BIPOC Adoptees

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The BIPOC Adoptee Resource Hub is a centralized space for finding groups and service providers aligned with our mission to support adoptees of the global majority. Rooted in a for us, by us approach, it uplifts adoptee-led and adoptee-informed work that centers our lived experiences and collective care.

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Adoptee Film Fest

Arts, Community Building, Education, Adoptee Rights & Advocacy

An adoptee run film festival platforming adoptee filmmakers telling stories that explore the adoptee experience.

Racial Identity: Black / African American, African (Please Specify Below), Afro-Latinx, East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian, Southwest Asian / North African (SWANA), Native American / Indigenous / Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, Latinx / Hispanic (any race), White, Multiracial / Mixed
Lived Experience: Domestic adoption, International / Intercountry adoption, Transracial / Transcultural adoption, Same-Race Adoption, Foster Care, Kinship
Languages: English
Entity Type: Other: Film Festival
Resource Type: Service Provider: community-led entity that provides mission aligned services to the BIPOC adoptee community
Category/Issue Area: Arts, Community Building, Education, Adoptee Rights & Advocacy
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Alexis Kimball

Mental Health Therapist

Mental Health & Wellness

Adoptee-centered therapeutic support and guidance. Specializing in supporting transracial, Black, Indigenous, and Adoptees of Color.

Racial Identity: Black / African American, Multiracial / Mixed
Lived Experience: Domestic adoption
Languages: English
Entity Type: Business or LLC, Individual
Resource Type: Service Provider: community-led entity that provides mission aligned services to the BIPOC adoptee community
Category/Issue Area: Mental Health & Wellness
Credentials or Certifications: LMHC
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Anna Linde

Research, Mental Health & Wellness, Education

Anna Linde is a Black adoptee working as a Sexologist, Public Speaker, Educator.

Racial Identity: Black / African American
Lived Experience: Transracial
Entity Type: Business or LLC
Resource Type: Information: facts, data, and knowledge specific to racially marginalized adoptees and adoption, Service Provider: community-led entity that provides services aligned with our mission to the BIPOC adoptee community
Category/Issue Area: Research, Mental Health & Wellness, Education
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Aubrey Kyung - Sixth House Rituals

Wellness Practitioner

Mental Health & Wellness

At Sixth House Rituals, we honor the quiet, transformative power of daily devotion. Inspired by the sixth house in astrology—the house of health, service, sacred routine, and embodied care—this is a s...

Racial Identity: East Asian
Lived Experience: Transracial / Transcultural adoption
Languages: English
Entity Type: Business or LLC
Resource Type: Community Gathering: community-led effort to connect BIPOC adoptees virtually or in person, not formally representing, employed by, or acting on behalf of any official organization, institution, or business
Category/Issue Area: Mental Health & Wellness
Credentials or Certifications: Reiki Master + 200 hr yoga teacher + meditation & mindfulness teacher + spiritual mentor + mediumship + sound healer + ancestral remembrance + astrologer
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BADAN- Black African Diaspora Adoptee Network

Founder

Community Building

I am the founder of the Black African Diaspora Adoptee Network, a community centered space for Black adoptees across same race, transracial, kinship, and foster care experiences. I support BIPOC adopt...

Racial Identity: Black / African American, Afro-Latinx
Lived Experience: Domestic adoption
Languages: English
Entity Type: Community Group
Resource Type: Community Gathering: community-led effort to connect BIPOC adoptees virtually or in person, not formally representing, employed by, or acting on behalf of any official organization, institution, or business
Category/Issue Area: Community Building
Credentials or Certifications: MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling
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Cam Lee Small, MS, LPCC

Therapist, Author, Keynote Speaker/Trainer

Mental Health & Wellness, Education, Community Building, Adoptee Rights & Advocacy, Research, Arts

Through Adoption Literacy LLC I provide adoptee-focused counseling, education, community groups, and professional development services to adoptees, fosters, families, and child welfare professionals....

Racial Identity: East Asian
Lived Experience: International / Intercountry adoption, Transracial / Transcultural adoption, Foster Care
Languages: English
Entity Type: Business or LLC
Resource Type: Service Provider: community-led entity that provides mission aligned services to the BIPOC adoptee community, Information: facts, data, and knowledge specific to racially marginalized adoptees and adoption, Community Gathering: community-led effort to connect BIPOC adoptees virtually or in person, not formally representing, employed by, or acting on behalf of any official organization, institution, or business
Category/Issue Area: Mental Health & Wellness, Education, Community Building, Adoptee Rights & Advocacy, Research, Arts
Credentials or Certifications: Master's in Counseling Psychology; Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
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Daniel N Price

ICAV Rep

Adoptee Rights & Advocacy, Other: Visual and not visual disability/ rare disease and underlying health conditions posts or pre-adoption

Knowledge and understanding as a living adoptee who has an underlying health condition living in the most complex healthcare system in the work but also not knowing our own medical records and more.

Racial Identity: East Asian
Lived Experience: International / Intercountry adoption
Languages: English
Entity Type: Individual
Resource Type: Information: facts, data, and knowledge specific to racially marginalized adoptees and adoption
Category/Issue Area: Adoptee Rights & Advocacy, Other: Visual and not visual disability/ rare disease and underlying health conditions posts or pre-adoption
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Jennifer Dyan Ghoston

Community Building, Arts

Jennifer Dyan Ghoston is a Black adoptee working as an Author, Podcaster, Artist Management.

Racial Identity: Black / African American
Lived Experience: Same Race, Domestic
Entity Type: Individual
Resource Type: Community Gathering: community-led effort to connect BIPOC adoptees virtually or in person, not formally representing, employed by, or acting on behalf of any official organization, institution, or business
Category/Issue Area: Community Building, Arts

Joon Ae HK w/Ajumama Workshop

Writing Coach / Guide

Education, Arts

I help writers find more joy, ease, and confidence in their creative process by providing supportive spaces to find your clarity, honor your voice, and unlock your most authentic work. I provide writi...

Racial Identity: Southeast Asian
Lived Experience: International / Intercountry adoption, Transracial / Transcultural adoption
Entity Type: Business or LLC, Individual
Resource Type: Service Provider: community-led entity that provides mission aligned services to the BIPOC adoptee community
Category/Issue Area: Education, Arts
Credentials or Certifications: BA in English, MA in Conflict Resolution w/writing focus, and MFA in Creative Writing
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Kit Myers

Research, Education

Kit Myers is an East Asian adoptee working as an Assistant Professor, Author.

Racial Identity: East Asian
Lived Experience: International, Transracial
Entity Type: Individual
Resource Type: Information: facts, data, and knowledge specific to racially marginalized adoptees and adoption
Category/Issue Area: Research, Education
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Lisa MM Butler

Creative & Media Services, Public & Government

Arts

Lisa MM Butler is a Black (biracial) adoptee working as an Artist based in Vancouver, WA.

Racial Identity: Black / African American, Multiracial / Mixed
Lived Experience: Transracial, Domestic, Domestic adoption, Foster Care, Transracial / Transcultural adoption, Other
Entity Type: Individual
Resource Type: Community Gathering: community-led effort to connect BIPOC adoptees virtually or in person, not formally representing, employed by, or acting on behalf of any official organization, institution, or business
Category/Issue Area: Arts
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Marcella Moslow

Mental Health & Wellness

Marcella Moslow is a Latinx / Hispanic adoptee working as a Certified Trauma Therapist.

Racial Identity: Latinx / Hispanic
Lived Experience: Interracial, International
Entity Type: Business or LLC
Resource Type: Service Provider: community-led entity that provides services aligned with our mission to the BIPOC adoptee community
Category/Issue Area: Mental Health & Wellness
Credentials or Certifications: Certified Trauma Therapist. EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, Educator, Consultant, Trainer
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Marta Isabella Sierra Cifuentes

Therapist and Coach

Mental Health & Wellness, Community Building

I am a survivor of adoption legally trafficked from Colombia as an infant. I am a queer/pansexual, polyamorous, cis-gendered woman and an adoption abolitionist. I bring all of myself into my work with...

Racial Identity: Latinx / Hispanic (any race)
Lived Experience: International / Intercountry adoption, Transracial / Transcultural adoption
Languages: English and Spanish
Entity Type: Individual
Resource Type: Service Provider: community-led entity that provides mission aligned services to the BIPOC adoptee community
Category/Issue Area: Mental Health & Wellness, Community Building
Credentials or Certifications: LMHC
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Sara Hirschhorn

Mental Health Therapist

Mental Health & Wellness

Sara Hirschhorn is an international transracial adoptee adopted from South Korea in infancy. She is a mental health therapist (LPC and LPCC) in private practice that is licensed in both Oregon and Cal...

Racial Identity: East Asian
Lived Experience: International / Intercountry adoption, Transracial / Transcultural adoption
Languages: English
Entity Type: Business or LLC
Resource Type: Service Provider: community-led entity that provides services aligned with our mission to the BIPOC adoptee community
Category/Issue Area: Mental Health & Wellness
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The BIPOC Adoptee Connection

Community Organizer

Community Building

Events centered around intentional community and conversation for BIPOC adoptees in the Los Angeles area.

Racial Identity: Black / African American, African (Please Specify Below), Afro-Latinx, East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian, Southwest Asian / North African (SWANA), Native American / Indigenous / Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, Latinx / Hispanic (any race), Multiracial / Mixed
Lived Experience: Domestic adoption, International / Intercountry adoption, Transracial / Transcultural adoption, Same-Race Adoption, Foster Care, Kinship
Languages: English
Entity Type: Community Group
Resource Type: Community Gathering: community-led effort to connect BIPOC adoptees virtually or in person, not formally representing, employed by, or acting on behalf of any official organization, institution, or business
Category/Issue Area: Community Building
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Torie DiMartile

Research, Education

Torie DiMartile is a Black, Biracial adoptee working as a Speaker, Consultant, Cultural Anthropologist.

Racial Identity: Black / African American, Multiracial / Mixed
Lived Experience: Transracial
Entity Type: Individual
Resource Type: Information: facts, data, and knowledge specific to racially marginalized adoptees and adoption
Category/Issue Area: Research, Education
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