SUSAN DEVAN HARNESS Author of Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption

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TEDxMileHigh – Adopting A Child of A Different Race? Let’s Talk.

I had the honor of being a speaker at the June 22, 2019 TEDxMileHigh in Denver Colorado.  My talk Adopting a Child of a Different Race? Let's Talk brings the topic of open adoption out of the shadows and reveals how important it is in today's globalized culture of child movement.  

 

 

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As spring lets go of winter, now’s a great time to sit and think about your life, and what could be learned from it and most importantly, what that is important.  Whether you are thinking about a memoir, an essay or a vignette, there’s no better time to put pen to paper and pull those[...]
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Keynote - Fostering or Adopting a Child of a Different Race? We Need to Talk @ Hilton Garden Inn
This will be the second time I’ve keynoted for the Montana Child Abuse and Neglect Conference, and I am very honored to have been invited once more.  Transracial placement, either through fostering or adoption, is complex, because of this culture’s ideas of absolutes: right/wrong, good/bad, black/white, yours/mine.  By telling my story within the framework of[...]
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SUSAN DEVAN HARNESS Author of Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption