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Chaitra WL

@drchaitra.bsky.social
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Liberation psychologist, Author, Adoptee, Nature lover, Fierce advocate for equity & compassion, Opinions are my own

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Chaitra WL @drchaitra.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is the problem with insurance for mental health - you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. (And your therapist may end up losing the little bit they are paid to a clawback anyway.)
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Chaitra WL @drchaitra.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hey, I just made sure I was registered to vote. If you want to join me, it’s really easy to do at 5calls.org/midterms!
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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 15/09/2026
ICYMI: Police cooperation with ICE to appear on Colorado ballot
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​Police cooperation with ICE to appear on Colorado ballot | Colorado Newsline
A proposed constitutional amendment would require Colorado law enforcement to more closely cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
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Chaitra WL @drchaitra.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Because we all need a timeline cleanse sometimes. #BloomScrolling #NaturePhotography
Pond with lily pads surrounded by red and pink flowers and green foliage.
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Chaitra WL @drchaitra.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Because we all need a timeline cleanse sometimes. #BloomScrolling #Macrophotography
Four small pink flowers surrounded by green foliage.
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Chaitra WL @drchaitra.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Because we all need a timeline cleanse sometimes. #BloomScrolling #Macrophotography
Close up of a flower with yellowish orange petals lined in dark orange.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 09/09/2026
So many Americans are avoiding the news right now. And I totally get it – it's rough out there!   But I do encourage you to use that time to lean into your communities 💪🏻
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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 01/09/2026
✅️ The Marsh Family ✅️ Alanis Morissette ✅️ Canada v Trump 🟰 "Moronic" 🎵
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 31/08/2026
Late last week, the HHS released a report claiming to show a link between "transgender ideology" and political violence. Among other bizarre features of this unpublished, non-peer reviewed paper it included a grand total of 13 transgender people. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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HHS Touts Online Survey of 13 Trans People as Evidence Trans Acceptance May Cause Violence - Assigned Media
Digging into the latest propaganda from our nation’s health experts.
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Indivisible Colorado @indivisible-co.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
youtu.be/afKLz46FVyU?... @coattnygeneral.bsky.social Phil Weiser and @amandaforcolorado.bsky.social will make sure you can vote in November. Colorado is quietly putting together a bipartisan contingency plan if President Trump interferes with the elections in November by limiting mail-in ballots.
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People running Colorado's elections quietly coordinating contingency plans to get ballots to voters
YouTube video by Next 9NEWS
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Chaitra WL @drchaitra.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Even more reasons to love Dolly - her contributions were often uncredited but powerful. ew.com/sarah-michel...
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Sarah Michelle Gellar says Dolly Parton’s support for ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ was ‘everything to me’
Sarah Michelle Gellar shared her appreciation for the late Dolly Parton, who served as an uncredited producer on ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer.’
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Chaitra WL @drchaitra.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Extremely important read for international adoptees and their families - learn which bills to support and which ones are harmful and unjust. adopteerightslaw.com/citizenship-... #adopteerights #adopteecitizenship
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Call It the "Adoptee Deportation Act of 2026" | ARLC
The Citizenship for International Adoptees Act is a dangerous and newly introduced bill. Adoptees and their allies should not support it.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/08/2026
The U.S. Constitution gives the president no lawful authority over how states run elections. But Trump is growing more desperate to stave off a Republican loss in the midterms. Here are some of the ways the president could undermine Americans’ right to vote this year: demdock.com/4fXeAUO
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 29/07/2026
META has entered into a formal partnership w Right wing propaganda rag NewsMax—an election denying, racist, pro Trump, anti-Muslim state media platform. Support independent media with your time and $$. My human rights platform has no paywall. Let’s build a better platform: qasimrashid.com/subscribe
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 26/07/2026
At Silas Soule’s gravesite, a minister honors a heroic figure by reading his letters
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At Silas Soule's gravesite, a minister honors a heroic figure by reading his letters
Visitors converged on Soule’s grave at Denver’s Riverside Cemetery for what has become an annual ritual organized by Rev. Dr. Nancy Niero
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USDemocracy @usdemocracy.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Voter suppression doesn’t beat organized people. Learn your state’s deadlines. Check your registration, then get your people to check theirs too. Volunteer with groups getting voters registered & trained as poll workers.Fighting back is a to-do list, not a mood. #LoserTrumpsElectionLies #USDemocracy
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litzz11 @litzz11.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
ICE detention center employee "was arrested and booked on suspicion of attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault and other charges. He works for the private-prison operator Geo Group ..." apnews.com/article/ice-...
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Off-duty employee arrested in shooting near ICE detention center in Colorado that injured a woman
An off-duty employee at an immigration detention center in Colorado has been arrested for allegedly firing a gun as a protest was wrapping up outside.
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NPR @npr.org · 18/07/2026
The revelations came out in a federal court case brought by Democratic states challenging ICE's access to Medicaid data to aid in deportation efforts. n.pr/4f9OdMn
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ICE shared Medicaid data it wasn't supposed to have with Palantir
The revelations came out in a federal court case brought by Democratic states challenging ICE's access to Medicaid data to aid in deportation efforts.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/07/2026
Data shows that the mothers of Black newborns are more likely than those of White newborns to be referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy.
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Moms of Black Babies More Likely to Be Flagged to Police Over Alleged Pregnancy Drug Use
Child welfare referred Black parents to law enforcement 14,000 times in 7 years, despite no findings of abuse or neglect.
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Chaitra WL @drchaitra.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
So being trans or menopausal is not a good enough reason to take testosterone, but being a military member is? apnews.com/article/hegs...
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Hegseth announces new policy to test troops for low testosterone
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's rolling out a new screening program for “testosterone deficiency” among troops.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit to compel New Mexico to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-15 in these cases. Elias Law Group and its clients are undefeated! www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-me...
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🚨 United States of America v. Toulouse Oliver
Learn more here.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
There's no reforming this rogue and monstrous agency. The only way forward: Abolish and prosecute ICE.
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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 07/07/2026
a workshop for folks experiencing vocational/career derailment in a shifting political/economic environment - Our first session had an over-abundance of applicants so we opened a second. It is offered by pay-what-you-can donation - we have about five seats open with @sarahquinn.bsky.social
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A New Path Forward — Martha Crawford - What a Shrink Thinks
contemplating work and vocation in a changing world
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Just here to post this again like I do every year, not only because Douglass was one of the founding philosophers of American liberty but because I am so moved by the kids Frederick Douglass’ descendants deliver “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”
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‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass' Speech | NPR
YouTube video by NPR
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Gretchen Sisson @gretchensisson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Here’s a review from yesterday’s judiciary committee meeting with Senator Aisha Wahab and the California Alliance for Adoptee Rights. It’s a privilege to contribute to this conversation and help move forward the case of open records for adopted people. Next: appropriations!
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Indivisible Colorado @indivisible-co.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
www.julie4.us/broomfield-c... @senadorajulie.bsky.social and @nguyenforcolorado.bsky.social are hosting a meet and greet at Broomfield Community Park Tuesday, June 30th at 2:30 PM. Come meet our progressive Democratic Candidates for US Senate and State House District 33! #NoDarkMoneyInPolitics
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Broomfield Canvass with Julie for Colorado - Julie for Colorado
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Today is a good day to remember that authoritarianism is not inevitable, overthrowing fascists is possible, and good things can still happen. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
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Tens of thousands march in the first Budapest Pride since Viktor Orbán was voted out
Saturday's Pride march came a little more than a year after Orbán's nationalist-populist government passed legislation and a constitutional amendment to outlaw the event, drawing criticism from human ...
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Adoptee Reading @adopteereading.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It's a great time to check out our selection of books for #adoptees bookshop.org/shop/adoptee...
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Adoptee Reading: An Adoption Book Catalog Bookshop
Founded in 2015, Adoptee Reading helps adopted people discover books and other writing about adoption from the adoptee perspective. Find our full list of nearly 500 titles at AdopteeReading.com, which...
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Senadora Julie Gonzales @senadorajulie.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Good news! Had a chance to chat with Senator Hickenlooper today and he agreed to a debate! @cbscolorado.bsky.social @coloradopublic.bsky.social @kylec.bsky.social @denverpost.com let's get this on the books! Voters deserve to know why Sen Hickenlooper voted for 10 Trump cabinet picks!
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Senadora Julie Gonzales @senadorajulie.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
I’m running for the U.S. Senate so the people who built Colorado can take back control of our healthcare, our homes, and our futures. Working people built Colorado, we deserve a government that finally works for us. Join our campaign: julieforcolorado.com
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
🚫🧊 Denver City Council is preparing to pass an ordinance intended to boot air carriers that operate ICE flights from Denver International Airport.
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Denver City Council preparing to kick Key Lime, carriers that fly detained immigrants, out of airport
Reports surfaced last year that the Colorado-based airline had flown ICE detainees across the country.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
As Archbishop Tutu said about apartheid with regards to the Truth and Reconciliation hearings: "Those who claimed they did not know cannot very well say so now. They know.” Except we have internet. We have social media. People know now. We know. We cannot claim otherwise.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/05/2026
BREAKING: The USPS said it’s planning to crack down on mail voting by sending ballots only to voters who are registered with the federal government. The new proposed rule represents an alarming step toward implementing Trump’s attack on mail voting ahead of the midterms.
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Postal Service moving forward with Trump’s attack on mail voting
It signaled it plans to only send ballots only to voters who are registered with the federal government.
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Indivisible Colorado @indivisible-co.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Indivisible CO recommends a NO Vote on these Ballot Initiatives: 85 95 108 109 110 @ccjrc.bsky.social @fnpcolorado.bsky.social @insideoutys.bsky.social @interfaithalliance.org @lwvarapahoedouglas.bsky.social @pprockymountains.bsky.social @rm-equality.bsky.social


2026 BALLOT INITIATIVES - Where Does Indivisible CO Stand?

Below are the ballot initiatives that have made it to the Nov ballot so far.  Many more are still gathering signatures.  

Don’t sign a petition unless you understand what you are signing!!  

Ask questions about where the funding comes from, how this will impact our environment, and how it will impact our state’s revenue in future years.  It’s better not to sign, if you are unsure!

Initiative 95 - Notification of U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Certain Criminal Charges and Immigration Status Initiative

Indivisible CO recommends a NO vote

A "no" vote opposes amending the Colorado Constitution to require state and local law enforcement to notify the U.S. Department of Homeland Security after charging an individual when: the individual is not lawfully present in the United States or if their immigration status cannot be determined after a reasonable effort by law enforcement; and either the individual is charged with a crime of violence, as defined by law, or the individual has been convicted of a prior felony. Vote NO to ensure fairness and due process under the law for everyone.

Other organizations who oppose this
League of Women Voters of Colorado


Initiative 85 - Penalties for Fentanyl Sale and Possession Initiative

Indivisible CO recommends a NO vote

A "no" vote opposes this ballot initiative, thereby keeping: the possession of less than one gram of fentanyl classified as a misdemeanor; determining whether an individual faces a Level 1, 2, 3, or 4 drug felony based on the amount of fentanyl being distributed or sold; court-ordered treatment discretionary; and exceptions for Level 4 drug felonies in determining whether an individual is deemed a habitual criminal. Vote NO so that persons with substance abuse problems are not criminalized or sent to jail. This does not address substance abuse and further stresses the prison system.

Other organizations who oppose this
League of Women Voter…
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Yarri Kamara @yarrikamara.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
#AfricaDay calls for celebrating heroes. Here is to Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Congolese doctor who discovered the ebola virus, and later pioneered its first therapy, which was ignored for many years. He's still battling on during the current outbreak. #AfricaSky #heroes www.huffpost.com/entry/ebola-...
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He Treated The Very First Ebola Cases 40 Years Ago. Then He Watched The World Forget.
Now he's warning wealthy countries to stop ignoring diseases in Africa -- because no one is safe.
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Chaitra WL @drchaitra.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
“Never Caught” should be required reading in middle school. Ona Judge was an incredible human.
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David Seligman for Colorado Attorney General @seligmanforag.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Read my letter to the Colorado General Assembly calling on them to reconvene in special session to investigate and hold Governor Polis accountable. www.seligmanforag.com/_files/ugd/d...
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Adoptee Rights Law Center @adopteerights.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
So far, for a limited number of intercountry adoptees applying for Certificates of Citizenship, fingerprints are being required. Here's what to know about this development. 🥚 adopteerightslaw.com/fingerprints...
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Fingerprints and the N-600 | Adoptee Rights Law Center
Suddenly, fingerprints are being taken for N-600 applications in specific limited circumstances. Here's what to know.
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Indivisible Colorado @indivisible-co.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
www.opensecrets.org/profiles/joh... @senadorajulie.bsky.social doesn't take any PAC money to fund her campaign. She works for the people, not the corporations. #EndCitizensUnited #NoDarkMoneyInPolitics
Rank Associated Organization                     Total                 Individuals   PAC
1	American Israel Public Affairs Cmte	$352,853	$352,853	$0
2	NextEra Energy	$39,500	$39,500	$0
3	Apollo Global Management	$31,000	$31,000	$0
4	Comcast Corp	$31,000	$31,000	$0
5	NorPAC	$26,000	$26,000	$0
6	Deer Management	$21,000	$21,000	$0
7	Anthropic PBC	$21,000	$21,000	$0
8	Brownstein, Hyatt et al	$15,925	$15,925	$0
9	Harvard University	$15,000	$15,000	$0
10	Plymouth Rock Co	$14,000	$14,000	$0
11	DraftKings	$14,000	$14,000	$0
12	Wells Fargo	$14,000	$14,000	$0
13	US Senate	$14,000	$14,000	$0
14	Liftoff PAC	$12,500	$0	$12,500
15	76 West Holdings	$12,500	$12,500	$0
16	Beldock, Levine & Hoffman	$12,500	$12,500	$0
17	Foundry Group	$12,000	$12,000	$0
18	Scaled Agile	$10,500	$10,500	$0
19	Lone Pine Capital	$10,500	$10,500	$0
20	Narragansett Bay PAC	$10,000	$0	$10,000
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Chaitra WL @drchaitra.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
www.theyoungcenter.org/story/a-moth...
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Deisy's Story: A Mother's Fight to Reunite with Her Son
Detained and deported, Deisy spent seven months separated from her 11-year-old son. This is her story — and how the Young Center helped bring Emmanuel home.
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Chaitra WL @drchaitra.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
www.theyoungcenter.org/story/a-moth...
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Deisy's Story: A Mother's Fight to Reunite with Her Son
Detained and deported, Deisy spent seven months separated from her 11-year-old son. This is her story — and how the Young Center helped bring Emmanuel home.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Seven years ago today, two cowards attacked STEM School Highlands Ranch. As they fade from memory, Colorado remembers Kendrick Castillo, the young hero who gave his life to save his classmates.
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Chaitra WL @drchaitra.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
50 years after Operation Babylift evacuated thousands from Vietnam, a Colorado gathering celebrates a shared past | The Colorado Sun coloradosun.com/2026/05/03/5...
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50 years after Operation Babylift evacuated thousands from Vietnam, a Colorado gathering celebrates a shared past
After years of ignoring her history, Devaki Murch is archiving the paper trail of people like her, building “invisible threads” of belonging
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Chaitra WL @drchaitra.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I'm scheduling speaking engagements for the summer and fall! Learn more about training topics and request a call so we can chat about details by visiting my website at growbeyondwords.com/speaker-on-a... . #adoptioneducation
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Chaitra WL @drchaitra.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Still one of the most meaningful pieces of feedback I've ever received - creative and powerful! I'm booking speaking events for the summer and fall, and I'd love to work with your organization to support awareness of adoptee needs! growbeyondwords.com/training-for.... #adoptioneducation
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Kathryn Joyce @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I’m honored to be reading as part of this Words as Lifelines series Sunday night at 6pm ET, along with @alandettlaff.com & @gretchensisson.bsky.social, talking adoption, family policing, repro justice & more, to benefit families in Gaza. Donate & join us if you can: form.jotform.com/joonae/lifel...
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Chaitra WL @drchaitra.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
One of the biggest areas of pride for me is how often I hear this feedback from adoptive parents! Learn more about training topics and request a call so we can chat about details by visiting my website at growbeyondwords.com/speaker-on-a... . #adoptioneducation
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Chaitra WL @drchaitra.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I'm booking speaking events for the summer and fall, and I'd love to work with your organization to support awareness of adoptee needs! Learn more about training topics and request a call so we can chat about details by visiting my website at growbeyondwords.com/training-for.... #adoptioneducation
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Adoptee Rights Law Center @adopteerights.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
"The problem is decades old, but has taken on new urgency during the Trump administration’s determination to deport millions of undocumented immigrants." Thanks to @nytimes.com and Elizabeth Williamson for this article www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/u...
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Born Abroad and Fearful of ICE, Adoptees Try to Prove They Belong
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