508: Lanise Antoine Shelley on Centering the Adoptee In Their Story

06/09/2024 37 min
508: Lanise Antoine Shelley on Centering the Adoptee In Their Story

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Episode Synopsis

A story looks different depending on who is telling it. This is why, as the very first tellers of our child's adoption story, adoptive parents need to be mindful of the role we cast ourselves in and what is left for the adoptee. Lanise Antoine Shelley, actress and adoptee activist, shares how (and why) to center the adoptee as the hero of their own story.