AK Connection
Hello! 안녕하세요! AK Connection serves the adult adopted Korean community of Minnesota. Enrich yourself by attending various events and learning about opportunities that will connect you to other adult Korean adoptees, their families, networks, and friends. We have a new email and welcome your comments at akconnection.mn@gmail.com
UPCOMING EVENTS:
After the successful gatherings in 2004 and 2007, the International Korean Adoptee Associations (IKAA) network is pleased to announce another IKAA Gathering in Seoul from August 3-8, 2010. (AK Connection is a founding member of the IKAA network.)
Over 800 participants from around the world are expected to attend this event.
- Sessions and Workshops by Adoptees
- Research Symposium
- Art Gathering
- Business Seminar
- Adoptee World Cup
- Team Building Activities
- Concerts
- Social and Cultural Activities
In addition to cultivating community among adoptees, the IKAA Gathering 2010 also hopes to promote dialogue and a greater understanding between the global Korean adoptee community and Korean society.
As an additional incentive to attend the Gathering, for every 25 paid AK Connection members that register for and attend the IKAA Gathering, AK Connection will reimburse the Gathering registration fees of one lucky winner ($175 value). To be eligible to win, you must be an AK Connection paid member for the year 2010, and you must register for and attend the 2010 IKAA Gathering. Winners will be drawn and announced during the AK Connection 10-Year Anniversary Celebration to be held during the IKAA Gathering in Korea. AK Connection will reimburse the Gathering registration fees of up to 4 individuals. If you are not already a paid member of AK Connection, you can download the membership form from our website.
- To register, visit: http://gathering.ikaa.info/en/page/447
- For more info about the 2010 Gathering, see http://www.ikaa.org
- Follow the 2010 Gathering on http://www.twitter.com/IKAAG10
ADOPTED KOREANS IN THE NEWS:
- Comedian Amy Anderson blog on her trip to Korea with OKF's "First Trip Home"
- The New York Times has been running a series of writings on adoption. Read an opinion piece by an adopted Korean.
- AK Connection article published in the Pacific Citizen.
- The Mankato Free Press reports on its Korean community.
- Korean adoptee Katie Leo's Feminist Lens on Adoption in Minnesota Women's Press.
- Korean adoptee and professor Kim Park Nelson's new paper entitled Mapping Multiple Histories of Korean American Transnational Adoption. ALSO, YOU CAN CHECK OUT HER NEWLY-PUBLISHED DISSERTATION HERE.
- The Star Tribune's interview with musician Mayda Miller.
STAY IN TOUCH:
- Email akconnection.mn@gmail.com for more information on any of our events, resources, or activities.
- Join our group on Facebook!
- Sign up for our E-Newsletter to keep up with what's new in the community.
