ADVISORY/Bastard Nation to Stage Seattle Sealed Records Protest; Adult Adoptees and Supporters Come to Downtown Seattle to Educate Public in Protest against Sealed Records.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Friday (Sept. 8) SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2000 On Friday, September 8, 2000, there will be a peaceful sealed records The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. protest in front of the King County Court House, 500 4th Avenue in downtown Seattle Downtown is the central business district of Seattle, Washington. It is fairly compact compared to other city centers on the West Coast because of its geographical situation: hemmed in on the north and east by hills, on the west by Elliott Bay, and on the south by reclaimed land from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. The protest will aim to educate the public about the civil rights violation of permanently sealing original birth certificates and adoption records to adult adoptees. Protesters will carry signs and distribute literature on adoptee rights in front of the Court House. Bastard Nationals and supporters of adoptee rights, including local adoptees, adoptee rights leaders, birthmothers and adoptive parents adoptive parents Social medicine Persons who lawfully adopt children, who are generally married couples but may be single persons, including homosexuals; most APs are married , will be on hand for interviews. This event is being held in conjunction with the Bastard Nation's 4th annual conference on adoptee rights and activism being held at the Aljoya Conference Center in downtown Seattle from September 8 - September 11, 2000. Formed in 1996, Bastard Nation Bastard Nation is a North American adoptee rights organization. It seeks to establish the right of adoptees to access their own original birth certificates, the sealed records typical of a closed adoption, a common type of adoption in the United States. speaks out against the archaic practice of sealed records and is dedicated to the equal treatment and dignity of all adopted citizens. Building on the success of Oregon's historic open records ballot initiative Measure 58, and the recent passage of an open records law in Alabama, "Bastards on the Brick Road" is a symposium symposium In ancient Greece, an aristocratic banquet at which men met to discuss philosophical and political issues and recite poetry. It began as a warrior feast. Rooms were designed specifically for the proceedings. focused on team-building, outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. strategies and the development of leadership skills. For more information on the 4th annual Bastard Nation conference being held in Seattle, see www.bastards.org/events/brickroad/. |
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