JUNE09

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

For older news, go to ARCHIVES
 

ADOPTEE NEWS
 

Adoptee Stories / News

• Interests of Adoptive Parents Prevail

• Facebook Group for Colombian Adoptees

• Yahoo Group for Colombian Adoptee Search & Support

• Swedish based Colombian Adoptee Support Organisation: ChiCoLa

• My Country, My Destiny (American adopted by Chinese family, 60 years on

• Adoption Today Jun09: Our Reflections - Adoptee Thoughts on Keeping Original Names

• Compass: Passport to Parenthood 21June - featuring 2 adult intercountry adoptees

• 30 Under 30: Mia Mingus

• Going Home - new film by Korean adoptee Jason Hoffmann

• Ch9 TV show "homeMADE" - Leonie Edwards (Korean WA adoptee) back Tues 30 June to partner finalist Jason

• Colombian adoptee who's also an adoption therapist in the USA: see www.adoptiontherapist.org

Adoptees to Participate

• SA: Film & Arts Festival looking for Adoptee Artists & Volunteers

• SA: PASS's 8 week support group for adoptees
  Tues evenings starting 7Jul09

• Call for Korean adoptees to participate in Book

• WA: Jane Brown Playshops on 17, 18, 19 June 09 needing adult adoptees to assist
  Contact Sonya

• NSW: Jane Brown Playshops on 5 - 7 June 09 needing adult adoptees to assist
  Contact Evelyne

• TAS: Jane Brown Playshops on 13 June 09 needing adult adoptees to assist
  Contact Jan

ICASN & AVI Australia-wide Events

• Australia-wide Info

• VIC: Transracial Adoptee Films & Seminar Event

• QLD: Transracial Adoptee Films & Panel Event

• NSW: Transracial Adoptee Artist & Panel Event

• SA: Transracial Adoptee Film & Art Event

• WA: details to be posted shortly
   

Adoptee Social Events

• NSW: ICASN Social
  Sun 26 July @ 11am onwards
  Viewing & discussion of film @ Lynelle's house
  You can catch train to Blacktown then call me
  RSVP to Lynelle

• NSW: Teenz Connection Adoptee Calendar

• QLD: ICASN Social
  Friday 5 June for dinner
  Contact Anna to RSVP

• 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
 

Media / News Articles

• Madonna, Mercy, and Malawi: her fight to adopt a second African child

• Madonna's adoption of Mercy - full 25 page judgement

• Ethica's Statement in response to Madonna's adoption

• Justice Action Centre (NY): 2009 Adoption Policy Conference - streaming video available

• 1 in 8 Million: May Wong Lee The Adoptive Mother

• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

• Misguided Madonna's just helping the baby traffickers

• Three jailed for child trafficking

• Harvard Law School's Child Advocacy Program and the Center for Adoption Policy win key backers for International Adoption Policy Statement

• Children of the Vietnam War

• Dec 2008 - Hong Kong Adoption Statistics

• Fragile Tanzanian Orphans get help after Mothers Die

Birth Mothers

• Royal Brisbane Hospital Apology to Australian Birth Mothers

• All in the Mind: The untold story of Adoption

Attorney General's Dept for Intercountry Adoption

• Updates on

• June 4-5 National Intercountry Adoption Advisory Group Meeting Communique

• Harmonisation Working Group

• Alternative Models Working Group

• Information about Possible New Programs

• New page on Private Adoptions

Education

• Jane Brown Playshops in Australia, June 09

• SA: Professional Development Training by Jane Brown, 22 June 09  

• SA: Joys & Challenges of Parenthing your Adopted Child
  July & August 09

• SA: Therapuetic Parenting for Adoptive Parents
  August & September 09

• 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

• 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

• Call for Papers (ends Sept 15, 2009) for
  The 2nd International Symposium on Korean Studies (sponsored by IKAA)
  3 August, 2010
  Seoul, Korea