Adoption Events

Adoption Events July 26, 2012

Press Release: 2012 Adoptee Rights Day!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   National Adoptee Rights Group Travels To Illinois to Free Original Birth Certificates American Adoptees Denied Civil Rights to Birth Certificate Due to archaic laws that are a legacy of cultural shame stigmatizing infertility, sex, unwed mothers, and adoption, over 90% of all American adoptees will face a life of discrimination unless current laws are changed. Wanting their civil rights restored, the Adoptee Rights Coalition; http://www.adopteerightscoalition.com;  adopted…

Adoption Events, Community March 6, 2012

More of the Amazing Mary Gauthier

  “Before You Leave” an Adoption Story Once again, I find myself happy that I landed in this weird wide adoption world. Yes, I hate that adoption is in my life and probably always will hate how my family was separated. Yet, as always I am so thankful for all the wonderful people that I get to met along this journey. One of those people is Mary Gauthier.

Adoptee Rights, Adoption Events, Community February 26, 2012

The Adoptee Rights Coalition Needs YOUR Help!

  What happens AFTER the Adoptee Rights Demonstration? The profit in adoption, happened along time ago in most of our lives. As we all know, there is NO money in the work that we do. When it comes to changing laws, the adoption groups are marginalized, underrepresented, ignored, and unfunded. That’s one of the main reasons we have the demonstration at the NCSL Summits. The good old fashioned stick waving chanting protest is…

Adoption Events, Community April 30, 2011

Adoptee Rock Wilk Coming to the Hudson Valley

Kingston Receiving an Emotional Journey of Adoption Truth I love it when the universe comes to a full circle. When I was working on the Blondie Music Video I got to talking to the one of the producers of the local Kingston venue where the video was shot . Now Hudson Valley locals know it as BSP, or Backstage Studio Productions, on Wall Street, right down the block from both…

Adoptee Rights Coalition

Adoptee Rights, Adoption Events March 15, 2011

Adoptee Rights Legislations & Open Records

Restore Unrestricted Equal Access & No One Left Behind One of the major problems in the adoption community is that there is lots of disagreement. After all, adoption is a very emotional subject and one that really incites deep passions and strong beliefs. I’m not even talking about the most obvious sides of the fence: adoptive parents desires to adopt children verses the birthparent loss verses what the adoptee might feel…

Adoption Events February 24, 2011

Adoptee Records New York Event

I’m leaning towards going to this… The Evan B Donaldson Adoption Institute is holding an event on March 10, 2011, to “heighten public, media and policymaker awareness about the need to restore adopted adults’ right to access their original birth certificates.” I can get down with that. Plus, I like the chance to see Adoption Peeps and Bastards in person! The adoption event will feature the official world premiere of “I’m…

Adoption Events April 22, 2010

Adoptee Songwriter Mary Gauthier at the Rosendale Cafe

A Haunting Musical of a Rejected Bastards Emotional Journey Sometimes I have nothing to write about for adoption and sometimes I have oodles. We are in the middle of an oodles period. In the last three days I have: Seen a screening of the soon to be released movie “Mother and Child” which I reviewed on GIMH. Had an intense and brilliant three hour interview with a NY high school…

Adoption Events, Community November 28, 2007

Bernadette Wright on the Radio!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER, 27, 2007 Bernadette Wright, Ph.D., President of Origins-USA will be speaking be on two upcoming radio shows. Her interview on The Adoption Show with Michelle Edmonds (www.theadoptionshow.com) will air in early December, date to be determined. Topics discussed include Origins-USA’s study on the effects of relinquishments on mothers’ lives, the nature and extent of adoption coercion, and what has changes and what has stayed the same…

Adoptee Rights, Adoption Events November 8, 2007

RegDay Reminder!

And once again, Teresa the Ungrateful Little Bastard and I are rocking the Hudson Valley Mall this Saturday! I have to give a public plug here to her: Let me tell you, she is awesome! When she says that she will do something, she does it..I bow down to her infinate photo copy getting greatness! And I really look forward to some quality adoption time together! On a happy note,…

Adoption Events October 30, 2007

One of the things we did at the conference…

Was film this. you know the drill! Now for a public service announcement form Origins-USA! ************************************ National Adoption BEWAREness Month Origins-USA, a national non-profit dedicated natural family preservation and support of families separated by adoption commemorates November as National Adoption BEWARE-ness month. November became National Adoption Awareness Month in 1990 to focus on the needs of more than 100,000 in foster care who cannot be reunited with family and who…

Adoption Events, Adoption Truth September 11, 2007

Adoption Ethics and Accountability Conference

October 15 – 16, 2007 Conference Highlights & Meet the Bloggers Update Reserve Hotel Now – Discounts end Sept 14th! Ethics Conference Draws Prominent Speakers, Presenters and Attendees from Around the World NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2007 – The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute and Ethica, Inc. are delighted to announce today that nearly 200 adoption experts, researchers, mental-health professionals, practitioners, triad members, media representatives, and policy and practice professionals…

A Birthmothers Life, Adoption Events January 12, 2007

Montel, not the great hope at all.

You know what they say about having expectations? How they are our own worst enemy? I mean, I don’t trust talk show, I know the whole idea of sensationalism, I tried not to go in blind, be prepared, be ready for the worst. I had even stock responses ready if, for whatever reason, things got way off track and personal and I didn’t want to feel obligated to go somewhere…

Evan B Doaldson adoption research insitute

Adoption Events January 11, 2007

Adoptees needed by Donaldson Institute

ADULT ADOPTEES 18+ PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN OUR SURVEY! “Beyond Culture Camp: Promoting Healthy Identity Formation in Adoption” A Project by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Recently we had sent an email requesting ADULT ADOPTEES 18+ — ESPECIALLY INTERNATIONALLY ADOPTED ADULTS — to participate in our national online survey for our ground-breaking study on identity and adoption. If you have already completed the…

A Birthmothers Life, Adoption Events December 20, 2006

Oh what did I do??

Saw this bullitan on my space… MTV True Life Presents… I’m Looking for My Birth Parent email us at: adoptee@mtvstaff.com with the details Were you adopted and are now ready to find your birth parent/s? Have you already located your birth parent and are about to meet for the first time? Or has a birth parent recently located you and requested a meeting? If you are interested in sharing your…