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    Coalition for

    Truth & Transparency in Adoption

    Tennessee advocate Caprice East, who received a standing ovation from the state House of Representatives following passage of a records access bill, educates a state legislator and his wife about issues at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) in Nashville.
    Filmmaker and Korean adoptee Glenn Morey, creator of the sidexside project, which collected 100 stories from Korean adoptees in 7 countries who speak 6 languages and live in 16 cities.
    Former Governor, now U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D) signing one of multiple bills passed unanimously in Colorado. Primary sponsor Lori Saine (R) and supporters, including birth/first parents, an adoptive mom of three who lobbied for the bills, adult adoptees and their descendants joined the ceremony.
    Adoptee appellant Jeff Hannasch receives a non-certified copy of his original birth certificate from State Registrar Ron Hyman at the Adoption Search Resource Connection victory party following a landmark Court of Appeals ruling.
    Filmmakers and authors Jean Strauss ("Adopted: For the Life of Me" on PBS) and Anne Fessler ("The Girls Who Went Away" and "A Girl Like Her") together at a national conference.
    Jenette Yamamoto and Janine Myung Ja with Hyung-jong Lee, South Korean Consul General.
    What do an Iowa Republican and a Florida Democrat have in common? Both sponsored bills for Truth and Transparency in Adoption. Overwhelming "aye" votes in states from Oregon to Colorado to Alabama and Tennessee to Connecticut, New York and Maine demonstrate that this is not a partisan matter. It's a human issue.
    Parents who lost their children to traffickers at an Against Child Trafficking media event.
    Janine Myung Ja with Korean officials in Washington, D.C.
    Janine Myung Ja, Ph.D. with South Korean Deputy Consul General and delegation.
    Legislators learn about the variety of state laws regarding records access by spinning the Adoptee Wheel of Fortune or Misfortune.
    Florida-based advocates at NCSL Tampa.
    Members of the advocacy team at NCSL Nashville.
    Indiana advocates from HEAR and bill sponsors gather at the Capitol.
    Former Governor and former Vice President of the United States Mike Pence signs Indiana's new law.
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    Adoptees Becky Drinnen and Lynn Grubb join Ohio Senator Bill Beagle (R) in an interview about the state's new law.
    Members from Asian Adult Adoptees of Washington and the Overseas Koreans Foundation enjoy a luncheon with Korean Consulate representatives.
    Good international relations begins with a lesson in the proper use of chopsticks.
    New Jersey advocate Pam Hasegawa, who for decades has worked tirelessly for the cause.
    Brazilian Rep. Henrique Arantes, who, upon learning about America's hodgepodge of state records access laws, commented, "This makes no sense! Why would a nation treat its adoptees in this way? In Brazil, we give them all the information we can."
    Maj. Peter Franklin (ret.), founder of Adoptees Without Liberty (AWOL) at a political rally after Governor Christie signed the New Jersey bill in 2015.
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