>Resent-Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 15:47:00 -0800 (PST) >From: voices@ibar.com >Old-To: NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com >Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 15:50:07 +0000 >Subject: California Rush For Records >Priority: normal >To: NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/36971 >X-Loop: NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: NORCAL-L-request@rootsweb.com > >RUSH FOR OUR RECORDS: NATIONAL ADOPTEE RIGHTS DAY >ADOPTEES NATIONWIDE DEMAND EQUAL ACCESS TO VITAL RECORDS >Events in San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento and Los Angeles > >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 certificates >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 Decmeber 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 in California >and 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. > >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." > >California Sites: Rush for our Records > >San Francisco: Department of Public Health, 101 McCallister St. >Contact: Ron Morgan, (415) 647-2417 rhyzome@best.com > >Sacramento: Sacramento County Clerk-Recorder Office, 600 8th St. >(corner of 8th and F Streets) Contact: acconet@earthlink .com > >San Jose: Santa Clara County Recorder, 70 West Hedding St. >Contact: Doreen Alegrete, (408) 356-6711, KFDT48A@prodigy.com > >Los Angeles: LA County Recorder, 12400 East Imperial Hwy. Rm#1002 >Contact: Denise Gray, (562) 683-2125, searchca@ix.netcom.com > >Besides California, Rush for Our Records public education events will >be taking place in Oregon, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, >Missouri, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and other states. >Contact National Coordinator Ron Morgan at 415-647-2417 for details. > >Rush for our Records! December 3rd, 1998 >http://www.ibar.com/DEC_3/ >************************************** >National Adoptee Rights Day - Dec. 3RD >"Rush For Our Records" >http://www.ibar.com/DEC_3/ >*************************************** > > > Carol De Priest <http://members.xoom.com/SandSurfer/home.htm> *** check it out - work in progress ***