CONTACT
Email: ChineseAdopteeLinks@gmail.com
GLOBAL GENERATIONS, Incorporated (CAL’s umbrella organization)
P.O. Box 1236
Laguna Beach, California, 92652
USA
Artist: LY VU HOANG
Title: “CAL BUTTERFLY”
Chinese Adoptee Links (CAL) International is the first global group created by Chinese adoptees of all ages.
CAL launched in the summer of 2006 with a penpal program that connected adopted
children in Ireland to adopted children in the USA…
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We are from Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, and from around the world.
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CAL’s Mission: to create a multigenerational social network for the 150,000+ Chinese adoptees living in 26 countries worldwide. CAL’s Vision: to use our social network to give back to the greater community (“bridging”) through “Global Generations, Incorporated.”
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We are completely run by volunteers, ages 8 to 84, on four continents.
“CAL International – Linking Generations of
Adoptees & Friends Worldwide”
CAL “(G2) GLOBAL GIRLS” TEEN AMBASSADORS
Leigh Barton (age 16), CAL-G2 Teen Ambassador (New England, USA)
Ann Boccuti (age 14), CAL-G2 Teen Ambassador (East Coast, USA)
Grace Buckingham (age 13), CAL-G2 Teen Ambassador (Midwest, USA)
Haley Butler (age 13), CAL-G2 Teen Ambassador (South, USA)
Jenna Cook (age 16), CAL-G2 Teen Ambassador (New England, USA)
Juleigh Duke (age 16), CAL-G2 Teen Ambassador (Pacific Northwest, USA)
Ying Ying Fry (age 14), CAL-G2 Teen Ambassador (West Coast, USA)
Anna Supton (age 15), CAL-G2 Teen Ambassador (West Coast, USA)
Ana Tanner (age 14), CAL-G2 Teen Ambassador (West Coast, USA)
Julia Tombari (age 13), CAL-G2 Teen Ambassador (Pacific Northwest, USA)
Liu Fang Thomas (age 17), CAL-G2 Teen Ambassador (Midwest, USA)
CAL BOARD OF ADVISORS
Chris Atkins, Chinese adoptee (UK)
Rachel Baskerville, Chinese adoptee (USA)
Erika J. Contreras, Language Therapist (USA & Colombia)
Jessica Emmett, Artist (UK & Hong Kong)
Annie Fukushima, Founder, SAFEHS (Students & Artists Fighting to End Human Slavery), USA
Mary D. Healy, CAL-ICCG (Irish Chinese Contact Group) Liaison
Siobhan Hegarty, CAL-ICCG (Irish Chinese Contact Group) Liaison
Ly Vu Hoang, CAL Artistic Advisor
Cindy Y. Huang, Photographer
Deann Borshay Liem, Emmy Award-Winning Filmmaker and Korean adoptee
Ruthanne Lum McCunn, Award-Winning Novelist
Devorah Schwartzbaum Goldstein, Chinese adoptee (Israel & USA)
Peggy Lee Scott, CAL-FCC (Families with Children from China) Liaison
Mitsuye Yamada, Award-Winning Poet & former Board Member of Amnesty International, subject of the Academy Award-nominated film, “Mitsuye & Nellie: Asian American Poets”
CAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dr. Amanda Baden, Chinese adoptee (USA)
Dr. Mei-Mei Ellerman, Chinese adoptee (USA, ITALY, & SWITZERLAND)
Kim Prusak, Korean adoptee (USA)
Jennifer Bao Yu “Precious Jade” Jue-Steuck, Chinese adoptee (USA)
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