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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 • 12:45pm - 1:30pm
Mainstage: Critical Conversations About Adoption Media Representation

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This panel will discuss the past, present, and future of adoption visibility and representation. Moderated by SunAh Laybourn, Patrick Armstrong, Kira Omans, and Nicholas Ramsey (all transracial adoptees of differing media career backgrounds), will examine current themes, trends, and stereotypes in adoptee portrayals, as well as discuss what changes we would like to see in upcoming work. Attendees will leave with actionable steps that we can take as a community to create the narratives we want to see.

Moderators
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Dr. SunAh Laybourn

SunAh M Laybourn, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Memphis, an Affiliate Faculty Member for the Center for Workplace Diversity & Inclusion, Affiliate Faculty Member in the International and Global Studies Department, and a former Academic Research... Read More →

Speakers
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Kira Omans

Kira Omans (she/her) is a transracial Chinese adoptee and SAG-AFTRA actor and martial artist. She appears in CSI: Vegas, The Gods II, Power Rangers: Rise of the Ninja, and What Happened to Suzy. Her voiceover credits include Girl From Nowhere (Netflix), Real Sports with Brian Gumbel... Read More →
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Patrick Armstrong

Patrick Armstrong (he/him) is a transracial Asian American adoptee, born in South Korea and adopted to a white family in rural Indiana in 1990. He is the host of the award-winning podcasts The Janchi Show, a show about the Korean + Asian adoptee experience, and Conversation Piece... Read More →
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Nicholas Ramsey (he/him)

KAAN AC, KAAN Speaker Coordinator, KAAN Tech
Nicholas Ramsey (he/him) has professionally produced and edited videos and podcasts for over 15 years. In terms of adoptee media, he is the producer-editor of Angela Tucker's podcasts. Born in Busan, South Korea, he was adopted in the 1980s, during the peak of international adoption... Read More →

Saturday June 22, 2024 12:45pm - 1:30pm CDT
Grand Ballrooms A and B
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