Julayne Lee was given up for adoption in South Korea as a result of the Korean War. She was adopted by an all-white Christian family in Minnesota, where she grew up. She has spent over fifteen years working with Overseas Adopted Koreans (OAKs). She lived in Seoul and now resides in Los Angeles, where she is a member of the LA Futbolistas and Adoptee Solidarity Korea - Los Angeles (ASK-LA). She is also part of the Adoptee Rights Campaign working to pass the Adoptee Citizenship Act to ensure all inter-country adoptees have US citizenship. NOT MY WHITE SAVIOR is her first book.

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Korean Peace Corps Alumni: Adoptee Citizenship

Thursday, June 21, 2018
2:00 PM 3:30 PM 14:00 15:30

JJ Grand Hotel 620 S Harvard Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90005 (map)

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Presentation on adoptees without citizenship (AWOCs), past campaigns and current legislation to a national audience of Korean Peace Corps alumni in partnership with the Korean Consulate.