Events & Appearances
Executive Director & Senior Staff Appearances
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. more
Conferences
October 24-25, 2008: "Identity and the Adopted Teen: Surviving the Crucible of Adolescence"
Location: New York University's Manhattan Campus (in Greenwich Village), New York, NYSponsors: St. John's University, Montclair State University, Rutgers University, NYU
Info: Senior Research Institute Fellow Hal Grotevant will be a keynote speaker at this biennial conference with workshops presented by Institute Policy & Operations Director Hollee McGinnis. Adolescence is considered one of the most important stages of development, where many of the most crucial issues involving identity formation are addressed and realigned. Recognizing the importance of exploring the many challenges often faced by the adopted adolescents as they go through their developmental struggles, St. John's University in collaboration with Montclair State University decided to focus its 5th Biennial adoption conference to the exploration of these various challenges to identity formation in adopted adolescents. For more information, go to: http://www.adoptioninitiative.org/Conferences/Conferences.html
October 15-16, 2007: "Adoption Ethics and Accountability: Doing it Right Makes a Lifetime of Difference"
Location: Marriott Crystal Gateway, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VASponsors: Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute and Ethica Info: In an effort to promote more thoughtful, humane and productive policies and practices relating to adoption and foster care, the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute and Ethica co-sponsored this national conference bringing together scores of the most prominent researchers, practitioners, authors and activists in adoption and foster care in our country today. Hundreds of participants from across the U.S. and other countries - including some of the foremost experts, researchers and policy-makers in the fields of adoption and foster care - attended and presented. Photos, audio files, comments from participants, purchase and order audio CD's of the presentations and other information about the conference are available on our website more.
In addition you can visit the event site at http://www.ethicsconference.net/
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Institute Events
August 16-17, 2008: Matt Rides the Rockies to Benefit the Institute
Location: ColoradoInfo: In past years, Matt Donaldson has completed the Iron Man triathlon to raise support for the Institute named after his mother, Evan B. Donaldson. This year, for a change, Matt is not swimming or running, he's just going to ride his bike - for 100 miles through the Colorado Rockies, on forest trails and mountain roads as high as 12,600 feet above sea level. Matt will be riding in the Leadville Trail 100 - "The Race across the Sky" - on August 16-17, 2008. Please support Matt in this tremendous effort - be the wind at his back, pushing him up those mountains - by supporting our important work. To donate, you can either send a check (Please write "Matt Donaldson" or "100 Mile Race" on the memo line); or you can donate online through our support page at http://www.adoptioninstitute.org/about/support.php. Please put "Matt Donaldson" or "100 Mile Race" in the designation box. Finally, you can also donate by emailing Laura James, External Relations Director, at ljames@adoptioninstitute.org or calling her at (212) 925-4089.
October 23, 2008: L.A. Benefit
Location: Los Angeles, CAInfo: Mark October 23, 2008 on your calendars for the next Adoption Institute Benefit in Los Angeles. The event will be at a private home, so please contact Laura James for more information on sponsorship opportunities, and how to attend.
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