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• Discussion Group: Resilience by Tammy Chu

  • When
    12/14/2019
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    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Impact Hub Boston,

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  For this month's discussion group, we'll be watching and discussing Tammy Chu's 2010 film "Resilience". Meet at ImpactHub (room to be announced as soon as it's finalized) at 1pm for food, film and discussion. [BKA last screened this film at it's 2010 Film Festival: "Journeys Abroad, Journeys Within: A Korean Adoption Film Festival".]
  
  From the 7thart website: "Resilience takes a look at a side of adoption rarely told: what happens after the reunion? Following a Korean birth mother and her American son as they reunite and attempt to build a relationship amidst cultural clashes and unable to speak each others' language, the film follows mother and son as they struggle to become a family again.
  
  As a young mother, Myung-ja found herself on the verge of poverty and desperation. Leaving her son in the care of relatives, she went to another city for work. When she returned, her baby was taken away and put up for adoption.
  
  Living in South Dakota, Brent had an all-American upbringing, hardly questioning his Korean identity, but he had always wondered why he was put up for adoption. He never thought he would get an answer, and especially not on national Korean TV where, for the first time, he meets his birth mother.
  
  Myung-ja and Brent's reunion after 30 years changes their lives forever. Resilience follows mother and son as they navigate their delicate path towards reconciliation and understanding."

  The event will be held at ImpactHub (50 Milk Street, Boston MA) in the Hemingway room on the 18th floor. Sign in the security guard on the 1st floor and then they will buzz you onto the elevator. Take the elevator to the 18th floor then message Brendan to be let onto the floor (message info@bkadoptee.org or check the FB event for his contact info).
  

  This event is made possible by a grant from KAS. 

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• BKA December Happy Hour

  • When
    12/16/2019
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    The Abbey, 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, Porter Square Cambridge, MA 02140

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  Come out for our final happy hour of 2019 at the Abbey in Cambridge! Close to Porter Square. Menu below

  
  

  http://abbeycambridge.com

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• Discussion Group Open Forum

  • When
    12/21/2019
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Ming's Seafood Restaurant, 19 Pleasant St, Malden, 02148
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  Come join us in our final discussion group of 2019!
  
  We will reflect on previous topics from this year's discussion group, discuss plans for the 2020 discussion groups, and eat a ton of delicious dim sum!
  
  Funding for this event is provided by a grant from Korean Adoption Services
  

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• Lunar New Year Dinner 2020

  • When
    01/25/2020
  •  
    5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Sura BBQ, 27 Riverside Ave, Medford MA 02155
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  BKA invites you to our annual Seollal/Lunar New Year get-together at Sura BBQ on Saturday 1/25/19, to eat some grill, hang out with BKA friends old and new, and ring in the Year of the Rat. 
  

  The dinner will start at 5:30 pm. Bring your friends, your family and your appetite. 
  

  All are welcome and the event is family-friendly (no minimum age). 
  

  • $30 members
  • $40 non-members
  • $10 children ages 4 to 8
  • No charge for children under age 4

  Registration fee includes all you can eat Korean BBQ, appetizers and a limited number of drinks (additional drinks can be purchased).
  

  Any questions? Please contact info@bkadoptee.org.

  
  

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