‘Mom, tell me the story of my adoption’ [USA]. My experience as an adoptee isn’t a monolith, nor is it isolated. It’s an important reminder that across the country, thousands of adoptees are navigating a one-sided narrative. Adoption has historically been framed as a beautiful method of family creation. This conveniently leaves out the separation from one’s birth family that occurs.
A Community Call to Action
November is National Adoption Awareness Month, and it’s an important time for diverse communities to unite around our people. Many of our community leaders, colleagues, friends, and even the friends of our children are impacted by adoption, and yet, they fail to get the community support they need to process, heal, and honor their stories. Which is why I invite you toward action.
This November, through The Janchi Show and Conversation Piece, I’ll be elevating stories and voices that deserve to be heard, amplified, and validated. I’ll also be available to support Indianapolis’ corporate community as they look to properly understand and honor adoption within the workplace. I invite you to tune in, engage with these stories, and lean in to help contribute to a more inclusive, more supportive community. Schedule a conversation with me at https://www.patrickintheworld.me/.
We Are Grieving [USA]. I found out that I was adopted from a grade-school bully. Instead of offering emotional support, my parents said it was a lie and ignored it. Over the next few years, this information was used by my peers to humiliate me, as they knew my parents were lying to me.
NAM/NAAM Day 3. It's About Time: Adoption Oversight, Protection, Transparency Bill Hits Congress [USA]. Every year Marley Greiner of Bastard Nation, DailyBastardette, and Stop Safe Haven Baby Boxes takes on NAAM, writing a new post every day, including this one about the ADOPT Act introduction in Congress. Another goody? How to Say Nobody Cares About Adoptee Rights Without Saying They Don’t
Live Podcast! Adoptees Crossing Lines will host a live podcast next week, on November 15, 2023, beginning at 6:30pm Eastern. Check it out.
Episcopal Church Approves Committee to Investigate Forced Adoptions [USA]. The Episcopal Church’s executive council voted to form a committee to investigate the church’s involvement with forced adoptions that occurred between the 1940s and ’70s.
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