If Korean adoptees were a country, it would be around the 190th largest, with a population bigger than Samoa or Guam. In a very physical sense, we are each part of a KAD nation. And yet, one of the strongest characteristics of our individual histories is extreme isolation. We were aliens in the truest sense of the word – dropped from space into a foreign world. We do not grow up together. We are not […]
Or said another way, support programs to keep families intact. This article provides a nice summary of what’s wrong with plans that support international adoption. come up with an international child and family welfare initiative, which focuses on keeping children with their parents, their extended families or in their communities, instead of a plan focused on adoption that takes away these children from their parents or their communities. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-ligtvoet/not-again-yet-another-uni_b_10995986.html
Korean Adoptees are aliens. Not in the “immigrant” sense, but actually in the sense of a being from another planet. — By the time you are a few months old, you know everyone in your family, especially your mama. Within a few years, you have a very clear understanding of your world and what is “normal”. Right in the middle of all that, you are snatched to another universe where nothing makes sense. The words […]
Janine Myung Ja and Jenette Moon Ja https://vancetwins.com/aboutthevancetwins/blogpost/ “The Lees” https://wethelees.wordpress.com/ Wendy Laybourn http://savvysunah.com/ Ali McNally http://seoulshakedown.com/ Kaomi Goetz https://kaomigee.tumblr.com/ Zeke Anders http://thekaddiaries.com Anonymous http://www.sheddingwhiteness.com/ Ellie Freeman https://roknrollradio.wordpress.com/ Leann http://going–places.blogspot.com Teddy Thaden http://forgotten-seoul.tumblr.com/ Kat http://myseoultoshare.blogspot.com/ Robby Regal Kim ‘https://medium.com/@rega0064 Anonymous https://bykotamom.wordpress.com/ Anonymous http://mykoreanadopteestory.tumblr.com/ Anonymous http://kckad.tumblr.com/ Nikki https://sarangkoreanstyle.wordpress.com/ ‘https://sarangkoreanstyle.wordpress.com/adoption-story/ Anonymous http://tearsforseoul.blogspot.ca/?m=1
With mostly korean adoption-related content. Shelby Redfield Kilgore https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=yoonmeichae1. Very well-made documentary profiles of adoptees. Hwa Joo Adventures https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCIUq_oWNGdmhFuTEBtyDzKw Jen Kim Creative https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=PLdM_qkNZWUEuHO-hfNlXbSoh9Y52dN2rd Kimura Byol https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=PL6pR46K9GHuwPsVu46iV8e6vTJmJOB2ox Korean Adoptee Reunited https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCyjADnpDKsRzD0F-NsiG8bA Ben Deen https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=PLHyWfVUsqpnMIEkolfLrNer_HrzkEy6ov
From the view of an adoptive parent. Follow the money leads also in adoption to the truth: the truth that those who have the money define the narrative. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-ligtvoet/on-the-venerable-american_b_9996650.html
