APRIL09

Attached is recent news in the adoption arena that is relevant to inter-country adoption.

For older news, go to ARCHIVES
 

ADOPTEE NEWS
April 2009

Adoptee Stories / News

• NSW: Transracial Adoptee Artist & Panel Event

• Megan Jones: South Australian ICASN Rep appointed

• Simon Keogh: Victorian ICASN Rep update

• International Adoption & the Babylift Legacy by Kev Minh & Sumeia Williams

• UAI letter to UK & USA Embassay Malawi re Madonna adoption

• Stolen for Adoption - website assisting birth families and adoptees who have lost family to adoption

• Korean adoptee (Henin Jung) shares his experiences in comic strip (in French) and YouTube (English)

• GOAL's Korean Adoptee Centre Opening Apr 25, 2009

• Adopted from an Indian orphanage, Belgian's search for roots draws a blank

Books / Journals

• "How much did you pay for her?" Decision making criteria underlying adoptive parent's responses to inappropriate remarks by Bert Ballard (VN adoptee)

• Operation Babylift: An Adoptee's Perspective by Kevin Allen (VN adoptee)

• Call for Korean adoptees to participate in Book

Adoptee Social Events

• NSW: Transracial Adoptee Artist & Panel Event (sponsored by NSW DoCS & the NSW Committee on Adoption and Permanent Care)
  Sat 14 Nov, 2009 @ Parramatta
  Contact Lynelle

• NSW: Teenz Connection Adoptee Calendar

• NSW: Bondi Connections by PARC
  Tues 5 May @ 5pm

• VIC: Transracial Adoptee Film & Panel Event (sponsored by Monash University)
  Sat 13 June, 2009 @ Australian Catholic University
  Contact Dominic

• SA: Relationships Australia PASS
  8 Week Support Group Evenings for Adopted People focusing on Adoption, Identity & Belonging
  9 Feb - 6 Apr, 09 @ 6:30-8:30pm

• USA Oakland, CA
  AFAAD Bay Area Social Gatherings
  April 9, 7 - 9:30pm Movie & Discussion
  May 14, 7 - 9:30pm Dinner
  RSVP or call 202-679-0105

• USA: AFAAD Nov 09 Annual Gathering

Education

• PASS: Korean Culture & Language Course
  Apr - Jun 2009

Camps

• USA: Filipino Heritage & Culture Camps 2009

• USA: Catalyst Foundation Culture Camps - Vietnam
  July 2009

General Inter-Country Adoption News
April 2009

Media / News Articles

• HRCC Statement on Madonna child adoption

• Madonna leaves Malawi after adoption setback

• Chinese hunger for sons fuels boy's abductions

• Don't send KiKi back to Bali, adoptive parents plea

• Are Jollie and Pitt adopting from Phillippines?

• Lost 'grandkids in Spain, vendor moves court

• Chicago Radio: The Ethics of International Adoption

• NPR Radio: Why did you opt for an international adoption?

• Slumdog Millionaire child star being sold for adoption

• Couple jumps through hoops to adopt their sons from overseas

• Brave new world overlooks children's rights

• Raising Katie: what adopting a white girl taught a black family about race in Obama era

• Grandmom's drive to get girls back gets HC pat

Birth Mothers

• Mother's Day - Reunite Cards

Attorney General's Dept for Intercountry Adoption

• Updates on the Phillippines program

Education

• Jane Brown Playshops in Australia, June 09

• Ethica Webinars for Prospective Parents
  Apr 8 The Hague Convention - 1 year later, the USA successes and drawbacks

• Input needed for: Transracial Adoptive Parenting Initiative - Canada Ontario

• Jayne Schooler in New Zealand, June 2010
  Assessing, Preparing & Supporting Families caring for Traumatized Children and Children in Out-of-Home Care

Conferences

• Adoptions d’enfants venant de l’étranger (adoption of cihldren coming from a foreign country)
  11 - 15 May, 2009
  Paris, FRANCE

• International Adoption Conference
  International Adoptees - School Performance, Educational Attainment & Social Adjustment
  18 - 19 May, 2009
  NORWAY

• PACT
  True Colors I: Putting together the pieces of the Transracial Adoption Puzzle
  13 June, 2009
  Oakland, CA, USA

• Annual NACAC Conference
  13 - 15 August, 2009
  Columbus, Ohio

• Alliance for the study of Adoption & Culture
  3rd International Conference, 2010
  Adoption: Secret Histories, Public Policies
  20 - 23 May, 2010
  Cambridge, MA, USA

• Adoption Conference 2010: Connections
  4 - 6 June, 2010
  Mount Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand
  Details