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21
Aug

USCIS Telephone Scam

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Below is an email that we received (emphasis added) from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) about a telephone scam targeting applicants. As we believe that keeping your personal information safe is of the utmost importance, we ask that you please share this, especially among your adoption circles. In recent weeks, U.S. Citizenship and ...
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2
Aug

Rebels In Congo Face Pressure From United Nations

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in Adoption News, Congo
On Tuesday, the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo of approximately 19,000, issued an ultimatum to some 30 rebel forces of the unstable eastern area of DRC. Rebels were told that they had a deadline of Thursday at 4:00pm to disarm, or U.N. troops would disarm by force. According to a Christian ...
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1
Feb

Adoption Makes Fatherhood Dreams Come True For Dallas Cowboy’s DeMarcus Ware

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Not all great football players start playing football at the age of 3, and this professional athlete is a great example. DeMarcus Ware didn’t step onto a football field until his junior year of high school. Before then, he had played baseball, basketball, and track. During football season his senior year, he was named MVP ...
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25
Jan

AshLee Frazier’s Adoption Story Brings Bachelor Sean Lowe to Tears

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AshLee Frazier is one of many women competing for the attention and love of this season’s Bachelor, Sean Lowe, but she caught my attention the other night when she spoke about adoption. AshLee and Sean had a very special one-on-one date last night, in which she opened up about her past. Sean had asked her ...
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22
Dec

Katherine Heigl Goes Domestic Adoption Route

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Emmy Award winner and Grey’s Anatomy star Katherine Heigl was recently a guest on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” when her latest adoption was brought up. Katherine Heigl and husband Josh Kelly adopted their first daughter from South Korea back in 2009. Three year old Naleigh is now a big sister to newborn baby ...
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21
Dec

The End of Independent International Adoptions? The US Congressional Universal Accreditation Act

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in Adoption News
As an adoption professional, I have been closely monitoring the discussions in Washington in Congress and the U.S. State Department and the discussions at adoption conferences regarding the Universal Accreditation Act. The Universal Accreditation Act originated in the Senate and introduced by long standing adoption advocates Senator Lugar, Senator Kerry, Senator Landrieu and Senator Inhofe. ...
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5
Nov

30 Ways To Help Us Celebrate And Bring Awareness To National Adoption Month

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November is National Adoption Awareness Month. It’s an opportunity not just for MLJ, but for everyone to bring awareness to adoption. Below are thirty ways that you can help celebrate and spread awareness throughout the month of November. Have an adoption themed movie night. Read an adoption related book. Explore your child’s heritage. Try a ...
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