Farrah Mina, Author at Sahan Journal

Gibney’s new book examines the true story of being raised as a mixed-Black child in Michigan by her white adoptive parents. She also speculates about what might have been if she stayed in New York with her white birth mother.

Author Archives: Farrah Mina

Minneapolis author Shannon Gibney envisions the childhood she lived and one she imagines as a transracial adoptee

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First-of-its-kind survey examines trauma, healing among Indigenous survivors of family separation.

Ryn Alicia lived in her car during college; a new program for foster youth could give her and others stability and success.

Fewer Hennepin County children enter foster care. But family reunifications become less likely, too, report says.

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