REFLECTIONS ON SPENCE-CHAPIN HISTORY DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Written by Antoinette Cockerham (COO) This month as we celebrate Black History Month, I have found myself taking time to reflect on the history of African American adoption, the role that Spence-Chapin has played in that history, and the many encouraging changes I have witnessed in my 25+ career working in adoption. A little over […]
SPENCE-CHAPIN, A LEADER IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND BLACK INFANT ADOPTION
Spence-Chapin has been a leader in African-American and Black infant adoption and recruiting African-American adoptive parents. In honor of Black History Month, we revisit the efforts made by those who have fought to break barriers, making African-American and Black children from all parts of the world a focus and a priority. In the 1940’s, Gladys Randolph, former […]
有色人种社区的收养
2005 年 11 月，国家公共广播电台 (NPR) 的埃德·戈登 (Ed Gordon) 就非裔美国人收养问题与 Spence-Chapin 当时的国内收养助理主任 Antoinette “Toni” Cockerham 和 Spence-Chapin 的养父母 Lisha Epperson 进行了会谈。他们的谈话重点介绍了 Spence-Chapin 非裔美国人收养的历史、当时的一些挑战，以及它的 […]
BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATED WITH JAVAKA STEPTOE
On a sunny afternoon in February 2011, dozens of Spence-Chapin families gathered to celebrate Black History Month with noted author/illustrator Javaka Steptoe. The families, all part of the African-American Parents Advisory Committee (AAPAC), were abuzz with excitement as they waited for direction. Steptoe was there to guide the group through a collage-making activity. The goal […]
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