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The Black Adoption Project. Cultivating Kinship and Community

We are a group of adults who are black and adopted–scholars, artists, historians, archivists, and practitioners seeking to renarrate the meanings and experiences of adoption, kinship, and community.

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Abusua Pa: The “Abusua Pa” symbol derives from the Akan Language and means “good family.” Culturally, the symbol represents kinship ties, family unity, family support, and emphasizes strength and love within family.

Our Experiences,
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The Black Adoption Project is a reparative archive, a resource hub, and open-access knowledge-sharing space created with people whose lives, families, and identities have been touched by adoption. We are particularly committed to elevating the diverse experiences of adoption within black communities in the U.S. and across the globe. Join us as we work to expand narratives of adoption and blackness one voice at a time.

 

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Renarrating Society's Understandings of Adoption One Voice At a Time

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Explore the Project

The Black Adoption Project is a growing collective of projects created by and for adopted persons.

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Our Stories, Our Experiences

This reparative archive and memory work project is a testimony of the lived experience of adoption shared through video, interviews,...

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A Reparative Memory Work Project

This reparative archive and memory work project is a testimony of the lived experience of adoption shared through video, interviews,...

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A Living History Of Black…

Learn about historical events and timelines that shape adoption and black families in the U.S. This reparative archive and memory...

Resources

Check out some of our resources to learn more about adoption and research from folks who are personally connected to it.
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Check out their fantastic podcast, merch, book, and wisdom!

Check out their fantastic podcast, merch, book, and wisdom!

Black to the Beginning exists to disrupt the legacy of secrecy, stigma, shame and silence about Black Adoption.

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Dr. Lisa Moore On adopting and its inseparable tie to loss, gain, joy, & pain.

Becoming a parent is a big decision, and making the decision to not parent is even larger.

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Created by Drs. Gina Miranda Samuels and Kelly Faye Jackson

A resource for interpretive and qualitative scholars of color who are insiders to the issues and experiences they study.

At Interpretive Research Institute, we support and empower researchers of color through our training programs and resources.

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