Events and other included research on adoption and sharing issues for discussion through producing publictions, plus a social and conference visit (to present paper on new identities and Vietnamese adoptees) to Melbourne…plus the South Australian meet up at the conference below.

The paper ‘White Families, Vietnamese Voices?’ by I Williams from AVI about the Vietnamese community was presented, plus papers by VN adoptees Analee Matthews on returning to the homeland and Veronica Stanley on personal identity will also be presented at The 8th Australian Conference on Adoption being held in Adelaide, April 2004. Contact Plevin and Associates Pty Ltd PO Box 54 BURNSIDE 5066 South Australia, Tel +61 8 8379 8222 Fax +61 8 8379 8177 events@plevin.com.au for more details.

Events included… The Post Adoptive Resources Centre in NSW will be presenting more anti-racism workshops for adoptive parents and featuring adult international adoptee speakers from Vietnam and other overeseas countries. The first one will be held in Bulli in March. For more info contact theao@bensoc.org.au

ICASN next social for inter-country adoptees will be March 7, 2004 at 11am in the Botanical Gardens. Contact Analee for more details at: analee.matthews@fitnessnetwork.com.au