On
DECEMBER 3rd, 1998, any Oregon-born adoptee over the age
of 21 will be able to receive a copy of his or her original birth
certificate for the first time since 1957. This right has been
restored thanks to the recent passage of Ballot Measure 58, the Adoptee
Rights Initiative. Oregon adoptees from all over the U.S.
will be visiting and contacting the Department of Vital
Statistics on December 3rd to legally request a copy
of their original birth certificates.
Bastard
Nation, the leading national adoptee rights organization, is
helping coordinate events at Vital Statistics offices nationwide
to show solidarity with the adoptees of Oregon and to celebrate National
Adoptee Rights Day: a day dedicated to supporting dignity and
ending government-sanctioned shame in adoption. 14 states
and over 20 sites will be participating in this year’s
inaugural event.
On
Thursday, December 3rd, adoptees will be walking into
their local Departments of Vital Statistics, County Clerks, or
applicable offices to apply for a copy of their original birth
certificates, just as adult adoptees in Kansas, Alaska, and
Oregon can. Adoptees nationwide will be visiting, faxing, and
calling for their original birth certificates on this day.
Adoptees will be available at Rush sites in cities around the
nation to speak out on the injustice of permanently sealed
records and what we can do to end this system. Among these
adoptees will be those whose birthdates were deliberately
changed, those who were unable to obtain passports due to amended
birth certificates, and those who discovered they were adopted as
adults “by accident.”
Thurs.,
Dec. 3rd, Time: 12 – 1 pm unless
noted by * Contact leaders for details and local angles. Contact
National Leader Ron Morgan for more info. 415-647-2417.
MONTGOMERY,
AL
Alabama
Department of Health
201
Monroe St., Suite 1140 D
Montgomery,
AL 36104
Leader:
David Ansardi dansardi@scott.net
FORT
SMITH, AR:
Sebastian
County Clerk Courthouse
35 South
6th
Fort
Smith, AR 72901
TUSCON,
AZ:
Pima
County Clerk
110 West
Congress St.
Tucson,
AZ 85701-1707
Cheryl
Richmond, V: 8am-5pm 520-626-6379, after 5 pm: 520-770-9727,
F:520-626-3206,
LOS
ANGELES, CA
*TIME: 11
am - 12 pm
Los
Angeles County Recorder
12400
East Imperial Hwy., Rm # 1002
Los
Angeles, CA 90053-0120
Denise
Gray V/F 562-683-2125
SACRAMENTO, CA:
Sacramento
County Clerk-Recorder
600 8th
Street
Sacramento,
CA 95814
at the
corner of 8th & F Streets
Leader:
acconet@earthlink.com
SAN
FRANCISCO, CA:
Birth
Records Department
101 Grove
Street, Room 105
San
Francisco, CA 94102
Contact:
Ron Morgan
415-647-2417
SAN JOSE,
CA
Santa
Clara County Recorder
70 West
Hedding Street
San Jose,
CA 95112
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MACON,
GA:
Bibb
County Health Department
749 Emory
Highway
Macon, GA
31201
Contact:
Pat Marler (405) 341-0044 (afternoons & eves only)
CHICAGO,
IL
*TIME:
1:00 - 2:00
Cook
County Bureau Of Vital Stats.
118 North
Clark Street
Chicago,
IL 60602
Leader:
Gregory Beach
Phone:
(847) 856-0064
BOSTON,
MA
Department
of Vital Statistics
470
Atlantic Avenue - (meet outside the door on the 2nd Fl)
Downtown
Boston, MA
(617)
753-8600
Leader:
Susan Gespard SGaspard@bigbroboston.org
MINNEAPOLIS,
MN
Dept of
Health/Birth Records
717
Delaware Street, SE
Minneapolis,
MN 55414
Contact:
Diana Inch
(320)
251-7037
COLUMBIA,
MO
BooneCty.
Howard Municipal Bldg
600 East
Broadway
Columbia,
MO
Leader: Linda Shipley 573-814-3469 OR 884-6224
CARSON
CITY, NV:
Nevada
State Vital Records Office
Division
of Health/Vital Statistics
505 East
King Street, Rm #102
Carson
City, NV 89710
Leader: Debbie Keegan sdebbie@ix.netcom.com
LAS
VEGAS, NV
Clark
County District Health Department
625
Shadow Lane
Las
Vegas, NV 89106
(702)
383-1223
Leader:Sandy
andc@prodigy.net
ALBANY,
NY
NY State
Vital Records Office
Empire
State Plaza Concourse
Albany,
NY 12237-0023
Leader: Christopher Philippo 518-283-5157
NEW YORK,
NY
125 Worth
Street, Room 133
(between
Centre & Lafayette Sts.)
New York,
NY 10013
Leader:John Peret 732-240-9659
OKLAHOMA
CITY, OK
*TIME:
11.30 - 1.30
Oklahoma
State Dept of Health,
1000
N.E. 10th, Rm 117
Ok
City, OK 73117
Pat
Marler (405) 341-0044
TULSA, OK
Vital
Records Service
108 N.
Greenwood
Tulsa, OK
74120
PORTLAND,OR:
*TIME: 1
pm
OR Health
Div. Center of Health Stats
800 N.E.
Oregon St./Suite #205
Portland,
OR 97232
Helen
Hill: 503-368-5786
MEDFORD,OR:
*TIME: 1
pm
Jackson
County Courthouse
100 S.
Oakdale Ave.
Medford,
OR 97520
Teresa Safay 541-488-6422 tjnbubba@mind.net
PHILADELPHIA,
PA:
Vital
Statistics
Philadelphia
Dept. Public Health
401 North
Broad Street, Rm 942
Philadelphia,
PA 19108
C.K.
Holub 215-843-6220
NEW
CASTLE, PA
Vital
Recs. State Dept of Health
P.O. Box
1528
101 South
Mercer Street
New
Castle, PA 16101
Nancy dispatcher51@yahoo.com
Contact
local leaders for individual site details. It’s time
for equal rights and dignity in adoption. End the shame
– end the negative stigma. Thank you for reading.
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