Training:

"Personal Belongings" Project: Returning Records to Adoptees & Birth Families

Jun 18
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 – 9:30am
9:30am - 11:00am

Recording Notes: This webinar will be recorded and added to our webinar library.

Audience: Caregivers & Professionals
Level: Beginner
Ages addressed: All ages

PLEASE NOTE: To receive a certificate of attendance for the live webinar, attendees must register individually, attend the entire training, and watch from their own device to ensure proper tracking

The Minnesota Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF) is working to return approximately 9,500 personal items to adoptees and birth families, some dating back to 1885. This session explores the complexities of such efforts, drawing from a similar 2019 initiative in Seattle, where over 3,000 adoption files were audited and items returned. Attendees will gain insight into structuring large-scale record restoration projects, navigating ethical dilemmas, and overcoming challenges to ensure adoptees have access to their personal histories.

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Location:

FosterEd Adopt Minnesota - Webinar

https://www.fosteradoptmn.org/

Angela Tucker is a Black transracial adoptee and the author of "You Should Be Grateful:" Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption, published in April 2023 by Beacon Press. Her search for her biological family was featured in the documentary CLOSURE, which premiered on Netflix in 2015. In 2022, Angela founded the non-profit Adoptee Mentoring Society, offering virtual mentorship for adoptees worldwide.