CAAL to hold free Grant Readiness Workshop
2025-09-03 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
A free Grant Readiness Workshop will be held online September 3, 2025, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. (CST) by the Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL).
CAAL is a network of leaders who act collectively to make Minnesota work better for its Asian American community. CAAL’s programs include: network weaving, to allow leaders to meet and network with one another; leadership building outreach and events; and advocating for annual policy priorities in areas like immigration, education, economic development.
The workshop is designed to provide guidance on preparing a strong grant application, give tips for sharpening a proposal, and answer participants’ questions on grant writing. The content is appropriate for prospective applicants who want to build a business and for non-profit leaders who want to expand the community impact of their organization.
CAAL is also launching the second round of its grant fund, CAAL Ignite, with the goal of incentivizing Asian American leadership and prosperity in Minnesota. Applications for the CAAL Ignite grant fund will open later this September.
Learn more and sign up for the workshop, and read about the CAAL Ignite second round fund at: caalmn.org/caal-ignite

Adoptee Hub's annual self-care workshop features kimchi-making, a film, and some drumming
2025-09-27 08:30 - 17:00 | Coffman Memorial Union, 300 Washington Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, United States
Adoptee Hub is holding its Cultural Identity and Self-Care Workshop at the University of Minnesota on September 27.
The day-long workshop is designed to help adult adoptees recharge and build community with fun cultural activities. Participants will choose four of 12 classes to take including: kimchi-making and mandu (dumpling) preparation; a tea ceremony demonstration; massage; Korean language for beginners; empowerment and the “gratitude effect”; a film with discussion; Korean songs with the K-Breeze kids’ choir; and an introduction to Korean drumming with Shinparam Korean Drum Troupe.
Registration is by reservation only, and the workshop, including breakfast and a Korean lunch, is $50. Registration is at the attached link.
The event will be held at Coffman Memorial Union, 300 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis.
More about Adoptee Hub is at its website at: www.adopteehub.org.

Korean adoptees discuss records fraud at live radio event
2025-11-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Arbeiter Brewing Co., 3038 Minnehaha Ave., Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
A panel of four Korean adoptees will discuss the South Korean governments admission of adoption records fraud and its effect on the local Korean adoptee community in a live event Tuesday, November 11, hosted by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) and Twin Cities Public Television (TPT).
The event, titled Mistaken: Minnesota’s Korean Adoptees Grapple with Confessed Systemic Corruption, is part of the North Star Journey Live series. It will be held at Arbeiter Brewing Company in South Minneapolis beginning at 6 p.m.
The panelists, who are all Korean adoptees, are: Ami Nafzger, president of AdopteeHub, which reaches out to adult Korean adoptees with social and self-care programming and birth family searches; Cameron Lee Small, a therapist who works in adoption literacy and counsels adoptees and their families; Matt McNiff, director of the Camp Choson summer Korean culture camp; and Mary Niedermeyer, the CEO of the non-profit organization Communities Advancing Prosperity for Immigrants (CAPI).
See feature story at this link.
Tickets are required. See link below for registration information.
