Name: BIPOC Adoptees VOICES Creating Community
Start: 2025-06-21T09:30:00-0400
End: 2025-06-21T10:45:00-0400

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!

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Saturday June 21, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am EDT

Highland 1 & 2 (Lobby)

Our workshop BIPOC Adoptees VOICES Creating Community, invites adoptees to explore and articulate their needs and hopes for our collective future. Through guided prompts, participants will visualize their unique journeys, contributing to our shared past and future. This adoptee-only session includes individual reflection, small group discussions, a "gallery walkthrough," and final debrief. Attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of our collective community's needs as well as their own place within adoptee community, clear vision for how the community can grow, and what they can do as individuals to contribute to make the community stronger and more inclusive.

Speakers

Liana Soifer

Liana Soifer is a transracial adoptee born in South Korea and raised in Oregon. She is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of BIPOC Adoptees VOICES, a grassroots nonprofit based in Portland, OR. With a BA in Human Services, Liana has worked as a Project Manager, overseeing web applications... Read More →

Mai Li O'Keefe

Mai Li O'Keefe (they/them) is a Portland based Korean adoptee that spends their time grassroots organizing, playing outside, and enjoying quality time with loved ones. They are a co-founder, board member, and active organizer for BIPOC Adoptees VOICES, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization... Read More →

Jill Mann

Jill Mann is a transracial, transnational Korean adoptee. She is an artist, writer, and musician, and a member of the BIPOC Adoptees team. She is also secretary of the board of Asian Heritage Association, a local community organization in McMinnville, Oregon, where she lives with... Read More →

Saturday June 21, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am EDT
Highland 1 & 2 (Lobby)

Adoptee-Only Session

KAAN 2025

Liana Soifer

Mai Li O'Keefe

Jill Mann

Attendees (6)

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