Adoptee Hub

History & Mission Statement

Adoptee Hub is a non-profit organization established on April 9, 2018, by Ami Nafzger, CEO. Mrs. Nafzger previously founded and ran the Non-Government organization, Global Overseas Adoptee's Link, (G.O.A.'L.) in Korea.  

Our organization is run by a Board of Korean adoptees and volunteers in the United States, Europe, and Korea.

Our mission is to connect, collaborate, and preserve adoption legacies through community, culture, and post-adoption services.

Give to the Max 2024 Fund Drive

It has been 73 years since international adoption began, yet there are still scant resources for adoptees and their families to navigate the mental health, identity development, and racial integration issues many face. Adoptee Hub’s initiatives include: facilitating birth searches, reunions, and other vital resources to this process, and lifting up the Korean adoptee community in Minnesota through engaging events like the Cultural Identity Self-Care Workshop, Kimchi Festival, and more.

As November is National Adoption Awareness Month, our Give to the Max campaign will focus on the Birth Search Reunification program that is launching this Fall and sustaining our flagship events that bring our community together.

The Hope Registry and Reunification Program is an active data source and gateway for the Minnesota and International community of Korean adoptees, to facilitate the reuniting of birth families. This includes:

*A secure multi-lingual portal for adoptees to provide their information, data, and pictures, and any other pertinent information from their adoption file/ paperwork.

*A secure multi-lingual portal for birth families to provide their information, data, and pictures of the children they are seeking.

*A registry that crosschecks data and conducts facial recognition to match adoptee information with birth parent information.

*An access point for translation services.

*A community hub for mental health support.

*A cultural network that supports the complex navigation of searching for one's birth family, living in reunion, and learning about one's ancestry.

Events Sustainability: In addition, we were able to hold the highly popular, Kimchi Festival, this year on September 29, 2024. We are so proud to have been featured in news articles and a spot on WCCO! The Kimchi Festival was successful in that we delivered on our objectives and saw tremendous engagement from all! However, in order for us to bring it back every year, we need the support to operationalize and run the festival. Your donation will help us retain Kimchi experiences, performances, equipment and location fees.

Long Term Sustainability: In addition to funding for our reunification program and ongoing events, Adoptee Hub is in need of physical space to conduct business. An adoptee center will help to facilitate birth search services, research projects, language classes, and post-adoption services.

Your support will help adoptees locate and reunite with their birth families. Our programming is not limited to the services listed here; we are an open door for Adoptees to get support on a case by case basis. For many not knowing their origin story is a barrier to true self-knowledge. Even adoptees fully integrated, supported, and in loving relationships with their Adoptive families can feel the desire to resolve the unknown questions about their previous lives.  "Where do I come from?" is for many an existential question. 

About Adoptee Hub

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