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Marking my calendar for Deb Sivigny’s work in fall 2017

November 6, 2016
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arts and culture

excited to hear about performance art coming in fall 2017 from kad Deb Sivigny, as told on The Rambler.  Sounds fascinating, the idea is to take the audience through the experience of an adoptee’s perspective first hand.  How do we get this produced in NY after the DC run? http://therambleradhd.podbean.com/e/episode-41-deb-sivigny/ As a side note, really liked Mike’s description of adoptee commonality while interviewing Sophie Samperil: We have all had, separately, a shared experience. Realizing this […]

The Gathering of the First Generation of Adult Korean Adoptees: Adoptees’ Perceptions of International Adoption

November 5, 2016
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history / research

This report contains an historical overview of the international adoption of Korean children; the results of an Adoption Institute survey conducted prior to historical Gathering conference of the first generation of Korean adoptees, and synopsis of the adoptee discussion groups. Author: Madelyn Freundlich, Joy Kim Lieberthal Published: June 2000 http://www.holtintl.org/pdfs/Survey2.pdf Summary: http://www.adoptioninstitute.org/old/research/press3.html  

Emotional reactions to Kristen Kish win on Top Chef

November 5, 2016
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It was a long time ago that she won, but still found it amazing the emotional connection that TV can create, even in a cooking show. http://mykoreanadopteestory.tumblr.com/search/kish http://www.blogher.com/top-surpise-top-chef-does-adoption-right The second post explores several aspects of Kristen’s background in an honest and sympathetic way.  This quote is so on point: Well, for me, I don’t know how authentic things can be, but I know what tastes good…. I hope I’m not offending any Asian people. But…I […]

Adam Crapser to be deported for his parents’ failures

November 4, 2016
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Is there bigger news this year for KADs then Adam Crapser being deported, punished because his parents failed to get him naturalized?  Yes, he had some run-ins with the law in the past, but he served his time – and most fundamentally, he would not be deported if his parents (2 sets of them!) had not failed in their parental responsibility to naturalize their adopted son. On Monday, October 24, 2016, Immigration Judge John C. […]

The realities of adoption…

October 23, 2016
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Mea's mother, September 2016

This was posted on facebook, and the author allowed me to share it here.  It is such a poignant distillation of some of the complex emotions about our families and mothers that many adoptees carry. “I reunited with my birth mother in 1997 but have not seen her since. This morning my Korean half brother messaged me and told me that she saw the kids’ pictures on FB. He also told me she had surgery […]

Capturing kad history, one Kaomi Goetz work at a time

October 8, 2016
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Reunions are considered a dream come true, but in reality they can come with lots of complications.  Here’s one story. http://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/09/30/mn-korean-adoptees-family-search-emotional-quest From Kaomi Goetz, who is doing amazing work while on her Fulbright in Korea.  Here’s her personal site of her reporting articles.  But that’s not her current blog, this is.  And none of that is her big current project, this is.  As part of the audio project, you can hear more from Meghan Arnesen, […]