Black Adoptees Identities

Black Adoptees Identities - Episode 13 - Morgan Harvey

Christelle Pellecuer is in conversation with Morgan Harvey, a chef, a doula and same-race adoptee based in America. Morgan shared her adoption journey and how it impacted her identity. They also discussed her journey to access her adoption records, her search for her birth family and her reunion with her birth father.

Content warning: general discussion about suicide and food disorder from 34min19 to 34min22; general discussion about abortion from 1:01:20 to 1:01:22

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Black Adoptees Identities - Episode 12 - Anthony Lynch

Christelle Pellecuer is in conversation with Anthony Lynch, a mixed non-binary adoptee and co-founder of In Between Lines, an award-winning creative community for individuals belonging to multiple ethnicities, cultures, and families. They discussed Anthony's adoption story and the challenges they faced with their adoption and their identity. Anthony shared their reunion journey, their work with In Between Lines and their creative practice.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-emanuel-lynch/

https://inbetweenlines.co.uk 

Black adopteesIdentities - Episode 11- Amandine Gay

Christelle Pellecuer is in conversation with Amandine Gay, filmmaker-producer, writer-scholar, afrofeminist activist and transracial adoptee who grew up in France and now living in Canada. They discussed Amandine's adoption story and how she navigated her identity. Amandine shared about her creative work (Speak Up, Story of One's Own, Chocolate Doll)and the importance of resting and taking care of self.

www.amandinegay.com

https://linktr.ee/orpheonegra

Ouvrir La Voix (Speak Up)

https://mubi.com/fr/films/speak-up-make-your-way  

https://www.canalplus.com/cinema/ouvrir-la-voix/h/9106165_40099

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/ouvrirlavoix

                               

Une Histoire à Soi (Story of One's Own)

https://www.canalplus.com/cinema/une-histoire-a-soi/h/16381826_40099

https://www.universcine.com/films/une-histoire-a-soi

                

Une poupée en chocolat (Chocolate Doll)

https://www.editionsladecouverte.fr/une_poupee_en_chocolat-9782348055805

https://www.editions-rm.ca/livres/une-poupee-en-chocolat/                                       



Black Adoptees Identities - Episode 10 - Tony Hynes

Christelle Pellecuer is in conversation with Tony Hynes, an interracial adoptee and author of "The son with Two Mums". They discussed Tony's identity formation while growing up in an interracial and same gender household, his work as a Training Specialist at the Centre for Adoption and Education and advices to families around cultural and racial awareness. They also talked about the impact of loss and grief in his life.

Black Adoptees Identities - Episode 9 - Lydia Berkey

Christelle Pellecuer is in conversation with Lydia Berkey, a transracial adoptee, based in Michigan. They discussed the different narratives around adoption and how it impacted Lydia's identity. Lydia talked about becoming the most authentic version of herself and affirming herself as a black woman and developing a racial identity. She also talked about being an adoptee advocate and about finding love.

Black Adoptees Identities - Episode 8 - Jodie Nicholson

Christelle Pellecuer is in conversation with Jodie Nicholson, a textile and dance artist based in Wales, UK. They discussed how she built an identity as an adoptee of dual heritage and how adoption impacted her relationships, trust and connections. They also talked about Jodie's relationship with her birth parents and her textile and dance practice as an artist.

Content warning: discussion about suicide from 21:00 to 21:20

https://www.jodiannnicholson.com

@jodiannnicholson_dance_artist

Black Adoptees Identities - Episode 7 - Annalisa Toccara-Jones

Christelle Pellecuer is in conversation with Annalisa Toccara-Jones, a cultural producer, freelance journalist and PhD researcher at the University of Sheffield in the UK. They discussed what it means to be black and what's Annalisa's identity as an adopted person of a mixed heritage and adopted by a black couple. They talked about the business of adoption and Annalisa's academic research on adoption.

Black Adoptees Identities - Episode 6 - Graci Harkema

Christelle Pellecuer is in conversation with Graci Harkema, a transracial adoptee based in Michigan. They discussed Graci's life in Congo before adoption, her reunion with her birth mother, how she navigated her identity and her book: Rising: From a Mud Hut to the Boardroom - and back again.

www.graciharkema.com