Our Mission
Adoption Network Cleveland connects and empowers individuals, organizations, and communities impacted by adoption and foster care, providing a source of healing for those in need since 1988.
Important Message from our Board Chair
Upcoming Events
An International Adoptee’s Perspective: Navigating Adoptee and Immigrant Identity with Svetlana Sandoval
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM ET | Monday, December 16th
Svetlana Sandoval is an International Adoptee from Russia. She was adopted to the U.S. during the peak wave of international adoptions in the late 90s. Svetlana will share her experience of growing up as an international adoptee, and how her understanding of adoption evolved throughout her teens and young adulthood. Svetlana is in reunion with her birthmother and family in Russia, and will share the complexities of navigating a virtual reunion across language and cultural barriers. She will also share how misinformation from her adoption agency left her unaware of her native citizenship status and how dual citizenship has brought additional complexities to traveling to meet her family in person. Svetlana has spent the last two years reclaiming her immigrant identity and will share about her immigrant community experiences and choice to reclaim her original name. Svetlana is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Social Work and will share how her adoptee and immigrant identities have informed her academic path to support international adoptees on their journeys.
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On the Blog
In November, Adoption Network Cleveland’s board welcomed five new board members: Denise Astorino, Tashyana Copeland, Cory Isler-Manzo, Nikki Lewis, and Andrew Mangels.
Adoption Network Cleveland needs YOU to become part of our public policy advocacy efforts! Let us know how you would like to contribute in the coming year by completing a quick survey so we can reach out on the issues you care about most!
Estes Turner has been a constant source of support, serving as a volunteer, donor, participant, and mentor since the early 1990s. Estes's commitment to helping others has been a gift, and we are honored to have had him participate in and help shape our community for so many years. Thank you, Estes!
