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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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Melissa Guida Richards

Melissa Guida-Richards, is a international and transracial adoptee, an adoption educator, and the author of "What White Parents Should Know About Transracial Adoption." She founded the Adoptee Thoughts Instagram and Podcast to help elevate adoptee voices and educate adoptive parents on the nuances and complexity of adoption. Recent work includes essays on The Daily Beast, The Independent, Zora, Insider, HuffPo, Level at Medium, Electric Literature, Hello Giggles, and my viral Huffpo Article, My Adoptive Parents Hid My Racial Identity For 19 Years. She has also appeared on Tamron Hall, Good Day LA and has given workshops to dozens of adoption agencies for adoptive parents and adoption professionals. For more, check out AdopteeThoughts.com.
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  • Filter By Date KAAN 2024 Conference Jun 21 -23, 2024
  • Filter By Venue 6100 North River Road, Rosemont, Illinois 60018, USA
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  • Activities
  • Adoptee-Only Dinner
  • Adoptee-Only Session
  • Check-In
  • Exhibitors & Sponsors
  • Fishbowl Session (Adoptee-Centered But Non-Adoptees May Attend To Listen)
  • General Session (Open To All Attendees)
  • KAAN
  • Leadership
  • Mainstage Event
  • Meals
  • Youth Program