“The Impact of Unregulated Providers on Domestic Private Adoption in Connecticut”
With Celeste Liversidge and Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard of Ethical Family Building
Location: Zoom
Details:
Ethical Family Building is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization promoting ethical practices in domestic adoption. This CCA Spring Forum will review the risks and impact of unregulated providers on domestic private adoption in Connecticut and across the nation; as well as what Ethical Family Building is doing (and what you can too!) to stop these providers through safeguards and legislation.
Our presenters:
Celeste Liversidge, Esq. Celeste has been practicing adoption law since 1999 and has handled hundreds of domestic adoption matters. She is a fellow of the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (AAAA) and the Academy of California Adoption-ART Lawyers (ACAL). Celeste earned her law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law and her undergraduate degree from Westmont College. In 2016, Celeste founded TruAdopt Law, a nonprofit law firm in Pasadena where she represents expectant mothers, and co-founded Ethical Family Building (AdoptMatch & AdoptChange), a nonprofit organization promoting ethical adoption through education, transparency, and advocacy.
Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard Kelsey is the Director of Policy and Advocacy at Ethical Family Building and has worked in the adoption field for several years in a law firm and agencies. Kelsey brings a unique perspective to her work in adoption as she is also a birth mother and the fourth generation in her family to relinquish a child for adoption. Kelsey earned her undergraduate degree from South Dakota State University and is pursuing a Master of Public Administration from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Kelsey is the co-author of the 2023 book, Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, and Adoptive Parents, the co-producer of an upcoming documentary, Love, Your Birth Mom, and the co-host of the first-ever birth mom podcast, Twisted Sisterhood. Kelsey lives in Northern California with her husband and daughter.
Please Note:
This forum is FREE for CCA Members. If you are not an active CCA Member, we invite you to join CCA for $20 prior to registering and the forum fee will be included. Please visit our website to join CCA! CCA does not offer CEUs for forums, but always offer two opportunities to earn CEUs at CCA’s program trainings twice per year.