AFMIT | meetings

2007-2008 Meetings

Date	Topic
September 19, 2007	I Wish For You a Beautiful Life ~ Birthmothers and adoption.
September 14, 2007	Big Sibling Program Orientation ~ 5:30 pm, E19-4th Floor Conf Rm
October 17, 2007	An Ordinary Day & Invisible Identities ~ Talk and DVD presentation from the Adoption Community of New England ~ "How the Child Experiences Being Adopted" and/or "Standing in an Adoptee's Shoes."
November 14, 2007	Myths, Realities & Celebrating Adoption ~ We will have an AFMIT booth in Lobby 10 sometime in November.
December 12, 2007	Lifebooks, Photos, Lessons, Journals, Family
January 16, 2008	Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew ~ Audio presentation from the Adoption Community of New England.
February 20, 2008	Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother ~Discussion and Excerpts from the book by Jana Wolff
March 19, 2008	Your Adopted Teen ~"I Wonder..." Teenagers Talk about Being Adopted. Video presentation from the Adoption Community of New England.
March - date TDB	Special Conference with Dr. Jane Aronson
April 16, 2008	Domestic Adoption
May 21, 2008	A Revolution in the Family 2008: Adoption's Impact on Identity, Community and Culture with Guest Speaker Adam Pertman, Exec. Dir. Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute. 6pm-7:30pm, location TBA. Please RSVP to dtavit@mit.edu if you plan to attend this special event.
June 18, 2008	Health, History and the Internationally Adopted Child~Loved, but Alone.