Here is the article that appeared in today’s Boston Globe:
Reestablishing family ties – The Boston Globe: “Tears welled in Imelda Auron’s eyes before she began speaking.
The 31-year-old West Roxbury resident was one of thousands of Salvadoran children separated from their families during the 1980s, while the country was engulfed in civil war.
She had never spoken publicly about her situation or her reunion with her birth family.
But yesterday, sitting next to two other Massachusetts residents who have had similar experiences, Auron finally felt comfortable enough to discuss the joy, heartache, and anxiety that marked her quest to find her family.”
The article appeared in the City/Region section and had a couple of pictures that you can’t see as part of the online version. One of those pictures features half of my ear. 🙂
I only just met Imelda the other day, but I give her a lot of credit. I know it wasn’t easy for her to talk about what happened to her family. She did great. I hope talking about it will help her hear and deal with some of the feelings surrounding the death of her parents.
My sister and I have gotten a lot of comments on our video that we made, but what people may not realize is that it took many years of healing to be able to talk about everything so openly.
People may also not realize how lucky we are to live in a county that protects our freedom of speech. We may not always agree with our leaders and we may speak negatively about them but we don’t have to worry about the government storming into our homes and killing our loved ones.
I’m really happy we were able to get some press and I am very exited to work with everyone on building this network and getting our story out there.
Dear Fellow Adoptee Advocate,A new social networking tool has just arrived and we’d like you to help us build the community by being one of the selected members to participate in the beta process. This networking site is about connecting Adoptees from around the world with each other through a common portal. It is similar to MySpace and Facebook, but with a lot more integrity and less harmful material. Currently Sign-Ups are by invitation only, and we’d like to have you and your organization be part of the initial process.Our vision and mission is to become the #1 resource for everything adoptee-related. From news, events, gatherings, job opportunities, encouragement and support, general networking, to anything else we can build for the adoptee community. We want to be able to use our common bond and passion for being adopted to change the world!Please visit: http://www.adoptedonline.com to check it out. Please note, we are looking for passionate people who believe that the web and social networking can help build the adopted community! If you’re interested in becoming a member, email me back with a little about yourself are and where you’d like to see this site go. You’ll get a special invite key and be able to sign up.Also, spread the word! After you join, you’ll be able to invite other adoptees to join as well. You’ll get 100 invites to send to others. We hope that you will invite those especially interested in growing the adopted community on the web. We want this to be a grassroots movement and we know that you as a leader will help carry this movement to success. Let me know if you have any questions or if you’d like to become an Alliance partner. Please feel free to forward my email address to anyone who you’d think would love to join or partner with our community.Best,Peter SaddingtonFounderpetersaddington@gmail.comwww.AdoptedOnline.com