Have you seen Barite, aka Piper?

www.justiceforbegidu.com

I'm a bit late posting on here, but I wanted to provide an update on my initiative to help Ethiopian adoptees and their families search for and reunite.
open.substack.com/pub/lostinmy...

UofT students: I'm offering a Black Radical Theory from the Global South class, JAA 377H on Tuesdays. We'll be reading folks like Neville Alexander, Keguro Macharia, Beatriz Nascimento, Grace Musila, Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Wangui Kimari etc...

Dr. Janell Green Smith, a midwife who advocated for Black maternal health, dies of childbirth complications Dr. Janell Green Smith, a South Carolina midwife and advocate for Black maternal health, has died due to complications during childbirth.

thegrio.com/2026/01/04/d...

The situation is getting increasingly deadly…

…As with chemical submission, incest leaves clues, and we, culturally, have a responsibility to be able to identify these clues.”

"Your father is incapable of such a thing" The Dominique Pelicot case is a case of incest

“The incest element of Pelicot’s violence has been largely suppressed and not reported on, which prevents us from understanding the violence and situating it within what we already know about incest and how it works…
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Donate to Help Mussie Avoid Eviction and Homelessness, organized by Lidet O'Connor Mussie is a 20-year-old Ethiopian-Eritrean adoptee who urgently needs resou… Lidet O'Connor needs your support for Help Mussie Avoid Eviction and Homelessness

Lidet and I organized an emergency fundraiser for Mussie, an Ethiopian-Eritrean adoptee who is facing eviction. Please donate and share!

gofund.me/15220245

A pregnant girl sought help from care-giver and it cost the teen her baby Tucked away on the campus of Liberty University is a maternity home where young, unwed mothers go for support. But a new podcast by Wondery, Liberty Lost, instead reveals a place where vulnerable…

The new podcast Liberty Lost reveals how young women at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University maternity home were pressured to surrender their babies for scholarships—uncovering a chilling intersection of faith, power, and reproductive control. 🥚

Watch: A mother’s journey through a devastating adoption system Utah agencies offer moms in crisis airfare, housing, and stipends—with little state oversight.

Utah’s “fast and easy” adoptions are under fire. Agencies like Brighter Adoptions fly in vulnerable birth mothers, offer cash and housing, then pressure them into permanent decisions before they can reconsider. A process that is coercive and irreversible. 🥚

Decades after Chile’s dictatorship, mothers and families are still searching for children who were forcibly taken, trafficked, and adopted abroad, many to the U.S., without consent. Mothers continue to hope their lost children will one day come home. 🥚 youtu.be/NlivaWe9PyM?...

Who Protects Ethiopian Children Adopted by Strangers? Begidu and the Failed Promise of Ethiopian Adoption Photo by Gift Habeshaw on Unsplash

My latest piece.
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The Children Lives Cut Short is a project devoted to documenting child maltreatment deaths in the U.S. and understanding the circumstances and policy choices that contributed to their deaths.

livescutshort.org/the-children...

Ethiopian adoptee Begidu Morris death in 2022 was deemed a homicide but nobody has been held accountable….in 2025.
#JusticeforBegidu
#JusticeforBegiduMorris

Fear, frustration as a Minnesotan adoptee tries to prove her citizenship A Minnesota woman, adopted as a baby, wanted to make sure she had citizenship papers. That started a domino effect that now has her on a mission to share what she's learned with others.

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Dear Parents of Intercountry Adoptees | ARLC Two things parents of adult intercountry adopted people should do today to help secure documents related to US citizenship and immigration benefits.

USCIS is now removing and redacting most documents from intercountry adoptees’ immigration files. Here are 2 concrete things adoptive parents can do to help, at least for now 🥚 adopteerightslaw.com/parents-inte...

"If accepted, it would be the first time that a sovereign has opened Parliament since Queen Elizabeth II last did so in 1977.

Sources tell Global News he is likely to attend, but Buckingham Palace has not officially accepted &, due to protocol, confirmation would need to be provided by the Palace."

💔😢

Begidu Morris, a 10 yo, Ethiopian adoptee died in 2022 in Florida. His death was considered a homicide. This report details the abuse which ultimately led to his death, yet nobody has been charged.
#justiceforbegidu

Glenna Bevin barred from contact with son, Jonah. Must provide biological family info One exception in the restraining order between Glenna Bevin and Jonah Bevin exists: Any info she has about the Ethiopia native's biological family.

The latest

www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...

Yes! This is a good win. 👏🏾👏🏾

Update on Ethiopian adoptee who filed a protective order against his adopter.

Really powerful piece of writing on a deeply worrying situation in Tigray

Canada revives military co-operation with Ethiopia despite genocide allegations Ottawa is bringing Ethiopia back into Canada’s Military Training and Co-operation Program, three years after suspending defence collaboration over the Tigray war

After a three-year suspension, Canada is resuming its military collaboration with Ethiopia -- even as civilians continue to be killed in drone attacks by the Ethiopian army. My report:
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

About $500 US needed!

A4J Adoptee Story Circle YouTube video by Adoptees4Justice

You can hear Joe tell his story during an event with Adoptees for Justice here: youtu.be/buRB8N0uWCQ.

Joe has been living in Morocco for the past five years. He has faced numerous barriers to find housing, employment, and health care. Being diabetic with an unsteady income, Joe has had to go weeks without his medicine and seeing medical professionals.

Donate to Help Support a Deported Moroccan Adoptee Access Basic Needs, organized by Kelsey Monaco Joe (born Mhamed Ellammada) is an intercountry adoptee. He w… Kelsey Monaco needs your support for Help Support a Deported Moroccan Adoptee Access Basic Needs

Hey adoptees on here, do show your support to inter-country adoptees who are getting deported for no fault of their own.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-dep...

Right! I felt the same way 🥱. Good for you, happy to hear this!

I could also be wrong - maybe we do talk about it but I’m not privy to these conversations.