Louiseokuri
@louiseokuri.bsky.social
Adoptee in reunion since 2018. Coming out of the fog since 2019.
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This National Adoptee Awareness Month, all proceeds from streaming Suzanne Bachner’s THE GOOD ADOPTEE go to @adopteesunited.bsky.social’s Citizenship Clinic to supply legal assistance to intercountry adoptees’ fight for citizenship.
Use code NAAM for 50% off and stream here: vimeo.com/ondemand/tga 🥚
Use code NAAM for 50% off and stream here: vimeo.com/ondemand/tga 🥚
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This National Adoptee Awareness Month, all proceeds from streaming Suzanne Bachner’s THE GOOD ADOPTEE go to @adopteesunited.bsky.social’s Citizenship Clinic to supply legal assistance to intercountry adoptees’ fight for citizenship.
Use code NAAM for 50% off and stream here: vimeo.com/ondemand/tga 🥚
Use code NAAM for 50% off and stream here: vimeo.com/ondemand/tga 🥚
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Three years ago today, I lost my birthfather Jerry Knight.
Today I'm announcing what he waited for: WONDERLAND: A Black Market Baby's Rise from the Rabbit Hole
April 1, 2026 (his birthday)
myadoptedlife.com/wonderland-t...
Join the launch list.
#adoptee #memoir #adoption #writingcommunity 🥚
Today I'm announcing what he waited for: WONDERLAND: A Black Market Baby's Rise from the Rabbit Hole
April 1, 2026 (his birthday)
myadoptedlife.com/wonderland-t...
Join the launch list.
#adoptee #memoir #adoption #writingcommunity 🥚
November 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Three years ago today, I lost my birthfather Jerry Knight.
Today I'm announcing what he waited for: WONDERLAND: A Black Market Baby's Rise from the Rabbit Hole
April 1, 2026 (his birthday)
myadoptedlife.com/wonderland-t...
Join the launch list.
#adoptee #memoir #adoption #writingcommunity 🥚
Today I'm announcing what he waited for: WONDERLAND: A Black Market Baby's Rise from the Rabbit Hole
April 1, 2026 (his birthday)
myadoptedlife.com/wonderland-t...
Join the launch list.
#adoptee #memoir #adoption #writingcommunity 🥚
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🥚BIPOC Adoptee Books!!
November 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
🥚BIPOC Adoptee Books!!
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and it’s been far too long since i last recommended the #adoptees feed, which can help you to understand why many of us regard adoption not as a solution but as a problem (a whole host of problems).
i’m so grateful to everyone who posts to this feed. if you would like to post here too, let me know.
i’m so grateful to everyone who posts to this feed. if you would like to post here too, let me know.
October 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
and it’s been far too long since i last recommended the #adoptees feed, which can help you to understand why many of us regard adoption not as a solution but as a problem (a whole host of problems).
i’m so grateful to everyone who posts to this feed. if you would like to post here too, let me know.
i’m so grateful to everyone who posts to this feed. if you would like to post here too, let me know.
A little late, but here are the remaining upcoming supports for adoptees and birth parents for October 2025. 🥚
October 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A little late, but here are the remaining upcoming supports for adoptees and birth parents for October 2025. 🥚
Here are some upcoming support options for adoptees and birth parents for September 2025. 🥚
September 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Here are some upcoming support options for adoptees and birth parents for September 2025. 🥚
Below are some upcoming support options for adoptees and birth parents for August 2025. 🥚
August 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Below are some upcoming support options for adoptees and birth parents for August 2025. 🥚
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Hiya, 🥚 peeps. Can we help this intercountry adoptee (and a client) return to China to visit her long-time foster family and her twin sister, from whom she was separated at age 9? It's a really good cause: gofund.me/82625fe8
Donate to Reuniting with My Family After 15 Years — Help Me Give Back, organized by Anna Fisher
Hi, my name is Anna. I was adopted from China to the United St… Anna Fisher needs your support for Reuniting with My Family After 15 Years — Help Me Give Back
gofund.me
July 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hiya, 🥚 peeps. Can we help this intercountry adoptee (and a client) return to China to visit her long-time foster family and her twin sister, from whom she was separated at age 9? It's a really good cause: gofund.me/82625fe8
🥚 Here is another article about the Gladney data breach. Apparently it wasn't the first one noted. This multimillion dollar adoption agency needs to answer for this and so much more.
databreaches.net/2025/07/17/g...
databreaches.net/2025/07/17/g...
Gladney Adoption Center had serious data exposures in the past few months. What will they do to prevent more? – DataBreaches.Net
databreaches.net
July 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
🥚 Here is another article about the Gladney data breach. Apparently it wasn't the first one noted. This multimillion dollar adoption agency needs to answer for this and so much more.
databreaches.net/2025/07/17/g...
databreaches.net/2025/07/17/g...
🥚 Just saw the link to this article on reddit. I'm not shocked Gladney had a data breach. I'm shocked we haven't heard more about it. If only the adoptees affected by the breach could access their own data that was so carelessly left open to the internet...
www.wired.com/story/adopti...
www.wired.com/story/adopti...
Adoption Agency Data Exposure Revealed Information About Children and Parents
A trove of 1.1 million records left accessible on the open web shows how much sensitive information can be created—and made vulnerable—during the adoption process.
www.wired.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🥚 Just saw the link to this article on reddit. I'm not shocked Gladney had a data breach. I'm shocked we haven't heard more about it. If only the adoptees affected by the breach could access their own data that was so carelessly left open to the internet...
www.wired.com/story/adopti...
www.wired.com/story/adopti...
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Nearly 20,000 youth age out of foster care each year, many relying on SNAP and Medicaid to navigate the difficult transition to adulthood. Taking away access to food and healthcare only increases the risk of mental health struggles, homelessness, and unstable employment. 🥚
Trump’s Tax Bill Has Major Consequences, But It Will Be Unspeakably Cruel For This Group Of Americans
“I do not believe the cruel cuts to Medicaid in this bill are what Jesus meant when He said, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
www.huffpost.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Nearly 20,000 youth age out of foster care each year, many relying on SNAP and Medicaid to navigate the difficult transition to adulthood. Taking away access to food and healthcare only increases the risk of mental health struggles, homelessness, and unstable employment. 🥚
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I put together some Q&As about Georgia's new law, plus added a video walkthrough of the online application process. Here ya go. 🥚 adopteerightslaw.com/georgia-equa...
A Guide to Getting Your OBC in Georgia | Adoptee Rights Law
What Georgia's new equal rights law does, plus how adult adopted people can apply for copies of their own original birth records.
adopteerightslaw.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I put together some Q&As about Georgia's new law, plus added a video walkthrough of the online application process. Here ya go. 🥚 adopteerightslaw.com/georgia-equa...
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The Transnational Adoptee Group Discussion happens the 2nd Tues of every month from 7-9pm ET. Get registered via ANC's Calendar page. See you this Tuesday, 7/8! 🥚
#TransnationalAdoptee #AdopteeVoicesMatter
#TransnationalAdoptee #AdopteeVoicesMatter
Our Story Archive | Adoption Network Cleveland
Check out this archive of our blog posts about news, advice, inspiring stories, and more.
www.adoptionnetwork.org
July 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Transnational Adoptee Group Discussion happens the 2nd Tues of every month from 7-9pm ET. Get registered via ANC's Calendar page. See you this Tuesday, 7/8! 🥚
#TransnationalAdoptee #AdopteeVoicesMatter
#TransnationalAdoptee #AdopteeVoicesMatter
Forgot the 🥚... here are some resources for adoptees and birth families this month
Here are some upcoming support options for adoptees and birth families for July 2025. Note: AKA is taking a break for July and do not have any support options this month. The other groups are from CUB, NAAP, Adoption Network Cleveland and other orgs from the US and UK.
July 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Forgot the 🥚... here are some resources for adoptees and birth families this month
Here are some upcoming support options for adoptees and birth families for July 2025. Note: AKA is taking a break for July and do not have any support options this month. The other groups are from CUB, NAAP, Adoption Network Cleveland and other orgs from the US and UK.
July 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Here are some upcoming support options for adoptees and birth families for July 2025. Note: AKA is taking a break for July and do not have any support options this month. The other groups are from CUB, NAAP, Adoption Network Cleveland and other orgs from the US and UK.
Adoptees that submitted DNA to 23&me may want to read this & see if they can submit a claim due to the data breach. There is 1 month left to file a claim. I know many have requested their data be deleted due to the bankruptcy, but thought this might be important too.
www.cnet.com/personal-fin...
www.cnet.com/personal-fin...
23andMe Could Owe You Up to $10,000 After Its Data Breach Settlement
You have less than a month left to file a claim for part of the $30 million class action settlement.
flip.it
June 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Adoptees that submitted DNA to 23&me may want to read this & see if they can submit a claim due to the data breach. There is 1 month left to file a claim. I know many have requested their data be deleted due to the bankruptcy, but thought this might be important too.
www.cnet.com/personal-fin...
www.cnet.com/personal-fin...
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Good morning! This is tonight. If you're a transnational/international adoptee, I hope you'll register & join us.
www.adoptionnetwork.org/news-events/... 🥚
www.adoptionnetwork.org/news-events/... 🥚
Adoption Network Cleveland Calendar of Events and Programs
Don't miss upcoming programs for individuals and families impacted by adoption and foster care, trainings, social events and opportunities to support Adoption Network Cleveland!
www.adoptionnetwork.org
June 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Good morning! This is tonight. If you're a transnational/international adoptee, I hope you'll register & join us.
www.adoptionnetwork.org/news-events/... 🥚
www.adoptionnetwork.org/news-events/... 🥚
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@adopteerights.bsky.social is doing absolutely essential work to defend these basic rights, and i encourage all who are capable of doing so to support that work with a donation. 🥚
adopteesunited.org/citizenship/
adopteesunited.org/citizenship/
The Citizenship Clinic | Adoptees United Inc.
The Citizenship Clinic provides free legal assistance to intercountry adoptees who may have questions or issues with US citizenship.
adopteesunited.org
May 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
@adopteerights.bsky.social is doing absolutely essential work to defend these basic rights, and i encourage all who are capable of doing so to support that work with a donation. 🥚
adopteesunited.org/citizenship/
adopteesunited.org/citizenship/
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USCIS is now removing and redacting most documents from intercountry adoptees’ immigration files. Here are 2 concrete things adoptive parents can do to help, at least for now 🥚 adopteerightslaw.com/parents-inte...
Dear Parents of Intercountry Adoptees | ARLC
Two things parents of adult intercountry adopted people should do today to help secure documents related to US citizenship and immigration benefits.
adopteerightslaw.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
USCIS is now removing and redacting most documents from intercountry adoptees’ immigration files. Here are 2 concrete things adoptive parents can do to help, at least for now 🥚 adopteerightslaw.com/parents-inte...
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"The United States should investigate its role in the global international adoption system it pioneered in South Korea and has supported ever since."🥚 time.com/7279795/hist...
Report Exposes the Painful History of International Adoption
After the Korean War, Americans began adopting children from South Korea. This fueled global practices of adoption.
time.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"The United States should investigate its role in the global international adoption system it pioneered in South Korea and has supported ever since."🥚 time.com/7279795/hist...
AP therapist reached out to a support group I help & she made it sound like she is an expert in adoption bc she has a certificate on adoption from Rutgers. I looked it up, & we need to have discussions with Rutgers on what they are teaching & who they are teaching🥚
ssw-ce.rutgers.edu/documents/ce...
ssw-ce.rutgers.edu/documents/ce...
ssw-ce.rutgers.edu
May 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
AP therapist reached out to a support group I help & she made it sound like she is an expert in adoption bc she has a certificate on adoption from Rutgers. I looked it up, & we need to have discussions with Rutgers on what they are teaching & who they are teaching🥚
ssw-ce.rutgers.edu/documents/ce...
ssw-ce.rutgers.edu/documents/ce...
If you are an adoptee or birth parent, please see below comments for upcoming support options for the remainder of this month. 🥚
May 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If you are an adoptee or birth parent, please see below comments for upcoming support options for the remainder of this month. 🥚
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🥚This Tuesday is our FIRST monthly ANC Transnational Adoptee Discussion Group! If you're of that sub-group of adoptees, please get registered, & I'll see you there! If you're not, please share with someone who is!! 🤗
🥚Good afternoon! I will be cofacilitating a new Transnational Adoptee Discussion Group on the second Tuesday of every month beginning May 13th! It's offered by Adoption Network Cleveland, is virtual & always free.
To register:
www.adoptionnetwork.org/news-events/...
To register:
www.adoptionnetwork.org/news-events/...
Adoption Network Cleveland Calendar of Events and Programs
Don't miss upcoming programs for individuals and families impacted by adoption and foster care, trainings, social events and opportunities to support Adoption Network Cleveland!
www.adoptionnetwork.org
May 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🥚This Tuesday is our FIRST monthly ANC Transnational Adoptee Discussion Group! If you're of that sub-group of adoptees, please get registered, & I'll see you there! If you're not, please share with someone who is!! 🤗
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In 1954, my adoptive mother gave birth to her daughter. In 1966, my mother gave birth to me. This is a tale of how different their experiences were.
#adoptionstory #adoption #adoptee
open.substack.com/pub/defendsu...
#adoptionstory #adoption #adoptee
open.substack.com/pub/defendsu...
My Adoption Journey: A Tale of Two Mothers
My mother lost her child, but that loss wasn’t even recognized.
open.substack.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In 1954, my adoptive mother gave birth to her daughter. In 1966, my mother gave birth to me. This is a tale of how different their experiences were.
#adoptionstory #adoption #adoptee
open.substack.com/pub/defendsu...
#adoptionstory #adoption #adoptee
open.substack.com/pub/defendsu...
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Any adoptees out there doing immigration work? Thinking about forming a group of us just to keep our morale up and to talk shop. 🥚
April 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Any adoptees out there doing immigration work? Thinking about forming a group of us just to keep our morale up and to talk shop. 🥚