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		<title>Jennifer: Catherine (part 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Catherine finally speaks again, her voice is so low I have to lean closer still.
“I don’t remember going into labor at all. I don’t even remember that much about being pregnant with you but I do remember being in the hospital. I was lying down.   There was a doctor with a mask on his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=1261</link>
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		<title>Jennifer: Catherine (part one)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Catherine is on the earliest flight from Reno.
She will land in Portland by eight a.m.
I am going to pick her up at the airport.
We get a day together—just this day. She has a sick cat, a job that needs her and appointments in her date book she cannot possibly reschedule.
Catherine is my mother and we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=1259</link>
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		<title>Adoption Readiness Test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Preparatory  Class for Adoptive Parents
 View the flyer
View  the FAQ&#8217;s
This  comprehensive series is designed to meet most recommended pre-adoption  education requirements for international or domestic adoption or to  supplement agency trainings. We believe history is important in defining  the issues adoptive children face and creating positive outcomes.  Successful [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=1241</link>
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		<title>Shelise: Twice Foreign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Where I reside in Asian-American society, as a Korean adoptee, has  been referred to as the “third space.” It is a place that hovers  between who I was raised to be and who I was born to be.
I am a Korean adoptee.  I was raised in rural Minnesota by white  Lutherans [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=1193</link>
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		<title>Lifestory Books Come Alive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Instructor: MereAnn Reid, MA
When:  Three part series, TBA
Where: Collage Art Supply, Portland, Oregon
Cost: $65 per person

 
Registration Form
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Join us for a hands-on, creative workshop and adoptive parent discussion group. This 3-session series will include a review of major themes in adoption and child development, help using honest and positive language in sharing difficult [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=1122</link>
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		<title>Birth Parent Panel</title>
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Facilitator:  Astrid Dabbeni
When:  October 2,  2010
Time:  9:00-11:00 am
Where:  TBA in Portland, Oregon
Cost:  $30 per person

 

Registration form
Cancellation policy
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Adoption begins with the birth mother&#8217;s story, yet often their voices go unheard. Even in open adoption, the intimate experience of the birth mother may be unspoken. Though often difficult to hear, the birth mother experience [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=1016</link>
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		<title>Common Threads &#8211; Adult Adoptee Group</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Connect. Support. Create.
Facilitators: Astrid Dabbeni  and  Shelise Gieseke
 When: 6 week session begins Monday, September 20
 Time: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm 
 Where: TaborSpace, 5441 SE Belmont , Portland, Oregon
 Cost: $180 per person (Full and partial scholarships are available; email info@adoptionmosaic.org for details)

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Common Threads is an adult adoptee group open to adoptees [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=977</link>
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		<title>Kelly and Shelise &#8211; Fantasy and Adoption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About Kelly and Shelise:
 Kelly: is a  mama, writer, reader and  thinker. She has a graduate degree in sociology  with her thesis  research focused on heteronormativity and resulting  health care  disparities. Kelly is mama to one child, adopted  transracially through a  domestic open adoption.
Shelise: is a Korean [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=973</link>
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		<title>Kelly and Shelise &#8211; Adoption Language</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About Kelly and Shelise:
 Kelly: is a  mama, writer, reader and thinker. She has a graduate degree in sociology  with her thesis research focused on heteronormativity and resulting  health care disparities. Kelly is mama to one child, adopted  transracially through a domestic open adoption.
Shelise: is a Korean adoptee with an  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=971</link>
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		<title>Mei-Ling: Return to Taiwan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Landing in Taoyuan Airport, around 5 a.m.
The plane is beginning to descend on the island.
It is still too early &#8211; the city lights are just starting to come on amidst a dull bluish-gray fog. I take out my camera in the hopes of getting some first shots of my birth country, to capture this moment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=883</link>
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