Karen's Adoption Links Blog

All Yahoo groups are ending starting Dec 15 2020. So, if you want to  reconnect with the International Adoption Community,  you have several choices. Maybe your kids are considering  travel back to visit, teen years are a challenge, struggling to document their citizenship, looking for birth family  ~ There are many reasons to reconnect with your fellow adoptive parents. Here are options: Groups that are NOT on Facebook International Adoption (all countries)  https://groups.io/g/IA-CARE Russian Adoption  https://groups.io/g/RussianAdoptionCARE Vietnam Adoption (APV)  https://apv-caugiaytuliemfamilies.groups.io/g/main          Also regional Vietnam  subgroups in this group (see below) Birth Parent Contact (all countries)  https://groups.io/g/BirthParentContact --- On Facebook , there are too many to list, join here to get started Adoptive Family CARE (Russia, Central Asia, Ukraine, EE)   https://www.facebook.com/groups/AFCare (from here we can help you find a more specific group) In all

Adult Intercountry Adoptees - USDOS wants to hear from you! Attend a virtual town hall meeting and have your voice heard. Event: Town Hall: Adult Adoptee Lived Experience Date: November 13, 2020 Time: 12:00pm to 1:30pm EST RSVP: email  Adoption @ state.gov  before November 10, 2020 Response should include include your name, email address, and if willing to share, the country from which you were adopted. Participation details will be sent by email on November 12, in the afternoon, to those who RSVP'd. The Office of Children's Issues, U.S. Department of State, invites interested adult intercountry adoptees to a virtual town hall meeting with Marisa Light, Chief of the Adoption Oversight Division, on Friday, November 13, 2020, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. EST. In adherence with the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation on Intercountry Adoption, the Department believes that children "should grow up in a family environment, in an atmosphere of happiness, love an