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This month, ASK is pleased to welcome international documentary filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem. Deann, a Korean adoptee who grew up in the United States, will be in Korea filming her second documentary, Precious Objects of Desire. Her first film, First Person Plural, has been widely screened throughout the United States on public television and at private and public screenings, as well as in Korea and at international film festivals. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to see some short excerpts of Deann's upcoming film and to hear her discuss the process of making it.

For more about Deann's first film, go to http://www.asiasource.org/arts/borshay.cfm

ASK is pleased to invite you for a discussion with Jane Jeong Trenka. Jane is the author of The Language of Blood: A Memoir, and, with Julia Chinyere Oparah and Sun Yung Shin, co-editor of Outsiders Within: Writings on Transracial Adoption. Jane will discuss Outsiders Within, the growing global transracial adoptee movement, and some recent thoughts on transnational adoption, citizenship and immigration, and the role of the law in adoption. Jane first came to Korea in 1995 and has lived there since 2004.
http://outsiderswithin.blogspot.com/
http://www.languageofblood.com/

ASK is pleased to invite you for an evening of discussion with one of the leading experts in the field of child welfare and social services in Korea. In-sun Park holds a Ph.D. in Social Work and has worked in the field of child welfare for the past 30 years, actively questioning current policies and critically thinking about the subject. A former professor of social work at Ewha Woman’s University, Dr. Park now operates her own research facility in Seoul, the HaeSong Child Welfare Research Center. She is also the editor of People Who Search, a book that details her research on adult adoptees and includes adoptee writing.
Please visit our ARCHIVE to read Dr. Park’s paper, "Looking After Our Child With Our Hands" and a 1998 interview with Dr. Park in Korean Quarterly.

ASK FORUM ON MENTAL HEALTH AND ADOPTION
Thursday, 12 August, 7:30 p.m.-10 p.m.
Organized by Adoptee Solidarity Korea
Hosted by KoRoot (for directions please see below)
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*This will be an adoptee-only event!

Kwok Sa Jin is an activist from the U.S. who has lived in Korea since 2000. He has worked with various human rights organizations throughout East Asia, including Durebang Women's Services in Uijeongbu. He represented Korea at the first Amerasian Solidarity Summit in Angeles City in 2003, in addition to participating in the Okinawan Amerasian Leadership Summit of 2004.
Kwok Sa Jin gave us a presentation about Amerasians in Korea. His presentation challenged some of the established notions about US military occupation, racism in Korea, and international adoption.

WRITING WORKSHOP
Mental Health and Adoption Part III
Organized by Adoptee Solidarity Korea
Workshop facilitators: Molly Cho and Karin Lim
When: Saturday, April 23rd from 2 to 4 p.m.
Where: Outside at Hangang Park
Meet at Yeouinauru Subway Station, Exit 3

RESOURCED THROUGH WRITING:
Mental Health and Adoption Part II
Saturday, January 15 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at KoRoot
Organized by Adoptee Solidarity Korea
Hosted by KoRoot (for directions please see below)
Time and date: January 15 from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Workshop facilitators: Molly Cho (ASK Member) and Kim Hyo-Jung Campbell (ASK Representative)

ASK, together with GOAL, is pleased to invite you to a screening of a new documentary by a Korean adoptee, with a discussion of the film to follow. This Forum will be presented in English.

ASK is pleased to invite you for an evening of discussion with Chongwol Sunim, a student of the female zen master Dae Haing. Chongwol Sunim will discuss intercountry adoption from a Buddhist perspective, touching upon essential human rights issues. He has prior spoken to young adoptees and also been involved with family searches. Chongwol Sunim is currently the head of Hyundae Bulkyo Media Center in Seoul.

ASK is pleased to invite to you attend an evening Forum with Dr. Helen Noh. Dr. Noh is a Professor of Social Work at Soongsil University, where she regularly covers the subject of intercountry adoption in her undergraduate social work courses. Dr. Noh was also invterviewed in two documentary specials about the issue of intercountry adoption this past year. We expect to have an informal discussion with Professor Noh.