KATCH 2025 Chuseok

Join KATCH for our annual Chuseok Holiday celebration on October 4, from 5-8 pm! Adoptees, friends, and family are invited to join us as we gather to celebrate Chuseok with delicious Korean food and cultural activities.

Chuseok, also known as Hangawi (한가위), is a mid-autumn festival that is celebrated in Korea. In modern-day Korea, it's one of the largest holidays that is celebrated. Here at KATCH, it's a great opportunity to join us for the first time or the hundredth time, meet new friends, and see old ones. We will enjoy Korean food and have some fun activities for all ages.

Food and Beverage

KATCH will cater Korean food for dinner and provide soft beverages. Attendees are welcome to bring their own beverages. No alcohol please.

Attire

Casual attire. Hanboks are encouraged.

RSVP

Please RSVP for everyone in your party. Everyone 13 years and over is $20, children 4-12 are $10, and children 3 and under are free. Mutual aid and mutual aid sponsorship tickets are available to help our community members who need financial assistance to attend. RSVPs include one raffle ticket/person; fun prizes to be announced at the event. Winners must be present to receive their prize. To increase your chance of winning, you may purchase more raffle tickets at the door.

Consent to Photography and Anti-Harrassment

Participation in this event assumes your adherance to our anti-harassment policy and photo disclosure, which can be found in our organization profile below.

Event Contact

For questions, last-minute reservations or cancellations, please email a2FkcyB8IGthdGNoaWNhZ28gISBjb20=.

Support KATCH!

This event is made possible by the Overseas Korean Agency. KATCH is actively planning for 2025 programming, which is made possible by our generous donors (community members) and grants. Please consider making a donation or doing an employer match grant to support our community and programming in 2025. You can donate registration or by clicking here.

Post-Event Activities

Any post-event activities will not be hosted by KATCH. Any additional food, drinks, noraebong room rental fees, or other related expenses will be the individual's responsibility.

Photography Disclosure

KATCH takes photos at events for marketing materials and annual reporting for funders. By attending this event, you agree to be captured in these photos for public use. If you do not want to be photographed, please inform the event host upon arrival.

Anti-Harassment Policy

KATCH is dedicated to providing a fun, welcoming, respectful, and harassment-free experience for everyone at all of our events, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of participants or unwelcome behavior in any form. KATCH members or event attendees violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the group at the discretion of the KATCH board.

Harassment includes, but is not limited to:

• Verbal comments that reinforce social structures of domination related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, or religion
• Sexual images in public spaces
• Deliberate intimidation, stalking, or following
• Harassing photography or recording
• Sustained disruption of talks or other events Inappropriate physical contact
• Unwelcome sexual attention
• Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior

Exception: Discussion or images related to sex, pornography, discriminatory language, or similar is welcome if it is necessary to the topic of discussion, it is presented in a respectful manner, and attendees are warned in advance. (Example: discussion of racial or gender-based stereotypes might come up in the context of a discussion group about participants’ experience with racism in dating/relationships.)

Unwelcome behavior includes actions that disrupt an event, disturb fellow attendees, or disrespect the venue or staff. Participants who choose to drink alcohol at a KATCH event are responsible for staying within their limits and continuing to adhere by this policy.

Participants asked to stop any harassment or unwelcome behavior are expected to comply immediately.

If a participant engages in harassment or unwelcome behavior, KATCH event organizers retain the right to take any actions to keep the event a welcoming environment for all participants. This includes warning the offender, expulsion from the event with no refund, and/or barring the offender from future events.

Event organizers may take action to redress anything designed to, or with the clear impact of, disrupting the event or making the environment hostile for any participants.

We expect participants to follow these rules at all KATCH event venues and KATCH-related social activities.

If someone makes you or anyone else feel unsafe or unwelcome, please report it as soon as possible to a member of the KATCH board.

This policy is adapted from Boston Korean Adoptees (BKA).

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