VN Adoptee Anh Dao Koble, Boston’s unofficial Queer Photograper is opening an exhibition of her Photography in San Francisco, CA
[Read the rest of this entry →]‘Borders in Cyberspace: The Digital Divide Between Vietnamese Parents and their Children Adopted Abroad Post War’, for Generations: Continuity and Conflict, Inaugural Conference and Celebration of Southeast Asia, Yale University, USA, to be held March 1 – 3, 2002. Paper by I. Williams and L. Lam Artists who are adopted from Vietnam and interested in [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]Yale University, Vietnam Adoption Online and the Digital Divide presentation by Linh Lam of Mam Non and Indigo Williams of AVI, South East Asian Studies, New Haven. A group of Viet adoptees are meeting up over this weekend, if you are interested in catching up please email: indigo@adoptedvietnamese.org
[Read the rest of this entry →]30 November-2 December 2001, QLD Transforming Cultures / Shifting Boundaries: Asian Diasporas and Identities in Australia and Beyond cccs.uq.edu.au/?page=16095 The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2001 Virtually Vietnamese/Australian Adoptees: Cultural Con/fusion/tributions to Australian Culture written by Anh Nguyen (MA, Harvard University) made with the assistance of Australian Vietnamese adoptees. Presented by I.Williams on behalf of A. [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]African American Cultural Council (AACC) of Virginia Beach356 Dodge Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23452, (757)557-9724Fax:(757)363-0994 fmoody@norfolk.cmr.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: October 11, 2001Contact: Freddi E. Moody(757) 557-9724 OPERATION BABYLIFT REMEMBERED The African American Cultural Council of Virginia (AACC) is proud to invite you to cover its 5th annual Salute to Minorities in the Military during FLEET WEEK. [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]Organiser: Jennifer Szetho, Director, Adopted Vietnamese Australians (AVA), a branch of Adopted Vietnamese International (AVI) Speakers: Jennifer Szetho (AVA) and Indigo Williams (AVI) introduced their own history and perspectives on adoption and why they are involved with community activities that support networking for adopted Vietnamese people. Ty Andre, a Vietnamese orphan with polio who lived [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]The Intercountry Adoptee Support Network (ICASN) held a social night at Philippe’s Foote in Sydney’s Rocks, June 2001. Attended by adoptees from Pakistan, Korea, Indigenous Australia and Vietnam the night was organised by ICASN Manager Lynelle Beveridge. AVI has continually been assisted by the invaluable network ICASN has built and its rich membership of Vietnamese [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]Adopted Vietnamese International (AVI) trip to Hanoi and Saigon Adopted Vietnamese Participants: Kelly Jackson, PR, Vietnamese Adoptee Network (VAN), Seattle, USA Chris Brownlee, Co-Director, VAN, Seattle, USA Brent Kurkowski, Minneapolis, USA John Ryder, Portland, USA Andrea Lee, Chicago, USA Indigo Williams, Director, AVI, Sydney, Australia Parents: Kris Lee, Ann Arbor, USA Annette Williams, Sydney, Australia [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]In August AVI was invited to meet over twenty adopted Vietnamese individuals from America who were meeting in Chicago to launch the US based adoptee group, The Vietnamese Adoptee Network. This event was also attended by advisory group, Mam Non who later invited AVI to attend an event for adoptive parents and adoptees in Ann [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]Overseas Adopted Child’s Names Made Compulsory A new legislation requires that adoptive parents must keep their overseas adopted child’s original first name definitely if they’re over 12 months and preferably before that too. For more info on actual policy: www.acwa.asn.au/acwa/news/LRCGray.doc Edited from Sunday Telegraph, August 2002 ‘New Names Banned for Children Adopted Abroad’ by Katrina [...]
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