Adoptee Reactions: Conversations
Adoptee Reactions: Immigration and Citizenship January 2025 has brought renewed anxiety and uncertainty for many intercountry adoptees in the US. While the citizenship act of 2000 ensured that adoptees who entered the United States were automatic citizens, this has been little comfort and confidence for adoptees who were naturalized before 2000, for adoptees who never […]
Adoptee Reactions: China & Korea 2024 In light of the Frontline (PBS) documentary, South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning, and The Associated Press articles about Korean adoption and China’s decision to end its intercountry adoption program—countries which represent two of the largest numbers of intercountry adoptees in the United States—IAMAdoptee convened a group of thought leaders […]
What Does AAPI Month Mean to Me? Personal perspectives and reflections—edited from a conversation with Joy Lieberthal Rho, co-founder of IAMAdoptee, social worker and therapist, and Glenn Morey, filmmaker and co-creator of the Side by Side project Recorded on 5-6-2024 Learn More About the Side by Side Project Glenn Morey: It’s AAPI heritage month. I remember this […]
“Do you know BTS?” – Min YoonGi, SUGA Finding Healing One Song at a Time by IAA Co-Founder, Joy Lieberthal Rho My first favorite song of BTS was “Idol”, the sound of Korean traditional instruments in a pop song caught my ears. Yet, when a dear big sister/friend of mine asked […]
“What do you want to be when you grow up my love?,” I ask my little one. He says without hesitation, “I want to be a father.” Too often in adoption, we can be very birthmother centered, and I am guilty of that too. She has been a presence almost all of my adult […]
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More Adoptee Reactions: Conversations
Adoptee Reactions: Immigration and Citizenship January 2025 has brought renewed anxiety and uncertainty for many intercountry adoptees in the US. While the citizenship act of 2000 ensured that adoptees who entered the United States were automatic citizens, this has been little comfort and confidence for adoptees who were naturalized before 2000, for adoptees who never […]
Adoptee Reactions: China & Korea 2024 In light of the Frontline (PBS) documentary, South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning, and The Associated Press articles about Korean adoption and China’s decision to end its intercountry adoption program—countries which represent two of the largest numbers of intercountry adoptees in the United States—IAMAdoptee convened a group of thought leaders […]
What Does AAPI Month Mean to Me? Personal perspectives and reflections—edited from a conversation with Joy Lieberthal Rho, co-founder of IAMAdoptee, social worker and therapist, and Glenn Morey, filmmaker and co-creator of the Side by Side project Recorded on 5-6-2024 Learn More About the Side by Side Project Glenn Morey: It’s AAPI heritage month. I remember this […]
“Do you know BTS?” – Min YoonGi, SUGA Finding Healing One Song at a Time by IAA Co-Founder, Joy Lieberthal Rho My first favorite song of BTS was “Idol”, the sound of Korean traditional instruments in a pop song caught my ears. Yet, when a dear big sister/friend of mine asked […]
“What do you want to be when you grow up my love?,” I ask my little one. He says without hesitation, “I want to be a father.” Too often in adoption, we can be very birthmother centered, and I am guilty of that too. She has been a presence almost all of my adult […]
The Dunbar number suggests that most people’s brains can handle 150 casual relationships, 15 close friendships and 5 best friends. – Frost Science Museum, Miami FL I am quick to smile, it’s a nervous habit and the most comfortable of masks. But.. I cry when I get angry I cry when I am sad […]
How do we feed ourselves when we were raised on pasta and pizza? It’s a facetious question, because I have nothing against pasta or pizza, but I distinctly remember that pizza was an acquired taste and I never crave pasta the way I crave rice. I still hold my memory of pizza for the first […]
