Meggin Nam Holtz, LCSW - she/her

05/25/2025

https://www.newyorker.com/news/american-chronicles/the-chinese-adoptees-who-were-stolen

(subscription required)

As thousands of Chinese families take DNA tests, the results are upending what adoptees abroad thought they knew about their origins.

05/07/2025

Delighted to share that I've been invited (back) to Camp Mujigae (June 26-28th) to speak with youth and their parents! Registration is open through May 17th.

https://www.campmujigae.org/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKGPFdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFPOGNnOWprbzNvVGFTeXJCAR4hVAG-EmRdeukvq-r1zrV0cll3sbbA2gV7MViPb0i9jMNSyGuFjzkHdCEBbQ_aem_fFrafEtGE9Wpo1MdjpQJ9A

Day Camp for Korean Adoptees in Albany/Schenectady Area

04/20/2025

https://www.krwg.org/national-news/2025-04-19/she-grew-up-believing-she-was-a-u-s-citizen-then-she-applied-for-a-passport

Among those fearful of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are adoptees who grew up thinking they were U.S. citizens — only to find out years later, in adulthood, they're not.

04/13/2025

National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day highlights the impact of HIV in young people and raises awareness about ongoing efforts in HIV prevention, testing, and treatment for this population.

Callen-Lorde offers confidential HIV testing, PrEP, and care. Get tested. Get educated. Get empowered.

03/27/2025

https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-adoptions-responsibility-fraud-abuse-67970ea6e153e7cbb63d5b4bc29325f4

South Korea’s truth commission has concluded that the government bears responsibility for facilitating a foreign adoption program rife with fraud and abuse, driven by efforts to reduce welfare costs and enabled by private agencies that often manipulated children’s backgrounds and origins.

02/15/2025

Registration is now open!
https://adopteelitfest.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawId2ZlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHU8jR1khQxLqBcf-VD5HV72leqSth3kUJIFy7dDjCBbblZw5jnw9naD9Bw_aem_EwHPzREc-xgfPqGKesiUfw

The Adoptee Literary Festival returns Saturday, March 22, 2025! Our keynote address, panels, and workshops are free to attend with preregistration. Registration is now open. Follow us on instagram for more updates.

02/12/2025

https://adopteesunited.org/citizenship/resources/

Thank you, Adoptees United Inc., for these important resources

Resources for most questions and issues involving the AU Citizenship Clinic for intercountry adoptees.

02/12/2025

Don’t forget to join ’s Open Forum on Immigration Issues for Transnational Adoptees tonight (Feb 12th) at 4pm PT/6pm CT/ 7pm ET!

We encourage you to join and ask questions as Adoptees United has a team of lawyers experienced with adoption and immigration law.

While this will be an adoptee-centered event, allies are welcome (they just ask that you leave space for adoptees to ask questions and voice their concerns). They will also provide ASL interpretation services.

Check out Adoptees United’s page to register. Hope to see you there!

12/22/2024

Wishing all a peaceful, joyous, healthy holiday season!
If you're looking for a book to curl up with I highly recommend "When We Become Ours - A YA Adoptee Anthology" edited by Shannon Gibney and Nicole Chung with fantastic writing by 15 adoptee authors.
Thank you, all involved, for creating this work of literary art.

11/29/2024

Sending all good energy this holiday.
If you missed the Inaugural Adoptee Film Festival, you can still purchase online viewing tickets here!

https://caveat.stellartickets.com/events/adoptee-film-festival/occurrences/028f146f-4b70-4346-b4b1-94280418936a?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0Qd3jbD6JOxHyS3hjZ0aiM1gZtzWugunSltJyyCLtgjXQVNvFVdh6b5CU_aem_YjmCsaPh_diTVElqympJQQ

The Adoptee Film Fest aims to further establish the need for Adoptee-centered adoption narratives by Adoptees in film, media and entertainment. After receiving 32 submissions spanning 7 countries, we are thrilled to invite you to join us for our inaugural screening night that will showcase 10 short....

10/29/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFLS1MTreGU

We tend to believe that normality equals health. Yet what is the norm in the Western world? Joining us live on stage in London – in conversation with filmmak...

10/09/2024

https://lavenderluz.com/adoptee-consciousness-model-509/

Scholar JaeRan Kim, PhD, and content creator Patrick Armstrong, both adoptees, talk about the Adoptee Consciousness Model.