Building Bridges: From Individual Awareness to Collective Action

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References

Core Adoption Literacy Framework (including RISEN)

Lee Small, C. (2025). Adoption literacy: A practical guide for counselors. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807241313132

The Adoptee's Journey (Book)

Lee Small, C. (2024). The adoptee's journey: From loss and trauma to healing and empowerment. InterVarsity Press.

TEDx Talk: Adoption Literacy

Lee Small, C. (2024, August 12). Adoption literacy at TEDx [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqCoMRUKVao

Books

Disrupting Kinship

McKee, K. D. (2019). Disrupting kinship: Transnational politics of Korean adoption in the United States. University of Illinois Press.

Full Title: Disrupting Kinship: Transnational Politics of Korean Adoption in the United States
Series: Asian American Experience
Author: Kimberly D. McKee
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication Date: March 2019
ISBN (Paperback): 978-0-252-08405-8
ISBN (Hardcover): 978-0-252-04228-7
Pages: 231 pp.

A Man of Two Faces

Nguyen, V. T. (2023). A man of two faces: A memoir, a history, a memorial. Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press.

Full Title: A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial
Author: Viet Thanh Nguyen
Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publication Date: October 8, 2023
ISBN: 978-0-8021-6050-8
Pages: 400 pp.
Genre: Memoir / Biography

Nguyen is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author (The Sympathizer, 2016). This memoir explores his family's experience as Vietnamese refugees, dual identity, and the immigrant experience in America.

Film & Television Clips

Wreck-It Ralph

Type: Animated Feature Film
Release Year: 2012
Director: Rich Moore
Studio: Walt Disney Animation Studios / Walt Disney Pictures
Screenplay: Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee
Voice Cast: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch

The Devil Wears Prada

Type: Feature Film
Release Year: 2006
Director: David Frankel
Screenplay: Aline Brosh McKenna, based on the novel by Lauren Weisberger
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci

Severance — Milchick & Ms. Huang Training Video / Ball Game Scene

Series: Severance, Season 2
Network / Platform: Apple TV+
Season 2 Premiere: January 17, 2025
Creator: Dan Erickson
Featured Actors: Tramell Tillman as Mr. Milchick; Sarah Bock as Ms. Huang
Clip Description: Scene depicting Milchick and Ms. Huang in a corporate training video context, introducing the "Ball Game" — an in-universe team-building / ice-breaker exercise used on Lumon's severed floor. The scene illustrates enforced professional boundaries, corporate compliance culture, and the absurdity of mandated relational performance in institutional settings.

American Born Chinese — Jamie Yao / Freddy Wong Scene

Series: American Born Chinese, Season 1
Network / Platform: Disney+
Premiere Date: May 24, 2023
Creator: Kelvin Yu, based on the graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang
Featured Actor: Ke Huy Quan as Jamie Yao / Freddy Wong
Clip Description: Scene in which Jamie Yao reflects on his career and explains why he left show business — how he was repeatedly cast in stereotypical, racially reductive roles and was never allowed to be a relatable, fully human character. The scene draws directly from Ke Huy Quan's own real-life experience stepping away from acting after early roles typecasted him.

Jamie's monologue goes viral in-universe and mirrors Ke Huy Quan's personal history before his comeback via Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022).

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