HOW do we achieve our mission? 

CONNECT & SUPPORT

Chinese adoptees, adoptive parents, and families formed through adoption from China

• Support ongoing events and projects which enable Chinese adoptees, as well as adoptive parents and families, to share experiences and perspectives and engage in productive and supportive dialogues. 
• Represent and strengthen Chinese adoptees’ relationships with the wider adoption community.
• Facilitate adoptee-only discussions on relevant topics, such as relationships, race, and mental health.
• Share resources and experiences on race, adoptee identity, and more.
• Offer mentorship by older adoptees to younger adoptees to help support healthy identity development. 
• Organize social events to build community among adoptees. 
• Provide social media platforms for dialogue on adoption issues. 
• Provide adoptees and adoptive parents with mental health and other supportive resources.

EMPOWER

adoptees to explore their unique identities, race, and Chinese heritage;

families to understand and support them

• Enable adoptees to navigate the evolving intersection of their Chinese, American, adoptee, and other personal identities.

• Help adoptive parents and supporters to understand the unique identity of Chinese adoptees.

• Offer adoptees opportunities to learn more about Chinese culture, food, language and history. 

• Help adoptees and adoptive families to learn about and connect with Chinese American communities. 

• Facilitate adoptees’ engagement with broader dialogues about race, heritage, identity, etc. 

EDUCATE 

about adoptee experiences, adoption issues, and parenting adoptees 

• Provide lessons, workshops and experiences with Chinese culture, food, dance, language and history.

• Educate about adoption issues and experiences through discussions of films, books, and online presentations. 

• Bring the wisdom of adoptee voices to bear on adoption education through adoptee panels.

• Facilitate discussions between adoptees and adoptive parents to promote empathy and understanding. 

• Bring professional speakers to help educate on adoption-related issues, such as roots tracing and DNA tests, the adoption experience and identity issues, Asian American and Chinese history.

• Support and share adoption research, including studies of transracial adoption practices and outcomes, identity development, health and well-being and more.

ADVOCATE

for adoptees and adoption communities

• Raise awareness about adoptee issues that call for support and action, such as citizenship.

• Connect with broader adoption communities and organizations to work together on adoption-related policies. 

• Raise awareness about and advocate for particular issues of concern among Chinese adoptees, such as racial discrimination.