Today’s guest is actor, director, playwright and podcaster, Lanise Antoine Shelley. Lanise shares about being adopted from a Haitian orphanage at age 4 by her single white adoptive mother and how exploring the impact of adoption over the last three years has challenged her connections with her adoptive family. Lanise also tells us about when she realized that her removal from Haiti left a huge hole for her entire biological family that was left behind, including her mother and father.

Show Notes

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Recommended Resources

Podcast: When They Were Young: Amplifying Voices of Adoptees
Tony Nabor @RacialEquityInsights
Unraveling Adoption: How to Be an Anti-Racist in Adoptive Families

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