nam 남 (she/her)

thank you - I follow many non-adopted folks here :) but appreciate your transparency. I like what you post so decided to follow you

Adoption Memorials | InterCountry Adoptee Voices (ICAV) Intercountry Adoptee Memorials a page dedicated to those who die of suicide and a list of ICAV blogs and podcast dedicated to the topic of Adoptee Suicide.

another page:

intercountryadopteevoices.com/post-adoptio...

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sending hugs

Intercountry Adoptee Memorials Intercountry Adoptee Memorials. 661 likes · 10 talking about this. This page is in honour and memory of those intercountry adoptees who's lives end too early - from suicide or other preventable causes...

another page "to honour and memory of those intercountry adoptees who's lives end too early - from suicide or other preventable causes"

www.facebook.com/intercountry...

I will take a moment or 2 or 3 or more for myself, for those I have lost, for those the community has lost, and for those who are battling with loss.
Sending love, peace, strength, hope, and light to all,
Nam 남
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#ARD2025 🥚

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October 30 = Adoptee Remembrance Day
Tomorrow we bear witness to the unbearable losses that co-occur with adoption.
No sugar coating.
We all do this in the ways in which we can.
Some years I am able to do more, less, nothing…
This year, 2025, I am ​able to post​;
1/2 🥚

Opinion: Addressing the ethics of adoption tourism in Utah Utah's adoption practices are harmful to mothers and children.

Utah is " the only state in the nation with adoption agencies bringing in out-of-state mothers en masse."

www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...

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thank you to author: @saraeasterlyauthor.bsky.social

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thank you, #NYC for #earlyVoting

#VOTE!!!

WORDS AS LIFELINES:
BIPOC Adoptee Voices for Gaza

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Federal agents descend on Chinatown in apparent raid The raid follows recent federal arrests at a Midtown migrant shelter, part of what officials call a broader push to “restore law and order” in New York City.

Federal agents from ICE and HSI—some in military fatigues and masks—descended on Chinatown today in an aggressive and reckless raid on immigrant street vendors.

Once again, the Trump administration chooses authoritarian theatrics that create fear, not safety. It must stop.

-petting a pet
-doodling
-walk around the block
-opening a door/window
-self massage
-a few deep breaths
-washing hands
-write a sentence
All of these tiny activities are movements that help us lower cortisol.
Please feel free to share more tiny moves in comments.
We are all in this together 🩷 💫

Client theme: Feeling "stuck?" "unmotivated?" "drained?"
You are not alone!
Try to remember:
One tiny move makes a huge difference.
It can look like:
-a phone call/text
-a stretch
-putting on a song
-washing a dish
-drinking a glass of water
-watering a plant
(con't 1/2)

"Internalized racism is when a person believes negative messages abt their own, and other's, cultures and races. All racism is harmful, but this one is especially toxic; internalizing this oppression results in self-devaluation, resignation, & feelings of hopelessness." - Google AI Overview
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#TRA

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timeline cleanser

drawn image of woman dancing in a circle wearing hanbok's under a full moon

Wishing all a Happy Chuseok!
추석 잘 보내세요

It is another time with layers of complication for Korean adoptees, both with family ancestral origins known and unknown.
Thinking of all on these days of full lunar autumn moons.

Image credit: HomestayKorea.com

🥚 #foundinkorea
#adopteevoices

know that this is going on
not normal
not okay

may be a photo of a woman standing in an archway with mountains in the background

I had the privilege to travel.
"Rest so that we can come back and do the things that are important to and demanded of us"...so we can dig deep & do the work needed - especially during these times of intense duress & terror.
Much gratitude to the universe.
Much love, hope, and peace to all,
nam 남 ❤️

It was a privilege to talk with so many birth mothers for this story. For some, it was the first time they had spoken about their experiences to anyone outside of family. I wish I could have included more of their stories. Every conversation was important & helped me better understand open adoption.

Urge governments and foreign offices to demand the release of their citizens who were on board the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza and to call for an end to the siege and genocide.

globalsumudflotilla.org/contact-offi...

globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/#help

South Korea's president apologizes over poorly managed foreign adoption programs South Korea’s president apologized Thursday for poorly managed foreign adoption programs that were rife with abuses and fraud, months after the country’s truth commission admitted state responsibiliti...

it is a start...

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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#freeBenAndJerrys
#freeSpeech

#freeBenAndJerrys

Trans rights are human rights.

She was adopted into an abusive US home. Decades later, immigration policies sent her back to Brazil When Maria Pires was adopted from Brazil as a child, she believed she was officially an American. But her adoptive father, who sexually abused her for years, never completed paperwork to make her a citizen.

She was adopted from Brazil at 11. A girl dreaming of America.

But her adoptive father abused her. Her life spiraled – violence, crime, mental illness. Decades later, ICE detained her. She was, it turned out, a woman without a country.

they should also be healthy and tasty, what a concept.

IAMAdoptee : About Our Therapeutic & Wellness Subsidy for Intercountry Adoptees IAMAdoptee seeks to curate an online roadmap of mental health and wellness resources to help navigate the lived experience of being an intercountry adopted person.

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