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Drawing of an old-fashioned lantern with a glowing yellow light inside and light rays emanating from it.
A full moon with a torn paper banner across it that reads 'Voices Unheard'.

The Voices Unheard Program offers:

Writing Workshops, the Voices Unheard Journal, and Storytelling Events for Adult Adoptees, Foster Care Alumni, NPE ‘s and MPE’s.

Voices Unheard Storytelling events promote empathy and connection. These nights give opportunity for people to share a part of their story, to be seen, and be heard—a healing experience for both artist and viewer. These events are meant to be educational and inclusive. Loved ones and community members get the chance to listen open-heartedly and, with curiosity, to others who have walked a different path than themselves.

Voices Unheard: 2024 Introduction

The Pros of Discomfort and How to Best Support Adopted Loved Ones.

Book titled "Voices Unheard: A Reflective Journal for Adult Adoptees" by Lisa Coppola, LMHC, with a cover illustration of a ladder reaching up to a large moon or full circle against a gradient blue background, and a QR code in the bottom right corner.

The VU Journal

Published in 2022 by Boston Post Adoption Resources with the unwavering support of Founder Jennifer Eckert, LICSW and with editing by Lucy Davis, MBA

Cover of a book titled "Voices Unheard: A Reflective Journal for Adult Adoptees" by Lisa Coppola, LMHC, featuring a ladder reaching up to a moon on a nighttime background, and an open handout with questions about cultural identity and adoption experiences.
“This guided journal is long overdue. It offers an adoptee the opportunity to carefully examine their perspectives and feelings about their life and to clarify what is truth.”
— Sharon Kaplan Roszia, co-author of Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency: A Comprehensive Guide to Promoting Understanding and Healing in Adoption, Foster Care, Kinship Families and Third-Party Reproduction
“An important guide for digging deeper into the emotional landscape we need to explore in this lifetime journey of healing and discovery.”
— Deborah Jiang-Stein, adoptee, author of Prison Baby: A Memoir, Founder, unPrison Project
“Voices Unheard: A Reflective Journal for Adult Adoptees is a vital tool for therapists who want to better understand the emotional lives of adoptees and an indispensable guide to help peer group leaders facilitate healing conversation. I highly recommend it.”
— B.K. Jackson, editor of Severance Magazine

~In the Community~

  • Four diverse individuals sitting at a table during a panel discussion or meeting, with a large screen behind them displaying a presentation or video call. Bottled water is in front of each person.

    LC, Maya and Jon presenting on Creativity and Mental Health at Northeastern

  • Child in a red hoodie and purple pants outdoors, holding a string, in a wooded area.

    Drained Brain Article | Severance Magazine

  • A man with glasses and a white shirt holding a book and standing next to a seated woman smiling, in a room with a screen displaying a presentation titled 'Adoptees & Addiction.'

    Speaking at Square Medical on Adoptees and Addiction

  • Screenshot of a virtual meeting with four participants and a central logo for Right Mind Media, featuring a stylized flower design.

    Talking Adoption on the Right Mind Media Podcast on WUMB

  • Podcast cover titled 'Grief in Brief' hosted by Ken Barringer, featuring a black-and-white photo of an older man with glasses, resting his chin on his hand, with a crumpled paper background.

    Episode 32: LC shares about the losses of adoption and relinquishment

  • A woman smiling while holding a microphone, with a purple background featuring text that reads 'Attachment Theory in Action Podcast' and 'Hosted by Jenna Kelly, LCSW.'

    Adoption and Addiction: LC Coppola

  • An audience watching a live performance in a dimly lit, colorful venue with graffiti and murals on the walls, and stage lighting overhead.

    Voices Unheard: Real Adoptee Stories

  • Group of five women standing together behind a table at a bookstore, smiling for the photo. Bookshelves filled with books are in the background. The table has copies of a journal titled "Voices Unheard" and some small items.

    Workbook Signing at Womencrafts in Provincetown

  • Woman sitting at a table holding a book titled 'Voices Unheard,' with more copies stacked on each side, in a cafe or bookstore setting. A sign saying 'Book signing is fun!' is written overhead.

    Book Signing and Ice Cream? Yes please.

  • Audience seated in a dark theater illuminated by purple and yellow stage lights, attentively watching a performance or presentation.

    At the Rockwell | Voices Unheard Speakers event

  • Two women sit at a table with microphones, engaged in a conversation, with a speaker mounted on the wall behind them.

    Discussing the film; Reckoning with the Primal Wound, at the Harvard Hellenic Center in D.C.

  • Two women wearing matching navy blue t-shirts with a microphone logo and the words "Voices Unheard" printed on them, smiling and posing together on a stage.

    Five years strong of hosting Voices Unheard