HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AAC CONFERENCE, CLEVELAND, PART 2

I've been drinking wine tonight with Bad Bastards and Sluts and don't have any time to post much . I sat out most of the day anyway, working on my presentation--or trying to. Here are a few pictures from the awards lunch and later though. You may recognize some of the names, or know them

Margie Perscheid, Third Mom and Anti-Racist blogger

BJ Lifton, Margie Persheid, Bastardatte looking awful.

Fred Greenman, AAC legal advisor and Barbara Raymond, author The Baby Thief

Mirah Riben, author The Dark Side of Adoption and The Stork Market, Karen Lynn, member, Coordinating Commititee for the Coalition for Open Adoption Records (COAR) and founding member Canadian Council of Natural Mothers; Maryanne Cohen long time activist, poet, essayist and Bastardette guest blogger.


Michael Grand, member COAR, Professor in Clinical Psychology Program at the University of Guelp; Monica Byrne, Parent Finders of Canada, Karen Lynn.

CARE's Jean Strauss was awarded the Emma Vilardi Humanitarian Award. Here she is below accepting her award flanked by Pam Hasegawa and Penny Partridge.

And here is a great nut shop across the street featuring Chief Wahoo.