About Adoptees For Justice
Adoptees For Justice is an intercountry adoptee-led organization which formed in 2018. Many of its members have been working for justice in adoptee, immigrant, racial, and social justice spaces for years. Several of us organized the 2016 ACA Day of Action in the picture above. Adoptees For Justice’s first project is to educate, organize and advocate for an Adoptee Citizenship Act that is inclusive of all adoptees, including those with criminal backgrounds and who have been deported. Adoptees For Justice firmly believes that ALL intercountry adoptees should have U.S. citizenship, and that no adoptee should be left behind. We view this commitment as part of the larger immigrant justice and human rights movements.
Our Mission
To educate, empower, and organize transracial and transnational adoptee communities to achieve just and humane adoption, immigration, and restorative justice systems.
Our Vision
A world where every person thrives in a safe and supportive environment in which communities of color, immigrants, and adoptees are liberated from all forces of injustice, with full citizenship for all.
Our Principles
We believe all adoptees are equal despite different levels of privilege and disenfranchisement experienced, and no adoptee should be left behind.
We stand for our co-liberation as adoptees, immigrants, and people of color.
We commit to be led by those most impacted.
We commit to inclusive and intersectional spaces that affirm all aspects of who we are.
We embrace a reconciliation that is rooted in genuine, real justice.
We must be informed by historical context to address injustice inherent in current immigration policies and structures.