Stephanie Drenka Blog
3 FOLLOWERS
Stephanie Drenka, a Korean adoptee and Asian American writer and speaker, maintains a blog that covers a wide range of subjects such as life, social justice, beauty, fashion, travel, and adoption. She shares her personal journey as a Korean adoptee, including her search for and reunion with her birth family. Additionally, she offers her perspectives on current events and personal experiences.
Stephanie Drenka Blog
1w ago
save the bare minimum, bastardized breadcrumbs for the other ones. maybe the dopamine hit will trick them into believing you. those tiny logograms on instagram used to make my heart...
Read More ..read more
Stephanie Drenka Blog
2M ago
Happy Lunar New Year. My name is Stephanie Drenka, executive director of the Dallas Asian American Historical Society. I serve on the Historic and Cultural Preservation Stakeholder Steering Committee, appointed...
Read More ..read more
Stephanie Drenka Blog
2M ago
“you are a miracle. act like it. don’t waste it.” (adrienne maree brown ..read more
Stephanie Drenka Blog
3M ago
Good morning. My name is Stephanie Drenka, co-founder and executive director of the Dallas Asian American Historical Society. Those of you familiar with the city’s racial equity plan might have...
Read More ..read more
Stephanie Drenka Blog
5M ago
“There is no lonelier place in this universe than around the bed of a wounded child who has no more family to look after them,” posted Ghassan Abu Sittah, a...
Read More ..read more
Stephanie Drenka Blog
5M ago
The head of Gaza municipality reported today that the State of Israel destroyed the Central Archives of Gaza City, which contained thousands of historical documents dating more than 150 years....
Read More ..read more
Stephanie Drenka Blog
6M ago
Being in Korea on the first day of National Adoption/Adoptee Awareness Month seems painfully apropos. This trip has been incredible. I feel loved beyond comprehension and so connected to my...
Read More ..read more
Stephanie Drenka Blog
6M ago
“History is a story not only of the past, but of the future.” – Grace Lee Boggs As historians, it is our responsibility not only to bear witness and document...
Read More ..read more
Stephanie Drenka Blog
7M ago
content warning: self-harm, suicide —– I have been thinking a lot about adoption lately, as I prepare for my next trip to Korea in October. despite the fortuitous chapters of...
Read More ..read more
Stephanie Drenka Blog
7M ago
On September 19, 2022 (exactly one year ago to the day), Dallas Morning News published a piece by Claire Ballor about the Dallas Asian American Historical Society’s “quest to uncover...
Read More ..read more