books on transracial adoption for adoptive parents Archives - Transracial Journeys https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/tag/books-on-transracial-adoption-for-adoptive-parents/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 16:34:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-Logo-Flare520x520-32x32.jpg books on transracial adoption for adoptive parents Archives - Transracial Journeys https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/tag/books-on-transracial-adoption-for-adoptive-parents/ 32 32 Book Corner – January 2024 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/book-corner-january-2024/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 15:50:26 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=4353 This month we are highlighting "Adoptees Like Me" Books, a special series from Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker.  These illustrated children’s books are for elementary readers, and include Marie Discovers Her Superpowers  (2022) and Casey Conquers Bedtime (2023). Dr. Wirta-Leiker is an adoptee, adoptive parent, and psychologist. She is a consultant for The Adoptee Mentoring Society and a contributor to I AM ADOPTEE, where she serves on their subsidized mental health program review board. She also served on the Adoptee Advisory Board for Heritage read more

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]]> Book Corner – March 2023 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/book-corner-march-2023/ Sat, 04 Mar 2023 13:03:44 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=3810 Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family By Erika Hayasaki   Vietnamese twins Loan and Ha were separated when they were babies. Ha was raised by her aunt in a loving home in rural Vietnam. Loan was adopted, renamed Isabella, and grew up in a loving home in a Chicago suburb. Isabella’s American family weren’t told their daughter was a twin, and when they found out, Isabella’s mom started to search for Ha. After many read more

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]]> TRJ Announces Hannah Jackson Matthews M.S. Ed as a Featured Speaker for 2022 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/hannah-jackson-matthews/ Wed, 06 Jul 2022 20:34:01 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=2949 Transracial Journeys is pleased to announce Hannah Jackson Matthews, M.S. Ed., as a featured presenter for Family Camp 2022, August 4-7th. Hannah will be sharing her experiences and expertise helping us to better understand the importance of connections to family and culture of origin as well as how to navigate racism. As a writer, an educator, a speaker and a transracial adoptees champion, Hannah has made it her mission to advocate for the needs of transracial adoptees. Matthews, a transracial adoptee read more

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]]> Book Corner: My Seven Black Fathers https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/book-corner-my-seven-black-fathers/ Fri, 10 Jun 2022 13:01:08 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=2909 My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist’s Memoir Of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole By Will Jawando   Will Jawando is a civil rights lawyer, an activist, and a loving husband and father of four. Currently a councilmember in Montgomery County, Maryland, he has worked for Nancy Pelosi, Sherrod Brown, and Barack Obama. My Seven Black Fathers is the story of how Will grew from a young boy with a white mother and an absent father read more

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