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Welcome to AK Connection! | AK Connection 에 오신것을 진심으로 환영합니다!

Since 2000, AK Connection has served as a resource for adult Korean adoptees in Minnesota.
 By providing relevant information and building a supportive community, we are here to serve you!
We welcome all of the adult adopted Korean community, plus their friends and family to join us 
in continuing the tradition of creating a supportive community for all adult adopted Koreans.
Our hope is that you'll use this website as a reliable resource for connecting with one another. 

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Our recent events: AK Connection partnered with Land of Gazillion Adoptees and AdopSource at the 2012 Minnesota Transracial Film Festival in November (left), went Snow Tubing at Buck Hill (center) and ate Korean Food at Hoban in Eagan (right).

Try Korean Drumming! - Saturday, April 27th!

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Sponsored by AK Connection & Jang-mi Korean Dance & Drum
Saturday April 27th
Location: Korean Heritage House
81 Snelling Ave. N 
St. Paul, MN 55104
(Located next to Kim's Market and across the street from Sole Cafe)
#651.592.5977
Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Cost: FREE EVENT!

**Stay with us for delicious Korean food at Sole Cafe after the class (www.solecafe.weebly.com) Dinner is not AK Connection sponsored.

Join us for a beginner adult drum class. No music experience necessary! Brooke Newmaster will lead a fun class that will introduce you to the four Samulnori instruments: Janggu (hourglass drum), Buk (barrel drum), Gwanggari (small gong), and the Jing (large gong).

Please RSVP @ akconnection.mn@gmail.com - The class is limited to 20 participants! 

If you are already an AK Connection member, we appreciate your support and involvement. If you're looking for information about AK Connection and membership details, please visit www.AKConnection.com. Membership sign up will be available at this event as well.


IKAA Gathering 2013 Registration Raffle

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More great news is coming our way for the 2013 Seoul Gathering!

Also-Known-As, Inc. (AKA, New York, New York) received a $1000 grant from the Korean Consulate General in New York to be used to support adoptees across the United States to attend the gathering. They will be sharing these funds with the US organizations by allowing us to raffle the amount for one registration ($200) to a member of that organization. This is an exclusive offering from AKA to the IKAA US Member Organizations. And AK Connection just happens to be one of those member organizations!

*Note: Board members and IKAA Representatives are NOT eligible.

To be eligible for the ALDC-IKAA registration raffle, you must qualify with the following prerequisites:
- Must be registered AND paid in full for the Gathering **BY MARCH 24**, early bird registration deadline
- Minnesota resident
- Must be a 2013 paid member. Become a member here: Membership

If you are hereby eligible, please email akconnection.mn@gmail.com so we can add your name to the raffle. THE RAFFLE WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 25. The winner will then sign a stipend agreement with AKA and thereafter be reimbursed their registration amount.

This includes those that have already registered.


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CONTACT US:

E-mail:
akconnection.mn@gmail.com

Snail mail:
AK Connection
2505 Xylon Ave S
St. Louis Park, MN 55426

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