Upcoming Adoption Events - October & November

Well, it is that time of the year. The NC Coalition for Adoption Reform (NCCAR) is in it's 'educational' mode. We ususally do this all in the month of November, but this year it will start in October and go through November.

An email was sent out asking members to please renew their membership with NCCAR, even if we will not be doing any legislation for the next year or so. Educating the masses takes money and a lot of it. Please go to our website and to the registration page to find out how to renew or become a new member if you are just finding out about us.

October 9 - Transracial Adoption Support Group of Raleigh. We will be doing an adoption panel for over 20 adoptive parents. We have an Adoptive mother and her daughter who are in a very open adoption. We have a bi-racial birthmother who has just reunited with her daughter. We also have a Korean adoptee who will be joining us via Google Chat & video. Then there are two other adoptees also one found by her birthmother, and another who is no longer in reuinon with her birthmother.

October 14 - We will be showing the documentary on Adam Pertman to the Durham County DSS. We will also be doing some neat adoption exercises with the social workers, to try and help them 'GET IT'.

October 23 - BIG EVENT - This will be an ALL DAY event. Four adoption movies during the day, and then a big evening of music. Opening will be Jo Gore and the Alternatives from 7:00 - 7:30pm and then Mary Gauthier [Go-Shay] and Tania Elizabeth will perform. Mary is an adult adoptee, and will be singing from her new album "The Foundling". This event is $25.00 for the whole day, $10.00 for just the movies, and $15.00 for just the Music.
This is an RSVP event, so please go to our website and see how you can RSVP for this.

November 1 - NCCAR will start out showing Jean Strauss's - For the Life of Me to the DSS workers in Rowan County. Later that evening I will be showing 2 Niteline documentaries to the Davidson County DSS and Foster Parents. We have adoption related exercises which are done at most of our film viewings.

November 2 - NCCAR members will start out in Lincoln County showing two different documentaries one on foster care, then that night I will be in Polk County NC to show Foster Parents - Foster Care: Calling All Angels. Adoption exercises will be done with these group also

November 4 - Starts out in Onslow County showing to one of our favorite groups from last year, showing them 'For The Life of Me', and then showing the same movie to our other favorite group from last year Pitt County DSS. We will be doing some of our adoption exercises at each of these viewings.

November 5 - Has members of NCCAR in Mecklenburg County showing them the two Nightline Documentaries and our adoption related exercises.

November 7 - Triangle Adoption Support Group will see For the Life of Me - from 2:30 - 4:30 pm

November 9 - Adoption Triad Dialogue Support Group in Greensboro will be seeing For the Life of Me.

November 15 - NCCAR members will be back on the road to Gates County DSS to show them 'For the Life of Me' and doing adoption related exercises.

We still have a couple of Foster Parent groups which we may also be showing to during November.

As you can see we do a lot of traveling with our education, so if you feel so inclined, please go to our website and see how you can help us out with our costs. Our October 23 event is going to cost us quite a bit of our reserved cash.

If you know of any group you would like for us to come and educate about adoption, please contact us. We do this during anytime of the year, but National Adoption Awareness Month - November is always a great time to do it in. Please do not hesitate to contact us, and we will try to set up a time to accomodate you and your group.