Adoptee Voices Rising

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Adoptee Voices Rising

@AdopteeVRising

Adoptee Voices Rising is an adoptee-led, social justice group that advocates for the adoptee community through political engagement and legislation.

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Adoptee Voices Rising@AdopteeVRising·13 Oca

We will be extending the survey due date! Once we close responses, we will be sharing the results online!

Adoptee Voices Rising@AdopteeVRising

Adoptee Voices Rising is building a community grassroots legislative organizing group and wants to hear from adoptees about what our community cares about most! If you're an adoptee, fill out by Nov. 30th. #AdopteeRealTalk bit.ly/AVRSurvey

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Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sándwich 🥪🥪@b_lts_·8 Kas

Adoption and foster care emerge from the intentional control and destruction of Indigenous kinship through the forced removal of children from Indigenous communities, and their forced assimilation into European cultures. 🧵#NAAM2022 #AdoptionIsTraumaAND #AdopteeTwitter #FFY 1/6

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Adoptee Voices Rising@AdopteeVRising·9 Kas

Learn more about ICWA and how you can support the campaign to #ProtectICWA by signing this petition and following the @ProtectICWA accounts on Twitter and Instagram. thepetitionsite.com/155/970/189/st…

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Adoptee Voices Rising@AdopteeVRising·9 Kas

Listen to Native people like @rebeccanagle about why we must #ProtectICWA in this podcast series that goes into depth about how the far right is using Native children to attack American Indian tribes and advance a conservative agenda. crooked.com/podcast-series…

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Adoptee Voices Rising@AdopteeVRising·9 Kas

The attack on ICWA is a coordinated attempt to undermine tribal sovereignty. If they succeed in dismantling it, they will have cleared the way for a larger attack on Native families, land, and tribal sovereignty. We must work together to #ProtectICWA. thepetitionsite.com/155/970/189/st…

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Adoptee Voices Rising@AdopteeVRising·9 Kas

Learn more about the harm of removing Native children from their families and cultures from a Native American adoptee who lived it. Sandy White Hawk shares her story. This is why we must #ProtectICWA. ehe.osu.edu/blood-memory-s…

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Adoptee Voices Rising@AdopteeVRising·9 Kas

Did you know that when #ICWA was passed in the 1970s, research found that 25-35% of all Native children were being separated by state child welfare and adoption agencies, and 85% of that were placed outside of their families and communities? Learn more: drive.google.com/file/d/1fBz95p…

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Protect ICWA@ProtectICWA·9 Kas

We're here at the Supreme Court steps in D.C. to show our collective support for #ICWA! Paul Day (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe) will formally open our gathering with a blessing & invocation shortly. Join us!

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MCC Washington Ofc.@mccwashington·9 Kas

Uptown Singerz, an intertribal Powwow drum group based in DC, sing in front of the Supreme Court to #ProtectICWA. #ICWA keeps AI/AN children connected to their culture, extended family and community.

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FosterClub@fosterclub·9 Kas

We're tuning into arguments at the Supreme Court today which will impact Native foster youth and families. Learn why we must #ProtectICWA here > bit.ly/3NR7UcA

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People vs. Fossil Fuels@FightFossils·9 Kas

Boosting this important action today to #ProtectICWA and defend tribal sovereignty against Bug Oil! Please share widely ⬇️

Seven Sisters Collective@_seven_sisters_

Today, we paid a visit to Energy Tranfer's legal reps @gibsondunn letting them know we won't back down when it comes to protecting our tribal sovereignty. Their attorney @MatthewDMcGill is fighting to gut #ICWA pro bono on behalf of big oil. 1.

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Adoptee Voices Rising@AdopteeVRising·9 Kas

Prioritizing family placements and keeping sibling groups together has been a part of ICWA since the 70s. Now, ICWA is considered the gold standard for child welfare policies and practices that should be afforded to all children. #ProtectICWA thepetitionsite.com/155/970/189/st…

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IllumiNative@IllumiNative·9 Kas

ICWA protects Native children, and we need to #ProtectICWA. Join our campaign by sharing this artwork by Morningstar Designs and toolkit on Instagram. illuminative.org/protect-icwa-t…

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indianz.com@indianz·9 Kas

PROTECT ICWA. STOP COLONIZERS. STOP STEALING NATIVE KIDS. A large crowd is gathered outside of the U.S. Supreme Court with speeches, song and prayer as the justices debate the fate of the Indian Child Welfare Act. #StopColonizers #DefendICWA #ProtectICWA #ICWA #SupremeCourt

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Adoptee Voices Rising@AdopteeVRising·9 Kas

Did you know that from 1958-1967, the federal government enacted a program called the Indian Adoption Project, with the goal of white Americans adopting Native children (a form of genocide)? Learn more about the history of #ICWA and why we must protect it. vox.com/identities/202…

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Adoptee Voices Rising@AdopteeVRising·9 Kas

This case has huge implications for Native children and their families and also has the potential to impact the future of Tribal Nations. The @ProtectICWA Campaign and its supporters understand the importance of this law. Stand with Native kids! Sign now! thepetitionsite.com/155/970/189/st…

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TheGoodAdoptee@TheGoodAdoptee·9 Kas

This case has huge implications for Native children & their families and also has the potential to impact the future of Tribal Nations. The @ProtectICWA Campaign and its supporters like @AdopteeVRising understand the importance of this law. Stand with Native kids! #AdopteeTwitter

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Adoptee Voices Rising@AdopteeVRising·9 Kas

Adoption is a major decision made for a child. ICWA ensures that this decision is given careful consideration so that the unique needs of Native children are met. As an adoptee, that's why I'm speaking out to #ProtectICWA. Sign here to share your support thepetitionsite.com/155/970/189/st…

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Adoptee Voices Rising@AdopteeVRising·9 Kas

Stealing children from their families, their communities, and their cultures is traumatic. ICWA protects identity, familial network, and sense of belonging, which are things that all children need. #ProtectICWA and sign this petition thepetitionsite.com/155/970/189/st…

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Adoptees United@AdopteesUnited·9 Kas

Today, #SCOTUS is considering a case that could take away important protections for Native children and families. #ProtectICWA You can listen LIVE here now: supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments…

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IllumiNative@IllumiNative·9 Kas

Gathering outside of the Supreme Court to support and #ProtectICWA. #SCOTUS is hearing oral arguments now in Brackeen v. Haaland.

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