Adoption in the News

Celebrate Adoption Cincinnati members are always on the lookout for information about adoption in the general news media. In fact, some of our members have been the subject of media coverage themselves. Here, a listing of adoption-related information from a variety of different media sources.

One Family, Two Adoption Stories One of Celebrate Adoption Cincinnati's member families, profiled in Cincinnati Parent magazine.

Lost and Found: Sisters Who Grew Up Not Knowing Other Existed, Meet Recently featured on newsradio program The Story, Devy Burch & Pat Willis reunite nearly 70 years after one was ensnared in the Georgia Tann adoption scandal of the 1940s.

"I'm Legit," a Song by Adult Adoptee Zara Phillips featuring DMC Says Zara on her Web page, "This [song] is about searching for my truth for my rights as a human being so that I may stand in the world like other people and tell you my name. Adopted people have rights,we need to know our truth to help us live a productive life."

Share the Story of Your Child's Adoption Article featured in the Sunday, February 14, 2010 edition of USA Weekend offers advice to adoptive parents about how to keep the adoption discussion an on-going one with your child.

Workshop topic: Interracial Adoption An article by John Johnston of the Cincinnati Enquirer, featuring one of Celebrate Adoption Cincinnati's member families and our February 2010 workshop.

Women Celebrate Adoption An article by John Johnston of the Cincinnati Enquirer about A Celebration of Women Touched By Adoption, our annual event honoring women representing each facet of the adoption triad. John interviewed one of Celebrate Adoption Cincinnati's members and her daughter's birthmother in this moving piece.

Adoption Celebration for Mothers An internet article and live broadcast interview by Jenell Walton, weekend anchor at local ABC news affiliate WCPO (Channel 9) of Celebrate Adoption's Julie E. and her daughter's birthmother Lindsey M. The interview promotes our annual event, A Celebration of Women Touched By Adoption.

Ann Hood: The Red Thread Featured on NPR's The Diane Rehm Show, best-selling author Ann Hood chronicles her personal experiences adopting a daughter from China, as well as discusses her new fiction work, The Red Thread about families adopting from China. At the 45-minute mark, Christine T. from Cincinnati--a member of Celebrate Adoption--phones in to contribute to the conversation and mentions our Celebration of Women Touched By Adoption event.

Why "Mother and Child" Insults Parents Like Me A review on Salon.com of Rodrigo Garcia's film about the losses suffered by all three sides of the adoption triad by adoptive mother and author Sarah Coleman.

Our Adoption Story Was A "Facebook Fairytale" Seth & Melissa Edlavitch share insights in how they conducted their search for their child, using social media as part of their networking plan.

Open Adoption: Not So Simple Math A "Modern Love" article in The New York Times by Amy Seek, a birthmother (and former Cincinnatian) in an open adoption with her son and his adoptive family.

My Money's On Nurture For The Win A blog entry from Maura B., an adult adoptee who reflects on her friends' and parents' journeys to parenthood and the complex place birthparents have in the lives and hearts of their offspring.