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		<title>The Adoption Constellation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I hate this term &#8216;the triad&#8217;&#8221;
I don&#8217;t remember who said it, but I do remember that we all agreed. This was over 3 years ago. We were 5 women sitting around a dining room table having a board meeting, but also just talking about adoption. The term &#8220;the triad&#8221; (referring to birth parents, adoptees, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=1318</link>
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		<title>Building Bridges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What does it mean to build bridges within the adoption community?&#8221;
This is the question that Adoption Mosaic Executive Director Astrid Dabbeni addresses in our newest video blog. To view other videos please visit Adoption Mosaic&#8217;s  YouTube channel.

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		<link>http://blog.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=1310</link>
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		<title>Volunteering with Adoption Mosaic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every quarter Adoption Mosaic honors another amazing volunteer. Join us as Executive Director Astrid Dabbeni talks to Karmen about her volunteer experience.

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		<link>http://blog.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=1305</link>
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		<title>Adoptee Faces Deportation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A young adoptee who lives in Vancouver, Washington is now facing possible deportation to Mexico due to misinformation regarding obtaining citizenship. I wish this was just an isolated incident, but it is not. As I have previously posted, several international adoptees have already been deported to their respective countries due to paperwork oversights. The need [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=1300</link>
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		<title>Justice for birthmothers is an Oxymoron</title>
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A new post by Jane Edwards on Birth Mother, First Mothers Forum talks about the legalities surrounding relinquishing a child to adoption, and the difficulties birth mothers face when trying to obtain legal representation to contest an adoption.
From the post

&#8220;When Leticia learned her daughter, Ashley, was pregnant, she went to her pastor for advice. He referred her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=1282</link>
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		<title>On Finding My Mother</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not to be missed! New York Times Bestselling author and Adoption Mosaic volunteer, Jennifer Lauck, talks about life, writing, women, enlightenment and her latest memoir on finding her first mother.

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		<link>http://blog.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=1279</link>
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		<title>Striking a Balance; Talking About Adoption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Guest Blogger Shelise Gieseke, click here&#62;&#62; for more information on Adoption Mosaic Bloggers. Shelise&#8217;s thoughts on this post were inspired by the post What to Tell &#8212; And When on the blog Research-China.org
Talking about adoption with your children is a delicate balance – one that parents have to learn because it is not necessarily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=1264</link>
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		<title>The Myth of The Forever Family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adoption disruption and dissolution has received much attention from the media in recent months due to several high-profile cases. However, disruption and dissolution is nothing new in the world of domestic  and international adoption. Amid all the media buzz, thorough examination of the issue has been lacking. Remedying  this, Dawn Friedman has written a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=1253</link>
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		<title>Was Adopted or Am Adopted?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adoptees: Is adoption a singular event in your life? Or is it an ongoing identity you claim as your own? What is the difference between saying you WERE adopted as opposed to saying you ARE adopted? Adoption Mosaic Executive Director Astrid Dabbeni shares her thoughts in the following video. 

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		<link>http://blog.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=1248</link>
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		<title>Entitlement in a Grocery Store</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blog post written by Astrid Dabbeni
Several weeks ago, I was followed around a grocery store in the Pearl, an upscale neighborhood known to some as “Portland&#8217;s best-known art district.” At first, I didn&#8217;t realize that I was being followed on suspicion of shoplifting. Initially, I thought I was being stalked by another shopper. He followed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.adoptionmosaic.org/?p=1239</link>
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