The Voices of Korean Adoption
A project in Seattle, WA by Laura Elizabeth Hyo Jin Wachs000days
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I am going to create a tangible voice of the adoptee narrative in the form of spoken word poetry.
Backers: 193
Average Pledge Per Backer: $54
Funded: $10,350 of $10,000
Dates: Mar 27th -> Apr 27th (31 days)
Project By: Laura Elizabeth Hyo Jin Wachs
Backers: 193
Average Pledge Per Backer: $54
Funded: $10,350 of $10,000
Dates: Mar 27th -> Apr 27th (31 days)
Project By: Laura Elizabeth Hyo Jin Wachs
$10,350
current pledge level
Last Updated: April 27 @ 03:02 -0400 GMT
103%
of goal
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We made it 
April 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you for sharing this with me. I'll keep you updated via blogging/youtube videos when I get to Korea in June. Feel free to be my pen pal if you'd like. Hope your hearts are well. All my love -L (Read More)
I tossed and turned all night
April 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
because we're going to make it. I can't believe it. (Read More)
To all the pledges
April 21st - via: kickstarter.com
from names I don't know - thank you for the support in this work. I wish I could meet every one of you face to face and let you know how grateful I am. However, I hope you can hear my heart regardless even if it is through text on a screen. I... (Read More)
the Korea Herald
April 21st - via: kickstarter.com
just emailed me to ask if they could do a story on this project! They are one of the top English newspapers in Seoul since the 1950's. That along with Groove magazine is already some amazing press and I haven't even arrived yet. 5 more days everyone.... (Read More)
I've been scared to say it, but
April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
I think this is going to work. After a morning of crying out of gratitude and an afternoon of sending out two hundred more emails to local Seattle businesses I am going to sip on a glass of wine and watch something mindless on netflix We're almost... (Read More)
mini rant --
April 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Come on Paul Allen, tweet me back! Do it, do it. You know you want to. Shine some of the Seattle Seahawk glory into the pocket of a romantic cause! (Read More)
This is why
April 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Last night after the reading a man I didn't know tapped me on the shoulder while I was in mid conversation with a friend. I turned around, made eye contact, smiled and he handed me a piece of paper then left. I looked down and on it was a note that... (Read More)
SHOWTIME
April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
I woke up this morning to find a message in my inbox from a friend who started off by saying he has never mass emailed before but was doing so today to support this project. Believe me - I know how uncomfortable it is to reach out especially in terms... (Read More)
do you all read these?
April 17th - via: kickstarter.com
it's completely fine if you don't. I understand. Yesterday I got an envelope in the mail and in it were two bracelets, similar to the style of those Livestrong bands that were popular for a while. They are white and say "Seoul Searching" in all... (Read More)
and here we go into the final 10 day countdown
April 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Am I scared?Hell yeah I'm scared. I took a break for a few days because my eyes were going to fall out of their socket from copy/pasting onto all the social networks There are so many! What happened? What is society doing?? I just made a "tumblr"?... (Read More)
If y'all want to help spread word
April 15th - via: kickstarter.com
here's a good article that has all the info and a piece of my heart http://www.seattleglobalist.com/2014/04/15/poet-elevates-the-voices-of-korean-adoption/22787 Thanks again! (Read More)
and today I feel discouraged
April 15th - via: kickstarter.com
I knew this project was a distraction from processing the emotion I have toward this journey but last night I couldn't escape. I received an email from my adoption agency that my biological mother left a fake ID # and they have no info on her. I... (Read More)
Monday, Blogs and Sijo's
April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
http://elainepinkerton.wordpress.com/2014/04/14/laura-and-her-mission/ Hey, look! A blog post! Expect a article from the Seattle Globalist to be published tomorrow as well which will be a lot more personal than this one. That being said, Happy... (Read More)
Saturday, what a day, grooving all week with you!
April 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey all we are down to the last two weeks. I have two articles coming out on this project next Monday and Tuesday which I'm excited about. As well if you are in the Seattle area please come to Black Coffee Coop at 7pm on 4/18! I, along with some of... (Read More)
Glass half empty or half full
April 10th - via: kickstarter.com
15/31 days in and 53% there! My glass is half full -- I'll admit part of me is terrified this project won't get funded. In doing outreach I've had people tell me this idea is not unique, that there are plenty of voices about Korean adoption that... (Read More)
Shake the dust
April 7th - via: kickstarter.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qDtHdloK44 Shake the dust and take me with you when you do, for none of this has ever been for me. All that was placed inside, that continues pushing like waves, pushes for you. -Anis Mojgani (Read More)
Asking
April 6th - via: kickstarter.com
I was talking with a dear friend about the challenge of asking for help. There are two parts to this challenge. 1 the ask. 2 is the receiving. I am filled with gratitude - I hope you all can feel how appreciative I am, even if it's through text on... (Read More)
This is becoming bigger than I thought it could be
April 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello dear friends -I received a call from a VP with Korean American Coalition who wants to present this project to CEO's/the president and help build a ongoing non profit in Korea. However applying for a 503C takes time so before I can look at the... (Read More)
Anything
April 5th - via: kickstarter.com
“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.” ― Shel Silverstein (Read More)
We're doing this
April 4th - via: kickstarter.com
PR is written, I'm about to meet someone to do an interview for a small local paper, I'm emailing, tweeting, facebooking like mad (mad passion that it) -- It's going to work. 3 weeks to go and 1/3 of the way there. Happy Friday all. Sending the... (Read More)
30% of the way there!
April 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics. -- Charles Bukowski Have a beautiful morning all. (Read More)
There is beauty in the smallest things.
April 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Be a telescope. Point to the earth. Look at it backwards. Look at it upside down. You are an aperture. Built to collect light. Built to magnify the humblest of detail from all possible angles. In the madness of social networking, stress, crying,... (Read More)
Bloom
March 31st - via: kickstarter.com
My heart is dancing. I ask, if you know anyone who would be excited about bringing voice and empowerment to the story of the adoptee to please share this project with them. Let them know about the passion behind this work. I am ready to put in the... (Read More)
Day 3
March 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you friends and family for donating. Thank you strangers who, in never having met me still believe in the heart of my project. It means the world to me. 1/4 of the way there! (Read More)
2nd day in
March 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Almost 10% there! Thank you for jumping on board this dream. You messages of love and encouragement mean the world to me. (Read More)
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