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Welcome to our New Website

February 7, 2010

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Thank you for your patience while we are updating our website! We are moving have moved to a new format so it will be easier to update and manage. KAtCH is currently run by volunteers, so we are working in ways that best support the type of structure that we have. We hope to fill our [...]

KAtCH June Dinner

June 10, 2010

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Join us on Saturday, June 26, from 6:30pm-10:30pm for our KAtCH June Dinner! We will be gathering for a BBQ Potluck at KAtCH Board Member Danae Kovac’s house. Please email us for address/directions or check your Facebook for your invite if you’re part of the KAtCH group there. Meat and Vegetarian options will be provided for [...]

2010 Arirang Lions Club Picnic

May 28, 2010

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KAtCH and their families are invited to the Arirang Lions Club Annual Cultural Picnic! The picnic is Saturday, June 12., from 11am-5pm (rain or shine!), at the Blue Star Memorial Woods in Glenview, IL. Please download the 2010 Lions Club Picnic Registration (PDF file) and mail in the registration by June 5 if you would like to [...]

KAtCH T-Shirts

May 22, 2010

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KAtCH has had some great t-shirts available since almost the beginning of the organization, which are also available to purchase. On the front of the white 100% cotton t-shirt is the KAtCH logo with the Chicago skyline, so you can show your pride for being part of the KAtCH community. . . . The back has [...]

KACS Flicks for the Seoul 2010

May 21, 2010

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Korean American Community Services Presents their 2nd annual Flicks for the Seoul movie night fundraiser! Hosted by the KACS Young Leaders, this event at the Gene Siskel Film Center will screen the Korean fim, Aeja (Goodbye Mom) a humorous and moving examination of the intergenerational conflict between a Korean Mother and her rebellious, [...]

FCC Annual Picnic

May 18, 2010

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Families of Children from China, whom we volunteer for with the Jane Brown Playshops, has invited KAtCH members and their families to it’s Annual Picnic in July! Please bring food and drinks to share/pass and chairs. There is fishing available, or bring any other game or toys you may want to play with. There is [...]

May Monthly Dinner

May 14, 2010

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Please join KAtCH on Saturday May 29th for our monthly dinner. Join us for our Monthly Dinner at Barberry Thai Restaurant on Saturday, May 29, at 7pm. Our monthly dinners are a place for Adult Korean Adoptees to meet, socialize, network, and have fun! We appreciate your RSVP so that we can ensure there is [...]

Seeking Participants for Conference

April 27, 2010

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Adoptee Stephanie Drenka is looking for about three Korean Adoptees to participate in a roundtable discussion about Korean Adoptees and social networking. This roundtable will occur at the first annual Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, held at DePaul University in Chicago on November 5-6, 2010. For more info, contact Stephanie at stephanie.drenka [at] gmail [dot] [...]

KRCC Korean Language Class for Adult Korean Adoptees!

April 26, 2010

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KRCC has just announced it’s summer session of Korean Language class for Adult Korean Adoptees (and multi-racial Koreans). Join KRCC and their bi-lingual and native Korean speaker teachers for help in learning and using the Korean language. In consideration that many Adult Korean Adoptees will be attending the IKAA gathering this August, there will be [...]

Dual Citizenship News

April 23, 2010

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Big news this week regarding Dual Citizenship for Korean Adoptees! The Nationality Law Revision was passed on 2010/04/21 by the Korean National Assembly. It will give Korean adoptees the right to re-gain their Korean nationality in addition to the adoptive nationality. The revised law will go into effect as per 1st January 2011. More info at the GOA’L website What does [...]

KAtCH April Monthly Dinner

April 15, 2010

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Join KAtCH on Saturday, April 24 for a Korean Grocery excursion followed by dinner at a Korean Barbecue Restaurant. We will be meeting at the Korean grocery store, Super H-Mart at 6pm. If you’ve never shopped at a Korean food store before, KAtCH will provide a tour of the store to help you identify and shop [...]