The end of the NCSL Annual Summit is fast approaching, and yet it feels like we just got here. Our collection of business cards, names, email addresses and positions is ever growing, and it’s both exhausting and exhilarating thinking about the amount of work to do once we all are back home.
The San Antonio Host [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Kentucky'
Booth Report – Day Two
July 27th, 2010 3 Comments
Tags: Adoptee · Adoptee Rights Demonstration · Adoptee Rights Protest · Adoption · adoption records · Kentucky · Louisville · National Conference of State Legislatures · NCSL
Greetings from the Louisville Adoptee Rights Demonstration!
July 25th, 2010 No Comments
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
There just aren’t enough thank you’s possible for everyone who came today, and for everyone who supported us back home.
As always, thank you’s go to our beautiful Host City of Louisville, especially the Louisville Department of Codes and Regulations for assistance with our march and protest permit, and Lt. Curtis [...]
Tags: Adoptee · Adoptee Rights Demonstration · Adoptee Rights Protest · adoption records · Kentucky · Louisville · National Conference of State Legislatures · NCSL · open records
Final Letter Writing Campaign and Press Releases Released!
July 18th, 2010 No Comments
We’re just one week away from the Demonstration, and want everyone to take a moment today to write their State Legislators in preparation for the NCSL Summit.
We have a sample letter you can use on the Letter Writing Campaign page, as well as postcards you can print and send.
Looking for even more sample letters? Here’s [...]
Tags: a day for adoptee rights · adoptee rights · Adoptee Rights Demonstration · Adoptee Rights Protest · adoption records · Kentucky · Louisville · National Conference of State Legislatures · NCSL · press release
Itinerary for the Louisville Adoptee Rights Protest
July 15th, 2010 2 Comments
Saturday, July 24th
6:00 PM Sign making party and workshop. Please join us for sign making, drinks, snacks and camaraderie! We will be presenting a brief workshop on restoring access at 8:00 PM, with suggestions for talking points with legislators.
We will be meeting in the Lewis Suite at the Hampton Inn [...]
Tags: a day for adoptee rights · Adoptee Rights Demonstration · Adoptee Rights Protest · adoption records · Kentucky · Louisville · National Conference of State Legislatures · NCSL
Host State Hero
July 6th, 2010 No Comments
The Adoptee Rights Coalition would like to acknowledge the long-time Adoptee Rights advocates in states where we will be visiting to protest sealed birth certificates. In 2009 for the Philly protest, we recognized long-time Adoptee Rights advocate, Priscilla Sharp for her tireless work on Pennsylvania’s sealed birth certificate laws.
In 2009 Priscilla’s in-person visit to her [...]
Tags: a day for adoptee rights · adoptee rights · Adoptee Rights Demonstration · Adoptee Rights Protest · Adoption · adoption records · Kentucky
Adult Adoptees of Kentucky – Listen Up!
July 1st, 2010 2 Comments
You are not children, yet the state you were born in considers you incompetent of managing your own affairs.
Why should you require your mother’s permission to obtain your own birth certificate? What other adults in Kentucky are required to seek the consent of their parents in the eyes of the State? [...]
Tags: a day for adoptee rights · adoptee rights · Adoptee Rights Demonstration · Adoptee Rights Protest · Adoption · adoption records · Kentucky · Louisville · National Conference of State Legislatures · NCSL
