Redefining Adoption: By Listening to Adoptees with Guest Angela Tucker

Send us Fan MailHave you listened to an adult adoptee's perspective on foster care and adoption?I'm an adoptive mom and I learned from Angela Tucker, a Black woman adopted out of foster care by white parents , what I most wished I had learned through the adoption process.Learn the one phrase Angela says an adopted person in your community needs to hear from you!Listen to the story of an 85 year old birth father who is looking for his 55 year old daughter in Angela’s documentary film.Learn how her parents taught her to humanize her birth mother.Adoption is often a permanent solution to a temporary problem.Watch Angela's story advocating for adoptee's rights in her  2013 documentary Closure, which recounts the search for her birth parents and is streaming on Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, Amazon Prime.Read her book "You Should be Grateful" anywhere books are sold.  "You Should Be Grateful" challenges the fairy-tale narrative of adoption, giving way to a fuller story that includes the impacts of racism, classism, family, love, and belonging.Follow her on Instagram @angieadoptee This is a growing podcast, will you take 30 seconds and help us?Yes! I will sign up to get the newest episode delivered by owl to my inbox!Heck yeah! I will leave a review because I know how much it helpRaising my hand to get Diana's writing on  substackFollow Diana on Social Media @dianaoestreich    Yes, I want free tools from The Waging Peace Project! Buy our book Waging Peace, One Soldier’s Story of Putting Love First  to support Veterans, peacemaking and stories that are changing the world.Find our Merch here, and Wear Your Peace.Bring a Waging Peace Keynote or Workshop to your school, organization, or faith community.