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I am part of a campaign surrounding the documentary film which would be of interest to this community: 'The Dark Matter of Love'. It tells with the story of three of the last Russian children able to be adopted into an American family.
After some inevitable teething problems the children flourish in their new family. Director Sarah McCarthy follows the story for two years and witnesses what a difference the love of a family can make to a child's development. When Putin banned adoptions into the US, she realised she had a ninety minute demonstration of what children stuck in the ban were being denied.
We are currently campaigning to raise awareness of the 300+ orphans who have met and bonded with their adoptive American families, but are unable to join them.
We screened on Capitol Hill in April in conjunction with The CCAI, The National Council on Adoption and CASE, and are scheduled to premiere at the Moscow International Film Festival on June 25th.
Our Change.org Petition has over 64,000 signatures, and we are currently running a Kickstarter campaign to fund distribution of the film and a screening tour of the US and Russia.
You can visit our campaign page here:
[url=http://kck.st/11Q5BvO]The Dark Matter of Love joins the fight to FREE THE 300+ by Sarah McCarthy — Kickstarter[/url]
And sign the petition here:
[url]http://www.change.org/petitions/free-the-300-children-urge-the-russian-government-to-allow-over-300-orphaned-children-to-be-adopted-by-their-u-s-families[/url]
We would greatly appreciate you taking the time to look at our campaign and show your support. Please join us in the fight to bring these children home.
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Our campaign has reached a new point of urgency following the tragic news that Daria, a young girl waiting to join her American adoptive parents, has passed away in her Russian orphanage.
You can read about this news and our FREE THE 300 campaign in the Washington Post here:
[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/orphan-sought-by-us-parents-dies-in-russia/2013/06/19/75b21dea-d5b1-11e2-a73 e-826d299ff459_story.html]Death[/url] of
And view our latest youtube update on the campaign here:
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21W2WoIvPi0]Campaign Update Day 18 - Tragic News Breaks in the Washington Post - YouTube[/url]
Please share the campaign with anyone who may be able to contribute, and pledge yourself if you believe these children's welfare deserves to be prioritised over a political dispute.
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TheDarkMatterofLove
Our campaign has reached a new point of urgency following the tragic news that Daria, a young girl waiting to join her American adoptive parents, has passed away in her Russian orphanage.
Dickons
According to the link you provided to the Washington Post story the family that were hoping to adopt the child who passed away from an undiagnosed heart ailment were not even approved yet in the US so not even homestudy approved (?) - let alone submitted to adopt in Russia - so how could she be waiting to join her American adoptive parents?
Kind regards,
Dickons
Thanks Dickons - it used to drive me crazy on the Guatemalan side when people would meet an infant (sometimes only weeks old) before three of the four steps then in place - including the DNA testing - had been completed and talking about "my son" or "my daugher" ... in the Guatemala protocol the birth mother had to confirm four times during the process that this is what she thought was best for her child. No, until the fourth sign-off these infants did not belong to the aparents. Some would even talk about 'their' child after seeing them on a site. It sounds rough but I was glad it was not easy. And it's a shame Guatemala is also closed to adoptions by U.S. citizens.