Found in Korea

Award winning documentary film about Adoption ~ by adopted person: Meggin Nam Holtz, LMSW (she/her) @namholtz

[Found in Korea @foundinkorea]

One of the main reasons I created Found in Korea was to create content for adopted youth and adults. This content was intentionally created as a proactive opportunity for youth to talk about feelings surrounding adoption.

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Thrilled to share:
"Found in Korea" doc film screening June 20, 2024
@6pm followed by talk back w filmmaker Meggin Nam Holtz.
Unitarian church of Evanston, IL.
$15 suggested donation.
All proceeds will benefit host, "On Your Feet” @Here4Birthmoms
#adopteevoices @foundinkorea

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Posting again - please share this article with anyone who thinks #adoption is a simple solution to #abortion, to anyone who thinks baby boxes are a great idea, and to anyone who thinks babies are a blank slate. Thank you.
https://t.co/Wj3TXKcJo7
#adopteevoices #adopteetwitter

[Adoptee Rights Law @adopteelaw]

“It’s like human trafficking,” Ms. Sorensen said of adoption in South Korea. “If this happened to me, how many others did they do this to?” Story via @NYTimes https://t.co/fwSB6a9o9u

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*birth window post*
It's that time of year again... enter into the vague anniversary window of the time where I emerged from the womb of a woman who is a stranger and an 엄마... the time where I think a lot about the fact that I do not really know when, where, or 1/

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Adoption is Uncomfortable https://t.co/rsLA6Anpy0

[Sally C Ells💚☘️ @Sallypmce]

THIS! Early relinquishment in #adoption is a developmental trauma #adoptionapology @AdultAdopteeMov @AdoptionApology

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Because adoptees are massively over-represented in mental health & substance use facilities, & bc adopted people =4xs more likely to commit suicide, I do the work I do to spread education & awareness of adoption challenges, loss, and yes, trauma. 1/
https://t.co/c52yNVFEOa

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Tracing the path of adopted people back to their origins sheds light on the fact that #adoption is, at it's core, a human and women's rights issue.

#adopteevoices #adopteetwitter

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This is an excerpt from my doc @foundinkorea of a letter that I wrote to my birth family introducing myself.
I share w you today to remind people of the enormity and strangeness of writing an introduction letter to birth family, 2/

[Found in Korea @foundinkorea]

#BirthMothersDay #입양 #입양아 #foundinkorea #adopteevoices #adopteetwitter

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Today = Birth Mothers Day
This is a letter I wrote in 2010 from @foundinkorea.
If you aren't adopted, try to imagine having to write a letter to your birth mother/father telling them who you are! It is intense & a bit bonkers.
엄마 아빠 내 이름은 남
https://t.co/9tMVy2uXdW

[Creating a Family @CreatingaFamily]

Are you interested in adopting a child of a different race or ethnicity? https://t.co/NR7UjtMcNM spoke to Meggin Nam Holtz, LMSW, specializing in adoption. She's also a Korean adoptee and created the award-winning documentary, @foundinkorea ~ https://t.co/QKLi2hrOaL

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https://t.co/9tMVy2uXdW

@foundinkorea #adopteevoices #KAD

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See "WOLF PLAY" by Hansol Jung at @mcctheater (in NYC) any time this week, and come to this @MaYiTheater conversation Saturday.

#transracialadoption #adopteevoices #transracial

register: https://t.co/dHxaoXsXyr

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In text convo w/a friend, I think I just coined a term: "identity injury" -pls correct me if I'm wrong #adopteetwitter #adopteevoices
IDENTITY INJURY includes:
loss of family of origin, culture
race confusion
having to code switch
lack of mirroring
wondering whr traits originate

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Honored to join Ma-Yi & MCC Theater for an open dialogue on Transracial Adoption inspired by Hansol Jung's WOLF PLAY @ MCC Theater
https://t.co/dHxaoXsXyr

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Great Article on the importance of Stopping Safe Haven Baby Boxes

https://t.co/siR6FcZ2dw

#adopteevoices

[StopSafeHavenBabyBoxesNow @StopSHBB]

Guest writer Greg Luce This is very important. Indiana is trying to legalize newborn trafficking. https://t.co/tgfKiOiMiv #SafeHavenBabyBoxes #ChildTrafficking #AdopteeRights, #IndianaChildTrafficking

[Adoptee Rights Law @adopteelaw]

Oh, an inconvenient reminder: this clock keeps on ticking. Are you doing anything, @SenateDems and @SenateGOP? #adopteetwitter

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I would argue that #adoptees understand the #Multiverse more than most.

#adopteevoices