Michigan Adoptee Rights Coalition
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Activists, allies, and adoptee rights organizations working in unity to secure equal rights for all Michigan adopted people. michiganadoptees.org
Join us for a relaxed, inclusive meetup at Cadillac Square to enjoy the Winter Markets, holiday tree, and lodge vibes together. Free to attend — all adoptees welcome! 🥚
Adoptee MeetUp @ Cadillac Square Winter Markets and Lodge, Sun, Dec 7, 2025, 11:00 AM | Meetup
Connect and build community with other adopted people. 💙 This is a relaxed, inclusive gathering for adoptees of all backgrounds to come together. Whether you are local or
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December 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Join us for a relaxed, inclusive meetup at Cadillac Square to enjoy the Winter Markets, holiday tree, and lodge vibes together. Free to attend — all adoptees welcome! 🥚
This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to stand with the Michigan Adoptee Rights Coalition as we fight for truth, transparency, and dignity for every adopted person in our state. To donate, please visit our website: michiganadoptees.org/contribute/
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to stand with the Michigan Adoptee Rights Coalition as we fight for truth, transparency, and dignity for every adopted person in our state. To donate, please visit our website: michiganadoptees.org/contribute/
For decades, women and children were torn apart by forced adoption policies, and many live with the trauma of profound rights violations. Survivors are calling for justice, and their stories confront the comforting myths of “rescue” and “second chances” that masked lifelong harm. 🥚
Jo had her baby 'ripped away' at birth — she's one of thousands across Australia
Decades on from Australia's forced adoption era, just two states have set up a redress scheme for the mothers who were harmed. Survivors are calling for South Australia to take similar action —…
www.abc.net.au
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
For decades, women and children were torn apart by forced adoption policies, and many live with the trauma of profound rights violations. Survivors are calling for justice, and their stories confront the comforting myths of “rescue” and “second chances” that masked lifelong harm. 🥚
A leading support service in Queensland warns that expanding adoption, especially the model that severs a child’s legal and family ties, could harm the children it aims to protect. They stress adoption must prioritize identity, connection, and lifelong wellbeing. 🥚
Support service says adoption should be used as last resort
Queensland should overhaul "outdated" adoption laws that sever children's legal ties to their families, while ensuring adoption remains a last resort, a peak support service tells a commission of…
www.abc.net.au
December 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A leading support service in Queensland warns that expanding adoption, especially the model that severs a child’s legal and family ties, could harm the children it aims to protect. They stress adoption must prioritize identity, connection, and lifelong wellbeing. 🥚
Join Anna in a conversation with Jean Kelly Widner about her new book The Adoption Paradox: Putting Adoption Into Perspective, where Jean draws on research and nearly 100 personal interviews to expose the real complexities of modern adoption and the journey of adoptee identity. 🥚
Inside The Adoption Paradox: Featuring Author, Jean Kelly Widner
Anna Sarkitova interviews author Jean Kelly Widner about her new book The Adoption Paradox: Putting Adoption Into Perspective.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Join Anna in a conversation with Jean Kelly Widner about her new book The Adoption Paradox: Putting Adoption Into Perspective, where Jean draws on research and nearly 100 personal interviews to expose the real complexities of modern adoption and the journey of adoptee identity. 🥚
Many adoptees wrestle with memory and identity, and one Korean adoptee-writer is using language as a way back toward herself. Her story reflects an ongoing process of piecing together memories, confronting shame, and reclaiming a sense of belonging. 🥚
From fragmented memories of shame, adoptee author weaves a home in language
We rarely remember childhood with clarity. What remains are flashes, blurred images capturing only that which faintly surfaces. The past does not unfold like a
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November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Many adoptees wrestle with memory and identity, and one Korean adoptee-writer is using language as a way back toward herself. Her story reflects an ongoing process of piecing together memories, confronting shame, and reclaiming a sense of belonging. 🥚
Your birthright shouldn’t have a ZIP code. All adoptees deserve equal rights.
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Your birthright shouldn’t have a ZIP code. All adoptees deserve equal rights.
The number of children adopted in the U.S. from abroad has fallen dramatically from over 12,700 in 2009 to under 1,300 in 2023. This sharp decline reflects growing ethical concerns and a shift in how adoption and child welfare are approached worldwide. 🥚
Infographic: U.S. Adoptions From Abroad Are Declining
This chart shows the number of children adopted in the U.S. from abroad, by country of origin.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The number of children adopted in the U.S. from abroad has fallen dramatically from over 12,700 in 2009 to under 1,300 in 2023. This sharp decline reflects growing ethical concerns and a shift in how adoption and child welfare are approached worldwide. 🥚
South Korea’s admission of corruption in international adoption has shaken Korean adoptees, prompting Minnesota, home to the largest U.S. Korean adoptee community, to confront the emotional and identity impact of a flawed system. 🥚
Mistaken: Minnesota’s Korean adoptees grapple with confessed systemic corruption
Earlier this year, South Korea admitted to corruption in its adoption system. Minnesota is home to the largest Korean adoptee community in the U.S. North Star Journey Live hosted a conversation with…
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November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
South Korea’s admission of corruption in international adoption has shaken Korean adoptees, prompting Minnesota, home to the largest U.S. Korean adoptee community, to confront the emotional and identity impact of a flawed system. 🥚
Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for our community, for truth-telling, and for everyone advancing the fight for adoptee rights. #HappyThanksgiving2025 🥚
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for our community, for truth-telling, and for everyone advancing the fight for adoptee rights. #HappyThanksgiving2025 🥚
After decades of silence around Greece’s mass adoptions, a new reform driven by Professor Gonda Van Steen’s research and advocacy opens the door for Greek-born adoptees to regain the citizenship they were denied. 🥚
Professor Gonda Van Steen celebrates successful campaign to help Greek adoptees regain Greek citizenship | King's College London
King's Department of Classics and School of Politics and Economics host event to celebrate policy reform in Greece.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
After decades of silence around Greece’s mass adoptions, a new reform driven by Professor Gonda Van Steen’s research and advocacy opens the door for Greek-born adoptees to regain the citizenship they were denied. 🥚
A conversation with writer and adoptee rights advocate Sullivan Summer, an independent scholar whose work centers the Black and transracial adoptee experience, and exploring the ways creative expression helps reclaim identity and reshape cultural narratives. 🥚 buff.ly/S9IX4fF
Creative Truth-Telling: An Adoptee Conversation with Sullivan Summer, Sun, Nov 30, 2025, 3:00 PM | Meetup
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November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A conversation with writer and adoptee rights advocate Sullivan Summer, an independent scholar whose work centers the Black and transracial adoptee experience, and exploring the ways creative expression helps reclaim identity and reshape cultural narratives. 🥚 buff.ly/S9IX4fF
The Senate has approved the “Lost Canadians” bill, which fixes Canada’s citizenship-by-descent rules However, longtime advocates warn the bill still fails to fully protect intercountry adoptees, raising concerns about unequal treatment under the law.
‘Lost Canadians’ legislation becomes law after Senate approval
OTTAWA — The "Lost Canadians" legislation, which aims to fix Canada's unconstitutional citizenship, received royal assent Thursday after being approved by the Senate on Wednesday. The term "Lost…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Senate has approved the “Lost Canadians” bill, which fixes Canada’s citizenship-by-descent rules However, longtime advocates warn the bill still fails to fully protect intercountry adoptees, raising concerns about unequal treatment under the law.
Join Anna in a conversation with Jean Kelly Widner about her new book The Adoption Paradox: Putting Adoption Into Perspective, where Jean draws on research and nearly 100 personal interviews to expose the real complexities of modern adoption and the journey of adoptee identity. 🥚
Inside The Adoption Paradox: Featuring Author, Jean Kelly Widner
Anna Sarkitova interviews author Jean Kelly Widner about her new book The Adoption Paradox: Putting Adoption Into Perspective.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Join Anna in a conversation with Jean Kelly Widner about her new book The Adoption Paradox: Putting Adoption Into Perspective, where Jean draws on research and nearly 100 personal interviews to expose the real complexities of modern adoption and the journey of adoptee identity. 🥚
The ADOPT puts limits on predatory adoption intermediaries who profit by locating birth mothers for adoption agencies. It adds some accountability by ensuring adoptions go through licensed entities rather than unlicensed “baby brokers” and by banning unregulated advertising.🥚
Alabama, Minnesota Lawmakers Target 'Baby Brokers' In Predatory Adoption Practice Crackdown
A bipartisan pair of U.S. Senators has introduced new legislation aimed at shutting down the "shadow market" of unlicensed adoption intermediaries, often
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November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The ADOPT puts limits on predatory adoption intermediaries who profit by locating birth mothers for adoption agencies. It adds some accountability by ensuring adoptions go through licensed entities rather than unlicensed “baby brokers” and by banning unregulated advertising.🥚
Join Anna for a conversation with Sullivan Summer, writer and adoptee rights advocate, President of Adoptees for Family Preservation, and co-editor of an upcoming anthology on adoptee estrangement. Sullivan shares powerful insights on adoptee identity and family dynamics. 🥚
Creative Truth-Telling: An Adoptee Conversation with Sullivan Summer
A conversation exploring adoptee experience and the ways creative expression helps reclaim identity and reshape cultural narratives.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Join Anna for a conversation with Sullivan Summer, writer and adoptee rights advocate, President of Adoptees for Family Preservation, and co-editor of an upcoming anthology on adoptee estrangement. Sullivan shares powerful insights on adoptee identity and family dynamics. 🥚
A mother shares the terrifying reality that her internationally adopted son, raised in the U.S. since childhood, could be detained or deported by ICE because he was never granted citizenship. 35-70k adoptees remain in this legal limbo. Urge Congress to pass the PAAF Act. 🥚
I'm A U.S. Citizen. I'm Terrified My Adopted Son Will Be Snatched By ICE Due To A Heartbreaking Loophole.
"I lie awake at night worried that he’ll be snatched off the street and taken to a nightmarish prison in some other country, and I’ll never see him again."
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November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A mother shares the terrifying reality that her internationally adopted son, raised in the U.S. since childhood, could be detained or deported by ICE because he was never granted citizenship. 35-70k adoptees remain in this legal limbo. Urge Congress to pass the PAAF Act. 🥚
Bill C-3 would require foreign-adopted children to meet a “substantial connection” test for citizenship. Experts warn this creates an unfair two-tier system, and they’re urging the Senate to exempt internationally adopted people before the bill becomes law. 🥚
Senate Urged to Consider Foreign-Adopted Children Citizenship Exemption in Bill C-3 Review
Senators face calls to add a citizenship exemption for foreign-adopted children as they review Canada’s Bill C-3 and its impact on families.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Bill C-3 would require foreign-adopted children to meet a “substantial connection” test for citizenship. Experts warn this creates an unfair two-tier system, and they’re urging the Senate to exempt internationally adopted people before the bill becomes law. 🥚
TOMORROW: Join host Anna Sarkitova for an essential and empowering conversation with Susan Christin, Search angel, and DNA expert who has helped reunite more than 200 families and has extensive experience in getting the most from your DNA results. 🥚
Decoding DNA: Finding Biological Family with Search Angel Susan Christin
Susan combines technical expertise and deep compassion in her work, using DNA to uncover origins and reconnect with biological family.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
TOMORROW: Join host Anna Sarkitova for an essential and empowering conversation with Susan Christin, Search angel, and DNA expert who has helped reunite more than 200 families and has extensive experience in getting the most from your DNA results. 🥚
Join us for a relaxed, inclusive meetup at Cadillac Square to enjoy the Winter Markets, holiday tree, and lodge vibes together. Free to attend — all adoptees welcome! 🥚
Adoptee MeetUp @ Cadillac Square Winter Markets and Lodge, Sun, Dec 7, 2025, 11:00 AM | Meetup
Connect and build community with other adopted people. 💙 This is a relaxed, inclusive gathering for adoptees of all backgrounds to come together. Whether you are local or
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November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Join us for a relaxed, inclusive meetup at Cadillac Square to enjoy the Winter Markets, holiday tree, and lodge vibes together. Free to attend — all adoptees welcome! 🥚
Utah is taking steps to reform adoption laws that currently ask birth mothers to make permanent decisions within just 24 hours of their baby's birth, with no option to revoke. The proposed changes would create a 72-hour window and limit financial incentives. 🥚
Early steps are being taken to reform Utah’s easy adoption laws
Utah is known around the country as an adoption tourism state. Now, new amendments to old laws are being drafted for the upcoming legislative session.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Utah is taking steps to reform adoption laws that currently ask birth mothers to make permanent decisions within just 24 hours of their baby's birth, with no option to revoke. The proposed changes would create a 72-hour window and limit financial incentives. 🥚
Two Rhode Island adoptees who met in adulthood have created Adoptee Identity, a community platform that includes a website, card deck, and digital workbook to help other adoptees feel seen, heard, and supported on their identity journeys. 🥚
2 Rhode Island adoptees build community, platform to support others
A pair of Rhode Islanders is paving the way for adoptees to feel seen, heard, and have a community while navigating their adoption journey.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Two Rhode Island adoptees who met in adulthood have created Adoptee Identity, a community platform that includes a website, card deck, and digital workbook to help other adoptees feel seen, heard, and supported on their identity journeys. 🥚
Do you need help figuring out the results of your DNA test? Here from an expert DNA researcher how to understand results so that you can identify biological relatives. This is a fundraising event by donation, but all are welcome. 🥚
Decoding DNA: Finding Biological Family with Search Angel Susan Christin
Susan combines technical expertise and deep compassion in her work, using DNA to uncover origins and reconnect with biological family.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Do you need help figuring out the results of your DNA test? Here from an expert DNA researcher how to understand results so that you can identify biological relatives. This is a fundraising event by donation, but all are welcome. 🥚
Adoptee well-being is a lifelong public health issue, yet systems still center adoptive parents over adoptees. We need policy, research, and workplace practices that recognize adoption as an ongoing life experience and treat adoptee support as a public health imperative. 🥚
Opinion: Adoptee well-being is a lifelong matter of public health — not just a family story - The New Bedford Light
Across the U.S, roughly one in 10 adults is adopted.
newbedfordlight.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Adoptee well-being is a lifelong public health issue, yet systems still center adoptive parents over adoptees. We need policy, research, and workplace practices that recognize adoption as an ongoing life experience and treat adoptee support as a public health imperative. 🥚
“If they find a safe, loving home for him we’ll be happy.” So the baby went into foster care while the charges were dropped against Silvia Zhang and Guojun Xuan, owners of Mark Surrogacy, despite them having been found with over 20 children, many of whom were abused. 🥚
Pa. woman tricked into having baby for couple investigated for surrogacy scam
California authorities found 21 children, mostly born to surrogates, in the couple's custody earlier this year. They denied being involved in human trafficking.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“If they find a safe, loving home for him we’ll be happy.” So the baby went into foster care while the charges were dropped against Silvia Zhang and Guojun Xuan, owners of Mark Surrogacy, despite them having been found with over 20 children, many of whom were abused. 🥚