Adoptees Apply for Certificate of Citizenship for Free
To my Chinese adoptee friends and kin who became United States citizens under the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 and have not traveled outside of the U.S. with a passport […]
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Adapted Podcast Season 7, Episode 13: Adoptee Consciousness Model
I’m happy to share with you all that JaeRan Kim and I were recently interviewed for a new episode of the Adapted podcast by Kaomi Lee. We discuss our entry […]
An Impossible Goodbye
This past Tuesday, I received a phone call that I could have never expected. “Hi Grace, we have some really hard news to share,” my friend’s mother said, “Helen died.” […]
Adoptee Literary & Art Archive – Call for Submissions
I received an email from Chinese adoptee Hannah Gershone about her project that is looking at the intersection between adoption and environmental justice. I am happy to share her project […]
A Chinese Adoptee Addressing Adoption & Rehoming
Originally posted on Chinese Adoptee:
Dear Myka Stauffer, Should I approach as Influencer to Influencer? Adoptee to (former) adoptive mom? Human to human? What would speak louder to you? My…
Rethinking “Forever Family”
Originally posted on Harlow's Monkey:
Maybe it’s because we are in a time of such turmoil politically, environmentally, in our personal, social, and work lives, that I’ve seen an…
Christianity and International Adoption
The KAAN Conference is officially cancelled this year, which is disappointing but the right decision given the current public health crisis. I recently saw an online conversation among some people […]
Global Deinstitutionalization of Children
She was two years old when her mother placed her in an orphanage in South Korea. Her mother’s intentions were not to relinquish parental rights, but simply to keep her […]
Picture This: Diversity in Children’s Books 2018 Infographic
Originally posted on 박사라 Sarah Park Dahlen, Ph.D.:
In 2016, we published the infographic “Diversity in Children’s Books 2015.” It went viral and was discussed on Twitter, in Facebook groups,…
Micro Prose: Birth Mother, Portraiture by Erinrose Mager
Originally posted on NEW SOUTH:
Birth Mother, Portraiture Another moon face, unsmiling. She has placed the green tea kettle atop the kitchen stove’s lit burner. She looks not at her…
Red Thread Broken 