One of ASU’s most ambitious events was 2021 CONNECTION: a virtual conference about adoption. Over the course of two days in Spring 2021, over 100 attendees from all over the world came together to connect and learn about adoptee experiences.
In collaboration with four other student-led adoptee groups, ASU was proud to feature Angela Tucker as the Keynote Speaker, a film screening of “Geographies of Kinship,” a Director Q&A with filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem and film protagonists Kim Stoker and Estelle Cooke-Sampson, student-led workshops, and a panel discussion with Ming Canaday, Astrid Castro, and Lynelle Long.
Keynote Speaker
Featured Film Speakers
Featured Panelists
You can learn even more about the event, guest speakers, featured film, student groups, and workshops at the official conference website.
2021 CONNECTION was presented by Adopted Students United of the University of Oregon with the Adoptee Recognition Community of Gustavus Adolphus College, the Adoptee Club of Lewis & Clark College, the Adoptees Alliance of Western Washington University, and the Adopted Student Advisory Panel of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
The event was proudly sponsored by The University of Oregon’s Division of Equity and Inclusion, The Strive Foundation, The University of Oregon’s International Business and Economics Club, DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon, Holt International, The UO Department of Cinema Studies, and The University of Oregon’s Mills International Center.