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The basics of Adoptee Rights Activism. Read
it to know the issues and the arguments.
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A
primer on getting the word out. Read it, do
it, and make a difference.
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Action
Alerts: Click on the logo below to see what's
happening now and how you can help. Write a letter
today!
Membership
Drive: Increase the visibility of Bastard Nation's message in your community.
Learn how to set up an outreach
table at a community event, distribute literature and membership flyers
(download and print PDF membership flyer:
2.6MB),
and meet new prospective members.
Interact: Resources for interacting with other Adopted Citizens on the Internet. Email lists, live chat, Usenet.
-- Annual Activities --
Reg Day - Sponsored by The Adoption Registration Coalition (ARC) to increase public awareness of the International Soundex Reunion Registry (ISSR), a non-profit mutual consent registry dedicated to reuniting adult family members separated by adoption, divorce, or other dislocation. This year's Reg Day is Saturday, October 2, 2004.
November
is Adoption Awareness Month!
Be on the lookout for stories and news about adoption
and make sure you respond! Write letters; make phone calls;
educate the public on adult adoptee rights!
-- Past Activism --
Bastards on the Bayou
protest in front of the Louisiania Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics. New Orleans. May 17, 2002
Adoptee
Rights Day: June 2nd. Celebrates the anniversary of the final passage of Oregon's
Adoptee Rights bill, Measure 58. Public awareness events at Vital Records offices and local hubs. Focus is
on equal rights and dignity for adopted citizens. Multiple cities nationwide. 1998 - 2001
Bastards
on the Boardwalk Adoptee Dignity March in Atlantic City, NJ. October 9, 1999
Bastards in the Belly of the Beast
protest in front of NCFA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. May 14, 1999
Bastard Bookstore
display. Community outreach in San Francisco, CA. 1998
T.I.E.S. Benefit with Christina Crawford -
Booksigning and benefit screening of "Mommie Dearest" for the Terminal Illness Emergency Search Program in Seattle, WA. April 3, 1998
Oregon Open '98
Ballot Initiative Rally for Measure 58 in Portland, OR. March 21, 1998
Bastards at the Bell
- Let Freedom Ring! "Our Records, Our Rights" Rally in Philadelphia, PA. November 8, 1997
American Bar Association
protest during their annual meeting to make lawyers aware of the anti-adoptee provisions
in the 1994 Uniform Adoption Act. San Francisco, CA. August 2, 1997
Sealed Records Protest
as part of the Birth of a Bastard Nation conference in Chicago, IL. July 18, 1997
Adoptee Dignity Recognized in American Greetings Case!
Internet Activism gets anti-adoptee card withdrawn. Read Marley Greiner's piece on this success in the Columbus Dispatch. February - March, 1997
Secrets and Lies Rallies -
series of open records public awareness events in conjunction with the award-winning Oscar-nominated film, "Secrets & Lies." Multiiple cities. 1996 - 1997
See
the BN
Press Page for more coverage of BN-sponsored
events and media materials.
 The
Bastard Nation Boutique!
Where you can order BN tee-shirts, pins, bumper
stickers and literature.
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