Adoption Day

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‘I’ve always wanted a place to call home’

| The Washington Post
A DC teen is among 38 youths whose adoptions will be formalized Saturday. When she was 7, DC social workers removed Jamie Danetta Smith from her then-drug- and alcohol-addicted mother and placed her into a child-welfare program. For 12 years, Jamie ...
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She is Not a Statistic

| Rad Timez
On this frigid November Saturday before Thanksgiving, Natasha Reilly was officially able to call Ann Reilly, “Mom.” Natasha and Ann were greeted by a thundering applause as they proceeded to “sign the decree” with a judge to make Natasha’s adoption ...
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Gay couples join D.C. Adoption Day Celebration

| Washington Blade
Superior Court Chief Judge Lee Satterfield and Family Court Presiding Judge Zoe Bush signed the final adoption papers for more than 20 proud couples, including several same-sex couples, at the 27th Annual DC Adoption Day Celebration on Saturday, Nov. ...
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