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Advocacy & Reform

Learn about the issues facing adoptive and foster extended and blended families, and where and how you can make a difference.

National Adoption Awareness Month

November is National Adoption Awareness Month, and it's never too early or too late to get started with plans to organize or participate in activities. Find ideas for every day of the month, working with media, and planning an event.... [more]

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National Foster Care Month

The focus this month (May) is on advocacy, programs to help foster youth make the transition to independent living, and the pressing need for foster families. Here's what you need to get involved.... [more]

Parent Power Works in Washington

Advocating for adoption issues at the highest levels of government can work. Using the example of Cambodia adoptions, William L. Pierce explains.... [more]

Advocating with Books

Books can be a wonderfully effective tool for those advocating for change. Encouraging others to read is a great way to finally bury adoption's secretive, shame-filled past and move on to a better future. You can advocate for adoption issues using books. Here's how.... [more]

Become an Activist

Resources and information for those who want to do more than sit on the sidelines.... [more]

International Advocacy & Reform

Adoption reform and legislation is being considered around the world as attitudes change and practices become more universal. Illegal adoptions, open records, aboriginal issues, and the Hague Convention are only a few of the topics covered here.

• Adoptee Rights in 1998

Legislative Updates

Keep track of pending adoption legislation on the state, national,and international level.

Organizations - State and Local

State and local organizations supporting adoption advocacy and reform.

• Open Records Advocacy Groups

Organizations - US & Canada

Nationwide organizations in the US and Canada advocating for adoption and foster care issues, children, and families.