A three-week Spiritual Journey to Korea, including visits to many holy and historical sites in Korea such as the DMZ, Mt. Jiri, Bulkuksa, Juldusan, foreign missionaries cemetery, will run from July 26 through Aug. 18, 2012. Adult adoptee participants will home-stay with Korean Christian families in five cities, Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Jeonju and Jiri San.

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Hana Ra Adams, PsyD

By KIM HWANG
AAP staff writer

MINNEAPOLIS (Nov. 15, 2011) — Hana Ra Adams, PsyD, is a culturally proficient therapist at Kenwood Counseling Center in Minneapolis, who provides therapy for a diverse group of clients from a myriad of ethnic and mixed race backgrounds.

Dr. Ra Adams works with children, adolescents, adults and families towards providing quality and multiculturally proficient therapy. Her work is broad in scope, because the clients she serves are dealing with an extensive range of mental health issues.

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Dr. Hei Kyong Kim

By KIM HWANG
AAP staff writer

ST. PAUL (Nov. 7, 20110) — In the previous addition of the Asian American Press, Dr. Mee Ock Park, Marriage and Family Therapist and Psychologist, was featured for the warrior work she does every day with the Korean Community in Minnesota.

Dr. Park’s work with Korean immigrants helps individuals and family’s cope with and deal with the every day stress of life. As a psychologist, Korean immigrants and/or Koreans in Minnesota, obtain services towards obtaining increased mental health and building a healthy cultural identity as well.

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By MAYA NISHIKAWA
AAP staff writer

Music is a universal language that brings people, thoughts, and feelings together. That’s the idea behind the a Special Children’s Choir, a Korean-Amercan/Adoptee Children’s/Youth’s Choir in Minnesota.

“Eating and music are cultural language. Through music and food, we can share our culture,” said Joshua Kim, Founder of Culture in Motion, which hosted a benefit for the Special Children’s Choir.

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St. Paul, Minn. (April 18, 2011) – The Minnesota Asian American Health Coalition (MA/AHC) announced last week the appointment of its new Interim Executive Director, Jennifer Houston.

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(Scene from In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee)

Minneapolis based nonprofit AdopSource will host its second annual Minnesota Transracial Film Festival (MNTRFF 2010) on November 6 and 7 from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the St. Anthony Main Theatre, SE 115 Main Street, Minneapolis. The festival will showcase the talents of five different female filmmakers who all focus their work on various aspects and origins of transracial adoption. Each of the films offers a poignant, deep and sometimes painful examination of various aspects of transracial adoption. The individuals and families living the transracial experience are illuminated and provided with a safe place to share their experiences.

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KAM Banquet guests, from left: Yoonju Park, director of Korean Service Center; Channel 5 Eyewitness News Reporter Susanna Song, Master of Ceremony; Hyun Sook Han, Korean adoption pioneer; Kim Jackson, photographer and author of the “HERE” book on Minnesota Korean adoptees; Angela Copeland, an adoptee who spoke on how a spiritual journey to Korea changed her life; and Pastor Sung Chul Park, director of KAM. (AAP staff photo by Tom LaVenture)

By TOM LAVENTURE
AAP staff writer

MINNEAPOLIS (August 21, 2010) – Korean Adoptees Ministry celebrated a “Decade of Making Deep Connections” with a gala fundraising event last weekend at Ramada Plaza. KAM, a nonprofit organization is based in Roseville and has served as a resource for adoptees and their families.

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By David Zander

Contributing writer

MINNEAPOLIS (April 17, 2010) – Over two hundred Korean Minnesotans, friends and family members gathered to celebrate a book launch and book signing of HERE: A Visual History of Adopted Koreans in Minnesota.

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