A Trip Back to My Roots
By: Emily Straut Earlier this year, I had the incredible privilege of taking part in CCAI’s Hunan Province Heritage Tour. Little kid always asking where…
Category: Coffeehouse Blog
Self-Acceptance Identity
As adoptees enter adulthood, typically around the age of 23 and beyond, they often face a unique journey of self-discovery and identity formation mark…
Self-Led Identity
Between the ages of nineteen and twenty-two, adoptees enter a crucial phase of self-discovery, often while in college, where they have the freedom to …
Identity Conflict
Adolescence is a time of self-discovery, growth, and often, a bit of turbulence. For adoptees in particular, the ages between fifteen and eighteen are…
Identity Awakening
Middle school is a critical time for an adolescent’s development, both physically and mentally. During these years, peer influence becomes much more…
Identity Awareness
Ages six to ten are a critical period in an adoptee’s life, as they begin to develop a deeper understanding of their identity. For transracial adopt…
Parent Led IdentityÂ
The first five years of life are crucial for shaping the foundation of identity development in adoptees. During this time, a child’s understanding o…
Developmental Stages of Adoptee Identity
An adoptee’s identity development is a lifelong, complex journey of self-discovery filled with countless questions and layers of intricacy. Unlike b…
Embracing Every Identity
Adoption is not the most important fact about me, but it has been one of the most impactful aspects of my identity journey.Â
I was adopted from Zhej…
Interning at The Park
Fall 2020: If you had asked me about how I felt about adoption, I would have said that I was all good — that I felt pretty solid in my identity. Fas…
Birth Place, Foreign Space: Perspectives on Birth Country, Identity, & Home
For APIDA Heritage Month (Asian-, Pacific Islander-, Desi- American Heritage Month), The Park will be hosting a panel conversation with transracial, transnational, Asian adoptees to…
Cooking Kimchi Pajeon with Matt Delatour
Food can be an amazing way to explore and connect with birth culture. Have you tried cooking any dishes from your birth country cuisine?
Exploring Self-Expression and Identity: Leah Garlock
"It takes courage to grow and become who you really are." - E.E. Cummings
Keynote Address: Sam Futerman
"Looking towards the positive is an act of bravery. Dare to hope. Dare to believe in good."
Black History Month: Race, Culture, and Self-Preservation in America
For Black History Month, The Park sat down with Asiah, Fikirte, and Mercedes to discuss their experiences navigating race and culture in America as transracial,…
Keynote Conversation with Kristen Kish
“I had to stop trying to make everyone else feel comfortable and get comfortable with myself. Live your loud life exactly who you are and…
