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Introducing a First-of-its-kind On-line Adoption Summit for National Adoption Awareness Month #flipthescript #NAM

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: VARIED VOICES FROM ADOPTION COMMUNITY UNITE IN FREE ONLINE EVENT FOR NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH Tuesday October 20, 2015 (Los Alamos, NM)  Question: What do you get when you bring together adult adoptees with parents by birth and adoption to talk about their relinquishment and adoption experiences, family building practices and views on needed legislative reform?  Answer: Usually an assortment of passionate opinions, raw emotions, misunderstandings and "unfriending" on Facebook. But something different is coming during November, National Adoption Month, this year. Adoptee and former foster parent LeAnne Parsons has teamed up with birth/first mother Ashley Mitchell to assemble an impressive collaboration of speakers for a free online seminar called "Come Climb With Us: the 2015 Adoption Summit Experience." "Our goal is to create an opportunity for anyone, anywhere who is interested in adoption to lean in and listen to c