Birthsearch:
10 Questions to Ask...
by Hollee McGinnis from TransCultured Magazine Winter 2000-1
Considering a search? Hollee McGinnis poses 10 questions to ask
yourself before you start while sharing her own experiences in this
part of the adoption life journey.
Resources
for Searching by Joy Kim Lieberthal
from TransCultured Magazine Winter 2000-1 A search is both and internal and external process.
Some suggestions of actions one can take in order to begin an actual
search.
The
Journey: A Personal Search by Kendra Belvins-Barton
from TransCultured Magazine Winter 2000-1 Often a Search for birthparents is about the
search for self and reconnection to ur birth heritage. While all the
searches might now result in reunions, it is important that the value
of a search is the journey itself.
Motherland:
Words
of Advice for Visiting Korea
compiled by Hollee McGinnis from Transcultured Magazine
After asking adult adoptees that have visited Korea to come up with
a list of advice they would give to would be adoptee-travelers,
Hollee McGinnis lists their suggestions.
From
the Ashes of War New Lives Were Born compiled by Hollee McGinnis from Transcultured
Magazine
Many Korean adoptees do not know thier personal history, but as a
community we share a common history whose roots began in the Korean
war.
Race and Identity
Discovering
her Latin Identity
by Laura Blum from TransCultured Magazine
A Colombian adoptee shares her metamorphosis that brought her to
embrace her Latin-American roots.
Towards
a New Identity by Thomas Teska from TransCultured Magazine
From the anonymity of young childhood to the painful stings of racism
and search for his birth culture, one adoptee shares his journey
to discover a place where he belongs.
Upcoming Features
February: In the Birthsearch section,
personal narritaves, resources for search. March: In Post-Adoption, Considering Culture
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