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Join KAAN from June 21 – 23 for three days of keynotes, films, presentations, roundtables, performers, exhibits, support forums, and life-changing community. KAAN offers an Adoptee-Only track, as well as sessions for a general audience that are open to all. There are programs for adults aged 18+ and youth aged 8-17. Everyone is welcome, including adoptees, birth families, family members (adoptive parents, spouses/partners, siblings, and children of adoptees), service providers, and Korean Americans. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at tech@wearekaan.org.

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Saturday, June 22 • 9:00am - 10:15am
Estrangement in Adoption: Preventing, Accepting, Healing

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As adults, many adoptees are at a loss with their adoptive parents when talking about adoption, and at the same time educating parents should never be an adoptee’s burden. Adoptees often are dealing with relationships, racism, search, reunion, creating their own families. Some adoptees become estranged from their parents, briefly or for decades. How does this happen? Can it be prevented? Can healing happen, whether estrangement becomes the norm or there is reconciliation? What does reconciliation look like for the different constellation family members: adoptees, parents, siblings... Healing can take different forms. Adoptees deserve support, whatever path they take.
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avatar for Liz Kwon

Liz Kwon

Liz Kwon was born in Seoul, South Korea and was adopted to a family in Wisconsin. During the day she is a front end developer and at night, runs KAD Collective, a data-focused website whose goal is to help Korean adoptees find connection through shared experiences, locations or stories... Read More →
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Astrid Castro

Founder & CEO, Adoption Mosaic
Astrid Castro, founder/CEO of Adoption Mosaic. For over three decades, Astrid has served the adoption constellation through a variety of innovative programing designed to highlight the adoptee experience. Prior to creating Adoption Mosaic, Astrid worked in both the private and public... Read More →
avatar for Maureen McCauley

Maureen McCauley

Maureen’s professional background is in child welfare advocacy, as former executive director of 3 adoption-related nonprofits. She’s presented workshops on adoption (i.e., transracial, international, older children, racism) across the US and in Canada. She is currently a consultant... Read More →

Saturday June 22, 2024 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Lakeshore B: Lobby Level
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