By Joyce Bahr
Members of New York’s “Unsealed Initiative,” having ended a legislative lobby session in Albany for the Bill of Adoptee Rights, will be joining protesters at the National Conference of State Legislatures annual conference in Louisville, Kentucky on July 25, 2010. Exasperated with outdated laws dating back to the 1930’s which sealed original [...]
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Adoptees up against backward laws protest at National Conference of State Legislatures
May 30th, 2010 No Comments
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Adoptee Rights Booth at the NCSL Summit
August 23rd, 2009 1 Comment
As we continue to pull-together and disseminate contacts and information collected at The Adoptee Rights Coalition booth, we would like to provide a synopsis of this year’s participation at the National Conference of State Legislatures’ (NCSL) Annual Summit.
Thanks to the generosity of our donors and the artistic skills of Dory Martin, the booth was constant [...]
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Pictures, pictures, everywhere
July 24th, 2009 4 Comments
From the hotel to the park, from both outside and inside the convention center, there were no lack of cameras in beautiful Philadelphia last week, as evidenced by the ever growing collections of photos being posted online.
There are collections on multiple Facebook profiles, as well as the Philadelphia Adoptee Rights Demonstration fanpage.
There are pictures on [...]
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Greetings from Philadelphia
July 22nd, 2009 2 Comments
We’d like to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who showed up yesterday in spite of the miserable rain. Your energy and commitment made the day.
Thank you to the team who kept the Adoptee Rights Demonstration Twitter stream updated through the day with text and pictures, and the followers who re-tweeted updates.
Special thank you’s to [...]
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New postcards available to print and send!
June 11th, 2009 1 Comment
A hardworking volunteer for the rally has made some postcards you can print and send to your state representatives. You can find these on the ‘Help Spread The Word‘ page.
These postcards are formatted to work with Avery Postcards products 3263, 3377, 3381, 5689, 8383, 8387, 8577, or any cardstock paper. Postcards are available in [...]
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Exhibitor’s Booth 935
April 15th, 2009 2 Comments
Ladies and gentlemen, allow us to present Exhibitor #935 at the Legislative Summit of the National Conference of State Legislatures:
The Adoptee Rights Demonstration.
This would not have been possible without the support of our registered participants, donors, and friends. Your encouragement, enthusiasm and last but not least, donations, have made all this possible.
You are appreciated more [...]
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Greetings from New Orleans!
July 23rd, 2008 14 Comments
And I come with some incredible news!!!
The protest was AWESOME! We have been going non stop since yesterday and I have so many updates to give everyone.
We met downstairs in our hotel at 10:15 with everyone and we packed up the ice chests and water into Dons car which he drove to Lafayette Square for [...]
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Poster Board Requirements
June 30th, 2008 Comments Off
Poster Board Requirements:
Announcement for all:
The Adoptee Rights Committee has a solid message that Adoptees are being discriminated against via sealed records. Our protest is in the name of ending our discrimination and we want our message to be clear, and simple so that those who are not informed about our lack of rights can understand, [...]
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The Adoptee Rights Demonstration
June 20th, 2008 1 Comment
Please forward and distribute freely!
June 20th Update for the Adoptee Rights Demonstration!
The protest is fast approaching and we have some new updates for the protesters that will be joining us in New Orleans this July 22, 2008.
We need 2-3 monitors at the protest to help keep marchers on the sidewalk and off the street and [...]
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Exhibitors Booth #246!!!!
April 8th, 2008 3 Comments
Our acceptance letter for our Exhibitors Booth at the Annual State Legislatures Convention in New Orleans arrived today!!!!!!!! I couldn’t be more thrilled!! Thank you to everyone who has contributed donations in the past year towards the Adoptee Rights Demonstration. Thank you so much to Bastard Nation for splitting the booth with us and accompanying [...]
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