Episode 21 | Haley Radke | Sullivan Summer | Lora Alegria | Lilly Anspach

Adoptees for Family Preservation is a registered 501(c)(3) organization that exists to raise awareness about family separation issues and the long-term impact on adoptees and their families. The organization is currently supporting the investigative podcast, "On Adoption," produced by Haley Radke Media, Inc., a podcast exposing the unethical practices of the modern-day adoption industry through the lens of adult adoptees, and recent birth/first mothers' experiences. In this episode we chat with Haley Radke as well as the board members of Adoptees for Family Preservation about the developing podcast and how we can help to bring it to life.

President: Sullivan Summer

Secretary: Lora Alegria

Treasurer / Funds Development Officer: Lilly Anspach

Haley Radke is a Canadian domestic adoptee, the founder of Haley Radke Media, Inc., and host of Adoptees On, one of the most successful and longest-running adoption-related podcasts in the world, with over 1.5 million downloads globally. Haley's commitment to centering adoptee stories has made her a sought-after expert within the field of adoption, and within the realm of podcast storytelling more broadly. Her project-in-progress, On Adoption, is investigating adoption's impact on adoptees and birth/first parents. You can find her at adopteeson.com, adoptionpop.com and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

Sullivan Summer is a US domestic, transracial adoptee, independent scholar, essayist, critic, poet, and podcaster. After more than two decades as an attorney and corporate executive with some of the world's most recognizable brands, she returned to her first love: reading and writing. Sullivan is a host with the New Books Network, the largest books podcast network in the world, where her portfolio of author interviews includes winners of the Pulitzer Prize, NAACP Image awards, National Book Critics Circle awards, and MacArthur Geniuses. Her essays, interviews, poetry, and criticism have been published in numerous popular and academic outlets, and she is a 2025 "Best of the Net" anthology nominee. She also serves as the President of Adoptees for Family Preservation. Sullivan is a member of the National Book Critics Circle, the New York Society Library, the New York Historical (where she is also a Docent), the African American Intellectual History Society, and the Biographers International Organization. She is currently agent-shopping a completed novel manuscript, as well as a Civil War-era biography proposal. You can find her at her website, on Instagram, and on Substack.

Lora K. Joy/Lora Alegria. Lora is a domestic, same race adoptee. She is fully estranged from her adoptive family and reunited with both maternal and paternal biological family. In 2022, she legally changed her name back to her birth name and Lora's biological mom reclaimed her through an adult adoption. Lora has self-published 3 illustrated books and a blog at www.myadopteetruth.com. She also co-led the publishing of the adoptee anthology The Flourish Experience. Lora is the Secretary of Adoptees for Family Preservation . Lora co-leads a peer support group on estrangement through Adoption Knowledge Affiliates. And she is a Producer for the Adoptees On podcast.You may contact Lora via e-mail at [email protected]. You may also email from the website www.myadopteetruth.com.

Lilly Anspach is a nationally recognized leadership strategist, entrepreneur, and adoptee advocate with over 25 years of experience in operations, system design, and executive development. She is the founder of The Yuri Group, a consulting firm specializing in human-centered operational excellence, and a licensed affiliate of the Shingo Institute. Lilly is also the creator of Center to Shape, an innovative leadership workshop that blends hands-on pottery with deep self-leadership reflection. An adoptee and survivor of early childhood trauma, Lilly brings a personal and systemic lens to her advocacy. She reclaimed her name and voice as an adult and now uses her platform to elevate the stories and rights of adoptees. In addition to her consulting work, she is a speaker, artist, and coach who supports women in midlife as they reconnect with their values, reclaim their leadership, and design lives rooted in authenticity and purpose.

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