Events & Appearances: Executive Director & Staff
The following is a listing of appearances by Executive Director Adam Pertman and presentations by senior staff. To inquire about Institute staff availability for speaking engagements, call 212-925-4089 or email info@adoptioninstitute.org.
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January 2008
1/29 - Manhattan, NY
Presentations by: Hollee McGinnis
Keynote "Lessons from 50 Years of Korean International Adoption" at Spence-Chapin Services two-day workshop for professional development.
February 2008
2/17/08 – Mountain View, CA
Presentation by: David Brodzinsky
Workshop on "Developmental Issues in Adoption" sponsored by Bay Area Adoption Services. For more information, visit their website at
http://www.baas.org/index.php
2/23 - Los Angeles, CA
Presentation by: Adam Pertman
Keynote address and panel discussion, "Integrating Adoption Sensitive Techniques in the School Setting," sponsored by Vista Del Mar Child & Family
Services. The seminar, open to parents, school personnel and mental health professionals, takes place 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Vista Del Mar,
3200 Motor Ave., Los Angeles. For more information, please contact Elizabeth J. Arkin at (310) 836-1223, ext. 482 or earkin@vistadelmar.org.
2/23/08 – Oakland, CA
Presentation by: David Brodzinsky
AdoptTalk workshop on "Talking with Children about Adoption" sponsored by PACT, An Adoption Alliance. For more information, visit their website at http://www.pactadopt.org/events/adoptalk.html/
2/27- Philadelphia, PA
Presentation by: Adam Pertman
Guest Lecture, "12 Things Everyone Should Know About Adoption," sponsored by the Open Arms Adoption Network, a program of the Jewish Family and Children's Services of Greater Philadelphia. The evening event, which is open to professionals and the public, will take place at Mishkan Shalom Synagogue, 4101 Freeland Ave., Philadelphia. For more information, please contact Meredith Rose at meredithr@jfcsphil.org.
March 2008
3/8 - Pittsburgh, PA
Presentation by: Adam Pertman
Keynote address, "Adoption in America: Welcome to the Revolution," sponsored by Three Rivers Families with Children. The group's Spring Education Event takes place 2 to 5 p.m. at the Magee Women's Hospital, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh. For more information, please contact Sue McCann at (412) 624-3782 or mccannsa@upmc.edu.
3/27 - Wellesley, MA
Presentation by: Adam Pertman
Guest lecture for the Unitarian Universalist Society of Wellesley Hills. Event takes place 7:30 pm at the UUSWH, 309 Washington Street, Wellesley Hills. For more information, please contact Jessica Langerman, (781) 772-1372 or jhlangerman@mac.com.
3/28/08 - Portland, OR
Presentation by: David Brodzinsky
Keynote address "Lifelong Development Issues for Adopted People and Their Impact on Best Practices and Policies" at the annual national
American Adoption Congress conference, "Adoption in the Global Community: Redefining Kinship in the 21st Century" March 26-29, 2008 at the Portland
Downtown Waterfront Marriott, 1401 SW Naito Parkway, Portland, Oregon 97201. For more information, visit the conference website at http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org/national_conferences.php
April 2008
4/6 - New York, NY
Presentation by: Adam Pertman, David Brodzinsky, Jeanne Howard, Susan Smith
Keynote panel presentation by Adoption Institute staff, "Welcome to the Revolution: What We’ve Learned From and About Adoptive Families" at the 14th Annual
Infertility, Adoption and Family Conference sponsored by Jewish Child Care Association on April 6 at the UJA Federation, 130 East 59th Street, New York, NY.
For more information, visit the conference website at http://jccany.convio.net/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=102384&JServSessionIdr004=xyb1gyag51.app7a
4/17 - Chattanooga, TN
Presentation by: Adam Pertman
Educational session for professionals in the Harmony Adoptions Infant Training Initiative Program. Topics for the all-day event include issues such as research on birthparents; transcultural adoption and identity; and adoptive parent preparation. The event takes place at the Sheraton Read House Hotel, 827 Broad St., Chattanooga. For more information, please contact Ross Fischesser at (865) 982-5225 or ross@harmony.com
4/25 - Chicago, IL
Presentation by: Adam Pertman, Jeanne Howard and Ruth McRoy
"Is Transracial and Transnational Adoption the Right Policy for Parents? Children? Society?" The event takes place during the Council on Contemporary Families Annual Conference at the University Of Illinois, Student Center East, Room 605, 750 South Halsted, Chicago. The conference runs for two days; the panel discussion takes place 3:15 to 5 p.m. For more information, please visit the conference website at http://www.contemporaryfamilies.org/docs/ccf_11th%20annual%20conference.pdf
May 2008
5/21 - Cambridge, MA
Presentation by: Adam Pertman
Keynote address, "A Revolution in the Family 2008: Adoption's Impact on Identity, Community and Culture," sponsored by Adoptive Families at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Center for Work, Family and Personal Life at MIT. Event begins at 6 p.m. at a location TBD. For more information, please contact Diane Tavitian at (617)253-2138 or dtavit@mit.edu.
June 2008
6/06 - Brooklyn, NY
Presentation by: Hollee McGinnis
Panelist discussing transracial and international adoption at the viewing of the documentary "Adopt Me, Michael Jordan" at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program.
July 2008
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August 2008
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September 2008
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October 2008
10/05 - Brooklyn, NY
Presentation by: Hollee McGinnis
Workshop, "Transracial Adoption: Adult Adoptees Tell Their Stories" at the
the American Fertility Association's Family Matters conference. Event will take place at the Steiner Studios in Brooklyn.
For more information, visit their website at http://www.theafa.org/community/event/the_afa_family_matters_conference.
10/24-25 - New York, NY
Presentation by: Hollee McGinnis
Workshops on mentorship and preparing for search and reunion with adopted teens at the fifth biennial adoption conference
"Identity and the Adopted Teen: Surviving the Crucible of Adolescence" at New York Univeristy Manhattan Campus (in Greenwich Village)
sponsored by St. John's University in collaboration with Montclair State University.
For more information, visit their website at http://www.adoptioninitiative.org/Conferences/Conferences.html.
November 2008
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December 2008
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