PACT (Pre/Post Adoption Consulting and Training)

04/24/2026

A PERSONAL APPEAL

Help Dr Joyce Maguire Pavao

To Help Children And Families

In the World of Adoption

Even in the most loving adoptive or foster families, children carry real experiences of loss, grief, and identity questions that most of the world doesn't understand. When the adults around those children — parents, therapists, teachers, caseworkers — have the right tools, everything changes.

HOW TO GIVE

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Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for being someone who cares about children, about families, and about the knowledge that holds them together.

— Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao

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04/21/2026

04/20/2026

Mary Gauthier.
A fellow adoptee and amazing songwriter and singer.
See her.

04/20/2026

Happy Heavenly Birthday
to my First Mother.

She lives on in her fabulous children ,and grandchildren,and great grandchildren galore.

04/13/2026

Jean Strauss writes:

Dear Friends,

Today is my 71st birthday.

It marks yet another year in which I still do not have the ability to get the original record of my own birth in my home state - a right afforded to all other citizens in California who were not adopted.
While it may seem like a simple piece of paper, it is dehumanizing to live a lifetime without having access to the fundamental truth of one's own birth.

This reality is shared by millions of adoptees across the country, many of whom have never known their origins. With California on the cusp of new legislation that could help, I've been inspired to create:
The Adoptee Birthright Archive

You can watch it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTaV3-eYSJQ&list=PL-0yjDs_xJdK83VUoQao7EgQPhHRXQU8o

This archive features over 70 films I’ve created over the past 22 years across 15 states. It documents the legislative efforts and personal stories behind the long struggle for adoptees’ access to original birth records. New films will be added over time, including any recent developments here in California.

These short and feature films capture the voices of generations of adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, advocates, and lawmakers. Not only do they reinforce the need for policy change, they honor the people who had the courage to step forward and be a part of this effort.

My hope is simple:

• To make this history visible
• To provide context for ongoing legislative efforts
• To help others better understand this issue
• And to contribute to continued change

If you're able, please share this link or forward this email to one person you think might care about this issue. This is the simplest way to help this effort reach beyond my immediate circle and create ripples in the pond.

Thank you, as always, for your support and for being part of my life.

Gratefully,

Jean Strauss

An introduction to the Adoptee Birthright Archive, with an attached curated selection of over 70 short and feature documentaries which offer a brief history ...

04/04/2026

Happy Easter/Happy Spring