MAY08
ADOPTEE NEWS
Film: Tie a Yellow Ribbon - featuring Korean adoptee
VIC: Melbourne Adoptee Get Together 4 July, Friday Night contact Indigo for details
VIC: ICASN Dinner May 22 @ 7pm: Penang Affair 325 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy Contact Sofie to RSVP & directions
NSW: ICASN Brunch Sun 25 May @ 10am Contact Lynelle for details
SA: Adoptee discussion evening on "Family" June 3, 2008
Have your say on Adoption Reform in Australia & Debora-Lee's "Orphan Angel" Campaign Go to the ICASN Blog
YouTube: The Adoption Show - Irregularities in Vietnam (adoptees Kevin & Gershom)
Article: Adoptees say local adoption system not free of irregularities
Book Release: Evil Exchange
New Teenage Book: What My Parents Couldn't Tell Me Seeking poetry, short pieces, quotes
Book Launch: Growing up Asian in Australia Sat 24 May, 5:30pm @ Walsh Bay, Sydney With a chapter from Blossom - our NSW ICASN Rep
Korean Australian Adoptees Anyone interested in helping to organise a future International Korean Adoptee Gathering (2011) here in Aust - contact Pia
Korean American Adoptee Survey
Filipino Adoptee Spring Newsletter
SA: East Meets West needs your help financially Contact Saran
Adoptee Conducting Research: looking for adoptee artists to participate in research about ICAs and their creative projects. Contact Dominic for details
Support Ethical Vietnam Adoptions
Research needing Adoptees to Participate
QLD: Adoption Services Dept seeking Teen & Adult Adoptees to participate in Prospective Parent Education Session Contact Rachel Rosenbrock or 07 3006 4025
Vietnamese Sancta Maria Adoptees: Reunion being organised for 2010 Contact Peter for details
Seeking Asian Adoptees who can contribute to Grinding up Stones - an Asian Adoptee publication
General Inter-Country Adoption News
Article: 2 in Mexico arrested in baby selling scam
Evan B Donaldson Report: Finding families for African American Children - The role of race & law in Adoption from Foster Care
Australian Conference: 8th International Conference on Grief & Bereavement in Contemporary Society 15 - 18 July, 2008 @ Melbourne, VIC
Article: Do whites need training before parenting black children?
Article: Bursting the Chinese baby bubble
Article: Guatemala annuls 15 adoption cases
Article: Dutch couple re-arrested in alleged Sri Lankan illegal adoption Article: De-emphasis on Race in Adoption is Critized
Article: Madonna tells of pain of adopting son David Banda
Radio NPR: Black Family, White Child
Article: Mother gets 20 years for keeping adoptive son in cage
Book: Adoption in the United States - A reference for families, professionals, and students
Article: Chinese Civil Affairs Dept considers Registration of Adoption Offers
Article: China plans for adoption of children orphaned in quake
VIC: Dan Hughes Workshop - Facilitating Developmental Attachment: Melb, Sept 2008 (listed under Training Opportunities)
Mar-Jul08: AAINA (A Mental Health Newsletter): Forcing mentally ill women into giving up their children to adoption - page 17
Article: CBI goes after Foster Parents in Child Racket
Adoption in Australia Symposium: VIC July 3-4, 2008
Article: Democrat Win on Adoptive Parents Baby Bonus
Article: China's Lost Children
Article: New Rules and Economy Strain US Adoption Agencies
Article: HIV/AIDS Orphans Neglected
Article: Online Retailer Donates to help Mongolian Orphans
NPR Radio: Adopted Teens Face Higher Risks for ADHD
Article: The Racial Politics of Academic Research
SA: Post Adoption Support Services (PASS) Narrative Therapy Training for Adoption Professionals - May 13, 2008
AGD: Update on Delegation Visit to Taiwan, Hong Kong & Sth Korea
9th Australian Adoption Conference Sydney, NSW 2 - 5 Sept, 2008
USA Conference: The Adoption Initiative: 5th Biennial Adoption Conference - Identity & the Adopted Teen Oct 24 & 25, 2008 St John's University, Manhattan Campus
North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) 34th Annual Conference Ottawa, Ontario July 31 - Aug 2, 2008
