International & Transracial Adoptees

The Mixed Initiative: A student group dedicated to the cultural and social well-being of those whose consider themselves to be multiracial, cross-cultural or transracially adopted.

International Adoption Special section from the BQ with article by Albert S. Wei, Crystal Chappell and Peter Dodds

Voices from the Borderlands: Transracial adoptees can submit their stories for publication here.

History of Transracial Adoption and Overview of International Adoption - From PBS's POV series.

Transracial Adoption - Statistics and definitions from the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse.

The Case Against Transracial Adoption - Social worker perspective

PACT: An Adoption Alliance - Non-profit promoting transracial adoption with resources for transracial adoptees.

The Diversity Page includes resources for Multi-ethnic, Interracial and Biracial people. From transracial adoptee Deb Smyre.

Association for Research in International Adoption

ITALIAN-BORN ADOPTEES:

The ITALIADOPTION list is a virtual community intended for all members of the adoption triad involved in the Italian American adoption experience. Between 1950 and 1970 there were over 3,700 Italian-born "orphans" brought to North America to be adopted by American and Canadian parents. Subscribe: ITALIADOPTION-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Info. email JohnPCamp@aol.com

BELGIAN-BORN ADOPTEES:

Zoekregister "Gewenst Kind": Osystraat 39/0, B 2060 Antwerp, Belgium.
Tel. 00-32-3-232.24.52
Fax.: 00-32-3-295.34.53
E-mail: gewenst.kind@pandora.be
Website: http://users.pandora.be/gewenst.kind
This organisation helps adoptees to find their origin and to bring them in contact with their birth-family.

Kwadrant vzw, Osystraat 39/00, B 2060 Antwerp, Belgium
Tel. 00-32-3-232.24.52
Fax.: 00-32-3-295.34.53
E-mail: kwadrant@pandora.be
This organisation is a forum and a contact group of adoptees, birth-mothers, adoption families and professionals protecting the rights of each of the participating groups and organising contacts between them.

GERMAN-BORN ADOPTEES:

Geborener Deutscher: a newsletter for German-born adoptees and their birth/adoptive families. Edited by German-American adoptee William Gage. To subscribe write to GD at 805 Alvarado Drive N.E. Albuquerque, NM 87108 or email WmLGage@aol.com
Outer Search, Inner Journey: An Orphan and Adoptee's Quest by Peter Dodds "Thought provoking and brutally honest, this book is a disquieting look into international adoption as well as a glimpse into a tortured soul. Peter's story is a moving examination of a life-long struggle to escape from a cultural and emotional no-man's-land." German Life, February/March, 1998

GREEK-BORN ADOPTEES:

SEASYP - Greek adoptee registry, activism and info. Site in English and Greek.
Butterbox and Roots: A webpage to connect with Greek-born adoptees. Search assistance from a Greek adoptee. Meetings in Athens, Greece. Email moira@hol.gr Postal mail: PO BOX 71514, 16210 VYRON, Athens, GREECE

CHINESE-BORN ADOPTEES:
If you know of a group or resource by and for adult adoptees born in China, please let me know and I will add it here.

Families with Children from China: Resources meant for adoptive parents and those wishing to adopt, but may also be helpful for adult adoptees searching out their roots. The Seattle branch's website is especially good.

KOREAN-BORN ADOPTEES:

GOAL - Global Overseas Adoptee Link - Assists Korean-born adoptees in searching in Korea.
AKA World is an interactive site for adult Korean adoptees with cultural events, links to organizations and other Korean sites.
Korean Adoptee Resource List from PBS's POV series on international adoptions
Korean Adoptee Groups - Links to groups in the U.S. and Europe
Korean Adoptee Online Resources - Links and more from Amy Ashcroft
The Korean Adoptee Homepage is a site by and for international Korean adoptees and sponsored by the Samsung corporation. Includes info. and articles on searching in Korea. Interactive. Free registration.
Association of Korean Adoptees - San Francisco Chapter: Meetings, events, mailing list for Korean adoptees in the Bay Area.
Friends of Korea includes some search and much cultural info. Adoptive parents who help their Korean-born kids search.
The Kool Korean Webring includes over 190 individual webpages from Koreans around the world, many of them Korean-born adoptees. You can surf the ring, choose sites from its index, and even submit your own site.
Arierang is a group of Korean adoptees in the Netherlands. Page in English.

IRISH-BORN ADOPTEES:

Mari Steed's Searching in Ireland page. Everything the Irish-born adoptee needs to know to search.
Irish Adoption Contact Register: Registry and resources for Irish adoptees
Catherine O'Dea's Irish Adoptee Home Page provides info. for Irish Adoptees. Paid searcher with excellent references.
The Adopted People's Association of Ireland: Excellent resource for Irish adoptees in Ireland and abroad. Open records and accountability struggles in Ireland, amazing Irish adoption statistics, contacts, search info. and more.

NATIVE & ABORIGINAL ADOPTEES:

NICWA Homepage: National Indian Child Welfare Act (US) - homepage
Shea Grimm's "An Adoptee's Right To Know" page contains lots of information of interest to Native American adoptees.
Australia & New Zealand: Activism, history, search & reconnection for adoptees from these nations.
Nativenet - Articles on abductions of Australian native children.

LATIN AMERICAN-BORN ADOPTEES:

Latino-American Adoptee Outreach - from akaWorld and Spence-Chapin Adoption Agency.
Argentina Passes Revolutionary Open Records Law. Argentianian adoptees have unconditional open records. It is illegal in Argentina not to reveal that your child is adopted. Read about our adopted brethren in Argentina.
Visit HIJOS: "a human rights organization which unites the sons and daughters of the disappeared and politically hounded persons during the last military dicatorship in Argentina."
Los Niños Adoptivos de Honduras: Adoptive Children of Honduras. A site for those searching in Honduras created by an adoptive father for his adopted children.

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