THE ADOPTION SHOWVoices Ending The Myth... E-news May 3, 2007
NEXT SHOW...Sunday
May 6, 2007
www.theadoptionshow.com8:30 PM (EST)
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Susan Thompson UnderdahlSusan is a 42-year-old psychologist, writer, and adoptee who has written a young adult novel, "The Other Sister" (Flux, 2007), about the emotional ripple effects of adoption reunion on siblings. Susan feels like this is such a poorly understood aspect of the reunion process, and in fact she recently spoke about it during the American Adoption Congress 28th Annual Meeting in Boston.
The story of "The Other Sister" is very close to her heart, because it reflects her own family's experience with reunion. Susan is hopeful that it will fill an important niche in the adoption literature, and will help normalize feelings for adoptees and siblings during the reunion process. As one who knows the complexities of the reunion experience, she understands that it can be very helpful to realize that you are not the first person to feel such intense and often confusing emotions, and that it is all part of the process.
"The Other Sister" is available through most retailers and online booksellers. If you would like more information about Susan or about "The Other Sister", it is available at her website:
www.stunderdahl.comAPRIL 2007: NEW INTERNET FORUM FOR ADOPTEES HAS LAUNCHED!Adoptees from anywhere, and from every type of adoption are welcome to join (Adult Adoptees) Advocating for Change (AFC), a new forum set up by Joy, Addie, Lillie, Dory and Stewie - five adoptees who decided adopted persons need a place to feel safe and be able to freely share and discuss issues and adoption practices from the perspective of the adoptee.
From the AFC Mission Statement:
"Advocating for Change is an adoptee-centered support forum. This forum was created by adoptees, and is owned, administered and moderated by adoptees. Our focus is simple: We are here to provide support for the adoptee in the process of dealing with adoption issues.
This forum is the inside of adoption looking out. It starts with US, the children of adoption, now adults, with voices that need to be heard and words that we need to speak.
We acknowledge wounds and scars here. We acknowledge loss and grief here."
To join AFC go to
http://afc.smfforfree2.com/index.phpParty Time in October 2007!The Adoption Show - Voices Ending the Myth will be hosting an event in Toronto on October 6, 2007. We'll be celebrating a change in adoption legislation in Ontario...
Adoption records are set to become unsealed in Ontario beginning September 2007 - Adoption Disclosure Act (2005). The new legislation will unseal birth certificates for adoptees and for mothers who surrendered children to adoption.
The theme of the event is Adoption & The Arts. We'll have singers, performance art, poetry reading and more! This will also be an opportunity for authors, artists and musicians to promote and sell their work.
More details coming soon...
On Sunday May 13th, Mother's DayThe Adoption Show will air a segment dedicated to our Mothers of
adoption loss.
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http://www.theadoptionshow.com/chatroom.htmBRING BABY EVELYN
HOME...Baby Evelyn, shortly before she was coerced away from her mother, Stephanie Bennett, and her family to be placed with Strangers...
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Learn more about Baby Evelyn and help the Bennett family get Evelyn back by donating toward their legal case.
Details here:
www.sendevelynhome.comCheck out past shows!
Bring Baby Evelyn Home
Doug Henderson - Adoptees & Concept of Self
Late Discovery Adoptees
www.theadoptionshow.comNew York State Open Records LegislationGet involved with New York and unsealing adoption records...
Find your local legislator
518 455-4219 (New York)
Contact NYASR President Joyce Bahr to find out how to contact your legislator to support this bill
www.unsealedinitiative.orgListen to The Adoption Show segment on New York's Legislation
January 7, 2007
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The Adoption Show - Voices Ending the Myth...
theadoptionshow@gmail.comMichelle EdmundsHost, Producer
Thaddeus PedroRecording Producer