June 12-15, 2025 - Fraser, CO

We’re excited to share that Ties staff will be presenting at this year’s Korean Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families.

HCAF is an incredible post-adoption resource dedicated to promoting healthy adoption, racial, and ethnic identities in transracial, transnational, and domestic adoptees — all while fostering a strong sense of belonging through powerful programming and community.

We’re honored to be part of it and look forward to sharing, connecting, and learning alongside so many of you.

Hope to see you there!

June 19-22, 2025 - Fraser, CO

We’re excited to share that Ties staff will be presenting at this year’s Latin American Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families.

HCAF is an incredible post-adoption resource dedicated to promoting healthy adoption, racial, and ethnic identities in transracial, transnational, and domestic adoptees — all while fostering a strong sense of belonging through powerful programming and community.

We’re honored to be part of it and look forward to sharing, connecting, and learning alongside so many of you.

Hope to see you there!

June 20 - 22, 2025 - Atlanta, GA

The KAAN 2025 Conference will take place at The Grand Hyatt in Atlanta, GA, on June 20-22. The theme this year is Growth and Change. As always, we offer an adoptee-only track alongside our general breakout sessions, which are open to all. We also offer programs for adults and youth (ages 8-17). All are welcome, including adoptees, birth families, family members (adoptive parents, spouses/partners, siblings and children of adoptees), service providers, and Korean Americans. We look forward to seeing you there!

July 24 - 27, 2025 | Portland State University

The 2nd Annual BIPOC Adoptee VOICES Conference is scheduled for July 24–27, 2025, at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. This multi-day event is exclusively for adults (18+) who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) adoptees, descendants of adoptees, or former/current foster youth in the child welfare system, adopted, or living with a legal guardian.

August 3 - 8, 2025 - University of Massachusetts Amherst

The Summer Institute is a week-long intensive experience aimed to provide advanced research training for graduate students, postdocs, and early career researchers active in the field of adoption research. We seek to attract an interdisciplinary, international cohort of 20 – 25 participants. SARI will be run at the UMass Mt. Ida Campus, located just outside of Boston, in Newton, Massachusetts.