Black American and Asian American solidarity will be the topic of a virtual chat on Thursday, June 11, 1 to 1:30 p.m. EST (noon to 12:30 p.m. CST). The National […]

Race and Racism workshop for tweens/teens June 12

The Sejong Cultural Society, located in Chicago, will offer its annual teachers' program in a webinar format, designed for elementary, middle school and high school teachers. it is entitled Comparing […]

Virtual book club meeting - Through Adopted Eyes

This even will be a webinar by master sommelier Kyungmoon Kim.  Kim discovered young that he had an exceptional palate. He leveraged his palate and his natural aptitude for memorization to build an extensive base of wine knowledge. In 2016, Kim earned a master sommelier certification; there are only 247 master sommeliers worldwide. Kim is […]

The Korean Adoptee Adoptive Family Network (KAAN) will host a week of virtual conversations, blog posts, or other activity around topics related to Korean adoption. Events are scheduled from June 21 to June 26. As part of the programming, the film Side By Side: Out of a South Korean Orphanage and into the World will be […]

Adoptee Hub, a Twin Cities service and education organization for and by adult Korean adoptees,  will hold a virtual screening of The Ugly Model, which examines the paradox of a handsome male model who feels unattractive, ashamed and emasculated because of his Asian ethnicity.  It looks at the reasons Kevin chooses to be a model, […]

  Korean Adoptees of Chicago (KAtCH) will host researcher/author Eleana J. Kim in a virtual event to discuss the origin and evolution of the Korean adoptee community. The event is intended for adult Korean adoptees only, and will be held Saturday, July 18, 2 p.m. CST. Kim is the author of Adopted Territory:  Transnational Korean […]

  The Korean Adoptees of Chicago (KAtCH) is partnering with the advocacy organization, the National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC) and its new affiliate, the Woori Center, in a calling campaign to urge voters to demand citizenship for all.  The phone bank, to be held Wednesday, July 22, 4 to 6 p.m. CST, […]

Author Sung J. Woo, in collaboration with Odyssey Bookstore in Ithaca, New York will hold a virtual launch of his new mystery book Skin Deep. The novel is the first in a series featuring a Korean adoptee woman detective Siobhan O'Brien, and touches on themes of identity and family in a whodunnit story.  The launch […]