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Celebrity “Guncles” Reach Out to Prospective Adoptive Parents
New dads, Scout Masterson & Bill Horn, also known as, The Guncles, on Oxygen’s hit reality show, “Tori & Dean Home Sweet Hollywood” have started an adoption mentoring service called “Hold My Hand” to answer questions prospective parents have concerning adoption and parenting. Scout and Bill adopted their daughter, Simone, just over a year ago [...]
America Adopts! An Open Adoption Meeting Place
is a brand new resource for families pursuing open adoption. America Adopts! functions as a meeting place, offering various services that help prospective adoptive parents put their best foot forward as they reach out to potential birthparents. America Adopts! primary service allows prospective adoptive parents to create a four page adoption profile. Writing and networking [...]
IAC Launches Open Portrait for Adoption Awareness
The Independent Adoption Center (IAC) is excited to launch Open Portrait, a Tumblr blog celebrating lives touched by open adoption. This idea formed when we asked our Facebook fans to post pictures of their favorite captured moments of their children. The photos were heart warming and seeing them in succession painted a wonderful portrait of [...]
E-Zine, MasalaMommas, Interviews IAC Waiting Family
Don Paul & Preetha Bhat are an IAC family pursuing open adoption. Don and Preetha were recently interviewed by an e-zine for South Asian mothers, called MasalaMommas. The interview touches on their challenges with conceiving and their decision to adopt. They offer advice on infertility, a closer look into their parenting philosophy and why it [...]
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Also tagged adoptive family profiles, adoptive parenting, open adoption
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Waiting Family Interviewed in E-Zine for South Asian Moms
Marisa Eide & Imran Ashraf are an IAC family pursuing open adoption. Marisa was recently interviewed by an e-zine for South Asian mothers, called MasalaMommas. It’s a great interview addressing topics such as open adoption, transracial adoption, and mixed race marriage. Read the full interview by Anjum Choudhry Nayyar, “The Choice to Adopt: One Couple’s [...]
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Also tagged adoptive family profiles, adoptive parenting, transracial adoption
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Go from “Facebook to Family” in Summer 2011 Issue of Open Adoption
Letter from the Editor: The past few months at the IAC have been eventful. Each office hosted their annual picnic, and two offices participated in their local pride parades to support LGBT adoption. Each event was a success — so thank you to all who attended — it was a joy to see your smiling [...]
Posted in Open Adoption Magazine
Also tagged adoption statistics, adoption wait time, LBGT adoption, open adoption
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Open Adoption Magazine, Spring 2011, Available for Download
Download the full version here. Recent events in Japan have reminded me of the importance of staying connected with friends and family. Myself and a few other IAC staff members have special connections with people in Japan whose lives have been heavily affected by these occurrences. How fortunate we are to have resources like the [...]
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Also tagged birthmothers, open adoption, Open Adoption Magazine
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Making the most of Facebook for your adoption
It’s exciting to see what a large and active community the IAC has on Facebook. It has become a place for asking questions, providing encouragement, and sharing lives brought together through adoption. For prospective waiting families having a Facebook page is a great way to be proactive and take charge of your adoption. While the [...]
Media Spotlight – Part 3 of 3
Managing A Twitter Account Twitter can be very effective at disseminating information widely and rapidly, but it can also be very overwhelming, as there are hundreds of tweets made per minute. Also with the invention of Twitter has come a whole slew of new vocab terms to learn. Visit the Twitter Help Center for a [...]
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Media Spotlight – Part 2 of 3
YouTube Video Creation The simplest way to create an adoption video is to create a slideshow of images and add music and text. There are many ways to do this; some are free and some cost money. Windows users should check out Windows Movie Maker or Microsoft PowerPoint; Mac users check out iMovie and Keynote. [...]
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