Also-Know-AS (AKA)

Also-Known-As, Inc,

Mission

The mission of Also-Known-As is to build a community that empowers the voices of adult international adoptees, while providing resources and space to acknowledge the loss of birth country, culture, language, and biological family.

  • At the heart of Also-Known-As, Inc., are adult adoptees and friends who envision a community that empowers the adoption experience, provides resources for bridging cultural gaps and transforms conversations about race.  In celebrating the community of people, whose lives, through adoption, bridge nations, cultures and races, we ignite the possibility of a future that celebrates our common humanity and enjoys our human diversity.

    Throughout Also-Known-As, we are committed to generating a space in which people can know their cultures and begin the adventure of being profoundly related.  In stepping beyond the traditional boundaries of family, race and culture, we are a clearing for a new conversation that shatters racial and cultural stereotypes.  As we distinguish our own assumptions, we empower others to see the dignity of the individual.  Pioneering boldness for all people, we say identity is a choice, freely created unbounded possibility.  As we embrace the paradoxes and contradictions that arise from our different identities, we are given the unique opportunity to serve as bridges of cultural understanding.

    In a world separated by fear and hatred, we at Also-Known-As stand for the greatness of our human spirits that can shift mind and heart to embrace and love another as a daughter or a son, a sister or a brother.  Our families are truly global.

  • Executive Board (4): President, VP, Treasurer, Secretary; Board of Directors (4; 8 BOD total); Programming Term August-June

  • Mentorship Program, Scholarship Program, Monthly Programming (1 social event; 1 adoptee forum event), Advisory Committee

 

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