Upcoming Adoption Forum in NYC: The Impact of Chinese and other International Adoption Practices in relation to Birth Families, Abandonment and Searches
The Board of Directors of FCC of Greater NY and the Asian/Pacific/
American Institute at New York University are honored to present An Adoption Forum featuring David Smolin, Brian Stuy and Longlan Stuy who will speak about their work and experiences concerning
The Impact of Chinese and other International Adoption Practices in relation to
Birth Families, Abandonment and Searches
Saturday, October 20, 12PM-6PM
19 University Place, (near E 8th St.), NYU, NY
REGISTER online at www.fccny.org
$15 per person for FCCNY members, $20 for non-members
FREE students (16yrs+) and NYU student registration. Students should rsvp to Kathy at
fccnybrooklyn@ aol.com
Brian H. Stuy is the owner and founder of Research-China. org, an
organization that obtains information about a China adoptee's history
and birthplace. He has visited and researched orphanages throughout
China, seeking answers for adoptive parents about their children's
beginnings. Brian has been actively involved in FCC -Utah for a number
of years, including as president of the chapter. He has had numerous
articles regarding adoption research appear in Adoption Today Magazine
and various FCC publications.
Brian speaks about the adoption program in China and discusses various
issues that confront adoptive parents when contemplating or performing a
search, and how individual orphanage programs can impact the success of
a search.
Longlan Stuy is Research-China. Org's in-country researcher and
translator. She has worked with Brian since the inception of
Research-China. She owned "Longlan's Place" on Shamian Island from 1996
until her marriage to Brian in 2004. She shares her vast knowledge and
love of her home country with the adoptive community, and is passionate
about assisting the children who remain in China's orphanages. Brian and
Longlan have three daughters from China: Meikina from DianBai, Meigon
from Guangzhou, and Meilan from Luoyang.
Longlan speaks about her first hand experiences with the different
orphanages in China in relation to various patterns and issues, finding
and talking with birth families, and how and why birth families in China
have come to relinquish their children.
Professor David Smolin, Harwell G. Davis Professor of Constitutional Law
and Director, Center for Biotechnology, Law, and Ethics, at Cumberland
Law School, Samford University, is a noted scholar on the effect of
population policies on international adoption and related issues. He has
made presentations to the Hague Special Commission on the Practical
Operation of the Hague Adoption Treaty, to the Central Authorities over
Adoption of the Canadian government, at the Sao Paulo, Brazil, State
Supreme Court, at the Korean Women's Development Institute and the
Second International Symposium on Korean Adoption Studies in Seoul, S.
Korea, to the Joint Council on International Children's Services annual
symposium, and to many academic adoption conferences. David and his wife
Desiree have 2 daughters who were adopted from India.
David provides some information for better understanding China's
adoption practices in the context of the broader world of intercountry
adoption and what has happened in adoptions from other nations. He will
discuss the issue of the increasing significance of adult adoptee
participation in intercountry adoption discourse and how that might
impact the Chinese adoption community in the future. He will also be
looking at the aftermath of abusive adoption practices and at some of
the difficulties that arise, for families, with those practices,
including issues relevant to special needs and older child adoption. He
will also discuss competing narratives regarding intercountry adoption
from China, and how such narratives can impact adoption triad members.
Questions? Contact Linda Mancini,
linda.mancini@ hotmail.com
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Schedule
12:00pm - Arrival/Registration
12:15pm - Opening Remarks
12:30pm - Brian Stuy speaks about the adoption program in China and
discusses various issues that confront adoptive parents when
contemplating or performing a search, or when presenting a child's
pre-adoption history, and how individual orphanage programs can impact
our child's understanding of their origins, and the the success of a
search.
1:30pm - Longlon Stuy speaks about her first hand experiences with the
different orphanages in China in relation to different patterns and
issues, finding and talking with birth families, and how and why birth
families in China have come to relinquish their children.
2:00pm - Audience Questions/discussion with Brian, Longlan, Adoption Psychologist
2:45pm - Break
3:00pm - David Smolin provides some information for better understanding
China's adoption practices in the context of the broader world of
intercountry adoption and what has happened in adoptions from other
nations. He will discuss the issue of the increasing significance of
adult adoptee participation in intercountry adoption discourse and how
that might impact the Chinese adoption community in the future. He will
also be looking at the aftermath of abusive adoption practices and at
some of the difficulties that arise, for families, with those practices,
including issues relevant to special needs and older child adoption.
4:00pm - Audience Questions/discussion with David Smolin, Adoption Psych
4:30pm - Wrap-up,concluding remarks with David, Brian and Longlan
5:00pm - Wine & Cheese reception
Ethics, Transparency, Support
~ What All Adoptions Deserve.
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