Meggin Nam Holtz, LCSW - she/her

02/23/2026

You’re invited! 💌

Join , , , and for a community call at the end of this month.

When: Wednesday, February 25, 8pm ET
Where: Virtual, on Zoom 💻📲
Cost: ✨Free✨
Who: Adoptees, adoptive family members, and allies

We’re going to talk about:
• The Constitutional rights afforded to everyone
• How to create a safety plan and assess your risk
• Tips for staying safe
• Current events, policies, and political fights — and how these impact adoptees.

Join us for a jam-packed hour of information-sharing and being together. ‹3

Registration required. Sign up at the linkinbio.

01/02/2026

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/south-korea-vows-end-foreign-072537987.html

South Korea’s government said it plans to end its waning foreign adoptions of Korean children, while United Nations investigators voiced “serious concern” over what they described as Seoul’s failure to ensure truth-finding and reparations for widespread human rights violations tied to decade...

12/16/2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-inner-life-of-foster-care/202512/when-trauma-looks-like-adhd

Trauma can look like ADHD, but symptoms often derive from a child’s survival system, not a condition. Safety, regulation, and observation must come before considering medication.

10/30/2025

October 30 = Adoptee Remembrance Day
​On this day we bear witness to the unbearable losses that co-occur with adoption.
No sugar coating.
Sending love, peace, strength, hope, and light to all,

Nam 남
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for more information on ARD please visit:

https://adopteeremembranceday.com/what-is-adoptee-remembrance-day-october-30th/

another page "to honour and memory of those intercountry adoptees who's lives end too early - from su***de or other preventable causes"

https://www.facebook.com/intercountryadopteememorials

08/31/2025

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.