Parents Only Program Methodist Dallas Medical Center Hitt Auditorium, Service Building Colorado and Bishop Ave.
Sunday, April 27, 2008 3:30pm to 6:00p.m. Refreshments at 3:30pm, film begins at 4pm. Moderated discussion with filmmaker, Dr. Chang, immediately following the film
Please Note: This is an adult's only event. Early Registration: $10 per person -members $15 per person -non members $25 per person after April15
Questions: Contact Jamie Bessler at 682-237-7142 or jamieinphx@aol.com
International adoption has increasingly become a national phenomenon in the United States. Despite a surge in media coverage of adoptions from China, there are many unanswered questions: Who are the birth parents and under what circumstances do they decide to give away their babies? How do children end up in orphanages and what kinds of lives do they live there? Moreover, with so many foreigners going to China to pick up these Chinese babies, what do the average Chinese people feel and think about Americans and international adoption?
To answer these questions, Dr. Changfu Chang presents this widely anticipated documentary, a work of five dedicated years, Long Wait For Home. For the first time, we sit face to face with birth parents who share with us the hard decisions they have made and the emotional toll
they have suffered; we go to orphanages and take an intimate look at the living conditions of children usually inaccessible to film crews; we also converse with a wide range of ordinary Chinese citizens and scholars on the subject of international adoption. More information about Dr. Chang and his films can be found at www.millersville.edu/~chang/lwb/index.html or
http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.org. DVD copies of Long Wait for Home and other films will be available for sale at a $5 discount.
Send your check for this event, payable to FCCNT to (Please include number of adults who will attend):
Jennifer Chapman 8941River Trails Blvd. Fort Worth, TX 76118
Directions to Methodist Dallas Medical Center:
If you are coming from I 30f rom Fort Worth, you will take the Beckley Ave. exit, turn right on Beckley, right again on Colorado, and right into the parking lot at Colorado and Bishop.
If you are coming from I 30 from Dallas, take the Sylvan Ave exit, turn left on Sylvan, follow it to Colorado and turn left on Colorado. The next traffic light is at Bishop and Colorado. If you are coming I 35, take the Colorado exit, turn onto Colorado and follow it to the traffic light at Bishop and Colorado, turning right into the lot.
Presents
Deborah H. Johnson and Dr. Changfu Chang
Join us for an exciting afternoon and evening with a talk on racial identity and role models, and a film screening of Long Wait for Home, a documentary exploring child abandonment in China
Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Place: St. Thomas University
3:00 p.m. The Importance of Role Models in Building our Children’s Racial Identity
Presented by Deborah H. Johnson
5:00 p.m. Reception honoring Deborah Johnson and Dr. Changfu Chang
Heavy appetizers will be served.
6:00 p.m. - Film - Long Wait for Home and Discussion with Filmmaker Changfu Chang
8:00 p.m. The film features birthparent interviews and daily life in a Chinese orphanage.
Early Registration, before April 15
SINGLE COUPLE (same household)
$20 for one event $30 for one event
$35 for both events $50 for both events
Registration after April 15:
$25 for one event $35 for one event
$45 for both events $60 for both events
THE EVENTS ARE FOR ADULTS ONLY
Childcare will be available, provided by licensed childcare professionals. Cost for childcare is $10 per child per event and $5 per event for additional children. Activities, movies, pizza, and snacks will be provided.
About Deborah H. Johnson
Deborah H. Johnson is a nationally recognized speaker and consultant on adoption and diversity issues. She is a Korean American Adoptee and mother of two adult children. She has been an adoption professional for over 20 years, working with adoptive families and adoptees in a variety of pre- and post-adoption settings. She is a nationally known presenter and is currently a columnist for Adoptive Families Magazine.
Johnson has been featured on several television specials and radio programs on adoption. She has also collaborated on a number of videos and articles addressing racism and transracial adoption, developing racial identity/self-esteem in children of color and the developmental stages of adopted children. Johnson has served on the Board of Directors of Adoptive Families of America, the North American Council on Adoptable Children, KAAN (Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network) and the Minnesota AdoptionResource Network. She is currently CEO and Director of Programs for Kindred Journeys International. More information can be found at www.kindredjourneysinternational.com .
About Long Wait for Home
International adoption has increasingly become a national phenomenon in the United States, but despite a surge in media coverage of adoptions from China, there are many unanswered questions: Who are the birth parents and under what circumstances do they decide to give away their babies? How do children end up in orphanages and what kinds of lives do they live there? Moreover, with so many “foreigners” going to China to pick up these Chinese babies, what do the average Chinese people feel and think about Americans and international adoption? To answer these questions, Dr. Changfu Chang and his team present the widely anticipated documentary, Long Wait For Home. For the first time, we sit face to face with birth parents who share with us the hard decisions they have made and the emotional toll they have suffered; we go to orphanages and take an intimate look at the living conditions of children usually inaccessible to film crews; we also converse with a wide range of ordinary Chinese citizens and scholars on the subject of international adoption. Our screening will include “extras” not seen in the original. More information about Dr. Chang and his films can be found at www.lovewithoutboundaries.org . DVD copies of Long Wait for Home and other films will be available for sale at a $5 discount.
For more information, contact FCCHouston@gmail.com
