Adoption can be a very tricky subject, especially for black, brown, and low to moderate-income families. It could be that the mindset of the individuals mentioned here wonder how extra mouths in a house when there are limited means is feasible. Another idea is the embarrassment associated with what family is supposed to be and when abandonment enters the room.

This week’s Chosen Visionary in HOT-Seat 65 will help Urban Academics Roundtable members to think of ways to support vulnerable children and families who look to adoption and foster care as a resource.

“Adoption and foster care is a traumatic experience. It’s a loss of a birth parent. Talking about Trauma is important because it has had an impact. What happens after the Trauma, and we have no idea what the parent was going through. Before classifying children and youth as “bad,” let’s learn to explore their individual stories.”

Joi Fisher-Griffin, Adoption Advocate and Author

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Who is This Week’s Chosen VIsionary in HOT-Seat 65

Joi Fisher-Griffin is an author … Check Our Her Books:

Choosing Joi: An Adoptee’s Journey and Findind Belonging ($14.99)

Choosing Joi:  When Joi sees yet ANOTHER awful movie on TV about an adoptee, she decides that it’s time for her to tell the story about her adoption. The perfect opportunity comes at school to do a play about “Family.” But standing up for your truth and fighting the world’s image of you. BUY NOW at $14.99! BUY NOW at $14.99!

Singing With Joi: There Are Lots of Different Ways to be a Family ($14.99)

Singing with Joi: The school talent show becomes another opportunity for Joi to tell her truth when Joi signs up her and her dad to be a music act. Joi is sick of being the only family who looks different, so she vows to be the best music act there. But things start to go wrong when a mean comment makes Joi question her worth. Fun turns to fear, and Joi’s desire to win to prove everyone wrong has terrible consequences when Joi’s dad is injured.  BUY NOW at $14.99!

Finding Joi: A True Story of Faith, Family and Love ($18.99)

Finding Joi: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Love centers around one woman’s plight to connect the dots to find her birth parents after being adopted at two months old by a loving family in Plainfield, New Jersey. BUY NOW at $18.99!

Joi Fisher-Griffin’s Notable Accomplishments:

Thanks to the tireless efforts of the NJ CARE Team, Governor Chris Christie signed the Adoptee Birthright Act (P.L. 2014, C.9), which became law on January 1, 2017. Now, adopted New Jerseyans born after November 14, 1940, can access their original birth certificates without a court order. Joi was present at the New Jersey State House to witness this historic legislation take effect, which gave her hope for a new chapter in her life.

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What’s More?

When Lady Joi is not cape-wearing with an “S” on her chest making brave attempts at saving the world, she goes into “parent” mode. It seems taking care of everyone else is a permanent part of her DNA. Her goal is to try and pay more attention to herself both mentally and physically. As a woman of faith, she believes in overcoming anything through honesty and doing the work. Owning up to things that need change is the first step. Taking life seriously and speaking her truth during counseling sessions is her go-to, and she recommends it (counseling) to others.

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