Adoption Advocacy

Learn about the issues, and where and how you can make a difference.

Advocating With Books
Great ways we can use books as an advocacy tool, whether we buy them ourselves or recommend them to others.

National Adoption Awareness Month
November is National Adoption Awareness Month, and it's never too early or too late to get started with plans to organize or participate in activities. Find ideas for every day of the month and share your own.

National Foster Care Awareness Month
The focus this month (May) is on advocacy, programs to help foster youth make the transition to independent living, and the pressing need for foster families. Here's what you need to get involved.

On Behalf of Samuel
Adoptive parents from Norway are taking it public. Their concerns are conditions and care for children in institutions, starting with the Philippine orphanage from which they adopted their son, Samuel.

Parent Power Works in Washington
Advocating for adoption issues at the highest levels of government can work. Using the example of Cambodia adoptions, William L. Pierce explained.

Become an Activist
Resources and information for those who want to do more than sit on the sidelines.

International Advocacy/Reform
Adoption reform and legislation is being considered around the world as attitudes change and practices become more universal. Illegal adoptions, open records, aboriginal issues, and the Hague Convention are only a few of the topics covered here.

Issues in Adoption & Foster Care
Explore the issues that affect the adoption and foster care communities. Transracial adoption, false abuse allegations, and best practices are some of the issues under the microscope.

Organizations - State and Local
If you're interested in getting involved in open records reform, this listing of state and local organizations is the perfect place to start.

Organizations - US/Canada
Nationwide organizations in the US and Canada advocating for adoption and foster care issues, children, and families.