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  • Wishing you and yours a very happy, warm, cozy, delicious, and peaceful holiday season. We can't wait to see what 2020 has in store for AKA-SF! Cheers!
  • We can't believe it, but another AKA-SF Holiday Dinner has already come and gone! A few weekends ago, our members got together for a massive catered Korean buffet, all while catching up with old friends and new. We also heard from our Board Member volunteers, as well as AKA-SF members on projects we've all been working on this year—from an upcoming conference on Korean adoption taking place next February (more details soon!), to a new website that helps provide historical context for Korean adoption (check out our blog at aka-sf.org for more!). If you weren't able to make it, no worries—2020 is on the horizon, with plenty more dinners and events to come!
  • What a treat! Thank you to Consul General Park Joon-yong for inviting Bay Area Korean adoptees and their supporters to the Consul's official residence in San Francisco. As part of this special evening, we enjoyed a presentation on modern Korean history from Consul General Park, followed by a delicious Korean buffet, all while getting to share our stories and connect with one another. AKA-SF can't wait to do it again soon!
  • Did you know... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The United States has become home for over 354,000 transnationally adopted people. Adopted by U.S. citizen parents, these children were also given the promise of citizenship in the U.S.A. Due to a loophole in the Child Citizenship Act (CCA) of 2000, thousands of U.S. inter-country adult adoptees were never naturalized and are living without U.S. citizenship. Some have been deported to their country of origin and not all have survived. Adopted people have been working since 2011 to rectify this human rights crisis and to pass the Adoptee Citizenship Act (ACA), which will ensure all inter-country adoptees have U.S. citizenship and can live full, complete lives in the only country they’ve ever known. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ On Sunday, Nov. 3, AKA-SF is pleased to be hosting a teach-in to share more information about the Adoptee Citizenship Act, and the efforts of our friends at @adoptees4justice. Our teach-in will also include testimony of impacted adopted people. Please join us in the afternoon on Sunday 11/3 to learn more about this important issue. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Get the details on event location and time by tapping on the link in our profile, then tapping Upcoming Events.
  • PUPPIES! ...Ok, now that we have your attention, listen up AKA-SF community! We're looking for volunteers and new board members to help us plan AKA-SF events in 2020, and we need YOU. Interested in seeing how you could volunteer to help? On Saturday, October 26, we're hosting an open planning meeting to chat about the organization, talk about open roles, and meet anyone who'd be interested in volunteering. Don't be nervous—while the title of "Board Member" sounds a little intimidating, we're simply looking for new volunteers to help fill a couple open roles. Not sure how much you can commit? That's ok, come anyway! We currently have volunteers that have helped us plan single events, or assist with small admin tasks, like helping update our website. If you're interested in supporting AKA-SF in any way, however big or small, this is the meeting to come to! Get the details on our website by clicking the link in our profile, then tapping the Upcoming Events button.
  • Podcast lovers, this one's for you! Season 3 of @adapted_podcast has started! ADAPTED is a podcast that explores the experiences of Korean adoptees, from post-reunion stories to living in Korea as adults. The Podcast was created by Kaomi Goetz, a Korean adoptee and an on-air TV journalist with Twin Cities PBS. Also available are the diverse experiences and stories from seasons 1 and 2, all told from the adoptee perspective. Tap on the link in our profile and look for the "Adapted Podcast" button to listen to recent episodes!

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