Comments for Association of Korean Adoptees http://aka-socal.org of Southern California Mon, 02 Jul 2012 06:42:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Support the Geographies of Kinship Campaign! by Deann Borshay Liem http://aka-socal.org/2012/06/25/support-the-geographies-of-kinship-campaign/#comment-280 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 06:42:26 +0000 http://aka-socal.org/?p=437#comment-280 Thank you so much for posting about our campaign!

]]> Comment on Any Adoptees in San Luis Obispo, Bakersfield or the Inland Empire? by Crystal W. http://aka-socal.org/2010/12/12/any-adoptees-in-san-luis-obispo-bakersfield-or-the-inland-empire/#comment-121 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:10:09 +0000 http://aka-socal.org/?p=109#comment-121 This is a very belated reply, but I am going to be attending college in Bakersfield this fall, and I would love to connect with some other Korean adoptees in the area!

-Crystal

]]> Comment on Contact Us by Charlie Ritts http://aka-socal.org/contact-us/#comment-57 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 02:02:47 +0000 http://aka-socal.org/#comment-57 Aloha, Fellow Adoptee Organizations:

I am currently the Vice President of Korean Adoptees of Hawai’i (KAHI) which is also one of the primary sponsors of a Research Project I am working on with my adoptive mother.

I am writing, with my mother, to ask for your assistance in spreading the word about an adoption research project that explores the relationship between adult transnational adoptees and their adoptive parents. This project looks specifically at the manner in which adult transnational adoptees and their parents have negotiated the complex and often thorny issues related to adoptive, racial, and ethnic/cultural identity.

The research project has two complementary components:

* The first component consists of a pair of on-line surveys that compare the responses of adult transnational adoptees and their adoptive parents across a variety of measures. We hope to obtain a large response for this survey, and would therefore appreciate your assistance in letting people know about it. The surveys can be accessed directly using the following web links:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Stories_Adult_Adoptee

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Stories_Adoptive_Parent

* The second component consists of in-depth interviews with adoptee-parent pairs; that is, each interview set will include not only an adult transnational adoptee but also his/her adoptive parents. Please note that we anticipate conducting the adoptee and parent interviews separately and in varied locations across the U.S. beginning with interviews in Hawaii, Michigan, and Georgia during the spring and early summer of 2011. Later, we will travel to the West Coast (San Francisco, Portland, Seattle), the Mid-West (Minneapolis) and the East Coast (Washington, D.C./NYC area).

We have attached both a flyer and a handout that includes more detailed information about the project. We would appreciate it if you could share this information widely by means of listservs, web sites, Facebook, and other online resources; through personal contacts; and/or by posting the information in appropriate locations.

To follow us on our Webpage, go to:
http://transnational-adoptee-parent-study.webs.com/
To follow us on Facebook, go to:
https://www.facebook.com/Stories.Adoptee.Parent

Please feel free to contact one or both of us if you have questions or need further information.

Sincerely,
Charlie Ritts

]]> Comment on Congratulations Max Choi – New Vice President of AKA-SoCal! by assertive_asian http://aka-socal.org/2011/01/06/congratulations-max-choi-new-vice-president-of-aka-socal/#comment-18 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:55:06 +0000 http://aka-socal.org/?p=151#comment-18 Good to know that my photo is put to good use here for the 4 of you.

]]> Comment on Congratulations Max Choi – New Vice President of AKA-SoCal! by Lee Anne http://aka-socal.org/2011/01/06/congratulations-max-choi-new-vice-president-of-aka-socal/#comment-16 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:20:06 +0000 http://aka-socal.org/?p=151#comment-16 Congratulations Max and AKA-Socal Officers! HEART YA!

]]> Comment on Any Adoptees in San Luis Obispo, Bakersfield or the Inland Empire? by akasocal01 http://aka-socal.org/2010/12/12/any-adoptees-in-san-luis-obispo-bakersfield-or-the-inland-empire/#comment-4 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:46:17 +0000 http://aka-socal.org/?p=109#comment-4 Hi Melinda! Yes, there are Korean adoptees in Bakersfield. I will put you in touch with them offline. Welcome back to the States!
~Betsy : )

]]> Comment on Any Adoptees in San Luis Obispo, Bakersfield or the Inland Empire? by Melinda Dionne http://aka-socal.org/2010/12/12/any-adoptees-in-san-luis-obispo-bakersfield-or-the-inland-empire/#comment-3 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:13:49 +0000 http://aka-socal.org/?p=109#comment-3 I would be interested to know if there are any Korean adoptee’s here in the Bakersfield area? I just moved here for a job about 2 months ago. I just recently lived in Korea for 4 months, and miss Seoul terribly.

Melinda

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