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"Open adoption and open records are important byways. But they are not the most compelling route. Family preservation is."
Dr. Randolph Severson, The Soul of Family Preservation

“Regrettably, in many cases, the emphasis has changed from the desire to provide a needy child with a home, to that of providing a needy parent with a child. As a result, a whole industry has grown, generating millions of dollars of revenues each year . . .”
The Special Rapporteur, United Nations, Commission on Human Rights, 2003.

"Over the past 30 years, the number of families from wealthy countries wanting to adopt children from other countries has grown substantially. At the same time, lack of regulation and oversight, particularly in the countries of origin, coupled with the potential for financial gain, has spurred the growth of an industry around adoption, where profit, rather than the best interests of children, takes centre stage. Abuses include the sale and abduction of children, coercion of parents, and bribery."
UNICEF's position on Inter-country adoption.

"...overseas adoption is a kind of child abuse by the state. ....Overseas adoption is the forced expulsion of children from the society where they are supposed to live. In this sense, overseas adoption is a social violence against children. As humans, we exist as part of a gigantic ecosystem. The existence of the biological parents of adoptees can never be annihilated nor denied.
"Overseas adoption is a forced separation of children from their natural ecosystems, as well as a way of forcing them into compulsory unity with settings different from and unnatural to their genetic and original social systems. Through this forced separation and compulsory unity, not only the adoptees, but also their biological parents, adoptive parents and their family members suffer trauma." Pastor Kim Do-hyun, director of KoRoot

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Adoption Film Screening Opportunity!

Don't miss these Fall screenings of the documentary film, "Resilience":


A story of loss and separation, Resilience takes a unique look at international adoption from the perspective of a Korean natural mother and her American son.

Washington DC
Sat October 9, 2010 at 1:00pm (FREE)
DC APA Film Festival - Awarded Best Documentary Feature!

San Diego, CA
Mon October 25, 2010 at 6:00pm
Thu October 28, 2010 at 4:00pm
San Diego Asian Film Festival

Boston, MA
Sat October 30, 2010 (time TBD)
Boston Korean Adoptees Film Festival

Vancouver, CAN
Nov 4-7, 2010 (screening info TBD)
Vancouver Asian Film Festival

Minneapolis, MN
Sun November 7, 2010 at 3:00pm
Minnesota Transracial Film Festival

Philadelphia, PA
Sat November 13, 2010 at 6:30pm
Korean Adoptee Association of Philadelphia
(more info coming soon)

For more information or to host a screening near you email: info@resiliencefilm.com

View the trailer and learn more:

www.resiliencefilm.com
twitter.com/RESILIENCEfilm
www.facebook.com/resiliencefilm
www.youtube.com/ResilienceFilm
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