Author Janine Vance has been writing short stories since her adoptive mother passed away in 1997. She started investigating the history of intercountry adoption after her first trip to Seoul, South Korea, in 2004. Vance wrote and compiled numerous books, including two memoirs: Twins Found in a Box and The Search for Mother Missing. She then wrote Adoption: What You Should Know, available to the …
“100% of all adult adoptees in the U.S. and around the world surveyed in 2019 believe they should have access to their adoption documents and original birth certificates.” – Rev. Dr. Janine Vance, Author I am Rev. Dr. Janine Vance, one of the co-founders of Adoption Truth and Transparency. My twin and I started this forum on Nov 5, 2011. …
Progressive | Realistic | Insightful | An EQUAL-Rights Stance Adoption Truth and Transparency Worldwide Information Network (ATTWIN) was initiated in 2011 by Vance Twins. Members include domestic, late-discovery, transracial, internationally adopted people, and families separated by adoption from every continent. We are a unique activist organization that uses various mediums to fulfill its mission to critique adoption policies and procedures, …
Compiled by Janine and Jenette Vance, Adoptionland: From Orphans to Activists, is an indispensable contribution to adoption literature. The essays, poems, and letters in this compilation reflect the thoughts, feelings, the souls of those who inhabit Adoptionland — a place of truth and acceptance for the casualties of the demand for children. A note in Adoptionland states that some of the names …