From Conducive Mag- ADOPTING HAITIAN ORPHANS: Saving Children or Repeating Unsuccessful History? February 6, 2010Removing children during times of disaster is not new. We saw this with Operation Babylift after the Vietnam War (index.php?option=com_content amp;view=article amp;id=106:the-narrative-of-international-adoption1023 amp;catid=37:critical-thinking amp;Itemid=62), where the American government hurriedly removed almost 3,000 children from their homeland during […]
- Using Anger Constructively February 4, 2010Conducive advice columunist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on using anger constructively. […]
- A Bronx Girl Goes Home February 2, 2010The murder of a cousin takes Conducive editor Heather Tirado Gilligan back to her home in the Bronx, and back to the childhood and experiences that continue to shape her. […]
- Looking Back to the Future? January 30, 2010Humankind, both collectively and individually, has a strange little quirk. We ignore the past when it holds valuable lessons that go against what we want to hear or believe. Our insistence in doing this has negatively affected our future many times, both as individuals and as a society. We give... […]
- Campaigns Take Individual Involvement To New Level January 28, 2010The production and consumption of bottled water contributes to waste, pollution, toxins, and the bottled water industry’s interest in controlling our water resources. As a result of these negative impacts, many people have vowed to stop buying bottled water. If you have successfully ditched bottled water, and want to stay... […]
- REDUCING THE SUICIDE STIGMA Suresh Unni's Story January 21, 2010There are many ways of coping with the loss of a loved one. For Suresh Unni, solace is found in sharing his brother's experience with depression and eventual demise from suicide. Through his work as a clinical social worker and therapist and participation on the board of directors of the... […]
- Dating a Separated Person January 18, 2010Conducive advice columunist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on dating a separated person. […]
- An Epileptic Identity-My Journey to Diagnosis January 17, 2010Conducive editor Sarah Edith Jones writes about her determination to get an accurate medical diagnosis after more than a decade of doctor visits and medical misdiagnosis. For years her epilepsy was seen as panic attacks, menstrual issues, migraines, stress, low-glucose, anxiety, and depression, and treated with medications such as birth... […]
- Yellow Fever Survivor January 15, 2010How can you deal with sexual harassment at work? Dr. Mai Kieu-Loan suggests you go "Kabuki" and be a woman worker warrior. […]
- The Coal War: Interview with Climate Hope Author Ted Nace January 14, 2010While many may think about oil when it comes to climate change, the real struggle could be coal. Coal is used for half the nation’s electricity, which is the U.S.’s largest source of carbon dioxide emissions (http://epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/co2_human.html). Scientists warn that the continued use of so much coal could put us... […]
- ADOPTING HAITIAN ORPHANS: Saving Children or Repeating Unsuccessful History? February 6, 2010
Author Archives: Jane Jeong Trenka
What does “Gotcha” mean?
November is National Adoption Month. What would such a celebration of adoption, whether in the U.S. or another country, mean to my Korean birthmother?
At the time my mother became a “birthmother,” I was six months old, and my sister was four years old. Because she passed away about nine years ago, I will take the [...]
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Nothing About Us Without Us
Do you believe that access to medical information is important for all people, including adoptees and the children of adoptees? Are you a Korean adoptee who believes that you should have a say in the laws that Korea makes about the lives of existing adoptees and future adoptees? Would you like fair laws to govern the birthfamily search process? Do believe that unwed Korean mothers should be educated and supported in keeping their own children? If you said “yes” to any of these questions, you may be interested in what is happening this fall in Seoul with the revisions of Korea’s adoption laws.
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Abuses in adoptions from S. Korea