Perspectives of Adoptees and March Conference

Adopted Vietnamese International Advisory Group members will soon feature “in a newsletter (PASQ, QLD Australia) and also online article (tba) about their Vietnamese adoptee community work, and why being in contact with other adoptees can generate a healthy sense of engagement and connection for individuals adopted from Vietnam in any era, and from any country-of-origin.

Contributors from AVI include:
Dr Indigo Willing, Academic & Asian Australian Film Network Co-Convener, QLD Australia, adopted from Vietnam.

Analee Matthews, Journalist,, NSW Australia, adopted from Vietnam.

Jen Fitzpatrick, Higher Education Officer, Adoptee Representative 2011- 2012 of NICAAG, QLD Australia, adopted from Vietnam.

Trista Goldberg, Business Professional, Founder & CEO, Operation Reunite, USA, adopted from Vietnam.

Tricia Houston, Teacher, Executive in Operation Reunite, USA, adopted from Vietnam.

Kim Nguyen Browne, Corporate Professional, Founder & CEO, Vietnam Volunteer Network, UK, adopted from Vietnam.

‘Ripples’, Government and Business Professional, adopted from Taiwan.”

March Conference

Dr Indigo Willing will be a speaker at the 4th Annual International Conference on Adoption and Culture. The Conference is March 22-25 at The Claremont Colleges in Claremont, California.

Keynotes, plenary panels, evening film screenings, and the play are free and open to the public. All events are free to affiliates of the Claremont Colleges.
The schedule can be seen here and features “keynote presentations by Dan Chaon and Catherine Ceniza Choy; plenary panels on Race, Class and Culture in Adoption with Christine Gailey, Gina Marie Samuels, and Raven Sinclair, and The State and Family Separation with Jacqueline Stevens, Yali Lincroft, and David Smolin; films screenings of Made in IndiaandAsk Us Who We Are; and a performance of the play, Blank, by Brian Stanton.”

Topics include surrogacy, ethics, perspectives from birthparents and adoptees, power relations in American adoptions, transnational adoptions including China and Eastern Europe, transracial adoptions, history of adoptions and more.

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