The Stories We Bring to Bear: Flipping the Scripts on Adoption

The Stories We Bring to Bear: Flipping the Scripts on Adoption
with Deann Borshay Liem & Meejin Seol, moderated by Anna Kook

🗓️ Thursday, February 6, 2025
🕖 5:00 – 6:30 PM PT | 8:00 – 9:30 PM ET | Feb. 7 10:00 – 11:30 AM KST
🌐 Virtual/Online with ASL Interpretation

What exists beyond, around, and throughout the lives of adopted people and their various families and communities? How can we uplift a multitude of narratives in addition to the oft-told “reunion” stories? Individuals adopted from Korea and their first families bring especially critical stories to bear on the topic of ending the Korean War and “tongil” (통일, “reunification of the Korean peninsula”). Join us to hear from award-winning filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem and aspiring director and community organizer Meejin Seol, in conversation moderated by journalist Anna Kook. Speakers will talk about their work, families, geopolitics of adoption, and why we cannot hope to understand the history of the Korean War, militarism, or division without understanding the history of transnational adoption. We will discuss legacies of the ongoing Korean war and the present-day political landscape in South Korea – including impeachment and ongoing resistance by Korean civil society.