Katya shares her complex feelings about the current crisis in the Ukraine and Russia as an intercountry adoptee with connections to both countries.
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The Significance of Adoptee Eyes
Korean Australian adoptee Alexis Bartlett shares her digital art project exploring adoptee stories. In this piece, Alexis portrays the significance of our eyes.
Kris shares about Adoptee Anger
Kris shares about the experience as a Late Discovery Adoptee and feelings of anger, exploring this emotion and how it can be harnessed to push for change.
Anonymous shares about Adoptee Anger
Anonymous shares as a Chinese adoptee about anger, her journey of coming to terms with what has created her life and what has helped her deal with her anger.
Kyleigh shares about Adoptee Anger
Kyleigh shares as a Colombian about Adoptee Anger, feeling different, the pain of not being understood, the structures that promote adoption as a solution.
JD shares about Adoptee Anger
JD shares as a Filipino adoptee about anger: anger for the abuse, the lies, the rejection, the impacts and lack of supports.
Ofir shares about Adoptee Anger
Ofir shares as a Colombian adoptee about her anger, feeling displaced, misunderstood, having no-one to connect with or speak to in the same language.
Gypsy shares about Adoptee Anger
Gypsy shares about her adoptee anger which comes from the billion dollar private infant adoption industry that sells adoptees to the highest bidder.
Ande shares about Adoptee Anger
Ande shares about Adoptee Anger as a Late Discovery Adoptee thru' the ICAV series that explores what this emotion is about from a lived experience perspective.
Andrea shares about Adoptee Anger
Andrea shares her experience of feeling angry as an adoptee because of the racism and lack of support at school.
So Much Loss in Adoption
by Maars, taken from the Philippines to Canada. You can follow Maars @BlackSheepMaars I have been researching my roots for the last 3.5 years. When I first started this journey, I had nothing but scribbled memories of moments that provided places and names. Mostly by things I've overheard growing up when my family would speak …
Accepting Responsibility as An Adoption Facilitator
Jessica shares on the legal case against the traffickers of Namata, European Adoption Consultants (EAC). Great to see justice happening but long overdue!
The Complexities of Adoption
백현숙 (Baek Hyun Sook) shares the memories evoked each year remembering the transition into adopted life. The complexities, the emotions growing up and learning the truth.
What Happens After Reunion?
Matthew Pellegrino shares some realities of life after reunion for an intercountry adoptee, hoping to challenge the "happily ever after" myth of adoption.
Bought and Sold, This is Adoption!
Lina does not sugarcoat what adoption is, from her lived experience she was bought and sold. Let's be honest when we talk about adoption.
My View of Adoption has Changed with Time
Maria shares how her views and understanding of adoption have changed over time as she's connected herself more to the adoption community and educated herself.
The Pope Shaming People into Adopting Children
Cameron Lee rightly questions the assumptions Pope Francis makes about adoption and shaming parents who are childless into adopting a child.
25 Years in the Netherlands
Jowan shares writings about being in the Netherlands for 25 years, the connections with homeland in South Korea and the adjusting to a new life and identity.
Pain of Loss and the Joy at Seeing her Reunified with her Family
Jessica Davis shares her grief from returning her Ugandan daughter back to her biological family but also the joy at seeing them together. Adoption is complex.
What I Lost When I Was Adopted
Stephanie shares questions and thoughts about the complex path traversed to come to integrate losses and gains into a sense of identity as a Filipino adoptee.
A Vigil for Christian Hall, 1 Year On
An online vigil, 30 Dec 2021, in honour of Christian Hall, adopted from China to the USA, shot to death by police during a mental health episode.
Confronting my greatest fear led to my best discovery!
Sharinda shares her emotional journey this year in discovering her Sri Lankan mother is alive and eager to meet her. Sharinda will film this in a documentary.
A Journey in Re-defining My Identity
Maya Fleischmann shares her complex journey to find her identity as a person born in Hong Kong but adopted transracially into a Jewish Russian family.
Spending Thanksgiving on My Own
Desiree shares the ups and downs of being single as an adoptee, being alone especially in those key holiday times like Thanksgiving or Xmas.