KAAN 2025: Full Schedule

The KAAN 2025 Conference will take place at The Grand Hyatt in Atlanta, GA, on June 20-22. The theme this year is Growth and Change. As always, we offer an adoptee-only track alongside our general breakout sessions, which are open to all. We also offer programs for adults and youth (ages 8-17). All are welcome, including adoptees, birth families, family members (adoptive parents, spouses/partners, siblings and children of adoptees), service providers, and Korean Americans. We look forward to seeing you there!

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at tech@wearekaan.org.

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9:45am EDT

Keeping the Peace

Sunday June 22, 2025 9:45am - 11:00am EDT

Highland 3 (Lobby)

Has your relationship with your adoptive family changed as you’ve aged and matured? What challenges or obstacles have you faced in relating to them over time? How have you navigated that? We invite you to hear our stories as adopted Koreans who are working through these dynamics on a daily basis, and engage in a discussion about reconciling these feelings as our own identities and definitions of family change. All adult adoptees are welcome to attend this session, however, we hope to hear specifically from those who are actively in contact with their adoptive families.

Speakers

Kerry Bondy

Kerry was born in South Korea and adopted to a Midwestern suburb in the US. Her involvement in the Korean adoptee community began in 2001 after her first trip back to Korea on a Motherland tour. Since then, she has participated on adoptee panels, volunteered at and co-facilitated... Read More →

Chris Wodicka

Chris Wodicka (he/him) lives in Philadelphia, PA, where he is pursuing a PhD in social welfare, with a research focus on U.S. tax and social policy. Since 2022, he has served on the board of Hamkae Center (formerly NAKASEC Virginia), a nonprofit organization in Virginia that organizes... Read More →

Katie McLemore

Katie McLemore is a transracial Korean adoptee, raised and currently living in Minnesota.

Sunday June 22, 2025 9:45am - 11:00am EDT
Highland 3 (Lobby)

Adoptee-Only Session