My Son. Crayon.
Choice Cuts: News, Articles, Pieces
- Ethiopia at Cente of Global Farmland Rush
- HRC Human Rights Report ET
- Development Without Freedom
- CFR: U.S. Policy Shift Needed in Horn of Africa
- Anatomy of an Adoption Crisis (Vietnam)
- White Mind
- Student Athlete Surmounts Obstacles On and Off the Field
- Why Addis Neger? Why Now?
- HM's Response to Seabrook's Last Babylift
- The Last Babylift
- U.S. Says Ethiopia Ties Depend on Electoral Changes
- Ethiopia's Leader Creates a Repressive One State Party
- Editorial: Bad Company
- Crash Course in Transracial Parenting
- Ethiopia Looking Increasingly Autocratic as it Votes
- Electoral Punch: Party of the Future
- Ethiopia Votes in Election Clouded by Fraud Fears
- US Rights Groups Seek Democratic Progress in Ethiopia
- Ethiopian Diaspora Frustrated By US Policy
- A View of Current Circumstances in ET Adoption
- Cruel Ethiopia
- Round Up: Assignment, Ethiopia and Bob Geldof
- Governance and Human Rights: How to Win Elections in Ethiopia
- Meles Zenawi, An Ethnocentric Racist
Birtukan Mideksa
Ethiopia Dev / Econ / Projects
Ethiopia(n) Related
- A Country Study: Ethiopia
- A Walk to Beautiful
- Abshiro Kids
- Addis Ababa University
- Addis All Around
- Addis Connexion
- Addis Journal
- Addis Live
- Addis Tourism
- Adoption Blogs Ethiopia
- Aleta Wondo Coffee
- Amharic Kids
- Amharic Tees
- Articles Re: Trends in Ethiopian Adoption
- Christmas in Ethiopia
- CIA World Fact Book - Ethiopia
- Debteraw
- Ethidolls
- Ethio Adopt Travelogue - Amharic Phrases
- Ethio Media
- Ethio Sun
- Ethio-American Trade and Investment Council
- Ethiopedia
- Ethiopia Daily
- Ethiopia Encyclopedia
- Ethiopia Facts - National Geographic
- Ethiopia News
- Ethiopia Now Music
- Ethiopia Reads
- Ethiopia Runs
- Ethiopia's Finest Fair Trade Coffee
- Ethiopian Adoption - Brandeis Investigation
- Ethiopian Aids Resource Center
- Ethiopian American Const. Fdertn.
- Ethiopian Calendar
- Ethiopian Embassy in the U.S.
- Ethiopian Embroideries
- Ethiopian Human Rights Council
- Ethiopian Icons
- Ethiopian Imports
- Ethiopian Millenium
- Ethiopian Orphan Relief
- Ethiopian Recipes
- Ethiopian Reflections Store
- Ethiopian Restaurants
- Ethiopian Review
- Ethiopian Spices
- Ethiopian Sports Federation
- Ethiopian Tour Operators Association
- Ethiopian Treasures
- Ethiopiques Music
- EthioPlanet
- EthioSports
- EthioStork
- Horizon Ethiopia
- Human Rights Ethiopia
- LemLem Clothing
- Media Ethiopia
- Meet Ethiopia
- Meskot - Ethiopian Literary Journal
- Nazret
- Photos of Ethiopian Tukuls
- Photos/Stories of Ethiopians
- Road to Ethiopia
- Solidarity Committee for Ethiopian Political Prisoners
- Tadias
Organizations of Note
For Kids
Want to Help?
- AHope for Children
- Charity Water
- Children of Ethiopia Education Fund
- Creative Women
- Edun Live
- Ethiopia Reads
- Ethiopian Orphan Relief
- Fistula Foundation
- From HIV to Home
- Girl Up
- Habesha House Boutique
- Hardt Haven
- Haregewoin's Children
- Heifer International
- Jimma Banana Art
- Kidmia Foundation
- Lem Lem Clothing Made in Ethiopia
- Links That Change Lives
- Liya Kebede Foundation
- Maya's Mercato
- On Their Own
- Play Pumps International
- Plumpy Nut
- Tesfa
- Tom's Shoes
- Water Day
- World Aids Orphans Day
- World Wide Orphans Foundation
- Woven Ethiopian Arts Vision
Adoption Resources
- Adoption Learning Partners
- Adoptive Families Magazine
- Attach
- Battle of Adopting Orthodoxies
- Brown Babies Pink Parents Blog
- Center for Adoption Policy
- Conspicuous Families
- Creating a Family
- Equality For Adopted Children
- Ethica
- Ethio-American Family Services
- Ethiopia Kids
- Evan D. Donaldson Institute
- Hague Evaluation
- Hague Training
- Hair and Skin Care
- Informed Adoption Advocates
- Joint Council on International Children's Services
- Love Isn't Enough
- Medical Issues Common to ET Adoptees
- Minnesota Adoption Support and Preservation
- National Council for Adoption Education
- PEAR
- Project Hopeful
- Rainbow Kids
- Sherrie Eldridge
- Simple Language for Adoptive Families
- Spoon: Ethiopia Nutrition
- TCU Institute of Child Development
- The Orphan Doctor (Jane Aronson)
- Ties Program
- Undoing Racism Workshop
- USDOS - Intercountry Adoption
- Works of David Smolin
- World Wide Orphans Foundation
Transracial Adoption Links, Blogs and Sites
- A Birth Project
- Adoptees of Color Roundtable
- Adult Transracial Adoptees Answer Questions
- African Cradle
- Black Oasis
- CAF - TRA Resources
- Dr. John Raible
- Ethnically Incorrect
- Harlow's Monkey
- International / Transracial Adoption Stories
- Mei-Ling Hopgood
- My Mind on Paper
- Transracial Abductees
- Transracial Adoption Blog
Adult Adoptee Links and Sites
Race, Racial, La Raza...
Relevant Articles, Links and Posts
- "Abandoned"
- A Few Thoughts on Adoption
- Abandonment Issue - Current News
- Adoption Service Providers Asked to Take Survey
- Adoption: $100 Million Industry in Ethiopia
- Adoptions of Abandoned Children Halted by Ethiopian Court
- Another Country, Not My Own
- Another Country, Not My Own: Response by Jae Ran Kim
- Article: Artist Ezra Wube
- Asian Adoptee Researches Ties
- Attachment #801,675
- Benyam Mezmer: Last Resort in Africa
- Beyond Culture Camp: Promoting Healthy Identity Formation
- Bill of Rights for Transracially Adopted Kids
- Black Hair, Still Tangled in Politics
- Black Kids in White Houses
- Caring For African Hair
- Celebrity Adoptions and The Real World
- China's Race Issue
- Citizens to The Rescue
- Considering International Adoption
- Cruel Ethiopia
- Cultures Collide in the Classroom
- Do Poor Whites Even Exist?
- EJ Graff "The Lie We Love"
- ET Adoptive Parent Survey - PEAR
- Ethiopia Today: Africa and Foreign Adoption
- Ethiopia: Department of State Trafficking In Persons Report
- Ethiopian Children Exploited by US Adoption Agencies
- Ethiopian Cross Country Skier Laying Down Tracks
- Excellent! - I Tell My Children We Don't See Color - This And Other Lies...
- Famously Mixed Families
- Fly Away Children
- For Evelyn (Re Adult Adoptee Panel)
- Gay Marriage and the Black Community
- Green Card Advice
- Guest Blogger Jane Kurtz Part 1
- Guest Blogger Jane Kurtz Part 2
- Guest Blogger Jane Kurtz Part 3
- Hait's Children and the Adoption Question
- Hand That Rocks the Broken Cradle
- Hand That Rocks the Broken Cradle - M.F. Greene Response
- Hidden Histories in Abundance
- Images of Waiting Children (The Visual Culture of Transnational Adoption) (Forthcoming)
- In the Black Culture, A Richness of Hairstory
- Interview with Ola Zuri, Transracial Adoptee Author (4-5-2010)
- Korean Adoptee Video
- Lost in Translation
- Mae Wong Lee: The Adoptive Mother
- Matroshkyas:: Off to Russia
- Mother and Son Offer Transracial Adoption Insights
- Mothers of Ethiopia Part 1
- Mothers of Ethiopia Part 2
- Mothers of Ethiopia Part 3
- Mothers of Ethiopia Part 4
- Mothers of Ethiopia Part 5
- My Son is Black, A Newtonian Discovery
- Netherlands Limit Adoption of American Children
- NPR - Why Opt For Intern'l Adoption
- NYSCCC Ask The Experts
- Once Again, Children Starving in Ethiopia
- One Couple's Story Part One
- One Couple's Story Part Two
- Orphan Doctor Sets the Record Straight on EJ Graff
- Parenting Tips for White Parents with Adopted Children of Color
- Poem by Journee Bradshaw
- Race Matters: What Does it Mean For Your Transracial Family
- Raising Katie
- Red Hot in Ethiopia
- Red Thread or Slender Reed
- Single Black Women Choosing to Adopt
- Some White People
- Statement on Haiti
- Supporting Transracial Families: Start From Where They Are
- Talking Race Over a Slice of Watermelon
- Talking Transracial Adoption
- Teddy Afro, ET Singer, Released From Jail
- The Good Shepard
- The Lost Children
- The New Postpartum Blues
- The Orphan Trade by EJ Graff
- The Politics of Black Hair Can Be Snarly
- The Significance of Racial Identity in Transracially Adopted Adults
- Thoughts on EJ Graff by Julie Corby
- Thoughts on Traveling to the Birth Country with Your Adopted Child
- Tips for the Mother Frustrated By Her Ethiopian Daughters Hair
- Too Old, Too Fast, Too Many Kids: (What's Really Happening in Int'l Adoption)
- Transracial Parenting Manual
- U.S. Government Response to Allegations of Misconduct in ET Adoption
- U.S. Joins Int'l Treaty on Adoptions
- Understanding the Unconscious Side of Racism
- USDOS: Change in Processing Timelines Ethiopian Adoption
- What Color Is That Baby?
- White Kid Black Family
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
- Why Are American Babies Being Adopted Abroad?
- World Orphans Aids Day
Relevant Books
- 28 Stories
- A Child's Journey Through Placement
- A Talk: Emerging from My Mask
- Beneath the Lion's Gaze
- Black Baby White Hands
- Black White and Jewish
- Blue Ribbon Babies and Labors of Love
- Brown Babies Pink Parents
- Culture Keeping: White Mothers, Int'l Adoption, and The Neg. of Family Difference
- Dead Aid
- Ethiopia: Folk Art of a Hidden Empire
- Found: A Memoir
- From Ashes to Africa
- Growing Up Black in White
- Held at a Distance: My Rediscovery of Ethiopia
- I'm Chocolate, You're Vanilla
- Jane Kurtz Books
- Journeys After Adoption
- Kin of Another Kind
- Kinship By Design
- Louis Bates Ames Books
- Love in the Driest Season
- Lucky Girl
- My Father's Daughter
- Notes From the Hyena's Belly
- One Big Happy Family
- One Small Sacrifice
- Outsiders Within: Writings on Transracial Adoption
- Suggested Readings on Transracial Adoption
- Sweetness in the Belly
- Tapestry Books
- The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
- The Color of Water
- The Language of Blood
- The Lion's Whisker's and Other Ethiopian Tales
- The StoryTeller's Beads
- There is No Me Without You
- Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wished Their Parents Knew
- Wax and Gold: Ethiopian Tradition, Innovation
- Weaving a Family
- Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria?
Book Club(s)
Relevant Movies
- "Adopted" by Barb Lee
- A Walk to Beautiful
- Daughter from Danang
- Endurance
- Ethiopia, Africa's Ancient Kingdom
- First Person Plural
- Journey to Lasta
- Lezare
- Live and Become
- Making the Crooked Straight
- Migration of Beauty
- Not Yet Rain
- Off and Running
- Outside Looking In
- Shooting with Mursi
- Struggle for Identity
- Teza
- We Can Do Better
Cooking
Hair Care
Good Travel Links
Africa / Ethiopia(n) Blogs
Africa at Large
Amharic
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