PDF of the Program Schedule AIC 2020/2022 - WELCOME TO THE 10TH BIENNIAL ADOPTION INITIATIVE CONFERENCE!
Day 1, Mar 25, 2022
09:00AM - 10:30AM
Friday Morning Breakout Sessions
09:00AM - 10:30AM
Session A Room
Friday Morning, Session A
Speakers
Susan Harness, Speaker/Panelist
Michele Kriegman, Presenter, Reunion Land Press
Moderators
M. Nam Holtz, Planning Committee , Attendee, Clinician, Producer/Director: Found In Korea
The Structure of Non-Belonging in American Indian Transracial Adoption
09:00AM - 09:45AM
Presented by :
Susan Harness, Speaker/Panelist
The Unfinished Business of Adoptees Who Are Native American/First Peoples: Legal, Cultural, and Identity Issues to Navigate & Reclaim
09:45AM - 10:30AM
Presented by :
Michele Kriegman, Presenter, Reunion Land Press
09:00AM - 10:30AM
Session B Room
Friday Morning Session B
Speakers
Bibiana Koh, Presenter, Salisbury University
Sunny Reed
Moderators
Rafael Javier, Co-Organizer, St. John's University
CE Eligible: A Call to Action: The Use of Intersectional Ethics to Navigate Ethical Dilemmas
A Call to Action: The Use of Intersectional Ethics to Navigate Ethical Dilemmas in Adoption Practice
09:00AM - 09:45AM
Presented by :
Bibiana Koh, Presenter, Salisbury University
Theorizing Transracial Adoption: Toward a Transformational Research Framework
09:45AM - 10:30AM
Presented by :
Sunny Reed
09:00AM - 10:30AM
Session C Room
Friday Morning, Session C
Speakers
Yasmin Mistry, Presenter
Jeanette Yoffe, Presenter , Yoffe Therapy Inc.
Moderators
Jane Platt, Attendee
CE Eligible: Open Adoption and Open Foster Care: Best Practice in AdoptionCE Eligible: Understanding foster care & adoption from the youth's perspective
Open Adoption and Open Foster Care: Best Practice in Adoption
09:00AM - 09:45AM
Presented by :
Jeanette Yoffe, Presenter , Yoffe Therapy Inc.
Understanding foster care & adoption from the youth's perspective.
09:45AM - 10:30AM
Presented by :
Yasmin Mistry, Presenter
09:00AM - 10:30AM
Session D room
Friday Morning, Session D
Speakers
Kim Stoker, Speaker
Boon Young HAN, Presenter , Seoul National University
Ryan Gustafsson, Researcher, The University Of Melbourne
Katelyn Dixon, Post Adoption Programs Lead, Holt International
Joli Hanlon, Camp Director , Holt International
Steve Kalb
Moderators
Amy Strickler, Attendee, Rutgers University School Of Social Work
CE Eligible: On 'Contingent Anonymity': Korean Adoptee Experience of 'Blending In'
On ‘Contingent Anonymity’: Korean Adoptee Experiences of ‘Blending In’
09:00AM - 09:30AM
Presented by :
Ryan Gustafsson, Researcher, The University Of Melbourne
Activism and Advocacy by Overseas Adult Adoptees in South Korea
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Presented by :
Boon Young HAN, Presenter , Seoul National University
Co-authors :
Kim Stoker, Speaker
10:30AM - 10:45AM
Coffee Break
10:40AM - 12:15PM
Whole Conference
Keynote Address: Dr. Raven Sinclair
Speakers
Raven Sinclair, Keynote Speaker, University Of Regina
Amanda Baden, Speaker, Montclair State University
Welcome to the 10th Biennial Adoption Initiative Conference The Evolution of Adoption Practice: Activist and Community Perspectives
Welcome Remarks
10:40AM - 10:50AM
Presented by :
Amanda Baden, Speaker, Montclair State University
The Sixties Scoop and Indigenous Transracial Adoption: Loss, Anguish, and the Value of Righteous Rage
10:50AM - 12:15PM
Presented by :
Raven Sinclair, Keynote Speaker, University Of Regina
12:15PM - 01:30PM
Rooms
Friday Lunch Round Tables
Click on "Rooms" in the top right corner of Dryfta's website to join at roundtable. These interactive discussion tables enable discussion/meeting via text, audio, and/or video. Rooms are themed and you can join the appropriate room or create your own! Each room can hold up to 35 people.
01:30PM - 03:00PM
Whole Conference
Friday Afternoon Keynote Panel: Adoptees as Immigrants
Speakers
Daniel Drennan ElAwar, Presenter, Emily Carr University Of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
Anissa Druesedow , Founder, Adoptee Advocacy
Grace Newton, Keynote Panelist, Author At Red Thread Broken
Moderators
Chaitra Wirta-Leiker, Keynote Speaker; Panel Moderator, Beyond Words Psychological Services
03:00PM - 03:15PM
Coffee Break
03:15PM - 04:45PM
Friday Afternoon Breakout Sessions
03:15PM - 04:45PM
Session A Room
Friday Afternoon, Session A
Speakers
Ellen Pinderhughes, Presenter, Tufts University
Seungmi Lee, Student, Tufts University
Jiayi Liu, Presenter, Michigan State University
Ebony White, Presenter, Drexel University
Amanda Baden, Presenter, Conference Co-Chair, Professor, Montclair State University
Elliotte Harrington, Presenter, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Olivia Hobert, Student, Tufts University
Moderators
M. Nam Holtz, Planning Committee , Attendee, Clinician, Producer/Director: Found In Korea
Symposium on Racial and Adoption MicroaggressionsCE Eligible Symposium
Racial and Adoption Microaggressions: Adoptive Families’ Perceptions, Management and Preparation-for-Bias with their Adopted Children
03:15PM - 04:45PM
Presented by :
Ellen Pinderhughes, Presenter, Tufts University
Adoptive Families Navigating Adoption Microaggressions: Internal Boundary Management and Preparation-for-Bias
03:15PM - 04:45PM
Presented by :
Seungmi Lee, Student, Tufts University
Jiayi Liu, Presenter, Michigan State University
Ellen Pinderhughes, Presenter, Tufts University
Co-authors :
Xian Zhang
Anna Kimura, Student, University Of California Los Angeles
Ana Jurca, Presenter, Tufts University
Racial Microaggressions Experienced by Transracial Adoptees: Do Parents Talk About Them?
03:15PM - 04:45PM
Presented by :
Jiayi Liu, Presenter, Michigan State University
Co-authors :
Seungmi Lee, Student, Tufts University
Olivia Hobert, Student, Tufts University
Madeline Smith, Attendee/Presenter, Tufts University
Kaila Caffey, Student, Tufts University
Ellen Pinderhughes, Presenter, Tufts University
Diverse Communities: Adoption and Racial Microaggressions Experienced by Adoptive Parents of Chinese Adoptees
03:15PM - 04:45PM
Presented by :
Ebony White, Presenter, Drexel University
Ellen Pinderhughes, Presenter, Tufts University
Elliotte Harrington, Presenter, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Amanda Baden, Presenter, Conference Co-Chair, Professor, Montclair State University
Co-authors :
Xian Zhang
“You Have Mistaken Assumptions”: How Parents’ Role, Parent’s Preparation for Bias, and Children’s Ethnic Self-Labels Are Interrelated Among Transracial Adoptions from China
03:15PM - 04:45PM
Presented by :
Olivia Hobert, Student, Tufts University
Ellen Pinderhughes, Presenter, Tufts University
Co-authors :
Xian Zhang
03:15PM - 04:45PM
Session B Room
Friday Afternoon, Session B
Speakers
Meghan Kelly, Presenter
Chris Santizo-Malafronti, Presenter, Redwood Collective
Sarah Koff, Presenter, Redwood Collective
Moderators
JaeRan Kim, Presenter
Envisioning a Future without International Adoption
03:15PM - 04:00PM
Presented by :
Sarah Koff, Presenter, Redwood Collective
Co-authors :
Meghan Kelly, Presenter
Chris Santizo-Malafronti, Presenter, Redwood Collective
An Unapologetic Declaration for the Abolition of International Adoption
04:00PM - 04:45PM
Presented by :
Chris Santizo-Malafronti, Presenter, Redwood Collective
Sarah Koff, Presenter, Redwood Collective
Meghan Kelly, Presenter
03:15PM - 04:45PM
Session C Room
Friday Afternoon, Session C
Speakers
Michele Kriegman, Presenter, Reunion Land Press
Hollee McGinnis, Presenter, Virginia Commonwealth University
Olivia Zalecki, Presenter, Columbia University
Moderators
Jane Platt, Attendee
The Solomon's Choice of Legislative & Judicial Activism: When Social Justice for Adoptees & Donor-Conceived People Comes at the Price of Reunions
03:15PM - 03:45PM
Presented by :
Michele Kriegman, Presenter, Reunion Land Press
Adult Korean Adoptee Groups from the 1990s-2020s: Spaces of Mutual Aid, Empowerment, Belonging, and Change
03:45PM - 04:15PM
Presented by :
Hollee McGinnis, Presenter, Virginia Commonwealth University
The Geopolitics of Adoption: A Comparative Analysis of Asian American Adoptee Identity Formation
04:15PM - 04:45PM
Presented by :
Olivia Zalecki, Presenter, Columbia University
03:15PM - 04:45PM
Session D room
Friday Afternoon, Session D
Speakers
Zeina Ismail-Allouche, Keynote/invited SpeKER
Daniel Drennan ElAwar, Presenter, Emily Carr University Of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
Moderators
Angela Gee, Attendee
The life stories of individuals who expereinced transracial and/or intercountry adoption; a collaborative oral history research creation grounded in Indigenous Methodologies
03:15PM - 04:00PM
Presented by :
Zeina Ismail-Allouche, Keynote/invited SpeKER
My Vigil: From the Residential Schools to Gaza [A Creative Performance]
04:00PM - 04:45PM
Presented by :
Daniel Drennan ElAwar, Presenter, Emily Carr University Of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
04:45PM - 05:45PM
Happy Hour Social
Day 2, Mar 26, 2022
09:00AM - 10:30AM
Saturday Morning Breakout Sessions
09:00AM - 10:30AM
Session A Room
Saturday Morning, Session A
Speakers
Mirah Riben, Presenter
Gregory Luce, Presenter, Adoptee Rights Law Center PLLC
Valerie Andrews, Presenter , PhD Student, York University, Executive Director, Origins Canada
Moderators
M. Nam Holtz, Planning Committee , Attendee, Clinician, Producer/Director: Found In Korea
Mother Activism in Canada: The Road to the Senate
09:00AM - 09:30AM
Presented by :
Valerie Andrews, Presenter , PhD Student, York University, Executive Director, Origins Canada
Ensuring Ethical Practice in Child Adoption: A Guide for Legislators, Practitioners and Consumers of Adoption Services
09:30AM - 10:00AM
Presented by :
Mirah Riben, Presenter
What's Political is Personal: The History and Parameters of Undoing Your Own Adoption
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Presented by :
Gregory Luce, Presenter, Adoptee Rights Law Center PLLC
09:00AM - 10:30AM
Session B Room
Saturday Morning, Session B
Speakers
Anissa Druesedow , Founder, Adoptee Advocacy
Mike Davis, Presenter
Joe Nugent, Presenter
Michael Mullen, Presenter, Michael Mullen
Moderators
Jane Platt, Attendee
Deported Adoptees Speak
09:00AM - 10:30AM
Presented by :
Michael Mullen, Presenter, Michael Mullen
Mike Davis, Presenter
Joe Nugent, Presenter
Co-authors :
Anissa Druesedow , Founder, Adoptee Advocacy
09:00AM - 10:30AM
Session C Room
Saturday Morning, Session C
Speakers
Liz DeBetta, Presenter, Utah Valley University
Emerson Dickman, Presenter And Participant, Law Office Of Emerson Diskman
Rebecca Randall, Presenter, Montclair State University
Elliotte Harrington, Presenter, Fairleigh Dickinson University
LaShawn Adams, Presenter, Montclair State University
Amy Kobus, Presenter, Oregon Health & Science University
Amanda Baden, Presenter, Conference Co-Chair, Professor, Montclair State University
Moderators
Amy Strickler, Attendee, Rutgers University School Of Social Work
CE Eligible: Coming Out of the Fog and Grieving the GhostsCE Eligible: Microaggressions Targeting First/Birth Mother's Experiences in Adoption
Coming Out of the Fog and Grieving the Ghosts
09:00AM - 09:30AM
Presented by :
Liz DeBetta, Presenter, Utah Valley University
The Role of Genetic Expectancy in the Psychopathology of Children Who Are Adopted
09:30AM - 10:00AM
Presented by :
Emerson Dickman, Presenter And Participant, Law Office Of Emerson Diskman
Microaggressions Targeting First/Birth Mother’s Experiences in Adoption
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Presented by :
Rebecca Randall, Presenter, Montclair State University
Elliotte Harrington, Presenter, Fairleigh Dickinson University
LaShawn Adams, Presenter, Montclair State University
Amy Kobus, Presenter, Oregon Health & Science University
Amanda Baden, Presenter, Conference Co-Chair, Professor, Montclair State University
10:30AM - 10:45AM
Coffee Break
10:45AM - 12:15PM
Whole Conference
Saturday Morning Keynote Panel: Adoption as Privilege and Oppression
Speakers
Susan Dusza Guerra Leksander LMFT, Agency And Clinical Director, Pact, An Adoption Alliance
Blake Gibbins, Keynote Panelist
Susan Harness, Speaker/Panelist
Moderators
Adam Kim, Keynote Speaker, Wesleyan University
12:15PM - 01:30PM
Rooms
Saturday Lunch Round Tables
Click on "Rooms" in the top right corner of Dryfta's website to join at roundtable. These interactive discussion tables enable discussion/meeting via text, audio, and/or video. Rooms are themed and you can join the appropriate room or create your own! Each room can hold up to 35 people.
01:30PM - 03:00PM
Whole Conference
Saturday Afternoon Keynote Panel: What IS the Best Interest of the Child?
Speakers
Zeina Ismail-Allouche, Keynote/invited SpeKER
Shanyce Henley, Assistant Caseworker, On Your Feet Foundation
Tara Linh Leaman
Moderators
JaeRan Kim, Presenter
03:00PM - 03:15PM
Coffee Break
03:15PM - 04:45PM
Saturday Afternoon Breakout Sessions
03:15PM - 04:45PM
Session A Room
Saturday Afternoon, Session A
Speakers
Brett Furst, Primary Therapist, PACE Recovery Center
JaeRan Kim, Presenter
Sloan Nova, Presenter, University Of California San Francisco
Amanda Woolston, Presenter, Center For Grief And Trauma Therapy
Katy Perkins, Clinician And Adopted Person, Self
Moderators
Daniel Drennan ElAwar, Presenter, Emily Carr University Of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
CE Eligible: Twice Removed:Clinical and Practice Implications of Adoptees in Out of Home Care
Adoption and Addiction: The Role of Biological Parents in the Severity of Addiction
03:15PM - 03:45PM
Presented by :
Brett Furst, Primary Therapist, PACE Recovery Center
Twice Removed: Clinical and Practice Implications of Adoptees in Out of Home Care
03:45PM - 04:15PM
Presented by :
Sloan Nova, Presenter, University Of California San Francisco
JaeRan Kim, Presenter
"Dealing With" Adoptees: Exploring Mental Health Practices that Reinforce Dominant Cultural Myths of Adoption
04:15PM - 04:45PM
Presented by :
Amanda Woolston, Presenter, Center For Grief And Trauma Therapy
Katy Perkins, Clinician And Adopted Person, Self
03:15PM - 04:45PM
Session B Room
Saturday Afternoon, Session B
Speakers
Susan Branco, Assistant Professor, Licensed Professional Counselor, St. Bonaventure University
Sanna Stella, Attendee & Presenter
Amelia Sun Langkusch, Attendee/presenter
Johanne Thomson-Sweeny, Presenter, Université De Montréal
Moderators
M. Nam Holtz, Planning Committee , Attendee, Clinician, Producer/Director: Found In Korea
What Help Do International Adoptees Need When Experiencing Post-Adoption Contact Through Social Media?
03:15PM - 04:00PM
Presented by :
Johanne Thomson-Sweeny, Presenter, Université De Montréal
Liberating Our Ancestors: Adult Colombian Adoptee First Family Reunions
04:00PM - 04:45PM
Presented by :
Sanna Stella, Attendee & Presenter
Amelia Sun Langkusch, Attendee/presenter
Co-authors :
Susan Branco, Assistant Professor, Licensed Professional Counselor, St. Bonaventure University
03:15PM - 04:45PM
Session C Room
Saturday Afternoon, Session C
Speakers
Adam Pertman, Workshop Presenter, National Center On Adoption And Permanency
Sally Ankerfelt, Presenter, Growing Intentional Families Together, LLC
GAYLE SWIFT, Coach, Author, Adoptive Parent, Growing Intentional Families Together
Moderators
JaeRan Kim, Presenter
A Reckoning: Reconfiguring the Role of Faith Communities in Adoption
04:00PM - 04:45PM
Presented by :
Sally Ankerfelt, Presenter, Growing Intentional Families Together, LLC
Gayle Swift
Driving Progress in Adoption: From `Child Placement' to `Family Success'
03:15PM - 04:00PM
Presented by :
Adam Pertman, Workshop Presenter, National Center On Adoption And Permanency
Allison Maxon, Executive Director, National Center On Adoption And Permanency
04:30PM - 05:30PM
Closing & Social Hour
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