Found in Korea

One of the main reasons I created Found in Korea was to create content for adopted youth and adults. This content was intentionally created as a proactive opportunity for youth to talk about feelings surrounding adoption.

Thrilled to share: "Found in Korea" doc film screening June 20, 2024 @6pm followed by talk back w filmmaker Meggin Nam Holtz. Unitarian church of Evanston, IL. $15 suggested donation. All proceeds will benefit host, "On Your Feet” @Here4Birthmoms #adopteevoices @foundinkorea

Posting again - please share this article with anyone who thinks #adoption is a simple solution to #abortion, to anyone who thinks baby boxes are a great idea, and to anyone who thinks babies are a blank slate. Thank you. visiblemagazine.com/the-unrecogniz… #adopteevoices #adopteetwitter

“It’s like human trafficking,” Ms. Sorensen said of adoption in South Korea. “If this happened to me, how many others did they do this to?” Story via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/09/17/wor…

*birth window post* It's that time of year again... enter into the vague anniversary window of the time where I emerged from the womb of a woman who is a stranger and an 엄마... the time where I think a lot about the fact that I do not really know when, where, or 1/

Adoption is Uncomfortable podbean.com/ew/pb-kdz9n-12…

THIS! Early relinquishment in #adoption is a developmental trauma #adoptionapology @AdultAdopteeMov @AdoptionApology

Because adoptees are massively over-represented in mental health & substance use facilities, & bc adopted people =4xs more likely to commit suicide, I do the work I do to spread education & awareness of adoption challenges, loss, and yes, trauma. 1/ youtube.com/watch?v=t-9ozP…

Tracing the path of adopted people back to their origins sheds light on the fact that #adoption is, at it's core, a human and women's rights issue. #adopteevoices #adopteetwitter

This is an excerpt from my doc @foundinkorea of a letter that I wrote to my birth family introducing myself. I share w you today to remind people of the enormity and strangeness of writing an introduction letter to birth family, 2/

#BirthMothersDay #입양 #입양아 #foundinkorea #adopteevoices #adopteetwitter

Are you interested in adopting a child of a different race or ethnicity? CreatingaFamily.org spoke to Meggin Nam Holtz, LMSW, specializing in adoption. She's also a Korean adoptee and created the award-winning documentary, @foundinkorea ~ ow.ly/NiwG50NQQoY

youtu.be/t-9ozPQEDEM @foundinkorea #adopteevoices #KAD

See "WOLF PLAY" by Hansol Jung at @mcctheater (in NYC) any time this week, and come to this @MaYiTheater conversation Saturday. #transracialadoption #adopteevoices #transracial register: eventbrite.com/e/ma-yi-theate…

In text convo w/a friend, I think I just coined a term: "identity injury" -pls correct me if I'm wrong #adopteetwitter #adopteevoices IDENTITY INJURY includes: loss of family of origin, culture race confusion having to code switch lack of mirroring wondering whr traits originate

Honored to join Ma-Yi & MCC Theater for an open dialogue on Transracial Adoption inspired by Hansol Jung's WOLF PLAY @ MCC Theater eventbrite.com/e/ma-yi-theate…

Great Article on the importance of Stopping Safe Haven Baby Boxes stopshbbnow.org/why/ #adopteevoices

Guest writer Greg Luce This is very important. Indiana is trying to legalize newborn trafficking. stopshbbnow.org/indiana-senate… #SafeHavenBabyBoxes #ChildTrafficking #AdopteeRights, #IndianaChildTrafficking

Oh, an inconvenient reminder: this clock keeps on ticking. Are you doing anything, @SenateDems and @SenateGOP? #adopteetwitter

I would argue that #adoptees understand the #Multiverse more than most. #adopteevoices