Friday, April 17th
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Workshop Description
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08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
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Yoga for the Heart |
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Presenter: James-Gerard Powers
Location: London
Audience: All Adult Attendees
Yoga for the Body and Heart! Many of us are tight and stressed not only from traveling hundreds of miles, but also from the daily challenges of life. Starting your day with yoga is a beautiful way to renew yourself and create inner clarity for a conference day full of ideas and emotions. This yoga class is for all levels of fitness and is geared only for adults. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a towel or yoga mat. Space is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
*Yoga will also be offered on Saturday, April 18, 2009 from 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM. |
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| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Small Group Discussion Sessions (Adoptees Only) |
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In the past, small group discussions at the large Gatherings as well as mini-gatherings have been some of the most popular and well-received sessions. Many attendees felt that they made meaningful connections through honest conversations about how being adopted affects identity, race/ethnicity, relationships, and everything in-between.
Usually, these small groups were divided up according to age (e.g. ages 25 and under, 26-35, etc.). This time, however, you will join a discussion group based on the first time that you, as an adult* yourself, experienced or became involved with the adult adoptee community. There will be three groups:
Pre-2000
Facilitators: Andrew Beil and Lotte Choon Ran
Location: KAAGNY
Audience: Adoptees who experienced or became involved with the adult adoptee community for the first time before the year 2000.
2001-2005
Facilitators: Sarah Kim Randolph and Sonya Wilson
Location: London
Audience: Adoptees who experienced or became involved with the adult adoptee community for the first time from 2000 to 2005.
2006-Present
Facilitators: Allen Majors and Juli Martin
Location: Zurich
Audience: Adoptees who experienced or became involved with the adult adoptee community for the first time from 2006 to present.
While age is clear-cut (for the most part!), this type of break-out may be more ambiguous. Here are some suggestions of what could be considered “experience with the adult adoptee community”:
- Attending an activity sponsored by any adult adoptee organization (e.g. Also-Known-As, AAAW, AK Connection, GOA’L, etc.)
- Attending an adoptee conference, mini-gathering, or one of the larger Gatherings (D.C., Norway, or Seoul [’04 or ‘07])
- Volunteering as an adult counselor/staff member for an adoptee heritage camp
- Actively participating in adoptee-centered online forums, chat rooms, or websites
- Traveling with other adult adoptees on any kind of “motherland” tour to Korea
- Participating in a “camp” or cultural program for adult adoptees (either in your adoptive country or in Korea)
- Casual, social dinners or parties where a significant number of the attendees are adult adoptees
It may take some self-reflection to determine which break-out group you’ll go to, and we hope this generates some lively discussions!
**We’re choosing to define “adult” as 18 or older, so for example, attending a heritage camp as a child wouldn’t be considered here as “involvement with the adult adoptee community." |
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| 02:00 PM - 03:15 PM |
“Panel Discussion”: A Puppet Performance |
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Presenters: Trine Mee Sook Gleerup and Anna Jin Hwa Borstam
Location: London
Audience: All Attendees
“Panel Discussion” is a puppet performance mimicking a panel discussion between four different characters who discuss international adoption in relation to colonialism, economy, etc. The audience is invited to participate in the debate in the question-and-answer session. “Panel Discussion” has been performed at Performance Studies International #14, a conference on performance theory and art, Copenhagen University, 2008.
With the support of
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02:00 PM - 03:15 PM
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Generations After Adoption: Experiences of Korean Adoptee Mothers and Fathers
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Presenters: Liz Raleigh, Nikos Raleigh and Hollee McGinnis
Location: Zurich
Audience: Adult Adoptees Only
What are the experiences of Korean adoptee parents? This session will provide an opportunity for Korean adoptees to discuss their thoughts and experiences around becoming or contemplating becoming parents either through birth or adoption. Several Korean adoptee parents (both mothers and fathers) will share their stories of becoming parents and how the experience relates back to their own adoptions, relationship and thoughts of birth family, and racial and cultural identity. This session is open to all adult adoptees and there will be ample time for participation and questions.
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03:30 PM - 04:45 PM
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A Look Today at the Lives of Unwed Korean Mothers: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go |
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Presenters: Kimberly Hee Stock and Dr. Richard Boas
Location: London
Audience: All Attendees
This workshop will help the audience gain a better understanding of what life is currently like in Korea for a single mother. Many of the same ongoing hardships and discrimination exist for these mothers and their children, yet there is also a growing movement of change and progress of support. This workshop will offer a unique look into both the personal and general struggles of these mothers, as well as address what impact support organizations have given these Korean families. An extensive question-and-answer session will conclude the presentation with the hope of opening up dialogue on this important issue.
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| 03:30 PM - 05:30 PM |
Innovation and Development Tools to Use Within Organizational Work |
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Presenter: Charlotte Yong San Gullach
Location: Zurich
Audience: Board Members and Founders of Adult Adoptee Organizations
The focus of this workshop is to give board/committee members, or others actively involved in an adoptee association or group, tools to develop themselves and their association. The workshop will include useful tools for structured discussions, learning and meetings. The workshop requires participant interaction and they must come with their own case material suitable for discussion.
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Saturday, April 18th
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09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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Yoga for the Heart |
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Presenter: James-Gerard Powers
Location: London
Audience: All Adult Attendees
Yoga for the Body and Heart! Many of us are tight and stressed not only from traveling hundreds of miles, but also from the daily challenges of life. Starting your day with yoga is a beautiful way to renew yourself and create inner clarity for a conference day full of ideas and emotions. This yoga class is for all levels of fitness and is geared only for adults. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a towel or yoga mat. Space is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Adopnation: A Film Project and Building of Community |
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Presenter: Jette Hye Jin Mortensen
Location: London
Audience: All Attendees (specifically Artists, Writers, Filmmakers, etc...)
Are adoptees creating the first globalized diaspora nation? In this session, adoptees will be able to present their own artistic works dealing with the collective adoptee identity and community, as well as discuss and be inspired by this question of a globalized community of adoptees. This workshop will include the presentation of the trailer of Adopnation, a filmproject which is going to be a feature documentary dealing with the status quo of the international adoptee community and the question of belonging to a collective group. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own work with them to this workshop.
*The session will be filmed and portions may be included in the final documentary. |
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02:00 PM - 03:15 PM
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Korean Adoption Research: Current Perspectives, Future Dilemmas
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Presenters: Sara Docan-Morgan, Jane Park, Kim Park Nelson, Liz Raleigh and Jenny Wills
Location: London
Audience: All Attendees
This academic panel aims to examine the current state and future directions of Korean adoptee research from an interdisciplinary perspective. Participants include faculty members and doctoral students who will be discussing their own research agendas, as well as future directions for adoption research in their particular disciplines (e.g., Psychology, Anthropology, Ethnic Studies, etc.).
This panel will allow for a multi-vocal discussion that provides participants the following: information related to current adoption research, an understanding of how multifaceted and interdisciplinary the field of Korean/Transracial adoption research is, and a sense of where this field is headed in the future. |
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03:30 PM - 04:45 PM
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Living and Working in Korea
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Presenter: Dae-won Wenger
Location: London
Audience: All Attendees
More information coming soon! |
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