MARCH09

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

• Blog by Lao adoptee & author Bryan Worra : On the Other Side of the Eye (his book of poetry)

• Her search is yet to bear fruit or German national fails to trace her mother

• Search Information for Hong Kong Adoptees (by Anna)

• Meeting my Mum (by DanielC, Sri Lankan adoptee)

• Cumberland Law Review 39:1 Inside Story of An Adoption Scandal (on Preet Mandir)

Books

• Search for Mother Missing (book by Korean twin adoptee)

• Call for Korean adoptees to participate in Book

Adoptee Social Events

• QLD: Social Picnic/BBQ Lunch
  Sun 29 March @ 1pm
  Venue: New Farm near the children's playground
  RSVP to Anna

• NSW: Social Lunch & TAFP Event Planning
  Sat 7 March @ 11am
  Venue: Parklea (closest train station is Blacktown)
  RSVP to Lynelle

• NSW: Newcastle Adoption Connections by PARC
  Tues 10 March @ 5pm

• NSW: Transracial Adoptee Artist & Panel Event (sponsored by NSW DoCS & the NSW Committee on Adoption and Permanent Care)
  Sun 15 Nov, 2009 @ Parramatta
  Contact Lynelle

• NSW: Teenz Connection Adoptee Calendar

• VIC: Social Lunch
  Sat 14 March @ 12noon
  By Korea (222 La Trobe St, Melbourne)
  RSVP to Jessica

• 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 Gathering
  Thurs March 5 @ Lisa Marie's house
  RSVP

• USA: AFAAD Nov 09 Annual Gathering

• UK: International Searcher's Get Together
  Workshop - Sat 14 March

Education

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

Camps

• AFC NSW Camp Connection 2009
  20 - 22 March 2009 @ Myuna Bay, Dora Creek
  Looking for female buddies (go to Expression of Interest form)

• USA: Catalyst Foundation Culture Camps - Vietnam
  July 2009

General Inter-Country Adoption News
 

Journals / Films

• Australian Journal of Adoption

• Cumberland Law Review 39:1: Sold into Adoption - The Hunan Baby Trafficking Scandal exposes vulnerabilities in Chinese adoptions to the USA

Media / News Articles

• HRCC Statement on Madonna child adoption

• Charity urges Madonna to rethink adoption plans

• Madonna seeks to adopt a second Malawi child

• Growing up in China

• Egypt says adoptive moms were human smugglers

• Artful dodger

• Canadian parents raise concerns

• International adoptions by Americans gets really tough

• Meet the Parents: The Dark side of Adoption

• Blog: Voices for Vietnam Adoption Integrity

• Does it matter where Babies come from?

• Adoption scam hits home

• Baby sold for Rs 6,000 in Andra Pradesh (video)

• Nepalese parents reclaim their adopted children in Spain

• Govt reveals ACT couple caught up in adoption scams

• Cambodia to ban foreign gays from adopting children

• Network for Unwed Mothers Established

Attorney General's Dept for Intercountry Adoption

• Updates on India Program; Alternate Member appointment to the National Peak Overseas Adoption Support Group; Expatriate Adoption; South Korea quota

• Meeting Communique for Feb Peak Group

NSW Government Adoption Legislation

• Same Sex Couple Inquiry

Education

• Jane Brown Playshops in Australia, June 09

• Ethica Webinars for Prospective Parents
  Mar 18 How to chose an ethical international adoption agency
  Apr 8 The Hague Convention - 1 year later, the USA successes and drawbacks

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

• PACT
  We can do better: Working through the life journey of adoption
  All day event
  7 Mar 09 @ Oakland, CA, USA

Conferences

• Annual New England Adoption Conference
  Sat 28 March, 2009
  Professional Training Fri 27 March, 2009
  Bellingham, MA, USA

• 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

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