Adoptee Hub

💛 Give to the Max for Adoptee Hub 2025

Adoptee Hub is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded on April 9, 2018, by Ami Nafzger, Founder and President. As a Korean adoptee, Ami faced lifelong challenges, including the early loss of her adoptive parents and struggles with identity, belonging, and cultural connection while growing up in rural Wisconsin.

Her experiences in both Korea and the United States inspired her lifelong commitment to advocate for adoptee rights and post-adoption support. In 1997, Ami founded and served as the first Secretary General of Global Overseas Adoptees’ Link (G.O.A.’L.) in Korea, working closely with government officials to create the F4 Visa program for Korean adoptees and immigrants, advance adoptee recognition, and provide support to the over 200,000 Korean adoptees worldwide.

Today, Adoptee Hub continues this mission—providing resources, cultural retreats and workshops, and birth search and translation services to empower adoptees and strengthen connections between Korea and the global adoptee community.

Even after 74 years of international adoption, adoptees still face limited access to mental health support, identity guidance, and post-adoption resources. We are working to change that.

🌏 2025 Highlights

✨ Facilitated four birth family reunions from The Hope Registry Birth Search Portal, creating life-changing connections and healing.

✨ Hosted our first Heart & Seoul Connection Retreat, an 8-day journey in Korea focused on self-care, identity, and cultural reconnection.

✨ Held our 4th annual Cultural Identity & Self-Care Workshop, our first Chili Cook-Off Contest, and three Adoptee Book Clubs

✨ Featured in a WCCO Spotlight on Birth Search and partnered with MPR, TPT, GOAL, Sejong City, and WCCO to uplift the adoptee community.

💫 Looking Ahead

Our vision is to establish a national Adoptee Center in the Greater Minneapolis area—a permanent home where adoptees and their families can belong, connect, and access life-changing support.

To make this vision a reality, we need your help:

• Sustainability funding to purchase our first building by 2026.

• Support to bring back the Kimchi Festival, a vibrant cultural celebration featuring 40+ vendors, performances, and kimchi tastings.

• Resources to continue our Hope Registry Birth Search Reunification Program and community events.

Every dollar brings us closer to a home for our community, stronger connections, and life-changing reunions.

💛 Give to the Max today—help us preserve our stories, empower adoptees, and build a place where everyone belongs.

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