Maori adoptee letter to NZ Minister of Justice

On May 14, 2021May 10, 2021 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Bev Reweti, transracial Maori adoptee, shares about her fight for justice and recognition of the historical wrongs to Maori adoptees like herself, in New Zealand.

We are more than Numbers!

On January 5, 2021February 12, 2021 By Guest BloggerIn Uncategorized1 Comment

Brenna talks about Korean adoption statistics and how adoptees are more than these numbers.

Adoptee Dualities

On December 2, 2020July 27, 2025 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptee Support, Adoptee vulnerability, Colombia, Complexities in Adoption, Forced separation, Gratitude in Adoption, Grief and Loss, Intercultural struggles, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Multiple Identities, Peer support, Rights in Adoption, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, USA1 Comment

Abby explores the complex dualities adoptees face, from identity and family connections to cultural struggles, highlighting the emotional toll of navigating adoption experiences.

Bolivian Family Searching

On August 24, 2020December 28, 2020 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Atamhi shares about his search for first family and activism as an adoptee.

Bitten and Suffering

On June 29, 2020November 17, 2020 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Lily shares about the fight for her rights as an intercountry adoptee.

Alone

On June 9, 2020May 25, 2020 By Guest BloggerIn Uncategorized1 Comment

Geetha shares about feeling alone.

Brokenness in Adoption

On January 27, 2020June 1, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptee Artists, Adoptee Artwork, Adoptee vulnerability, China, China, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Grief and Loss, Importance of Connections to Origins, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Multiple Identities, Not Knowing in Adoption, Origins Search, Sense of Belonging, Transracial Adoption, USA1 Comment

Huang Feng Ying shares artwork and thoughts about being adopted from China.

I May Not Remember, But I’ll Never Forget

On November 3, 2019November 1, 2019 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Kev Minh, Vietnamese American adoptee shares.

South Korean Adoptions: An Economic Analysis

On January 2, 2019November 22, 2020 By jaymekyopoIn Uncategorized1 Comment

CFO and Korean adoptee, Jayme investigates the economics of Sth Korea's adoptees sent out abroad.

Rehomed & Abandoned Too Many Times

On November 20, 2018May 13, 2020 By lynellelongIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Ethiopian adoptee shares her journey of loss and more loss in relinquishment and adoption.

What Adoptees Lose in Intercountry Adoption

On November 15, 2018December 8, 2020 By lynellelongIn Uncategorized1 Comment

I normally tiptoe around adoption and never say the A word because people just don't respond well to "adoptee anger". But during the month of November, I feel it is appropriate to air my feelings on what I have anger about, in intercountry adoption. I hate that our original identities are ignored and get obliterated …

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Who Am I?

On November 17, 2017February 6, 2024 By jaymekyopoIn Adoptee vulnerability, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Education for Adoptive Parents, Adoption Education for Professionals, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Grief and Loss, Importance of Connections to Origins, Is adoption the best option, Korea, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Multiple Identities, Not Knowing in Adoption, Sense of Belonging, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, USALeave a comment

Jayme questions who he is as an intercountry adoptee from Sth Korea.

InterCountry Adoptee Voices (ICAV)

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