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Stephanie Drenka
korean adoptee storyteller
Stephanie KyeongSeon Drenka is a Korean adoptee writer and co-founder of the Dallas Asian American Historical Society. She works for the Texas Civil Rights Project and is also the founding editor of VISIBLE Magazine and a facilitator with The OpEd Project. Stephanie previously served as Communications Director for Dallas Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation.
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
(Anaïs Nin)
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Dallas Asian American Historical Society
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Researching, preserving, and amplifying the legacy of Asian Americans in the Dallas area.
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I. M. Pei Built a Home for Democracy in Dallas. The City May Tear It Down.
Dallas faces a decision that could define its civic identity for generations: whether to demolish its City Hall amid rising maintenance costs. Designed by I. M. Pei,…
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This is 40
And in the blink of an eye, a new decade begins. I used to fear this age. But now, I wear the years with pride. It is…
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From Crystal City to South Shore
Texas and Chicago are the two U.S. cities I consider home. My heart is breaking for both of them. In Texas, concertina wire cuts into the…
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Appeoji (Father)
From the time I understood that I was adopted, my life was permanently marked by abandonment. His abandonment, as it were. My birth father—or at least the…
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Why Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act
Waking up every morning in what feels like a dystopian nightmare, I’ve been thinking about the warnings left behind by two of the 20th century’s most prophetic…
