintaining or creating more openness between foster care families and adoptive families v Considerations of openness among siblings when one child is adopted and biological siblings remain with birth parents or stay in foster care v Adoption in a GLBT context (e.g., whether the individual is adopted by a gay/lesbian parent or whether the biological parents may be GLBT, or whether the adopted person identifies as GLBT) v The ethics of “fees for service” and the role of money in international adoption v Issues of search and reunion and how these issues influence openness in adoption v Nature vs. nurture in the adopted self identity v How contact between birth and adoptive families may change over time (e.g., from greater or lesser degrees of openness) v Treatment and assessment issues with adoptive families, adoptees, and birth families v Opening the triad to include non-adopted children in adoptive families, siblings still in foster care, and others not traditionally included in the triad v Openness of parents to diversity and multiculturalism in the context of transracial and transnational adoption v Innovations in clinical practice, social work, and pre/post adoption practice *We are seeking presentations, papers, research posters, and workshops.* Guidelines on Time Allotted for different formats: Papers/Presentations: 20 to 45 minutes Workshops: 90 minutes Include the following information in your submission proposal: 1. Primary Author/Presenter and Affiliation(s) 2. Contact Information for Primary Author/Presenter (e.g., address, phone, email) 3. Co-Presenter(s) and Affiliation(s) 4. Contact Information for Co-Presenter(s) (e.g., address, phone, email) 5. Title of Presentation/Paper/Poster/Workshop 6. Format: Presentation, Paper, Research Poster, or Workshop 7. Goals (list 3-4) 8. Content Description of the Presentation (600 words or less) 9. Intended Audience 10. Summary for Brochure (50 words or less) 11. Curriculum Vitae/ Resumes for all presenters 12. Statement on Originality of Presentation (Has this workshop/presentation been presented prior to this conference? If so, when? Where? How many times?) 13. Review of Required Documentation Form (see following page) Submit proposal *electronically* *NO LATER THAN **MARCH 1, 2010 *to * adoptioninitiative@gmail.com* |
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“How much did I cost?” Have you thought about how you will respond when your child asks such questions? Because adopted children will hang on every word you say in response to these very delicate questions, it is important for adoptive parents to be prepared. A child’s ability to confidently handle questions about adoption will depend on your responses to his or her questions. How you talk with your children about adoption is critical to their forming healthy attitudes. This workshop will give you the tools to:
This workshop is appropriate for adoptive parents, waiting parents, and professionals.
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Pictures along with age appropriate journaling provide an important connection for children to their unique history of the way they joined their adoptive family. Regardless of the type or amount of background information you have about your child before he or she came to you, it will be essential to create an appropriate record. Learn about:
This training offers assistance to people who want to either begin creating such a tool or who want to more fully develop an existing one. Comments from past participants:
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In 1982, Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man who lived in Detroit at the height of anti-Japanese sentiments, was murdered by two white autoworkers. For the first time, Asian Americans around the country galvanzied to form a real community and movement -- and Chin's murder was the catalyst for this. Join us to view the new documentary about this case and learn about the response that continues to this day. The film is 40 minutes long. View Trailer Vincent Who? 2010 Spring College Tour
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The 2010 season of The Korea Society's Classic Movie Night series will begin on Wednesday, January 20. To commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950,
The Korea Society has selected a schedule of classics that examine the conflict, and the deep, sometimes unexpected scars it has left on the Korean people. Beginning with Man With Three Coffins on January 20, and continuing with Last Witness (February 17) and Crossing (March 17), this season's classic films will examine how, even 60 years on, the effects of the War continue to haunt communities, divide families and fracture Koreans' sense of identity. Each film will be followed by a guest speaker who will discuss its artistic and cultural context. Classic Movie Night 2010
Facing the War: Six Decades of Film Since the Korean War Monthly Screenings Wednesday, January 20 at 6:30 PM
Man With Three Coffins
February 17, 2010 at 6:30 PM
March 17, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Tickets to each screening are available for $5 (members) or $10 (nonmembers). For more information contact Yuni Cho at (212) 759-7525, ext. 323 or email yuni.ny@koreasociety.org The Korea Society |
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Annual Lunar New Year Celebration February 6th Ring in the Year of the Tiger at the annual Korean Focus - KUMCGW Lunar New Year Celebration! Check back for more information, but be sure to save the date! Date & Time: Saturday, February 6, 2010 - 1 - 4 PM Location: Korean United Methodist Church of Greater Washington, 1219 Swinks Mill Road, McLean, Virginia Enjoy Korean crafts and games for kids and adults, Korean cooking lessons, performances of traditional and modern Korean music, plus lots of time to catch up with old friends and to make new ones. There are lots of new items in our craft sale, too - it will be available for shopping throughout the event. The Korean Focus - KUMCGW Annual Lunar New Year Celebration is a great way to welcome the new year. See you there! |
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Kaiser Oakland Medical Center Fabiola Building, Room #65B 3801 Howe Street Oakland, California February 6, 2010 9:00am - 12:30pm
Description:
We will explore practical strategies for issues like celebrating birthdays, planning vacations, changing schools, moving, divorce, graduation, rites of passage, holidays, adding or losing family members,
and other normal life events that have special resonance for adoptive families. Audience participation will be encouraged with an emphasis on exploring specific family concerns. To register go to: http://www.pactadopt.org |
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Mark your calendar for Sunday afternoon, Feb 7, 2010 to celebrate Lunar New Year with Friends of Korea families. Details to come later. |
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Ta-ri SolNal (Lunar New Year) Party-New Cumberland-February 13 Saturday, February 13 2:00-4:00PM Foundation Hall, New Cumberland Public Library 1 Benjamin Plaza, New Cumberland, PA 17070 Library directions: 717.774-7820 (call for navigation help only) Free admission ... donations accepted. Join us to celebrate the Lunar New Year, central-Pennsylvania Korean-style! This year's program includes: 2:00 Food, conversation, and games 2:30 Announcements Talent show ** 3:30 More conversation and games (yutnori, storytelling, favorite Board games ...) 4:00 Departure ** Our family-friendly talent show has become a tradition all its own. Last year's performers included singers, violinist, and tae kwon do student. Children and adults are invited to share a talent. Please sign up by February 1 if possible. All are encouraged to bring favorite snacks and Board games to share before and after the talent show. If you would like to volunteer for this event, please let us know! RSVP and sign up for the talent show by February 13 at info@ta-ri.org or (717) 574-3629. We will email all registrants should wintry weather affect plans. |
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Hi everyone and happy New Year. Vermont Korean United Methodist Church is inviting your family to join Korean Lunar New Year “Dduk Guk Luncheon” prepared by the KAUMC Women’s Group and the Green Mountain Korean Culture School. Dduk Guk is rice cake noodle soup that all Korean enjoy on the 1st day of New Year in lunar calendar, which is on 2/14 this year. In celebration of this traditional holiday, your children are welcome to wear their hanboks. This will be a great celebration with family and friends. Please join our Sunday Worship at 12:30pm followed by Luncheon at 2:00pm. Date: Sunday, February 14, 2010 “Year of Tiger” Location: 130 Maple Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452
** Please R.S.V.P by 1/31/10 as to how many members of your family will be joining.
We look forward to seeing you Lunar New Year!
Kirsten Wilkins |
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Host: MG Worley Game/craft: Yoot Nori & small craft. What to bring: 1. Potluck item, sign up for what you will bring when you RSVP. 2. Adult and childrens handboks. Extra's handboks available for use. 3. Several white envelopes w/ your childs name printed on the front & $1.00 inside of each.
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Date: Sunday February 21, 2010 This workshop is for pre-adoptive and adoptive parents, as well as adopted children ages 6-11.
Did you know nearly every adopted child is asked questions about their adoption? For children in trans-racial families, they may also be asked questions about their race. This may start
as early as age 3 with: "Why don't you look like your mom?” For others, it may not begin until ages 6, 7 or even 8 with: “Why were you adopted?” or “Where is your real mother?”
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Session 2: Session 3: Seating is limited. Pre-registration is required and should be completed at least one week prior to the event. Payment must be received in order to confirm your registration. Cancellations must be received at least three days prior to the event. For additional information: |
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Registration is now open for the MFCAA and WCUMC Adoption Resource Foundation's Nancy Thomas Symposium on Reactive Attachment Disorder. Children in, or adopted from, foster care, and children who've been adopted from congregate care situations have suffered multiple and complex traumas. Working with, teaching,and parenting these children is a unique challenge. Come hear Nancy Thomas, author and renowned national parenting expert, as she provides funny, practical, real life information, skills and resources for parents, therapists, social workers, teachers and other professionals. Place: Woods Chapel United Methodist Church 4725 NE Lakewood Way Lee's Summit, MO 64064 Dates: February 22 and 23rd, 2010 9AM-4PM *lunch will be provided *full and partial scholarships are available For more information or to register online please visit: http://www.mfcaa.org Or call: 816-350-0215 |
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Mar. 1, 2010, 7 to 9 p.m. To register go to http://www.psbi.org |
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Date: Sunday February 21, 2010 This workshop is for pre-adoptive and adoptive parents, as well as adopted children ages 6-11.
Did you know nearly every adopted child is asked questions about their adoption? For children in trans-racial families, they may also be asked questions about their race. This may start
as early as age 3 with: "Why don't you look like your mom?” For others, it may not begin until ages 6, 7 or even 8 with: “Why were you adopted?” or “Where is your real mother?”
Session 1:
Session 2: Session 3: Seating is limited. Pre-registration is required and should be completed at least one week prior to the event. Payment must be received in order to confirm your registration. Cancellations must be received at least three days prior to the event. For additional information: |
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AMERICAN ADOPTION CONGRESS **If you are interested in presenting/conducting a workshop at the |
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The Adoption Community of New England, Inc. (ACONE) will present its 37th New England Adoption Conference Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Bellingham High School in Bellingham, Massachusetts. This annual
gathering has become the largest such event in the nation, attracting all members of the adoption triad -- adoptive families, birth families, and adopted individuals -- as well as adoption professionals
from all reaches of New England and beyond. |
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Wide Horizons for Children’s 26th Annual Korean Culture Camp, Marlborough, MA Saturday, April 24, 2010 (for families with children in Kindergarten & up) Join us from 9:30-3:30 for a cultural & educational experience for adoptive families with children from Korea. Event includes traditional dance performances, sessions for children, teens, and parents, cultural marketplace of vendors, meet families of similar heritage & Korean lunch is included in admission. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged as event sells out early. E-mail Cherry Fenton at cfenton@whfc.org or for more information, please click on: http://www.whfc.org. |
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Adoption: Secret Histories, Public Policies The Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture officially adopted a constitution in 1998, under the name The Alliance for the Study of Adoption, Identity, and Kinship. We seek to promote
understanding of the experience and institution of adoption in relation to literature, history, philosophy, anthropology, law, political theory, cultural studies, and other humanistic disciplines, and
to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of artistic creation dealing with adoption and related issues in poetry, fiction, memoir, film and other disciplines. We have arranged two
international conferences, and publish the journal Adoption and Culture and an annual newsletter. |
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Longwood Gardens PO Box 501 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Tickets $40 from www.ticketphiladelphia.org or (215) 893-1999
Born in Seoul, Korea, and educated at Juilliard in NYC, the members of the Ahn Trio are redefining the art and architecture of chamber music, breathing new life into the standard piano trio literature with commissioned works from visionary composers. The trio’s latest CD reached #8 on the Billboard charts. Possessing an enviable combination of talent and style, they have gone on to frequent fashion pages of Vogue and GQ and in 2003 were named three of People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People. |
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Airfare and Room and Board are covered. There is a registration fee of $150/ The program includeds Korean Culture Classes, Gatherings with Korean Volunteers and Field Trips. To apply and for more information go to http://www.inkas.or.kr |
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Forever Families Weekend – for Jewish Families Touched by Adoption June 11-13, 2010 at Camp Nah-Jee-Wah in Milford, PA
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We are very excited that the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage has chosen to highlight Asian Pacific Americans as one of the three themes for the 2010 Folklife Festival.
The Festival, which will be held from June 23 through July 5, 2010, will be the 44th time that the Smithsonian has held this annual event on the National Mall. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
for us to showcase APAs from the metropolitan DC area as a microcosm of the more than 12 million APAs in the United States.
Contact: Curator of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival's 2010 Program on Asian Pacific Americans, Phil Nash, at p.nash@nashinteractive.com
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ASIA, Inc. would like to invite you to our 1st annual family/teen camps. This year’s theme will be ‘rice.’ Rice is a food item that is loved by both Koreans and Americans on a daily basis and it is served with almost every single meal in Korea. Rice can be a source of many creative Korean dishes –bibimbop, kimbop, bokeumbop, etc. We will be learning about the wonderful Korean culture by exploring around rice. Who should consider coming? All adoptive families with Korean children of all ages and their siblings are welcome to participate. We are planning two separate camps –family camp and teen camp, in the same camp site. There will be enough space to accommodate the first 26 families at the ASIA Family Camp and 35 or more teen campers at the teen camp. There will be nursery programs for infants and toddlers, as well as programs for school-age children, and adults. Special attention will be given to birth children and children from countries other than Korea. Our Teen Camp will be operated in the same facility but in a different section of the retreat center. While adults and younger children stay in a hotel style room with their parents, teen campers will stay one night outdoors in tents and two nights in a cottage with counselors. Contact Grace Song for registration info at hwakangsong@gmail.com Accommodations and location The Meadowkirk Camp and Retreat Center is a beautiful facility which attracts private parties and wedding ceremonies throughout the year. It is located in Middleburg, VA approximately 40 miles west of Washington DC. All accommodations are newly built hotel style rooms with a full bed, an extended length twin bed, and a private bath. One or two small people can sleep in their sleeping bags in the same room with their parents. Teen campers will be sharing rooms with other teen campers. Please notice that during the first night teen campers will be sleeping outdoors in tents. They will move into cottages and sleep on bunk beds for the second and third nights. Families who live close by Middleburg could commute to the camp. For more information about our camp facility visit http://www.meadowkirk.org . The town of Middleburg is known for fox hunting and steeple chasing. The charming village has earned a reputation as the "Nation's Horse and Hunt Capital," attracting prominent visitors from across the United States. Serving as a host community for more than 250 years, it is no surprise that Middleburg has developed such a high concentration of fine inns, shops and restaurants. Middleburg was recognized in 2008 for its historic preservation efforts by being designated a Preserve America Community by then-First Lady Laura Bush. Read more about Middleburg at http://www.middleburg.org
Schedule and Program Check-in will begin at 3 p.m. on Thursday. Check out will begin at 12:00 noon on Sunday. We will be selling Korean items at our camp store to benefit ASIA Culture Camp. We will be asking each family to give one hour of their time to serve a camp program. Once we have final list of campers, we will be providing you with a signup sheet with a list of areas where we need parent volunteers. Camp counselors If you would like to volunteer as a group leader for children or teens, you will have to be at least 18 or older and be able to pass a background check. Each applicant will need to submit an application by June 15th, 2010. There is no compensation for the counselors and you will be responsible for your own transportation to and from the camp location. ASIA will provide free lodging and food during your stay at the camp. Camp counselors can be Korean adoptees, Korean Americans and non-adoptees or non-Koreans. Contact Grace Song for an application form at hwakangsong@gmail.com. Registration Fee The full camp registration fee includes all hotel style accommodations, three continental breakfasts, two Korean lunches, one sandwich dinner for Thursday evening, two buffet style dinners, camp t-shirt, snacks and camp programs. *$265 per adult, child (3 and over) , or teen *$50 discount per 4th, 5th or 6th camper who is older than 3. *$100 fee per camp baby who is using daycare *$200 per daycamper who does not require lodging. It is recommended that your teenager stay with their counselors for most of the time during the camp if your whole family participates in the family camp. Parents of teens will have a chance to be briefed about their achievements before the end of the camp. |
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KAAN's MISSION is: To Support Networking And Build Understanding Among Adoptees,
Adoptive Families, Koreans And Korean Americans. Visit KAAN's website at http://www.kaanet.com/ . KAAN does not endorse or take responsibility for the opinions or programs presented in the newsletter. Please send us information about events in your area, articles, personal requests etc. so that we may share them with others. Send information about events, interesting articles or websites, personal requests and questions, as well as other items of interest to us at mailto:kaanet@aol.com |