Presenters and attendees will have opportunities to discuss, from multiple viewpoints, adoption as a lifelong process. We do not intend for this symposium to only discuss open adoption nor to only discuss adoption from a positive or negative perspective. We will have a wide range of perspectives to give a full view of the complexity …
Read MoreAdoption Healing Retreat in France
Register for a Post-Adoption Healing Retreat September 17-24, 2011 at the Chateau d’Algony in the French countryside. Enjoy this extraordinary opportunity for sharing and healing in an environment that supports and nurtures us through its ancient beauty and separateness from the rest of our busy lived. This remarkable retreat will include six days of morning …
Read MoreThis Many Miles from Desire: Lee Herrick Author Reading and Open Mic Event
Adoptees Have Answers (AHA), AK Connection and The Loft are pleased to invite you to an evening of poetry featuring Lee Herrick and followed by an open mic, on November 9th at 7:00 PM, at The Loft in Minneapolis. For those interested in participating in the open mic, please sign up the night of the …
Read MoreSomewhere Between – Movie
SOURCE: Twin Cities Film Fest Director: Linda Goldstein Knowlton 94 minutes My daughter’s name is Ruby. She is five. When my husband and I adopted her from China we had no idea what lay ahead. In an instant, we became a family. I began to think about Ruby’s future and started to wonder how her …
Read MoreFirst Nations Orphan Association Pot Luck and Talking Circle
A dinner and support group for adult adoptees and fosterees from the Native community.
Read MoreOrphan Train Riders of NY Reunion
On Saturday, October 1, St. Francis Center welcomes people to the 51st Annual reunion of Minnesota’s orphan train riders and their families. Keynote speakers are Harvey and Maxine Ronglien; Historians for the Minnesota State Public School for Dependant and Neglected Children in Owatonna, MN. There will be a ham dinner, silent auction and many opportunities to …
Read MoreThe Burial at Thebes starring Sun Mee Chomet
Sun-Mee Chomet stars in this adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone as lead heroine who must answer the question: To whom does loyalty belong – to one’s family and cultural practices or to the law decreed by the state? According to Ms. Chomet, “As an adoptee, it is quite interesting exploring the internal life of a woman who has been …
Read MoreWhat If: An Adoptee Dilemma (COMMUNITY FORUM)
Mu Performing Arts is creating forums prior to all of their mainstage shows in order to engage the community in conversation about the themes represented in each show. This forum relates to Four Destinies by Katie Leo which will take place OCTOBER 15 – 30, 2011 (Performances Thursdays – Saturdays @ 7:30PM, Sundays @ 2:00PM). …
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