I was alerted yesterday of a group film discussion in the Sarasota, Florida area surrounding the film “Philomena”. It’s at 7pm at The Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota 3975 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, FL lead by an adoptive mother. We need VOICES!
Help needing making a running list of the particular bad professionals in adoption; bad adoption agencies, rotten adoption attorneys, pushy adoption facilitators, recruiters, etc
Little did I know when I made up the rainbow vomiting gnome #NAAM2013 shirts the word “barely” survived would be appropriate for me.
I could not stand to see nonstop “Yeah Adoption” posts or images or news articles. And 30 days of adoption activism was NOT scheduled and so it just went quiet.
I’ve learned to be gentle with my younger self. I really didn’t stand a chance up against that agency. They are very good at their business. They know exactly what to say and withhold. I was a prime, easy target for them and they did not hold back. They pounced and turned the knife to the very end.
CHIFF was created to INCREASE INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS and was written by the well-organized and highly orchestrated adoption industry lobby machine.
What if on before and after National Adoption Day this Saturday their happened to be a whole bunch of CNN IReports from around the country discussing how everyone of these kids adopted will be henceforth denied their civil rights??
Adoptee Rights Demonstration in New York City on Nov 22rd at Governor Cuomo’s New York City Office for Friday November 22rd, 2013. Meet at 633 Third Avenue, NY, NY 10016 at 11:30 AM
They Call it: “Why I Gave My Child Up For Adoption” but it has very little to do with why…but we chat abut adoption on Huffington Post for NAAM2013
Adoption agencies across America routinely screw over fathers and Utah is in the middle of Adoption PR hell, so let’s keep the pressure on. The HEAT is on Utah for their Hugely Unethical Adoption Practices
In South Carolina after the relinquishment of parental rights is signed you cannot go back and change your mind or any sort. Twenty-eight (28) states have laws providing a waiting period before relinquishment of parental rights is irrevocable.
In the spirit of the International Soundex Reunion Registry’s Reg Day, please post of share the links today to the ISRR. ISRR is a non-profit mutual consent registry dedicated to reuniting adult family members separated by adoption.
John Kerry needs a bit of educational awareness on how this well-organized and highly orchestrated industry lobbying campaign creates the false impression that CHIFF is actual good and helpful for the welfare of children!
Today, I shall find reasons to celebrate. My son was born 26 years ago today and though was separated from him for 19 years and 111 days until I saw him again, his birth is known and celebrated among many people he doesn’t know. A whole community thinks about him on this day and it was his birth that started it all.
Introducing What “Anti-Adoption” Means to A New Group of Folks & hopefully reframe the concept of being “anti -adoption” in a way that is palatable for anyone who wants what is best for children and mothers and parents overall. These are very important conversations to have especially when they can reach a wider audience with many who have never even had the reason to think this way before.