Program Schedule - Adoption Initiative Conference 2020/2022

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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