Adoptees Connect
At Adoptees Connect, we focus on putting adoptee voices first by creating a safe and valuable adoptee-centric space,created by and for adoptees, where their voices can meet and be heard.
Adult Adoptees Support Forum
This forum is based on the ideal that adoptees need a place of their own: to support one another and to learn from one another without having to balance our feelings against other members of the triad. That can be done elsewhere, but here, adoptees are at the center. There is no triad here.
The Adopted Life
The Adopted Life Episodes feature 1-on-1 conversations between Angela and transracially adopted teens. They discuss race, culture and birth parent relationships. This series elevates and normalizes the adoptee voice.
Born in June, Raised In April
Through a personal lens of adoption and foster care, transracially-adopted person, April Dinwoodie, will candidly explore the complexity of our closest, most powerful relationships with our families and our selves.
InterCountry Adoptee Voices (ICAV)
InterCountry Adoptee Voices (ICAV), previously known as ICASN (InterCountry Adoptee Support Network) began in 1998 as a support network created by intercountry adoptees for intercountry adoptees, of any country of origin.
Dear Adoption,
Dear Adoption, is a platform which shares a vast array of experiences as lived by those most affected by adoption: adoptees. DA, exists to elevate adoptee voices and shift the narrative surrounding adoption to better educate society.
Adoptee Rights Campaign
The Adoptee Right Campaign (ARC) is a diverse group of intercountry adoptees and national allies committed to promoting equal citizenship benefits for all foreign-born American adoptees. ARC’s advocates for all intercountry adoptees regardless of current age, adoption classification, or immigration status.
Adoptees On Podcasts
Adoptees On is a community filled with resilient and passionate adult adoptees. The conversations shared on the Adoptees On podcast are insightful, informative, and validating
My Life in Foster Care
Twenty years ago, I entered the foster care system and stayed in a group home for ten years because my parents, who were heroin addicts, were unable to care for me. I felt institutionalized, alone, and longed for my own family.
Teen Questions for Prospective Adoptive Families
The following questions were generated during a youth and young adult panel discussion and developed as a tool for workers to ask prospective parents and share with waiting teens.