| Thursday 9:00 pm - Midnight |
| Hospitality Party - Flatotel 135 W. 52nd Street |
| Friday September
15 9:00 am - 10:20 am |
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Keynote
100 Rickie Solinger, PhD, Historian, Author Carol Schaefer, Mother, Author, Educator Adoption as a Reproductive Rights Issue for Women The ways that the adoption system depends on the existence of a profoundly vulnerable group of women, here and abroad. |
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| 100
Series Friday 10:40 am
- Noon |
| 101 |
Leslie Wagner, Mother, MHP &
Graig Stott, Adoptee, MHP Inside / Outside |
| F, SH |
Exploring our personal adoption
losses, fears and expectations around family and reunions.
Identifying these, often we uncover our strengths and sources of
internal and external supports. |
| 102 |
Judy Lawrence, Mother Disenfranchised Motherhood |
| A, SH |
How it feels to be the mother
who didn't do the mothering |
| 103 |
Sharonfaith Horton, Adoptee, MHP Putting the Pieces Together |
| G, H |
Our lives are like a
puzzle--many pieces and experiences shape us. Explore, create and share the puzzle of your life in collage form. |
| 104 |
Debra Baker, Mother They Promised We'd Forget-Adoption Loss and Grief |
| A, SH |
A screening of the
documentary "Lost and Found",the presenter's personal story, with
audience discussion about the issues surrounding search and
reunion. |
| 105 |
Julia Cantrell, Adoptee Twenty Years On: New Zealand's Road To Openness |
| I, SH |
A description of the historical
and current adoption practices in New Zealand, particularly
exploring the impact "opening the books" in 1985 had on adopted
people. |
| 106 |
Berndette Wright, Phd, Mother IN THEIR OWN WORDS: What Professionals Said About Unmarried Mothers Before, During and After the Baby Scoop Era. |
| A, SH |
Quotes from social workers,
physicians, and other professionals reveal the changing attitudes,
opinions, and beliefs of these professionals regarding single
motherhood, family preservation, and adoption. |
| 107 |
Cancelled |
| 108 |
Cancelled |
| 109 |
Lily Arthur, Mother, Origins,
New South Wales; Tim Pollock, Adoptee Is There Any Justice or Just Us? |
| J, SH |
Can we heal ourselves from within or without and is there justice, redress and accountability for past adoption crimes? |
| Noon
- 1:30 am
Lunch |
