for Civil Rights in Adoption |
Led by Adoption Crossroads president, Joe Soll, C.S.W,, author
of "Adoption Healing ... A Path to Recovery"
and protesting "baby
selling" and other abuses, Adoption Crossroads launches the 12th
March on Washington for Civil Rights in Adoption.
a demonstration and
rally calling for access to birth records and other changes in adoption
laws.
Bound in chains, many blindfolded to demonstrate abuses suffered under
sealed birth records, hundreds of adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents,
adoption professionals from throughout the country begin at 11:00AM
Saturday, July 28. Marchers parade from Capitol Reflecting Pool, across
the Mall to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool for a Speak
Out & Rally at NOON.
The annual $1.53 billion dollar baby selling business is the
real reason behind closed records......Not privacy. It is time the government
and the public at large become aware of this violation of human rights.
EVENT: Demonstration & RALLY for Adoption
Reform by Adoption Crossroads
12th MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN ADOPTION
DATE: Saturday, July 28,
2001
TIME: 11:00 AM Marchers
parade from the west side of the Capitol Reflecting Pool
to Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool.
Noon - 3:00PM Speak Out & Rally for ADOPTION REFORM.
LOCATION: Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool.
MARCH: Marchers walk across the mall from the
west side of the Capitol Reflecting Pool to
the Lincoln Memorial where they will unfurl a "Missing in Adoption Quilt",
prior to
holding a memorial ceremony for those whose loved ones are missing in adoption.
CONTACT: Joe Soll, CSW, Director, Adoption Crossroads
845-268-0283, March Headquarters (prior to July 13, 2000)
914-420-4880, Portable Phone with Marchers on July 28th
202-638-1616, March Headquarters (July 13-16th, Holiday Inn Capitol Hill)
Adoption Crossroads, with 470+ affiliate organizations world-wide
representing over 500,000 individuals, is a non-profit organization dedicated
to promoting changes in adoption laws, policies and attitudes so that full
access to information is available to all those whose lives are affected
by adoption.
Adoption Crossroads, 74 Lakewood Drive, Congers, NY 10920
www.adoptioncrossroads.org