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Out of the Fog and Into Consciousness: A Model of Adoptee Awareness

June 23, 2022by Grace Newton 3 Comments

Hello all, If you’ve been following my social media, you’ve seen hints about this post in my “soft launch.” I am so excited to finally share with you this paper […]

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Academic Writing, For Adoptive Parents

Love is NOT all you need

November 10, 2020by Grace Newton 3 Comments

Unpopular Adoption Opinion: Love is NOT all an adoptee needs!  I oftentimes hear this sentiment as a justification for adoption and people’s desire to help all of the “orphans” around […]

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FAQ + Response, For Adoptive Parents, Reflections

KAAN Connect 2020

June 21, 2020by Grace Newton Leave a comment

As many of you know, I serve on the Advisory Council for the Korean American Adoptee and Adoptive Family Network (KAAN). Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve had to […]

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Interview with Midwest Mixed

January 24, 2019by Grace Newton Leave a comment

I was recently asked to do an interview with Midwest Mixed, a group that focuses on programming for mixed race people and their families in the Twin Cities area. I have […]

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For Adoptive Parents, Reflections

Reclaiming My Name

March 2, 2018by Grace Newton 2 Comments

by Selena Pruitt — Paraguayan adoptee, teacher, incredibly funny friend Originally published in Gazillion Voices Magazine, 2014. The year I was born, the name ‘Sarah’ was the fifth most popular […]

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For Adoptive Parents, Guest Pieces

The Yearning

March 19, 2017by Grace Newton 3 Comments

This piece was originally published in an anthology titled Home. … It was late February, and I stood perched at my kitchen window, welcoming the sun-streaked curtains, the slightly rising temperatures, […]

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Reflections

The House I Make

December 8, 2014by Grace Newton 7 Comments

by Jake Neuman – Korean adoptee, film student, martial artist I am a young man, and I was adopted from South Korea in 1994. My two very loving parents have given […]

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Guest Pieces, Reflections

Parents of adoptees

June 22, 2014by Grace Newton 3 Comments

Originally posted on myownrace:
This post is going to be directed to parents of adoptees. These ideas are not limited to just Chinese adoptions but can be implemented in any…

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FAQ + Response, For Adoptive Parents

Please Support Creating Home, A Storytelling Program For Young People

April 14, 2014by Grace Newton Leave a comment

https://ksr-video.imgix.net/projects/922366/video-363213-h264_high.mp4 I’m very excited to promote a combined project between Land of Gazillion Adoptees (LGA) and COMPAS. LGA is a multimedia company based out of Minneapolis, MN whose mission is to […]

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Art, Recent Media + Response

Fundraising for Adoption?

January 27, 2014by Grace Newton 12 Comments

On many websites I see advertisements for jewelry or knit hats whose proceeds in part will support an adoption (mostly international). Other websites or blogs simply have a giving link […]

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FAQ + Response, For Adoptive Parents, Reflections

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