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From
Terri Leber in Seattle, Washington
3 years
ago many of us here gathered in the red brick square in downtown
Portland for the first Measure 58 Rally. It poured - but we
chanted and marched and gave speeches - and walked with Max
the dog who has records. Today we gathered in Westlake Park
- a red brick "square" and carried signs and handed
out flyers to hundreds of people - in the rain. We're hoping
that the rain on red brick is a predictor of future success
as it was for Oregon.
As an
added bonus Tully's coffee was there giving out samples and
they had colorful balloons and several teams of Tango dancers...
I don't know why.. maybe their drink was named Tango something...
the result was a lot of people stopping by to check it out..
they thought the dancers and Tully's people were there for
Adoptee Rights Day - um yeah we're really that good - we already
have corporate sponsorship.
Two really
great beat cops were there - but they didn't want to dance..
We all worked the square - talking to many "civilians"
and a dozen or so adoptees - and about half as many birthparents
- well at least confessed ones - who knows how many we really
talked to. By the end we had a couple more people helping
with flyer distribution. We distributed close to 200 flyers
that also announced our events for June 15 - 17 where we hope
to see more people.
The reception
was very positive and heartwarming. There were several people
from Europe who were so curious as to why we still had closed
records and why it is done on a state to state basis... which
prompted a constitutional discussion about states rights and
the tyranny of the Federal government... All in all a good
experience for a rainy afternoon with a lot of great connections
made.I hope the rest of you have as great an experience.
-- Terri in Seattle
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Scenes
from San Francisco, California's ARD 2001
Denise
Castellucci, adoptee
