Reflections on Returning Home Part 1

On June 25, 2024June 11, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptee vulnerability, China, China, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Grief and Loss, Importance of Connections to Origins, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Origins Search, Sense of Belonging, Transracial Adoption, USALeave a comment

Emma shares her reflections as a Chinese intercountry adoptee having lived in China as a MSW student at NYU Shanghai.

USA Virtual Fair

On June 11, 2024June 12, 2024 By lynellelongIn Adjustment and Transition, Adoptee Activism, Adoptee Search Service Orgs, Adoptee support provided by adoptees, Adoptee vulnerability, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Education for Adoptive Parents, Adoption Education for Professionals, China, Citizenship in Adoption, Colombia, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Diversity in Adoption, Ethiopia, Greece, Grief and Loss, Importance of Connections to Origins, Korea, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Lived experience leadership, Multiple Identities, Not Knowing in Adoption, Origins Search, Peer Support, Racial Mirrors, Return to Birth Country, Sense of Belonging, South Korea, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, USA, VietnamLeave a comment

Lynelle shares the recording of the USA Virtual Fair held on 1 June 2024 showcasing 20 intercountry adoptee led organisation who provide support to adoptees.

Returning to Homeland

On May 31, 2024May 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptees Educate, Adoption Education for Adoptive Parents, Adoption Education for Professionals, Australia, Complexities in Adoption, Ethiopia, Grief and Loss, Importance of Connections to Origins, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Older Age Adoptions, Origins Search, Return to Birth Country, Sense of Belonging, Transracial AdoptionLeave a comment

Meseret shares some tips and thoughts for intercountry adoptees considering returning to homeland or birth country, her perspective as an Ethiopian adoptee.

To the Parents I don’t Know

On May 18, 2024April 24, 2024 By lynellelongIn Adoptee Artists, Adoptee Artwork, Adoptee vulnerability, Adoptees Educate, China, Complexities in Adoption, Grief and Loss, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Not Knowing in Adoption, Origins Search, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, UK1 Comment

Meredith shares her song to express the many complex feelings she has for her Chinese parents whom she doesn't know and has lost since being adopted to the UK.

The Pain is Bearable

On May 9, 2024April 9, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptee support provided by adoptees, Adoptee vulnerability, Adoptees Educate, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Grief and Loss, Importance of Connections to Origins, Is adoption the best option, Korea, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, South Korea, The Netherlands, Therapy, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in AdoptionLeave a comment

Soorien shares about the bearable pain of grief and loss she lives with as a Korean intercountry adoptee raised in the Netherlands.

Romania from the lens of a returning adoptee

On April 30, 2024April 9, 2024 By lynellelongIn Adoptee Artists, Adoptee Artwork, Belgium, Complexities in Adoption, Importance of Connections to Origins, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Not Knowing in Adoption, Origins Search, Return to Birth Country, Romania, Sense of BelongingLeave a comment

Céline Lăcrămioara, born in Romania and adopted to Belgium, returns as a professional photographer, capturing her birth country and people in these portfolios.

I don’t know

On April 21, 2024April 21, 2024 By lynellelongIn Adoptee Artists, Adoptee Artwork, Adoptee vulnerability, Adoptees Educate, China, China, Grief and Loss, Importance of Connections to Origins, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Not Knowing in Adoption, Origins Search, The Netherlands, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in AdoptionLeave a comment

Xanne-Li shares her music written to express some of the heartache and pain of not knowing as an intercountry adoptee from China.

Monologue performances showcasing the complex lived experience of adoption

On April 12, 2024July 19, 2024 By lynellelongIn Adjustment and Transition, Adoptee Artists, Adoptee Artwork, Adoptee vulnerability, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Education for Professionals, Colombia, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Grief and Loss, Importance of Connections to Origins, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Not Knowing in Adoption, Origins Search, Racial Mirrors, Sense of Belonging, The Netherlands, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in AdoptionLeave a comment

Performances by José Montoya: one on Grief the other a biographic portrayal of his life, adopted from Colombia to the Netherlands and the complexities within.

Adopted to Norway

On February 14, 2024February 14, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptee Artists, Adoptee Artwork, Adoptee vulnerability, Adoption Attachment, Adoption Book, Complexities in Adoption, Korea, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Multiple Identities, Norway, Poetry by Adoptees, South Korea, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption1 Comment

Vår Benum is adopted from Sth Korea to Norway and shares artwork created for her poetry, describing the lifelong journey of being an intercountry adoptee.

Afrocentric

On February 6, 2024February 5, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptee Artists, Adoptee Artwork, Adoptees Educate, Australia, Complexities in Adoption, Haiti, Importance of Connections to Origins, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Origins Search, Racial Mirrors, Return to Birth Country, Sense of Belonging, Transracial AdoptionLeave a comment

Ebony Hickey, a Haitian Australian intercountry adoptee performed in Afrocentric at the Victorian Gallery of Victoria. We share her voice performance and photos

Adoptees as experts and influencing international standards through advocacy

On January 22, 2024January 23, 2024 By lynellelongIn 1993 Hague Convention, Adoptee Activism, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Education for Professionals, adoption reform, Adoptive Country, Birth Country, Birth parents speak out, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Family Preservation, Illegal Adoption, Impacts to Biological Families, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Politics of Adoption, Reparation in Adoption, Rights in Adoption, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, UN Joint Statement Illegal AdoptionLeave a comment

Lynelle shares about the journey from understanding her adoption to becoming an adoptee advocate, pushing for much needed change at international levels.

Vietnamese mother searching for her daughter

On January 12, 2024January 21, 2024 By lynellelongIn Belgium, Birth Parents Searching, France, VietnamLeave a comment

Vietnamese mother searching for her daughter adopted to either Belgium or France

Victims of Illegal Intercountry Adoptions speak out at the UN

On September 21, 2023May 16, 2024 By lynellelongIn Adoptee Activism, adoption reform, Australia, Birth parents speak out, China, France, Greece, Grief and Loss, Illegal Adoption, Illicit Adoption, Korea, South Korea, The Netherlands, Trauma in Adoption, UK, USA, Vietnam2 Comments

ICAV presents at the UN first year anniversary of the Joint Statement on Illegal Intercountry Adoptions, where to from here.

Reunification with my Colombian Family

On July 21, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Australia, Colombia, Grief and Loss, Illegal Adoption, Impacts to Biological Families, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Search and Reunion in Adoption, Trauma in AdoptionLeave a comment

A Colombian Australian intercountry adoptee shares their story of reunification with biological family.

Reunion and Beyond

On July 8, 2023January 21, 2024 By lynellelongIn Adoptees Educate, Birth Country, Diversity in Adoption, Impacts to Biological Families, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Search and Reunion in Adoption, Trauma in AdoptionLeave a comment

ICAVs upcoming webinar on Reunion and Beyond in Intercountry Adoption is available to RSVP. Book your tickets now.

A different type of Reunion

On July 4, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Australia, Grief and Loss, Illegal Adoption, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Search and Reunion in Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, VietnamLeave a comment

Damian shares about a different type of reunion, not with biological family but with an adopted sibling who got returned to the State in Australia.

Searching for my family in Russia

On June 29, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptees Educate, Canada, Grief and Loss, Illegal Adoption, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Origins Search, Russia, Search and Reunion in Adoption, Trauma in Adoption2 Comments

Raya shares about searching for Russian family in our series dedicated to exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities for intercountry adoptees.

Searching for my family in the Philippines

On June 19, 2023January 21, 2024 By Desiree MaruIn Adoptees Educate, Grief and Loss, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Origins Search, Philippines, Search and Reunion in Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, USALeave a comment

Desiree shares about searching for Filippino family in our series dedicated to exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities for intercountry adoptees.

Searching for my family in Romania

On June 14, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptees Educate, Germany, Impacts to Biological Families, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Origins Search, Romania, Search and Reunion in Adoption, USALeave a comment

Sonia shares about searching for Romanian family in our series dedicated to exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities for intercountry adoptees.

Searching for my family in Vietnam

On June 4, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptees Educate, Impacts to Biological Families, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Origins Search, Search and Reunion in Adoption, USA, Vietnam1 Comment

Hyun shares about searching for Vietnamese family in our series dedicated to exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities for intercountry adoptees.

Searching for my family in Colombia

On May 25, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Colombia, Impacts to Biological Families, Origins Search, Search and Reunion in Adoption, USALeave a comment

Jose shares about searching for Colombian family in our series dedicated to exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities for intercountry adoptees.

Searching in Intercountry Adoption by Adoptee Experts Webinar

On May 20, 2023January 21, 2024 By lynellelongIn Adoptee Search Service Orgs, Adoptee support provided by adoptees, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Education for Professionals, Australia, Belgium, Colombia, Diversity in Adoption, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Haiti, Impacts to Biological Families, Korea, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Origins Search, Search and Reunion in Adoption, South Korea, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Trauma in Adoption, USA1 Comment

ICAVs newest webinar and perspective paper on searching in intercountry adoption bringing you experiences of intercountry adoptees from around the world.

My feelings regarding my first mom

On May 6, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Chile, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Sweden, Therapy, Trauma in AdoptionLeave a comment

Maria shares on how to practically access her younger years emotions about her Chilean mother, an exercise that she was never encouraged to do while young.

Dear Mum and Dad

On April 3, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Australia, First Nations Canada, Grief and Loss, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Racism in Adoption, Trauma in AdoptionLeave a comment

Jen writes to her original parents expressing the sorrow and grief of never meeting them and her life being adopted to Australia as a First Nations Canadian.

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