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@RudyOwensMemoir

Author of You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are, an adoptee's memoir on US adoption, adoptee rights, & the public health impacts of adoption on adoptees.

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Looking forward to doing a podcast show (taping Sat.) re a proposal for an authentic community-style, community managed public , in Hancock, MI. My great grandparents from lived here for decades. They did saunas too. My roots are in ! mininggazette.com/news/local-new…

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No person should require 30 years to find out who they are. But we have to, and then we write books about it, and even after the BS in legislative settings recycles and . I hope the author's story may slightly end that crap. sdjewishworld.com/2024/05/15/aut…

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Realizing today my 'moms photo display' represents the dead; 5 years ago the tag would have been the living. Time moves forward. I think mainly of millions denied knowledge to even know both of their names. Maybe it's time these come down? Not sure yet. Blurred shot on purpose.

Realizing today my 'moms photo display' represents the dead; 5 years ago the tag would have been the living. Time moves forward. I think mainly of millions denied knowledge to even know both of their names. Maybe it's time these come down? Not sure yet. Blurred shot on purpose.
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Six years ago today, this arrived at my home. It went live. No laws have been changed in Michigan. There is almost zero awareness in MI of the state's sordid history as home to one of largest mills ever, my birthplace. Glad I did this too.
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Six years ago today, this arrived at my home. It went live. No laws have been changed in Michigan. There is almost zero awareness in MI of the state's sordid history as home to one of largest #Adoption mills ever, my birthplace. Glad I did this too. howluckyuare.com
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Sadly more news of torture/abuse of an child: 'Williams was sentenced to 135 months in prison on torture and first-degree child abuse charges stemming from abuse he and his girlfriend, Wilma Edwards, inflicted on Edwards’ adopted daughter.' mlive.com/news/grand-rap…

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What Governor Gretchen Whitmer really means is she 'supports moms everywhere, except those who've had their families severed by .' You did NOTHING when 2 bills came up this year to restore rights of to know their kin, including closest kin (eg, moms). Fact check fail, again.

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Didn't know I was 1/4th Finnish til I was 24yo. But I've loved all my adult life. I instantly fell for them. So is this: because of my 'internal' cultural homing device, my attraction to a super healthy activity, or me wanting to be a Finn? Or all? flickr.com/photos/8534963…

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Provable . 'There were promises made by government officials that (birth parents’) identities would never be revealed unless they got word from the mother to do that,” Limmer told MPR. I saw him live during the debate. He continues. timberjay.com/stories/birth-…

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As an ER doc and health care advocate I couldn’t care less about Senator Katie Boyd Britt's cringe performance in this video that many are roasting. It is the substance of the bill she is pushing that makes me truly cringe. Here’s why: 🧵1/7

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