On Father’s Day, Thinking of the Dad Who Raised Me — and the Father Who Might...
This week, the Huffington Post published a piece by our Chief Executive April Dinwoodie. Below is an excerpt from the original post found here. I think about my dad and my father a lot. As a...
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Today, A Commitment to Families
Today, January 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court issued their opinion in Obergefell, et al. v. Hodges, et al., ultimately declaring that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex...
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Add Your Voice and #AdoptReform
A recent ad by Priceline, which mocked an intercountry adoption gone awry, sparked an outcry from many members of the adoption community that ultimately led to Priceline removing the ad from their...
View ArticleDAI’s Let’s Adopt Reform National Tour Panelists Share Their Adoption...
Since last November, The Donaldson Adoption Institute (DAI) has traveled around the U.S. to educate and raise awareness about vital issues that impact the adoption and foster care adoption experiences....
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13th Annual Taste of Spring Photo Recap
13th Annual Taste of Spring Photo Recap Last night, The Donaldson Adoption Institute (DAI) proudly celebrated its 13th annual Taste of Spring Food and Wine Benefit at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New...
View ArticleOn Father’s Day, Thinking of the Dad Who Raised Me — and the Father Who Might...
This week, the Huffington Post published a piece by our Chief Executive April Dinwoodie. Below is an excerpt from the original post found here. I think about my dad and my father a lot. As a...
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Today, A Commitment to Families
Today, January 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court issued their opinion in Obergefell, et al. v. Hodges, et al., ultimately declaring that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex...
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Add Your Voice and #AdoptReform
A recent ad by Priceline, which mocked an intercountry adoption gone awry, sparked an outcry from many members of the adoption community that ultimately led to Priceline removing the ad from their...
View ArticleDAI’s Let’s Adopt Reform National Tour Panelists Share Their Adoption...
Since last November, The Donaldson Adoption Institute (DAI) has traveled around the U.S. to educate and raise awareness about vital issues that impact the adoption and foster care adoption experiences....
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13th Annual Taste of Spring Photo Recap
13th Annual Taste of Spring Photo Recap Last night, The Donaldson Adoption Institute (DAI) proudly celebrated its 13th annual Taste of Spring Food and Wine Benefit at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New...
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How I Learned to Embrace Both Identities as an LGBTQI and Adoptive Parent
Gabriel Blau This guest blog post was written by LGBTQI equality advocate and Let’s Adopt Reform panelist Gabriel Blau. Known as “A Dad fighting for all dads,” Gabriel has represented these issues on...
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Our Differences: Let’s Celebrate Instead of Shame
Bullying is far from a childhood rite of passage – it’s a public health issue. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, “one out of every four students (22%) report being bullied...
View ArticleAdoption in America Today: The Good, the Bad, and a Path to Reform
Our Let’s Adopt Reform initiative continues with an important message shedding light on perspectives surrounding adoption, foster care adoption and family. Please click below to view the SlideShare and...
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Olympian Simone Biles Reminds Us: We Do Need to Get ‘Real’ About Adoption
Simone Biles’ beam performance in the women’s individual all-around final at the 2016 Rio Games. Photo: Tatyana Zenkovich/European Pressphoto Agency What makes the news in adoption? Most frequently,...
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Let’s Give Every Family the Chance to Be Strong
Family is the foundation of humanity, binding us together, even with the nuances that make our experiences discrete. Family is also the fundamental building block of society. We all, for better or for...
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National Adoption Month: Honoring the Lifelong Transformation, Not the...
November became National Adoption Month more than two decades ago under the Clinton administration, expanding from the initial week-long celebration. The intended purpose of this heightened awareness...
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Why All Sibling Relationships are Real
Mary Anna King (Photo Credit: Braden Moran) This guest blog post was written by Mary Anna King. She is one of seven biological siblings who were adopted by five different families and raised...
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Unmasking the Truth about My Adoption
Kevin Gladish (Photo Credit: Johnny Knight) This guest blog post was written by Kevin Gladish, who was born, adopted, and raised in Cleveland, OH. He is a recent late discovery adoptee who is still...
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What is the State of Adoption in America Today?
Over the last year, we asked ourselves a tough question: why—after 20 years, over 40 publications and 180 recommendations (and that is just from DAI alone)—have policies and practices not advanced far...
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Trauma, Race and Invisibility: The Power of Getting Woke
Photo Credit: Target Melanie Chung-Sherman, LCSW-S, CTS, LCPAA, PLLC is a Texas Board-certified clinical social worker and supervisor and a licensed child placing administrator through the state of...
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