Adoptees Speak Out: A Mini Documentary | NAAM 2020

Adoptees from around the United States come together to share their experiences. TW: abandonment, PTSD, orphanage care, and other adoption-related topics *correction: Gwei is from Jiangxi Province not Shanxi Province Music by No Copyright Music on Youtube and BenSound Royalty-Free Music https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glMhD3EU46k Opening 0:00 Introductions: 0:34 Adoption Stories: 2:27 Pros and Cons of Adoption: 4:55 A Moment in Your Life That Affected Your Adoption Trauma: 10:41 Traveling Back to China: 14:37 Something You Are Struggling With and Ways You Are Coping: 17:14 Anything Else You Want to Share: 23:34 Credits: Director/Editor/Producer: Zoe Seymore Starring: Jada Bromberg Marci Edwards Cosette Eisenhauer Laney Herndon Lauren Pecora Zoe Seymore Gwei Strong-Allen Mia Yamada-Heidner ******** Sisters of China Facebook Group, Instagram Page and Website https://www.facebook.com/groups/thesistersofchina/ http://www.sistersofchina.wordpress.com/ https://www.instagram.com/sistersofchina Subtle Asian Adoptee Traits Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/196489827883110/ China’s Children International (CCI) https://www.facebook.com/groups/chinaschildreninternational/ Adopteen/The Park Community Website and Instagram https://adopteen.org/ https://www.instagram.com/adopteen https://www.instagram.com/theparkcommunity Zoe and Cosette's Adoption Instagram Page https://www.instagram.com/navigating_adoption