New Committee!
CCI’s New Committee:!
Communica:ons coordinator is director of our monthly chat program. Every month,
Ka:e will organize a poll to determine the theme of the chat and, if possible, be there during the chat to act as a monitor and representa:ve of CCI.
Katie! Neteler!
Hi, I’m Ka:e Neteler. I was adopted from Guangdong Providence when I was a baby. I am 17 and a sophomore in high school. In my spare :me I enjoy listening to music, watching movies, helping at my church, volunteering in my community and traveling. When I was 4 years old, I moved from southern California to Malaysia. I lived there for 10 years and moved back to the United States in 2010. While living there, I learned a lot about Chinese culture. I learned a liile Chinese when in elementary school. I am currently taking Chinese at a local college. When I lived overseas there weren’t any other children who were adopted from China. I am glad to have found a great group of adoptees like me.
Newsleier coordinator is in charge of running the official CCI newsleier. They oversee the collec:on of pieces, the gathering of permission to use these pieces in our newsleier, the formagng, and the overall look of the newsleier.
Hannah! Lyon!
Hi everyone! My name is Hannah and I am from Yueyang, Hunan, China. I am new here at CCI and I will be working primarily on the newsleier, so make sure you read it! I am really excited to be helping out here at CCI because I love the adoptee community and I have a passion for learning about different cultures, foreign languages, and interna:onal poli:cs, especially those of China. I know that it takes all adoptees different lengths of :me to understand their adop:on and for interna:onal adoptees, this struggle is heightened in the addi:onal search for a unique cultural iden:ty. I believe CCI is a great resource for adoptees no maier where they are in that process because it gives them resources to learn about their culture and connects them to others going through the same feelings and struggles as them. I am currently a senior in high school, balancing my last few months of classes with learning Mandarin, drinking bubble tea, watching Asian dramas, and now, helping out with CCI! Feel free to send me an email any:me if you want to talk at celes:al9795@gmail.com!
The collabora:ve projects coordinator is responsible for designing their own project
and wri:ng up a descrip:on of this project to tell the CCI community. Nicole has decided to run a book club project for CCI with discussions held on CCI’s Facebook page.
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Nicole! Gildea!
Hello everyone, my name is Nicole. I was adopted from Wuhan, China when I was fieeen months old. I am a crea:ve person who likes reading, swimming, and exploring new things. I am now a high school junior in Boston, Massachuseis. At school, I am in my fourth year of learning Mandarin. I am really excited about CCI because I think it's important for adoptee to share their stories and build a strong community.
China’s Children International- Winter 2013!