Portland Mini Gathering For Adult Adoptees-September 27-29 Carrying on the tradition of the past mini gatherings (Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and New York City), here are the dates for the next gathering set in Portland, Oregon. Please contact Todd if you are interested in attending. More Info contact: toddk@holtinternational.org
Adoption Summit: Adoption Journey Continues – St. John’s University 9/21
WHO: St. John’s University, Center for Psychological Service and Clinical Studies
WHAT: The Adoption Summit: The Adoption Journey Continues
WHEN: September 21, 2002, Queens, NY
CONTACT: Dr. Rafael Javier (718) 990-6331 E-mail:
INFO
Annual Adoption Conference focuses on adoptees & their lifespan development. Four panels will address adoptees’ childhood development, adoloescence, adulthood, & transracial adoption issues.
Vietnamese Moon Festival
www.mamnon.org for Ann Arbor Mam Non Activities
All Day Sunday at Cabramatta (half hour train ride from Sydney city) to main mall 9am to 5pm Festival
MAVIN invites you to join us at the reception for a photo text exhibit titled “Portraits of Diveristy: Changing the Face of America through Transracial Adoption.” (Please see below for more information.) Saturday, September 7th, 5pm-8pm Capitol Hill Café 219 Broadway Ave. E. Seattle, WA 98102
For more information please contact Emiko at
emiko@mavinfoundation.org or call (206) 622-7101.
THEATRE EVENT: BLACK & TRAN AT THE STABLES THEATRE (SYDNEY):
A comedy that laughs in the face of racism, which unites the new Aussie and the old Aussie in the front bar of an inner city pub with hilarious consequences.
Created by Ningali Lawford,an indigenous actress from the Kimberley, and Hung Le, a stand up comedian who was one of the first Vietnamese boat people to arrive in Australia in 1975 – this is the first time that Aboriginal and Vietnamese culture have collided on stage. Join them as they swap jibes and stories which blow apart many of the stereotypes thought to be true of their respective cultures, and afterwards in the foyer to greet and meet the actors.
When? 8pm, Wednesday 14 August
Where? SBW Stables Theatre, 10 Nimrod St, Kings Cross
To book tickets, phone 02-9250 7799
Free Public Forum on Australia’s Refugee Policies
The University of Sydney is organizing a free public forum on the topical issue of Australia’s refugee policies.
The key speaker will be the prominent social justice advocate Fr Frank Brennan SJ AO, the Associate Director of Uniya Jesuit Social Justice Centre.
His theme will be “Developing Just Refugee Policies in Australia: Local, National and International Concerns”. There will be ample opportunity for audience questions and debate.
The forum is an initiative of the Senate of the University of Sydney and is being organized by the University’s Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies. The introduction will be given by the Hon. Justice Kim Santow OAM, the Chancellor of the University of Sydney.
Details: Father Frank Brennan, “Developing Just Refugee Policies in Australia Local, National and International Concerns”
Wednesday 7th August, 2002, 6.30 pm (doors open at 6.00 pm), FREE
Eastern Avenue Auditorium University of Sydney
Letters & Conversation: Articulating Asia-Australia seminar
The Asia-Australia Arts Centre presents Letters & Conversation: Articulating Asia-Australia a public seminar featuring four Asian-Australian artists and writers. Each will discuss their experiences living in Australia and how this is expressed and articulated in their creative practice. Exploring issues such as cross-cultural relationships, family and personal experiences through artwork and literature, the seminar will raise greater awareness and understanding of the idea of cultural diversity in Australia. The seminar will also examine how the interaction of different cultures can inform each speaker’s creativity while participating in an Australian environment. Letters & Conversation is held in conjunction with Turtles, a Fish and Ghosts, an exhibition of paintings by Phaptawan Suwannakudt.
Date: Thursday 25 July 2002, 6-8pm
Venue: Asia-Australia Arts Centre
181-187 Hay Street (between Pitt & George St)
Sydney NSW 2000
tel: 9212 0380 fax: 9281 0873
Admission: $5 (GST inclusive) Bookings essential
Hapa Issues Forum National Conference 2002 hosted by Hapa Issues Forum (HIF)
San Francisco, CA
e-mail sf@hapaissuesforum.org
First Annual Transracial Adoptee Summit & Family Camp hosted by Pact, An Adoption Alliance
e-mail info@pactadopt.org or call (510) 243-9460
Long Thanh’s Photography Exhibition
Blender art gallery
1 Elizabet Street , Paddington.
Meeting with Intercountry Adoptee Support Network (ICASN) members for a coffee and relaxed chat, Sunday 30 June 5pm outside IMAX theatre. For more info or to RSVP contact Lynelle at lynelleb@au1.ibm.com
Third Annual Loving Decision Celebration (Historic 1967 Supreme Court decision abolishing all anti-interracial marriage laws) hosted by the Oregon Council on Multiracial Affairs (OCMA) Portland, OR
e-mail information@ocma-multiracial.org or call (503) 249-3926
The first ‘Women in Southeast Asia workshop’ was organised by the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies at Monash University in 1994 and since then the workshop has been held annually to promote research in the area and to facilitate exchange of ideas among scholars.
WHEN: Friday 28 June 2002
TIME: 9.30 am to 4.30 pm
WHERE: Guy Manton Rooms, Ground Floor, Menzies Building, Monash University Clayton campus
ENTRY: $5 donation is requested for refreshments
BOOKINGS: Please contact Dr Susan Blackburn on phone: 03 9905 2384 or email sue.blackburn@arts.monash.edu.au
Hosted by ~ National Council of Birthmothers
Saturday, June 22, 2002
7pm to 9pm – doors open at 6:30
911 MEDIA ARTS CENTER
117 Yale Avenue North
Seattle, WA
Pay-What-You-Can ~ Suggested Donation $10
For more information call Terri Leber at (206) 285-9059
See works from 4 filmmakers
CONTACT INFORMATION
Terri Leber – National Council of Birthmothers 206-285-9059 www.ncob.org
Debra Baker – Broken Ties – 415-457-3705
Sheila Ganz – Unlocking the Heart of Adoption – 415-564-3691 www.unlockingtheheart.com
Mary Alyce Nyquist MANyquist@earthlink.net
Seminars on attachment and bonding by Dr. Gregory Keck from the Attachment and Bonding Centre of Ohio.
Adoptees in WA, please note that Dr. Keck starts his visit to Australia in Perth with two 1/2 day seminars on 16 and 17 June.
The program details and registration form are available from the website of Adoptions International of WA:
His presentations are a great source of information on personal attachment/bonding and parenting issues for everybody in the adoption square.
There are similar seminars planned for Queensland and NSW.
Please pass the word around and I look forward to hear from adoptees in WA.
Trudy Rosenwald
Registered Psychologist
Principal Officer
Adoptions International of Western Australia
60 John Street, Northbridge 6003
ph 61 (0)8 9328 2555 fax 61(0)8 9328 2544
email aiwa@multiline.com.au