IKAA Gathering 2007 - International Korean Adoptee Associations

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Adopted Koreans’ Association (SE) | AK Connection (USA) | Also-Known-As, Inc. (USA)
Arierang (NL) | Asian Adult Adoptees of Washington (USA) | Forum for Korean Adoptees (NO)
Kobel (BE) | Korea Klubben (DK) | Racines Coréennes (FR)
For Immediate Release
March 6, 2006

IKAA Gathering 2007 - Seoul, Korea
After the highly successful adoptee Gatherings in the US, Europe and Korea, the International
Korean Adoptee Associations, IKAA, is pleased to announce the IKAA Gathering in August 2007
in Seoul. It will be the first time since 2004 the global community of Korean adoptees returns to
Seoul for another milestone event, planned and presented entirely by adoptee associations.
Since the Gatherings in 1999 in Washington DC, 2001 in Oslo, Norway and 2004 in Seoul, Korea,
a concerted effort has been put forth to establish a global network by, and for, the Korean adoptee community. In this regard the importance of the Adoptee Gathering 2004 in Seoul was unprecedented, with more than 400 adoptees from 15 countries attending the event.

The IKAA Gathering 2007 will differ from the first three Gatherings as it will mark a new direction of cooperation and collaboration within our community of international adoptee associations.
Hosted, supported and organized by IKAA associations from the United States and Europe in
collaboration with G.O.A.’L, Korea, each of the associations will be fully responsible for a part of
the program. Also smaller groups or different sub networks are invited to make presentations or
projects during the conference days. The IKAA Gathering will represent a broad range of perspectives and truly reflect the diversity and richness of the adoptee community. Over 700 Korean adoptees are expected to attend the IKAA Gathering.

IKAA was first made official in March 2004 when the European associations formed IKAA Europe,
followed shortly after by the establishment of IKAA USA. Common for all the IKAA associations is
that they have existed between 6 and 20 years, their organizational structure and membership
is comprised overwhelmingly of adult adoptees, and they have a long experience working with
adoptees and they organize activities and events for their members on a regular basis.
The IKAA network reaches out to thousands of adoptees worldwide, serving as an invaluable
resource for adoptees raised outside of Korea, for the exchange of ideas and information between
adoptees, and for building bridges between Korea and our respective adoptive countries.
In conjunction with the Gathering 2007, the IKAA webportal will be developed to provide information about the network as well as various communication tools for the adoptee community.

For further information please check out: www.ikaa.org or sign up for the IKAA newsletter:
info@ikaa.org (subject line: newsletter).
SAVE THE DATE: August 1-5, 2007