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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 • 2:00pm - 3:15pm
Managing Birth Family Reunion and Relationships

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The presenters will share their unique birth family reunion stories and how they manage the relationships with members of their birth family. Whereas the birth family reunion can be an incredible experience, there are often many challenges that adoptees in reunion must navigate due to cultural differences, language barriers, distance, lack of shared knowledge, conflicts with adoptive family, and overall emotional stress.
Speakers
avatar for Sara Engelhardt (she/her)

Sara Engelhardt (she/her)

Sara Engelhardt is a Korean adoptee who was adopted as an infant. She has a Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders and Accounting. She currently works as an Accounting Admin at Ascent Global Logistics. Sara has attended several KAAN Conferences and has been back... Read More →
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Amanda Cho

Amanda (Assalone) Cho, PhD, is a Korean American transracial and transnational adoptee in Atlanta who is actively involved in civil rights and advocacy organizations that support communities of color, particularly Asian Americans and Asian American adoptees. She is the Policy Manager... Read More →

Saturday June 22, 2024 2:00pm - 3:15pm CDT
Rosemont 3: 3rd Floor
  Adoptee-Only Session

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