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    Tag: adoption

    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.  When I was little and…

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    Emily December 31, 2024
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    A Life-Changing Summer

    For many of my teenage years, I unconsciously avoided the deeper sense of cultural and natal displacement that came with being a Chinese-American adop…
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    Maddie December 18, 2024
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    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…
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    Maddie December 4, 2024
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    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 …
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    Maddie November 27, 2024
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    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…
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    Maddie November 22, 2024
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    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…
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    Maddie November 15, 2024
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    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…
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    Maddie November 13, 2024
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    Parent Led Identity 

    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…
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    Maddie November 8, 2024
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    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…
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    Maddie November 5, 2024
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    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.  I was adopted from Zhej…
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    Amy November 3, 2022
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    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…
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    Amy December 10, 2021
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    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?
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    Amy May 17, 2021
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    Exploring Self-Expression and Identity: Leah Garlock

    "It takes courage to grow and become who you really are." - E.E. Cummings
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    Amy May 17, 2021
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    Keynote Address: Sam Futerman

    "Looking towards the positive is an act of bravery. Dare to hope. Dare to believe in good."
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    Amy April 22, 2021
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