As I watched their proud faces I realized that our founders original vision has clearly become a reality. Mediator Suzie Arnold's daughter Iris taking a rest at this summer's celebration. Adoption has changed dramatically over the past decade. Closed adoption is now perceived as a flawed antiquity. Open adoption is collectively viewed as an ideal model that uniquely meets the needs of all parties involved.
Open adoption is the adoption of the future.
And we have so much to teach the next generation. It is time to build an open adoption community with you and your families at its core. We will begin by surveying clients who adopted 5 - 15 years ago about the joys and challenges in their adoptions. Then we will invite panels of adoptive parents, birthparents and adoptees to speak at a symposium on a variety of adoption related topics. Co-founder Jeanne Etter was recognized at the Eugene and Portland picnic.