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sh $-: May 4 - 7, 1979 marked the
beginning of a new era in the Adol,tion Movement.
Nearly 200, leaders and representatives gathered
in Washington, D .C. with the declared purpose of
establishing "Unity, Understanding, Trust" that
could stretch across the continents, the differences
of method and opinion, and form a stronger
and acknowledged - bond. This issue of OPTIONS
presents an overview of those special days in our
nations capitol.
There iias been alot of talk
about the "welfare of the
child", the "right of privacy",
tile "primacy of family", and
the "primary client". All of
these terms indicate that one
person is more important than
another. We must a1 ways remember
that each member of the immediate
adoption triad (birthparent,
adoptee, adopter) is
EQUALLY SIGN1 FICANT! We should
focus on our equality and corresponding rights as an
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TRIAD
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AWARENESS PROJECT Magazine
Editor - Mary Jo ~i 11 era
Associate - Nancy Palmer
Secretary - Lynne Kal ker
Vice-Pres. - Helen Leech
CONTRIBUTORS: Emma May Vilardi
Gail Hanssen
Bonnie Frank
Jay Sweari ngen,
Joan Vanstone
Eddie Rizk
PHOTOS: Courtesy of Dirck Brown
Eonnie Frank and -R.i.chard
Koehler (Daily Pilot),
'SPECIAL THANKS TO: Nancy Schmi d t ,
Virginia Rader and the 190 person
who participated in the 1979 AAC
extended family. AS adoptive parents 6egi ii to see International Conference.
that they too have suffered loss, they too are being
contro1ed;~y will tap into anger at aystem that
PRI NTED by FANTASTIC
restricts them. and does not really respect them as the
reviewed, court approved., agency endorsed ci ti zens and
parents they were 1 ed to be1 ieve they were. An adoptive
parent returning to the agency for specific and
complete information on the Girth background of thei r
child will be given the same excuses that adoptees and
birthparents are given. It will not matter that their
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reasons are good, o r that they are responding respon- Annette 'Baran , LCSW. - Cal i forni a
sibly to the needs of their child. What begins to mat- Dirck W. Brown, PhD. - California
ter is the agency, the state, the system. Slowly adop- Linda Cannon Burgess, MSW. -
tive parents are beginning to feel the frustration of Washington, D. C.
closed minds and records. It is difficult for all of us Lee Campbell - Massachusetts
to shed tile survival mechanisms and defenses devel oped; Donna cull om - Illinois
to cope with the pain of infertility, surrender or sev- Jeanette Kamen - Minnesota
erence. It is stifling to fear other human beings. But David Kirk, PhO. - Canada
it is healing to set aside limitations, to grieve over Betty Jean Lifton - New York
our losses, to reassume responsibility and control over Edward J. Rizk - Washington
our own lives and relationships and to make our own in- Audrey Sedita - Ca1 ifornia
formed choices. Me have more than a right, we have a Joan Vanstone - Canada
duty to demand agencies, states and courts respond to Emma May Vilardi - Nevada
the community needs or that there be a moratorium on
ALL adoption until it fits humane quidelines. It must -
go beyond just supplying homes forUthe homeless, it
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must now supply health and healing to all those it
Triadoption Library contributors.
touches. There are so many good people in the world and $15 FRIEE~O, S ~ O FAMILY, $100 SPOPISOR
so much love and caring that it is probable that if we $500 PATRON, S1000 or niore BENEFACTOR
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reach out to each other we will find our unity more
comforting than our. separation. Have happy ..- anb pea cefu1
I101 idays. May God Bless you all
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