American adoptive mum Jessica Davis shares her thoughts since the guilty plea from adoption agency staffer, Debra Parris, who facilitated the illicit adoption.
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Lived Experience of Illegal and Illicit Adoption
ICAV and ISS Australia co-present on a lived experience webinar about illicit and illegal adoption practices, how they impact our lives, and what we need.
On the Road to Recovery
Stephanie shares her 5 tips that helped her on the road to recovery as an intercountry adoptee. Adopted from the Philippines to the USA.
A Picture Conveys a Thousand Emotions
Sara shares her memories of childhood with her brothers by the well in Korea, just before her father gave them away to an orphanage. She is adopted to the USA.
Only Child
Katia Marcello's song Only Child written for Chilean adoptees worldwide who have suffered illegal and illicit adoptions under the Augusto Pinochet reign.
My Father’s Death Anniversary
My Huong Le celebrates her American father in a Vietnamese tradition known as celebrating the Death Anniversary of loved ones. Sadly she never got to meet him.
Longing (Someday) by Luke McQueen
Luke McQueen shares candidly about himself, his journey as an adoptee and musician, and his song Longing (Someday) - a piece included in ICAVs video resource.
Mental Balance and Art
Jonas Haid shares his artwork, his passion and provides a piece inspired by ICAV, the work we do to support fellow adoptees around the world.
The Dehumanisation of an Adoptee
Kayla discusses the dehumanising effects being adopted had or her life, the role Christianity played, and the importance to reclaim our own truth as an adoptee.
My realities of being adopted from China
by Xue Hua adopted from China to the USA. Hi everyone! My name is Xue Hua and I was adopted as a 1 year old from Hunan, China. I live in Indianapolis in the USA, where I've grown up. My (white American) parents had 3 biological children and then adopted me when their youngest was …
Being Truly Seen as a Filipino Adoptee
Arlynn provides the speech shared at the Philippine Global Consultation conference, Sept 2021. Her lived experience growing up Filippino in the USA.
Music Inspired by my Bolivian Origins as an Adoptee
Jo shares the inspiration behind his music which draws him closer to his Bolivian roots.
Community Building in Adoption and Adoptee Spaces
Melissa shares her views about adoptee advocacy and community building as an adoptee raised in Norway, looking at Norway itself and the larger global arena
Educational Resource for Professionals
Launch Day I am proud to launch our new adoptee led educational video resource for professionals designed to help doctors, teachers, and mental health professionals better understand our lived experience as intercountry adoptees. This project has been a huge effort over the past 6 months in Australia to gather adult intercountry adoptee voices and share …
Adoption and the Impact on our Partners
Partners of adoptees are impacted immensely by our adoptions but we never hear this perspective. Brian shares how he's been impacted by adoption via marriage.
I Am Here
by Naomi Mackay, adopted from India to Sweden, residing as a documentary film maker in Scotland; currently producing her memoir and film. You can follow Naomi at Linktree, Facebook, Instagram. I AM HERE! I pass you in the hall.I pass you on the streets.I pass you in the shops.I pass you on the beach.I stand …
Thriving in These Shifting Times
Stephanie writes about the intersection of emotional triggers as an adoptee and being able to handle this better now, on a larger scale during this COVID time.
The Ocean, My Mother
Allison shares the struggles of reunion and beyond, the disappointments, re-traumatisation when our mothers reject us again; the lifelong journey of adoption.
Connecting with People of Colour is Not Automatic for Transracial Adoptees
Mark Hagland writes about raising transracial adoptees so they are surrounded by people who mirror them and know intuitively how to interact with people of color.
Integrating the Parts in Adoption
Bina shares about the fragmentation adoptees endure in order to survive and the grief work we must do to reintegrate our dual selves.
Review of Reckoning with The Primal Wound
Lynelle provides thoughts after watching Rebecca's Sansom's documentary Reckoning with the Primal Wound, an adoptee led film on the impacts of our separation.
I’m like a Deer Caught in the Headlights
by Krem0076, an Korean intercountry adoptee raised in the USA. Krem0076 as a toddler I am an adoptee from a closed international adoption. I have paperwork but for many of us, our paperwork is often fraught with mistakes, lies and discrepancies. That is a challenge - is my information accurate? My birth name? My birthdate? …
Sunday Junk Journaling
Filipino adoptee Desiree Maru shares her method of Junk Journaling that gives her a tool to help process life and its challenges. Creative, therapeutic, fun.
The Here and Now
Desiree shares her life, coming to terms with her past and moving forward.