Adoption Identity Race Exploration (AIRE)
AIRE was created out of the need for an inclusive space for BIPOC adoptees (of all genders, identities, and experiences) to build and collaborate. AIRE…
AIRE was created out of the need for an inclusive space for BIPOC adoptees (of all genders, identities, and experiences) to build and collaborate. AIRE…
This nonprofit organization provides educational programs for AANHPI (Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander) youth who want to celebrate their individual and collective power.
This webpage features countless articles about the basics of recognizing and addressing trauma in children. It includes topics like the effects, causes, and treatments of…
This article explores the history of mistreatment and discrimination in healthcare that puts people of color at a disadvantage. It also discusses the changes that…
This is a directory of books about race, organized by age. It features books for young children, elementary school-age children, teens, and adults, as well…
The NMAAHC’s purpose is to help children understand what race is, how it operates in society, and why it’s important (particularly in the US). This…
This is a children’s book meant to start a conversation about how kids can learn to talk about skin color in a way that’s kind,…
This brief article explains how reading books with your child is a key way to start and continue conversations about race and ethnicity. It also…
This illustrated book serves as a parent’s guide to preventing and responding to prejudice. This book explores how to discuss racism and tolerance depending on…
This article explains how children learn racial bias, strategies to help children deal with these biases, and how parents can confront their own racial biases.…
This is a brief parent tip tool that explains what RES (racial and ethnic socialization)is, who participates in RES, and suggestions for engaging in RES.
This article discusses how to teach children about the concepts of race, privilege, and racial and ethnic socialization (RES). Though this resource is primarily for…
This video project features countless different videos of people sharing their experiences with racism and racial identity. The site even welcomes readers to submit personal…
This LLC, established by Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker, offers a directory of professional (medical and mental health) resources in the Denver Metro Area. Dr. Wirta-Leiker specializes…
This is a private Facebook group for adoptive parents of boys adopted from China. It’s a place of support and connection for adoptive and waiting…
The KAA Facebook group is a private page for Korean adoptees to create community and discuss whatever topics they’d like.
This private Facebook group provides information, resources, and encouragement for adult Chinese adoptees who are seeking their birth family or are already in reunion. They…
This is a public Facebook group for Korean adoptees who are searching for their birth families. Its’s open to all Korean adoptees to publish photos…
This is a resource page for Chinese adoptees interested in searching for birth family. It offers information and resources for both the adoptive parent and…
This website details the sociopolitical circumstances of China. It examines the causes of the One Child Policy, as well as recent causes and events regarding…
This is a Chinese adoptee family reunion project with multiple professional searchers working in China. They offer free DNA testing for potential birth relatives and…
KAS allows birth families to search for the biological children and adoptees to search for their biological family. They offer post-adoption services, including birth country…
This organization explains the steps and information necessary for a birth family search. Adoption information disclosures, genetic test consent forms, and more are available to…
This organization was founded in 2018 by an all-volunteer international group of adoptees and adoptive parents. They offer reliable information and promote awareness in China…
This document is a guide on DNA testing. It explains how DNA testing applies to Asian communities, including Asian international adoptees and adoptees of mixed…
This Facebook post features a flow chart about adoptee DNA, genetic databases, and birth family searches. This is a beginner-friendly resource for Chinese adoptees who…
Journey Across Forever is a private Facebook group for adoptive parents with children from China who are searching for birth parents, foster parents, finders, etc.…
China DNA is a public Facebook group that assists with DNA analysis to help adoptees connect to their Chinese ancestry, genealogy, and heritage.
Birthparent Search is a private Facebook group for Chinese adoptees and adoptive relatives. The goal of this group is to provide support and resources for…
Family Ties is a private Facebook group that offers guidance and support for people searching for birth families in China. While this is not an…
This resource guide is a compilation of birth family searching resources for thee Chinese adoption community. It offers various tips, precautions, strategies, platforms, etc. for…
The Nanchang Project is a program for creating community and sharing resources for Chinese adoptees searching for birth family. Their goal is to provide adoptees…
This is a private Facebook group created by CCI (China’s Children International) for LGBTQ+ Chinese adoptees. It’s a network to discuss issues and topics relating…
This is a Facebook group for Asian adoptees to connect with each other. It posts daily and is a space mainly for the discourse of…
This interest group provides support for international adoptees. They discuss racism, identity, and birth family searches. It’s based in the Netherlands and is for all…
This group shares adoptees’ stories in order to help empower other adoptees, empower their self-growth, and change the narrative of adoption. It has resources for…
An archive of a podcast that discusses the (birth family) searching journey in multiple perspectives (adoptees, birth parents, & searchers). This is a great resource…
In an Instagram page in blog-like format, this resource offers a personal look at an adoptee’s thoughts and experiences about her identity and reunion experience.…
In this short YouTube documentary (link to the full TV documentary is in the description), an adoptee shares her experience of going to China to…
Bao Bei Hui Jia is a Chinese birth family searching site where users can post searching posters for free. Users are encouraged to provide information…
This organization works to advance healing justice by transforming mental health for queer and transgender people of color. They have lists of community and practitioner…
This is a volunteer-based non-profit organization for LGBTQ+ South Asians. Their mission is to unite people and affirm their South Asian identity and sexual orientation.…
This non-profit organization serves the South Asian LGBTQ+ community by promoting awareness, acceptance and empowerment through social, educational and advocacy-related events. They encourage volunteering for,…
This organization offers a safe space where API LGBTQ+ youth (ages 16-25) can unite to find support and make friends. They have drop-in centers, peer…
This organization empowers LGBTQ+ API members and is a federation of small, volunteer-run groups across the country. They provide capacity building, advocacy, convenings, and representation…
This group meets twice a month for a lunchtime discussion for API parents and caregivers whose children are part of the LGBTQ+ community. They are…
This is a online Facebook group is a safe space for LGBTQ+ Asians. Group members are encouraged to share their experiences and media which discuss…
This is an interdisciplinary essay collection which examines the shaping of local queer cultures in the Asia-Pacific region. The purpose of this book is to…
House of Rainbow serves LGBTQ+ people of color and faith. This organization works to combat religious homophobia and validates the belonging of LGBTQ+ in religious…
This is an academic journal article about the association between perceived discrimination and use of mental health services. With data coming from the National Latino…
This is a website for anyone in the AAPI community who needs to motivate and destigmatize their journey with therapy. The site is packed with…
The NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health (CSAAH) is based in NYU Langone’s Section for Health Equity. Its services research and evaluate…
This organization was established to address the unique and neglected health needs of Asian Americans in Maryland. AAHI assists with many programs, projects, and activities…
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum’s services benefit the health of the AAPI community. The APIAHF supports the health of the community by…
NAPAFASA serves and works with AAPI communities on initiatives addressing behavioral health within each community. It’s a private, non-profit, 501(c)(3) membership organization dedicated to mental…
This is a Facebook group for Asians who want to be a part of an online community which focuses on mental health. It’s a private…
Project Lotus focuses on Asian American mental health advocacy. Their mission is to destigmatize mental health in Asian-American communities by “tackling the model minority stereotype…
This directory is a great tool for AAPI members who want more information about mental health. Users can search by region, AANHPI subgroup, and focus.…
This guide benefits parents of Asian and Asian American adolescents. The guide and accompanying video is available in six languages. It covers the history of…
This article written by Dr. Warren Ng’s (child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist) helps educate readers about how microaggressions affect the AAPI Community. In the article,…
This article is for members of the AAPI community who are interested in finding a culturally-competent therapist. The author explains the importance of establishing a…
This resource is for mental health professionals who want to understand how to provide mental health support to the AAPI community. Sections in this guide…
This article explains how national heritage months impact the health of ethnic populations. Through the Ethnicity and Health in America Series, there are resources given…
This article centers around AAPI mental health. It’s full of information with about barriers to mental health care, how to seek culturally-competent care, and also…
ACRS promotes social justice and the well-being and empowerment of the AAPI and other underserved communities – including immigrants and refugees. They develop, provide, and…
Inclusive Therapists serve underrepresented communities through its mission to be a mental health liberation movement creating change through decolonial education, collective care, and activism. They…
This directory provides the New York AAPI community with resources and providers. Users can search by term and use filters to gain a better search.…
This directory is “the largest South Asian mental health therapist community in the world.” It operates internationally, with a focus on the US, Canada, and…
Bridges’ services serve the APISA (Asian Pacific Islanders, South Asian Americans) with culturally-affirming therapy and mental health care. In their directory, users can search by…
Asian Pacific Community Counseling serves Asian Americans who live in California. They offer the Transcultural Wellness Center (TWC), the Supporting Community Connections (SCC), and the…
KAWA offers services for Korean Americans. Users can search in directories for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and psychotherapists. Within each directory, users can search by keywords…
This organization offers primary medical care, mental health services, substance use disorder treatment, dental services, and more. They have an Asian American specific program in…
AHS is a healthcare provider that offers a complete range of medical, dental, and mental health services. Asian Health Service (AHS)’s mission is to serve…
APCTC was established to meet the unique needs of AAPI immigrants and refugees. Their services are available to all ages of the AAPI community in…
The AAPA advocates on behalf of Asian Americans to advance Asian American psychology. The AAPA has 8 divisions, including one for multiracial and adopted Asian…
The AMHC’s mission is to normalize and de-stigmatize mental health within the Asian community. They offer a US and Canadian therapist directory. Users can filter…
The NAAPIMHA’s mission is to promote the mental health and well-being of the AAPI community. They provide training, resources, advocacy opportunities, and have been involved…
SAMHIN’s services support the South Asian community in the United States. Users can search their therapist directory by location, name, and category. On professional’s profiles,…
The ADAA’s purpose is to prevent, treat, and cure anxiety disorders and depression. It also has a webpage dedicated to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.…
This organization was created to help Asians feel seen, heard, and empowered in their journeys towards better mental health. Their directory lets users filter through…
This is a true story about life in a Saigon orphanage, a rescue flight from Vietnam to Canada, and international adoption. It tells the story…
This is a children’s book that tells the story of a woman who travels to China to adopt a baby girl. It’s based on the…
This is a children’s picture book that talks about the process of adoption from China. It shows the steps from the adoption agency paperwork, to…
This story originates from the ancient Chinese belief that an invisible, unbreakable red thread connects everybody destined to be together. In this children’s book, a…
This is the story of the author’s journey to China to adopt a baby girl. It’s a heartwarming adoption story that reveals the challenges, as…
This book follows a little girl as she and her family prepare for a new child. It shows the girl’s mother flying off to Korea,…
This is a memoir by Korean-American adoptee Nicole Cheung. She tells the story the search for the people who gave her up, which coincided with…
This is an illustrated memoir by a Swedish-Korean adoptee about her life as an adoptee. The author (Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom) explores her feelings related to…
This book presents a cultural history of the events that led to the controversial One Child Policy in China and the generation-long abandonment of Chinese…
This is the true story of Mei-Ling Hopgood, one of the first wave of Asian adoptees to arrive in America. She never identified with her…
This book is about a Korean-American adoptee who returned to Korea at 20 to search for her birth mother. The author cites feeling conflicted, shattered,…
This fund offers a wide range of scholarships with varying recipient amounts and qualifications. There are scholarships available for undergraduate and graduate students alike and…
A scholarship directory that offers scholarships for Chinese students. There are descriptions, requirements and qualifications, award amount, deadlines, and application links for each scholarship.
This is a list of 30 scholarships for Asian-American and minority students. The amount, provider, eligibility requirements, and application requirements are listed for each award.
A documentary about a South Korean pastor made famous for his “drop box.” The film underscores his religion, work with adoption, and the function of…
This organization focuses on waiting children in China with medical needs. They have resources for prospective adoptive parents, adoptive parents, and about special needs. It…
This tells the story of two adoptees and their families. One family is a couple excitedly preparing for the adoption of a baby girl. The…
An organization dedicated to “healing to communities of color by changing the face and feel of therapy.” Their goal is to make therapists of color…
An article on preparing for adoption by Ashley Yeager — a family therapist and Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) practitioner. She offers five pieces of advice…
The story of three adopted Chinese-American girls who discover they’re cousins on 23andMe. Their online meeting inspires the young women to confront the burning questions…
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