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A picture of Kara, her daughter, and her daughter's foster mother on a birthland tour to South Korea.

Reconnecting with Our Daughter’s Foster Mom

September 6, 2018 by Guest Contributor

A Tour Korea Story We walked into the small, overheated room and 11 years melted away.  Our daughter’s foster mom looked at the 11 year old standing in front of

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Culture and Heritage, International Adoption, News

A close-up picture of a colorful, decorative rooftop in South Korea.

2018 SWS Welcome Home Program

May 7, 2018 by Staff Contributor

A 7-day program for adoptees to experience their birth country of Korea Social Welfare Society in South Korea invites adoptees to apply for their annual Welcome Home program. The hope

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Filed Under: Adoptee Reflections, Culture and Heritage, International Adoption

A picture of a monk next to a giant drum in South Korea.

2018 Korean Language and Culture Scholarship

April 26, 2018 by Staff Contributor

“Returning to Korea was an amazing, emotional and an unforgettable journey. Climbing mountains, visiting temples, studying at university and most importantly sharing this experience with other Korean adoptees will be

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Filed Under: Adoptee Reflections, Culture and Heritage, International Adoption

Join us for Fidgety Fairy Tales, The Mental Health Musicals

February 21, 2018 by Staff Contributor

Come join us Thursday, March 22 for Fidgety Fairy Tales This year Minnesota Association for for Children’s Mental Health joins us again in their 10th musical where familiar fairy tales

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Filed Under: Culture and Heritage, Education & Webinars, Events, Foster Care Adoption, Parenting

A picture of an old household compound in the mountains, taken during our Tour Korea birthland tour.

Do Everything You Can to Participate in Tour Korea!

November 28, 2017 by Guest Contributor

Do everything you can to participate in the Tour Korea! Birthland Tour.  Your experience, and most importantly the experience with your child, sibling, parent, spouse, friend, or loved one, will

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Culture and Heritage, International Adoption, News, Reunion

Three Korean adoptee boys who are about 10 years old, smile for the camera at Kamp Kimchee. One makes a peace sign as well.

Kamp Kimchee Builds Korean Cultural Community in Minnesota

April 5, 2017 by Staff Contributor

Registration is Now Open for Kamp Kimchee Kamp Kimchee, a fully inclusive culture camp near Brainerd, Minnesota, provides insight into Korean culture. The Kamp Kimchee experience goes beyond the language,

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Filed Under: Culture and Heritage, Events

Three teenage girls dance in traditional Latin American clothing.

Explore Latin American Culture at La Semana

March 29, 2017 by Staff Contributor

An annual summer camp for children of latin american heritage in Minnesota La Semana is a week-long, culture camp for children in elementary through high school adopted from Latin America

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Filed Under: Culture and Heritage, Education & Webinars, Events, International Adoption

A picture of brightly, colored chalk piles from India.

Hindi-Urdu Week-Long Summer Intensive Program

March 24, 2017 by Staff Contributor

Learn Hindi-Urdu at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities The Summer-Intensive Program for Hindi-Urdu (SIPHU) is a free, week-long program designed to give linguistic and cultural knowledge of India and Pakistan

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Filed Under: Culture and Heritage, Education & Webinars, Events, International Adoption

Kids doing TaeKwonDo at Korean Culture Camp in Minnesota.

Minnesota’s Korean Culture Camp Offers Fun and Learning This Summer

March 19, 2017 by Staff Contributor

Registration is Now Open for Korean Culture Camp KCC was created to give children exposure to their Korean culture and heritage, instilling a greater sense of their cultural identity and

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Filed Under: Culture and Heritage, Events

An adoptive mother poses with her kids, including her Mexican-heritage daughter, as they travel in Mexico to visit birth family and explore birth culture.

Visiting Birth Family and Exploring Culture on a Heritage Trip

January 4, 2017 by Guest Contributor

When we decided to adopt Daniela, of Mexican heritage and born in the US, in 2004 and Josh, born in Guatemala, in 2006, we had planned to one day take our family to

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Culture and Heritage, Infant Adoption, International Adoption

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