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By April Dinwoodie, TRJ Part-time Executive Director, Speaker, Trainer It’s October and many children begin dreaming up costumes, reveling in the chance to put on a mask and become someone else for a night. For many Black and Brown children in transracial adoptions, wearing a “costume” often extends far beyond October 31st. Transracially adopted children may feel the need to mask aspects of their identity and emotions daily as they navigate a world where they may feel out of place—even read more
Whether you participate in Halloween or not, October 31st has many children and the young at heart dressing up in costumes and wearing masks. Today, the pandemic has given many of us cause to wear masks to protect ourselves from the COVID-19. But what is behind the masks you don’t see? What do they reveal? Read how masks and mental health can have unique significance in our community in our article “Masks, Masking, and Mental Health.” Fostering Conversations About Transracial read more
By Becca Howe, TRJ Parent Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Gina Prince-Bythewood was a creative kid, was always writing short stories and in high school decided she really wanted to write for tv and become a director. She went on to graduate from UCLA Film School, and started as a tv writer right after graduation. She has since become a prominent filmmaker, writer, and director of films like “Love & Basketball,” “The Secret Life of Bees,” and read more