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Attackers of reproductive freedom often urge that adoption is a preferable alternative to abortion. Yet, there are behind-the-scenes realities of adoption that run counter to reproductive freedom, often never discussed or glossed over at best.
Join RCRC in this eye-opening discussion of the hidden stories of adoption that reflect connections with crisis pregnancy centers, denial of services to LGBTQ+ applicants, and transracial adoptions to build an army of conservative Christians for God. This important exposé will be led by journalist Kathryn Joyce and public scholar Prof. JaeRan Kim, and moderated by physical and educator Sue Ellen Braunlin, MD.
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JaeRan Kim, Ph.D., MSW, (she/hers) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work and Criminal Justice at the University of Washington at Tacoma. She is the recipient of the Title IV-E Doctoral Fellowship and was a Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) fellow at the University of Minnesota. Prior to completing her doctoral degree, Dr. Kim worked with foster and adopted children and families and with adults with disabilities in residential care. JaeRan’s research is focused on the intersection of adoption and disabilities, in particular exploring disability, race, and transnational experiences for adoptees. While working at the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare at the University of Minnesota, JaeRan was instrumental in the development of the Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate program which to date has trained over 300 child welfare and mental health practitioners on the needs of adoptees, adoptive parents and first/birth parents.
Kathryn Joyce is an author and journalist based in New York City. She is author of The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking and the New Gospel of Adoption (PublicAffairs, 2013), a book on adoption ethics and religion and Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement (Beacon Press, 2009). Her freelance writing has appeared in The New York Times, The American Prospect, Slate, The Atlantic, Mother Jones, Pacific Standard, The Nation, Salon, Newsweek, Ms., Religion Dispatches, The Daily Beast, The Harvard Divinity Bulletin, The Massachusetts Review, Conscience and other publications. A 2011 Knight-Luce Fellow in Global Religion Reporting, she has also been awarded residencies and fellowship support by the Nation Institute Investigative Fund, the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, the MacDowell Colony, and the Bellagio Center. She is a 2013 finalist for the Livingston Award, and recipient of the 2013 “Wilbur Award” for best magazine writing about religion and a 2010 “Maggie Award”
Dr. Sue Ellen Braunlin MD serves as the board chair of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. After practicing medicine for 25 years, Dr. Braunlin now focuses on sexuality education and reproductive health, rights, and justice. As co-president of Indiana Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, she testifies at the Indiana statehouse and advocates for women who have been criminalized for offenses that would not be crimes but for legislative approaches to pregnancy. She helped launch Our Whole Lives: Sexuality and Our Faith (OWL) programs for K-grade 12 and trains OWL facilitators around the Midwest. [fU8KgUYlU0s] |