Dear Wonderful You,
#FliptheScript: #4theNextGen
VIDEO SERIES
Brought to you by:
The
AN-YA Project, KAAN, The Lost Daughters
Project:
Dear Wonderful You, #Flip
the Script: For the Next Generation (#4theNextGen) will be a campaign which
reaches out, via video and social media, to the upcoming generation of adopted
and fostered youth. Beginning March
2015, weekly videos will be posted on the AN-YA Project’s YouTube Channel. Videos will feature adoptees (current members
of the collaborating organizations) who will answer the question “What would
you say to a younger you?” The
purpose of this project is to compile a broad spectrum of adoptee reflections
and wisdom which offers support and encouragement to our youth. This campaign
will run until November 2015.
The public may
participate in this campaign, via social media, using the hashtags—
About:
THE AN-YA PROJECT
The AN-YA Project is a
collective writing project featuring the works of adoptees & adults who
were fostered as youth. Its mission is the “Literary
lifting of Adoptee Voices”. The
project’s latest publication is Dear
Wonderful You, Letters to Adopted & Fostered Youth (2014). The project
is currently accepting submissions for its forthcoming anthology #Flip the Script.
Co-Founders Diane René
Christian & Mei-Mei Akwai Ellerman, PhD
Website: www.anyadiary.com
Email: [DianeChristian]@live.com (remove
brackets)
KAAN
KAAN’s mission is to improve the lives of Korean-born adoptees by
connecting the community and providing opportunities for dialogue, education,
and support. We welcome those from other communities as well.
Our main project is
our annual national conference. Adoptees are the largest demographic of
participants as well as a majority of our leaders and speakers. The conference
also allows family, friends, and others the opportunity to gain insight into
the range of adoptee experiences and increase their competencies on
adoption-related issues. This year’s conference, KAAN 2015: Intersections, takes place in St. Louis, MO from June
26-28, 2015 and includes presenters from both the AN-YA Project and the Lost
Daughters. Excerpts of Dear Wonderful You
will be presented as part of our conference youth program. Registration is now
open online.
KAAN is a project of
The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, fiscal sponsor.
Website: www.KAANet.org
Email: info@KAANet.org
Phone: 717.574.3629
THE LOST DAUGHTERS
Lost Daughters is an independent collaborative writing project
edited and authored exclusively by adult women who were fostered or adopted as
children. Lost Daughters was founded on the principle that "adoptee voices
make adoption better." The project provides adoptees a space centered on
their needs by showcasing the strength, resiliency, and wisdom of its authors.
Lost Daughters published its first anthology and it launched the #FlipTheScript
campaign in 2014. The project is in the beginning stages of producing a
relationships anthology aimed to be published in 2015.
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