Colin Cadier's speech at the Hague Special Commission 2022, Day 1, Session 1, Voices of Adoptees Panel
Tag: voices of adoptees
Adoptees at the Hague Special Commission
Lynelle shares the history of adoptee led organisation involvement at the Hague Special Commission meetings and the importance of adoptee voices being included.
Ethiopian Adoptee Anthology
Aselefech shares her thoughts on the upcoming Ethiopian Adoptee Anthology that she has co-administered, coming soon but first, here is the cover of the book.
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.
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 …
The Aloneness of Motherloss
Mila Konomos articulates the aloneness of mother loss, the grief and loss an adoptee lives due to being separated at birth.
Decolonizing Moses
by Kayla Zheng, adopted from China to the USA. Growing up in an evangelical white Christian home, I learned the story of Moses before I learned the story of Santa or Easter Bunny. White Christianity was a core pillar in my years growing up. Like Moses, who was orphaned and floated down the Nile to …
어머니 (Mother)
Michelle Piper shares the grief and loss of relinquishment and adoption, the multitude of questions, the lifelong emotional journey.
I Support #NotAThing
Lynelle supports the Korean adoptee campaign #notathing and speaks up about the broader issues that Jeong In-Yi's death have raised.
Broken
by Yolanda, a transracial adoptee (of Jamaican, black mixed with Chipawaue Indian origins) raised in the USA into a black American adoptive family. Artwork by Yolanda I was adopted at seven months old and my adoptee story isn't a good one. Basically I grew up in a religious family full of mental, physical, emotional and …
Peruvian Adoptee Returns to Birth Country
Milagros Forrester shares with ICAV about her return trips to Peru and how it impacted her search for identity and belonging.
Reflective Memories: Finding My Vietnamese Mother
by Denise Sandquist adopted from Vietnam to Sweden. At this time of the year, it's time for reflection! I want to share my story of how I found my mother and why this time of year is so special. Almost exactly 4 years ago, I found my biological mother in Vietnam! I was adopted from …
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Working through the difficult process as an Adoptee
JoYi Rhyss offers free zoom workshops to help adoptees.
Adoptee Dualities
Abby explores the complex dualities adoptees face, from identity and family connections to cultural struggles, highlighting the emotional toll of navigating adoption experiences.
Life Lessons from an Adoptee – Part 7
Part 7 of Life Lessons by Tamieka Small
Mother’s Day Ponderings
What does Mother's Day mean for this adoptee?
when i am old, cuando sea viejo
when i am old, cuando sea viejo
Can Intercountry Adoption be Ethical? Does it do Good?
Are you doing good by intercountry adopting?
Adopted as Infants
ICAV Blogger Collaborative Series #1
Leave Room
Elena S Hall shares about adoption and
Not Helpful
Juliette shares on what's not helpful - we just need to be respectfully heard!
Digging in the Dirt
Abby emphasizes the importance of post-adoption services for healing adoption trauma, highlighting the need for community support, therapy, and resources to thrive.
The Blame Game
A statement was made while at the recent intercountry adoption symposium in Washington DC about "children at the border and how we need to get them adopted into American families". That statement combined with articles I’ve seen on Facebook about migrant children who have been separated from their families and are now being adopted into …
Where is the Outrage?
Lynelle writes critically about intercountry adoption numbers plummeting around the world.