Adoption Network Cleveland's Transnational Adoptee Group is 1yr old as shared in the May newsletter! If you were adopted transnationally (inter-country), join us on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 5pm PT/8pm ET. Register: lnkd.in/eDTFz8KN Read the 1yr anniversary blog post here: lnkd.in/ecsM2b4p

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🥚If you've EVER attended the ANC Transnational Adoptee Group, please look for a SurveyMonkey in your inbox (or spam) re Oct's mtg. Would you prefer an open meeting, a panel, or closed as usual? We'd love to have your response! Even if you haven't attended in a while, please complete the survey.

🥚Did you know ANC has a monthly Transnational Adoptee group? It will be 1️⃣yr w/5️⃣0️⃣+ attendees in May! Represented so far: Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Panama, Peru, Romania, Russia, & Thailand!!

“As many as 200,000 adoptees are vulnerable to deportation because they lack U.S. citizenship or important proof of it… Many international adoptees first learn they are not citizens when they apply for a drivers license, join the military or, these days, when federal agents stop them on the street.”

If you're an adoptee who hasn't found your people, DM me. I'll do my best to get you connected! 🥚 #ThisIsWho #BlackAndAdopted #TransnationalAdoptee #AdopteeVoices

Reminder: the ANC Transnational Adoptee Group meets tonight at 8pm ET. www.adoptionnetwork.org/service-area...

Call her Representative in California: Young Kim 714-984-2440 Flood her office with messages of injustice for our Iranian sister in adoption! Tell Representative Kim to do what she was elected to do and protect her citizens!

Have you listened yet? Check out my conversation with the hosts of the Family Twist podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/2CeQ...

🥚Family Twist podcast released my conversation with them today! I haven't listened to it yet. Lol! If you do, let me know what you think! 💛 #BlackandAdopted #TransnationalAdoptee #AdopteeVoices #AdopteeStories open.spotify.com/show/1wRGZlm...

I'm so proud to have been part of this dynamic panel & conversation! If you missed it the recording will be available Friday. All past @adoptionmosaic.bsky.social WTE recordings can be found here programs.adoptionmosaic.com/wte-recordin... 🥚 #BlackandAdopted #AdopteeVoices #TransnationalAdoptee

Currently listening to a panel of Black adoptees who were adopted into Black households and my soul is being fed 🥹 Thank you, @ustabecristina.bsky.social, for letting us know this was taking place today 💙🥚

Thank you for showing up! ❤️🖤❤️

Family separation didn’t start with foster care, and it didn’t end there. This is Family Policing 101. #adopteesky

Call to action from Adoptee Rights Campaign! One of my dear friends and Iranian adoptee sisters is in removal proceedings by DHS to be deported. Please reach out to your congressional/senate representatives, and any other sources, who may be helpful in stopping this madness! 🥚 #adopteesky

Saturday, 2/14 @adoptionmosaic.bsky.social 🥚

TONIGHT!! Be sure to register as Zoom links have been refreshed. 🥚 www.adoptionnetwork.org/service-area...

Also.... Did you see the February @adoptionmosaic.bsky.social newsletter? I appreciate Astrid's willingness to listen to my thoughts on this and pivot in response. I wish all adoptee conversations, all conversations, were this real & productive! 🥚

This Saturday's Adoption Mosaic We the Expert Panel. 🥚 events.adoptionmosaic.com/wte-perceive...

🥚How I faced the remnants of internalized racism as a Black/Panamanian (Afro-Latina) adoptee in a Black family/community.

What does it mean when adoption is advertised on one of the largest cultural stages in America? Presenting family separation during a national event as positive, entertainment-adjacent messaging raises serious concerns about the industry being centered while the those impacted are ignored. 🥚

🥚 Today at 8pm ET, the Adoption Network Cleveland Transnational Adoptee Group will explore our 1st special topic: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome in Cultural Spaces. If you were adopted from one country to another, I hope you'll join us!! www.adoptionnetwork.org/service-area...

Happy Founders Day, Sorors! #DST113 #AnchoredinLegacy #OhtobeaDeltaGirl #OoOop

What an ADOPTEE-centered year 2025 was! It was so important for us to find/make our own joy in this gawd-awful year. For me, that was spending as much time in community as possible b/c "healing doesn't happen in isolation"!🥚 #AdopteeVoices #AdopteeCommunity #AdopteeYearInReview #TransnationalAdoptee

I've always said 'foster parents' should be mentors to the parents /whole family rather than replacement caregivers. Of course, that would mean actually working towards 'family preservation', which most jurisdictions talk the talk but don't walk the walk.

Do you have any preferred adoptee-related terminology?? 🥚

BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.

For many adoptees, we've never seen a newborn pic of ourselves like many non-adopted people have. With a lack of transparency in practices & altered/sealed records, many of us may NEVER know basic details of our birth... time, hospital, weight/length, etc. Some are not even sure of their birthdate.🥚

TONIGHT 8pm ET!! 🥚

So excited to be back at Adoption Network Cleveland with Svetlana cofacilitating the Transnational Adoptee Group this (& every 2nd) Tues. If you haven't been in a while, it's at 8pm ET (check your time zone)!! Hope to see all my transnationally/internationally adopted peeps!!🥚 #TransnationalAdoptees

PEACE EVERYONE! NO WAY my first doc film, WHEN WE FREE THE WORLD, about manhood in America, would have been made, over 6 years, or been on tour this year, without donations. Asking you to please make TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION, any amount. Here is link to do so: www.paypal.com/donate/?host...

Another NAAM book post inspired by another adoptee's IG post titled "Book Spine Poetry"! I've read more than half of the books in the 1st pic & finished all of the books in the 2nd pic via audio- or e-book! I also finished & highly recommend _Adoption Unfiltered_!! Let's see yours!! 📚❣️✨️📚 🥚

Happy Friday Eve!! I'll be going live today on IG with @theblackadoptea & @badancommunity!! 4pm PT/7pm ET. If you're on IG, please join us!!

When I first reunited with my biological maternal family in Panamá, I saw myself in EVERYONE'S face. It was a sweet relief and validated everything I am. AND it was a reminder of all I'd lost. All the BOTH~ANDs. #NationalADOPTEEAwarenessMonth #AdopteeVoices #BlackAdoptee #TransnationalAdoptee 🥚

Today at 11amET, or watch the recording later! akila.ws/ascendingapr... @aprilrsilver.bsky.social @akilaworksongs.bsky.social @junemo41.bsky.social @marclamonthill.bsky.social

Listen to “Day In The Sun (Gettin' Wit U)" ft. Q-Tip & Yummy Bingham off our new album “Cabin In The Sky”, available Nov. 21st on @MassAppealRecs Pre-save ☁️🏠⛅️: de-la-soul.sng.to/cabin-in-the... Watch the visualizer on our YouTube: youtu.be/VqDyTvMwpFg

And this is why Starbucks remains on my boycott list. I might not control much, but I decide where (& where NOT) to spend my $!

This Sunday! Free online event, but you must register. Hope to see you there!! 🥚

Congratulations to @adoptionmosaic.bsky.social, amazing CEO + Founder Astrid Castro and the incredible team on their Nonprofit Launch. Join in the exciting celebration tomorrow night at 6:30pm PT | 9:30pm ET. See you there! #Adopteesky 🥚🧾 Register here: events.adoptionmosaic.com/launch-reg

So Saturdaymorning at 11am EST I'll be joining @aprilrsilver.bsky.social on #ASCENDING! I'm excited to talk about my favorite subject, #HOUSING Tune in #MarcLamontHill's YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@marclamonth... @akilaworksongs.bsky.social

Last night's writing prompt for Adoptee Voices w/ @saraeasterlyauthor.bsky.social , Jennifer Dyan Ghoston, @alicestephens.bsky.social , & Natasha Triplett was LOSS/GAIN. It was the most emotional night of writing for me so far. Here's what I wrote. Any of it resonate with you?🥚 #NAAM #AdopteeVoices

This Sunday!! Please register & listen in! www.eventbrite.com/e/bridging-w... #NationalADOPTEEAwarenessMonth #TransnationalAdoptee #AdopteeVoices #AdopteeCommunity 🥚

Tonight was a very bad night.

🥚NAAM social yesterday!! 💛✨️ I'm so thankful for those who drove far & farther to be in community at my home! Healing happens in community! My cup is full!

Just a reminder.... 🥚 Thanks to Nam Holtz.

‼️VA here - Voted ✔️‼️

Know your rights when voting today.

🥚Human development is impacted by separation from our mothers & numerous caregivers in our early years. For adoptees, these are standard events in our lives. Adoptees, how do your early life experiences show up in relationships? #NationalADOPTEEAwarenessMonth #AdopteeVoices