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We should save our $Is for a trip to
Washington, D.C. this April. There
is a plan to hold a North American
Movement Conference there.
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NEWSLETTER
by DOROTHY M. BARKER - Always In Me- N .Y
There are rumblings of an "OPEtJ
Newsletters are a rather i neipensive
RECORDS INITIATIVE" to make the 1980
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and practical way to keep open the
ballot in California . . the famous 1 ines of communication. They can be
Proposition 13 State.
sent to members, interested parties,
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resource agenci es , soci a1 workers,
The waggin tongues say Emma May is
judges, legisl ators and other triadputting
the Soundex to rest and
option groups.
leaving the movement. From the ladies AIM sends out 4 newsletters a year
mouth ... GOOD LORD! NO! ... I can't re- but an organization may choose t;o send
tire, everybody hasn't found yet!
Ahhhhh, a registrars work is never done.
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them as often as the memberaship or
editor can compile data and spend the
time typing , sorti ng , 1 abel i ng and
One organization has 400 members in
mailing them all.
just 2 years of existance and over
The newsletters are intended to do
200 reunions. Out of that there were a number of things:
only 6 initial rejections and sonbe of 1 tiighl ight the monthly board and
those have not remained rejected as regular meetings. If speakers were
time does heal. If these are correct
presented a synopsis of their talks
t t t 1 t
figures what fantastic results. .. *
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4s included for those members who
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were unable to attend. Last year we
A survey of one group shows the
welcomed a psychiatrist, a physician
median age of their birthparents to
tal king on heredity , a 1 awyer, a
be 29. Whatever happened to the social worker and a volunteer from
vision of a poor, distraught,
athe Buffalo Crisis Center.
innocent teenager?
2. Inform members of reunions.
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They are invited to share the feelirigs
Congratul ations to Lee Campbell , CUE
and experiences of their reunions.
-fo~inder on her appointment to HEW'S 3. Keep members informed as to what
panel. Congratulations to us too other clubs across the United States
becau'se she .speaks we1 1 for our views.
are doing. News articles of interest
. are reprinted from other groups news-
TRIADOPTION AWARENESS PROJECT is a 1 etters .
ioint effort of the Triadoption League and 4. Identify research projects and
.
the Friends of the Triodoption Library * * ,let membershi p know i f researchers are
All proceeds will be donated to the
in need of input.
Library
Development Fund. 5. Spotlight changes in laws
across the states.
6. Let members know the agenda for
Magazine pub1 i shed by : the coming months. This includes the
TRIADOPTION AWARENESS PROJECT
scheduled speakers, topics of discus-
P.O. Box 5218 sion, dates and places so those who
Huntington Beach, CA 92646 wish to attend can prepare in advance.
We invite members to contribute
Copyright 1978, Triadoption Awareness articles and ideas. Some articles are
Project.
reprinted from national magazines and
newspapers. There are many i tems of
i nteres.t to keep a ne~slett~r a1 ive
Edited by: Mary Jo Rillera & Nancy Palmer once it is started. Don't ever worry
,about fi 11 i ng those pages.