Thursday, April 16, 2026
🎥 Film Screening & Reception
- 6:00-7:00 PM | Onsite Check-In
- 7:05-8:15 PM | Adoptee Films and Q&A
- 8:15-9:30 PM | KCCNY Reception catered by KJUN
In collaboration with Korean Cultural Center New York and Adoptee Film Fest.
Friday, April 17, 2026
🏙 Daytime: Choose Your Own NYC Adventure!
- Breakfast Food Crawl through the East Village
- Grounded: A Yoga Gathering for Adoptees
- Jogging Tour of Central Park
- Cooper Hewitt Museum Tour
- Writing Workshop
- Chinese Dumpling Making Experience
- Chinatown: A Walk Through History + Admission to Museum of Chinese America
- Hana Makgeolli Tour and Tasting
🥂🎤 Evening: Kick-Off Welcome Reception, Adoptee Maker’s Market, & Variety Show
- 6:00-11:30 PM | Kick-Off Welcome Reception
- 6:00-8:30 PM | Adoptee Maker’s Market
- 8:30-9:30 PM | “Adoptees Got Talent” Variety Show
Saturday, April 18, 2026
🗣️ Daytime: Choose Your Own Sessions
- Note: Saturday day programming sessions held at Pier57 are open and accessible to all, even if not registered for the full anniversary. Please utilize this form to RSVP. Space is limited.
- Sessions include:
- Adoptee Therapists & Different Modalities
- False Histories: Panel
- Art, Adoption and LGBTQIA+ Panel
- Racial Identity Storytelling
- Evolution of Birth Search
- Adoptees for Justice and Alliance for Adoptees and Families Presents: Protecting Adoptees and American Families (PAAF) in the 119th Congress
- Feel Better Than Before: A Somatic Regulation Workshop
- Founder’s Panel
- Breakfast & Lunch included
🥘 Evening: Anniversary Banquet Dinner & After Party 🎉
- 5:30 PM | Check-In & Merch for Purchase
- 6:00-9:30 PM | Anniversary Banquet Dinner
- 10:30 PM | After Party
Sunday, April 19, 2026
👋 Farewell Activities
- 11:00 AM | Brooklyn Bridge Walk (Manhattan → Brooklyn)
- 1:00 PM | Time Out Market (pay-your-way)
- 3:00 PM | Goodbyes
**Registered attendees will receive additional details, updates, and any schedule changes via email prior to the event.**
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