Question: We hope to adopt our foster child who is African American. I am concerned about what he may face in the world. Was wondering what some of yo...
The Nebulous Concept of Race
Throughout our lives, we are asked to identify our race or ethnic origin a countless number of times and in countless ways. Boxes may need to be check...
The Race Debate
We are featuring blog posts in honor of National Black History month and as a resource for transracial adoption. Adoption STAR’s First Annual Af...
Join us TONIGHT for Our Annual Hair and Skin Class
TONIGHT is Our Annual Hair and Skin Class - October 17, Thursday, 2013, 6:00PM-8:00PM at our main office, 131 John Muir Dr. Amherst, NY. As we gea...
“…walk together as sisters and brothers.”
In celebration of fiftieth anniversary of the The March on Washington, we are posting an excerpt of Dr. Martin Luther King’s speech. For many of...
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Waiting for the Right Baby
By Michele Fried, Adoption STAR Founder & CEO Marie and Peter were coming up on their two-year mark with the agency. Their home study was already...
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A Journey To Hope
Guest Blogger Christy Lohner speaks about her domestic second open adoption and how different it was from her much more open first international adopt...
My Real Family
Guest Blogger, Zenobia, Age 13....
Second Chances
Trudy Cusella – writer and nurse (and Lesa Ferguson’s mother) – writes about her bi-racial adoption experiences first as a teen and ...
Adoption STAR’s Hair and Skin Care Class
Adoption STAR holds many classes, workshops and orientation sessions during National Adoption Month (November) and one of our most well-attended event...