Welcome to What Next:The Adoptee Rights Podcast. Each week we’ll talk about the state of adoptee rights and all that it is—or isn’t. We’ll feature state and federal legislative updates, interviews, and legal developments, plus we’ll discuss the frequent absurdities and complications of being an adopted person.
Join AU’s Gregory Luce and his guests as they discuss the state of adoptee rights. Fun and informative, with a constant bottom line of equality for all adopted people.
Current Episode: DIB+
Erica Babino talks with Greg about Roe v. Wade, diversity, inclusion, and belonging in adoptee rights, plus what an adoptee rights retreat could bring and do for the community.
Erica Babino is New York born and Texas-adopted. She has a long history in the adoptee rights movement, including as former legislative director of the American Adoption Congress and as a current board member with Adoptees United Inc. She currently oversees equity and inclusion work at a private educational institution in Portland.
Erica is a consultant to numerous organizations on organizational issues of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. She is also the author of Rolling Into Peace, a children’s book that explores mediation and conflict resolution using a stimulating and visionary approach that is logical and relatable to children. Another book in the series is forthcoming.
Previous Episode: Outside the Fold
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A conversation with biologist and climate scientist Sandra Steingraber, about adoption, cancer, and queerness.
Dr. Sandra Steingraber is a rockstar in her field, related to her research, writing, lectures, and activism on issues related to chemical pollutants and environmental dangers in our communities, including fracking.
But she’s also an adopted person, and Greg talks with her about her experience as an adoptee within the context of multiple communities, including academia, science, cancer survivors, and, more recently, the world of adoptee rights, particularly her identity as a queer adoptee.
And Another Episode: History
Vermont is on the precipice of history as an unrestricted equal rights bill is poised to become law. And Louisiana is on the same track.
Greg talks with many of the advocates who are making history in Vermont and the Northeast. He also discusses a pending Louisiana bill with Elise Lewis, plus provides other legislative notes, including the latest efforts to secure US citizenship for thousands of intercountry adoptees who are currently denied that citizenship.
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