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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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Sunday, June 23 • 11:00am - 12:15pm
Mainstage: Representation & Visibility Outside of KAAN

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Join Sunday's mainstage to meet and learn more from representatives from NCRC and OKA.

Also, do you have questions about KAAN? Join us for an AMA-style Q&A where you can ask Ask KAAN Anything! The KAAN Planning Committee is here to tackle your burning questions. This session will use Mentimeter for questions. Submit questions in advance at Menti.com, and don't forget to upvote the ones that spark your interest. Join us and be part of the KAAN conversation.
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Katie Bozek

Dr. Katie Bozek

Executive Director, KAAN
Katie Bozek, PhD is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She has worked in the mental health field for the past 20 years providing services that are aimed at helping people be able to be and show their authentic selves. She currently serves as the Executive Director of KAAN... Read More →
avatar for Dr. SunAh Laybourn

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 →
avatar for Nathan Nowack

Nathan Nowack

Co-Host, The Janchi Show
I am a transnational, transracial Korean Adoptee living in Denver, Colorado.  I am a dad of 3, avid lego collector, golfer, and co-host on a podcast called The Janchi Show.  I am in reunion with my 6 biological siblings.  I serve on the KAAN advisory council as well as the engagement... Read More →
avatar for Amanda Cho

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 →
avatar for Nicholas Ramsey (he/him)

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 →

Sunday June 23, 2024 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
Grand Ballrooms A and B
  Mainstage Event
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