The following are individual and organizational endorsements of the letter to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, urging him to veto anti-adoptee legislation and to support currently active legislation in New York that promotes genuine adoptee rights. A copy of the final letter is here. With the delivery of the letter to Governor Cuomo, the call for endorsements has ended.
Organizations
Access Connecticut
Access Maryland
Access Rhode Island
Adoptees in Search – Colorado’s Triad Connection
Adoptees Without Liberty*
Adoptee Rights Coalition*
Adoptee Rights Law Center*
AdoptieZaken & Familierecht (AZF/Netherlands)*
Adoption Circle of Hawai’i
Adoption Knowledge Affiliates
Adoption Rights Alliance/The Philomena Project (Ireland)*
Adoption Support Advocates
Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition (New York)
ALARM Network
American Adoption Congress*
Banished Babies of Ireland*
Bastard Nation: The Adoptee Rights Organization*
California Open
Concerned United Birthparents*
Donaldson Adoption Institute*
Equal Access Oklahoma
Indiana Adoptee Network
Indiana Open Access
International Children’s Rights Institute*
Know My Own (Ireland)*
Michigan Open Access
Minnesota Coalition for Adoption Reform
Missouri Open
National Center on Adoption and Permanency*
Nepal Adoptive Families Association*
NJ Coalition for Adoption Reform and Education (NJCARE)
New York Adoptees, Birthparents, and Siblings Searching
New York State Adoptee Equality
New York Statewide Adoption Reform’s Unsealed Initiative
OBC for MA—Massachusetts Access
Oklahoma for Open Records and Adoption Honesty (OORAH)
Open Adoption Records in Quebec
Pennsylvania Adoptee Rights
Post-Adoption Center for Education and Resources (PACER)
Reclaim the Records*
Texas Adoptee Rights
The Adoptee Rights Movement (Israel)*
United Survivors (Ireland)*
Utah Coalition for Adoption Reform and Education
Washington Adoption Reunion Movement
*organization with a national or international focus
Individuals
Eunice Anderson
Suzanne Bachner
Michelle Benson
Bob Brader
Courtney Dobson
Joe Duea
Rebecca Drinnen
Kris Gilbert
Marley Greiner
James Hamilton
Shawna Hodgson
Elise Lewis
Gregory Luce
Erin Merrigan
Tim Monti-Wohlpart
Penelope Needham
Rudolf Owens
Jemma Sullivan
Gaye Sherman Tannenbaum
Kathy Tingelstad
Shelby Tomaszewski
Mary Sisco
Gillian Hearst
Bridget Mills
Sherri Piescor
Daradean Davanzo
Catherine Raine
Kory Krieger
Marta Bahantka
Gayle Swift
Jill Daviau
Heather Holmes
Adrian Rodriguez
TJ McHugh
Dawna Johnsen
Jillian Guilford
Ellen Constant
Andrew Visco
Nancy MacMullen
Barb Mersy
Annette O’Connell
Mirren Theiding
Mona Brant
Leigha Basini
Kristine Fox-Knittle
Judith Denler
Jessica Vacanti
Tessa Scott
Kathleen McCall
Melissa Silverberg
Katy Young
Denise Sigelkow
Emmalee Metzler
John Kinney
Teresa Daly
Maryellen Snyder
Annmarie Bombard
Allison MacEwan
Theresa Vitt
C. Catherine Swett
Judith Weiland
Emm Paul
Donna Knittle
Rita McGarry
Bonnie West
Brenda Monroe
Joyce Brafman
Aimee Campanella
Karen Arnold
Susan Guilfoyle
J Christina Peters
Karen Olson
Mary Salisbury
Myles Winter
Julie Simmons
Jennifer Lahl
Debbie Kiss
Anne Sturgeon
Mary Cook
Danielle Meyer
Jeanne Smith
Lisa Beni
Julie Kingsley
Yvonne Grillo
Steve Knittle
Shana Kelly
Lara Roy
Jennifer Liep
Christie Clayton
Sharon Baginski
Tracy Aabey-Hammond
Diane Desforges
Kristina Brown
Lisa Ellsworth
Jennifer Gargiulo
Carolyn Haupt
Melissa Farley
Connie Johnson
Angela Hochhalter
Laurel Gambla
Addie Pickett
Sarah Koenig
Linda Thornton
Frank Ligtvoet
Veronica Fyrster-Collier
Tony Raymond
Betty Deneen
Desiree Stephens
Lynette Curry
Monica Sciani
Diane Pucca
Gerard Schmidt
Charles Vitt
Denise Szarek
Marilyn Harris
margaret ann conwell
Maureen Mooney
Marjorie Hacker
Debra DiBattista
Anne Genovese
Kenneth Hartmann
Kary Zicafoose
Susan Buda
Angela Larson
Jean Meador
Kathy Lewis
Heather Kelly
Audrey Tilley
Carolyn Nilsen
Gloria Smiley
Stephanie Staats
Janet Sipe
Gregory Wall
Holly Morris
Patrice Ripley
Christina Matos
Kate Dahlquist
Daryl Malina
Sharon Miller
Michelle Madden
Alison Larkin
Haley Radke
Matt Visco
Amy Huckeba
Nancy Thompson
Randee Treadwell
Lisa Berney Schultz
Anne Heffron
Suzanne Berger
Carl Johengen
Karen Hicks
Teri McHugh
JoAnne Bennett
Dr Joyce Maguire Pavao
Christine Winter
Sacajawea Elliott
Colleen Zyla
Patti Fuentes
Brooke Ganz
Mari Steed
James McCloskey
Bellece Chamberlain
Jan Takane
Heather Lowe
Catherine Campbell
Lisa Zatonsky
Noah Bailey
Christopher Korey Philippo
Eva Lowe
Patricia Glisky
Lisa Owen
Tina Van Dusen
Miriam Rudnick
Nancy Horgan
Deborah Trout
Holly Petersen
Catherine B
Stephanie Clinton
Hilary Michaels
Mara Parker
Terri Vanech
Christine Satory
Kelly Ann Roberts
Derek Hendrix
Mary Payne
Theresa L. Corcoran
Marquel Stuedemann
Karen Sack
Christopher Quirin
Ken Keller
Timothy Anderson
Stacy Betlewicz
Tracy Hattem
Patricia Palmer
Siobhan Mc Donagh
Debbie Snider
Patrick Wolf
Theresa O’connell
Terri O’Connell
Faith Rousso
Gaia Brown
Laura Dupouy
Angela Drake
Theresa Benigno
Carol Borny
Keith Sciarillo
Rhonda Moss
Linda DeBrango-Berenguer
Kathleen Blatti
Douglas Braun
Aimee Szczesny
Albert Shimkus
Amanda Kutner
Kaitlin Rider
Lynn Grubb
Chaye Zuckerman Shapot
Leigh Tyler
Christine Fierro
Erik Rothwell
Kathleen Henehan
Jennifer Wegmann
Sandra Wygant
Anne Kurtis
Kathleen Flaherty
John Ginty
Laura Brooks-Golanoski
Kathleen Brush
Juanita Dixon
Jennifer Dyan Ghoston
Lori Davis
Elizabeth Paul
Arlene Knudtson
Julie Fox
Raquel Reichert
Tammely Casey
Glenn Raine
Kim Dimick
Eve Gambla
Carol Congdon
Marisa Cooper
Judith Scanlon
Carolyn D’Agostino
Kristin Slaby
Linda Camara
Anna Campbell
John D’Agostino
Wava Vitt
Jack McPadden
Mary Ellen Gambutti
Jennifer Fredericksen
Denise Adelman
Marcella Mays-Schlee
Richard Horning
Cheryl Horning
Glenn Raine
Cara Willoughby
Mary D’Amato
Becky Haliscelik
Kristin Brenner
Laurie Giordano
Joan Ollis
Juline Sterner
Susan Wisowaty
Bernice Wright
Trisica Munroe
Brianna Wallace
Christopher D’Amato
Shannon Marcantel
Micaela Perez
Harry Mandris
Laura Sottile
Betsey Holt
Shari Wolf
Patricia Nilsson
Richard Slaughter
Kathleen Sullivan
Bonnie Cring
Cathy Doyle
Martin Goodman
Robert Doyle
Nancy Haidt Cumella
Jann Cornell
Linda Clausen
Brian Lockier
Clifton Perez
MaryAnn Andrews
Rebecca Ricardo
Sheila Harrisoin
Laura Roberts
Tamara Goodman
Lisa Cummings
Doris Michol Sippel
Diane Morrison
Barbara Fuller
Mary Pigliacelli
Michael Potter
Sarah Rose Adams
Victoria Bueno
Meg Cullum
Mary Pitts
Terry Cole
Stacey Borow
Lisa Leljedal
Colleen Butler
Jodi Stangarone
Karen Bulling
Dawn Burchell
Jennifer Wachowski
Catherine Sheahan Crawford
Marilyn Nejman
Cyn Bird
Mike Slayter
Jonathan Davis
Joseph Farrell
Robert Schultz
Linde van Groeningen
Gloria Dorsey
Lisette Tedeschi
Cara Chaffee
Theresa LeMaitre
Jane Marawar
Linda Niehaus
Richard Uhrlaub
Naomi Mizrahi
Derek Frank
Adoption News and Events
Erin Cox
David Kinsella
Martin Parfrey
Jacqueline Feldman
Kathryn Saunders
Britany Luna
Rachel Devlin
Margaret LyBurtus
Kimberly Palmer Bryce
Bridget Gordinier
Peter Shaw
Loren Paulicelli
Nicole Blank
William Gallagher
Dino Currao
Michael Piccini
Molly Hursh
Patricia Quinn
Ann Elizabeth Osborn
Lynn Watson
Rosemary Starace
Barbara Kluijtmans
Bonnie Hohman
Claudine Malfatti
Monica Ouellette
Retta Fox
Sara Downs
Char Verishine
Pierre Oakes
Jacob D’Agostino
Eileen Testo
Kalinda Peterson
Lo5 Haines
Ann Clune
Renee Pereira-Jersey
Lisanne Godnick
Lynn Franklin
Crystal Thiele
Judith Galbraith
Marnie Schwartz-Hanley
Patricia Gilroy
Carmel Cantwell
Julie A. Brock
Laurence Silverman
Julia D’Agostino
Carol Ann Lemon
Barbara Shaw
Kim Skowronski
Megan Milner
Martha Siddeley
Mary J Emery-Smith
Barbara Bobb
Jason Darnieder
Priscilla Stone Sharp
Geraldine Cristo
Michael Schoer
Mark Diebel
James Rogal
Valerie Oren-Stewart
Christine Juarez
Lynn Smirensky
Katherine Meneely-Graf
Diana Gordon
Amy Chen OConnell
Katie Mason
Angela Wachsman
Joyce Resnick
Maureen Hogan Colangelo
Tim Bayee
Amy Mulzer
Alma Wolff
Sue Agnew-Swinson
Megan Quiggle
Rebekah Mallory
Carole Chesser
Benazir Khan
Chris Dunwoodie
Susannah Rolf
Peter Franklin
Marsha Raffloer
Karen Waggoner
Amanda Transue-Woolston
Lauren Bourgeois
Diane Penny
Anne Marie Clarke
Laura Insausti
Virginia Slater
Gayle Yahya
Rebekah Srygley
Madlyn Epstein-Steinhart
Alan Monasch
Ann Hitchins
Daradean Davanzo
Nicole Burklow-Rogers
Alison Nichols
Marie Dolfi
Linda Davidge
Carrie Blesener
Christine Angel-Wich
Joel Schapira
Maria Swieciki
Jacqueline Wexler Rosenberg
Jeffrey Togman
Connie Gray
Robin Hilde
Jean Canavan
Patrick Hanley
Nancy Piccini
Matthew Spencer
Laurie Webster
Veronica McEntee
Kate Vogl
Julie Otte
Katherine Suszczewicz
Ruthann Rizzi
Emily Bowie
Ned Balbo
Doris Bertocci, LCSW
Miriam Rudnick
Mary McBride
Marie Barry
Tami Palladino
Patricia Palmer
Karen Fendrich
Dorita Nobles
Carlynne Hershberger
Amy Hecht
Virginia Vanlandingham
Jeff Holmquist
Cathy Melby
Laura Munilla
Josh Munilla
Ms Debra Mar
Julie Dorsch
Nancy Haidt Cumella
Nora Locke
Evelyn Colon
Gloria Rosen
Linda Beede
Andrea Mayer
Anita Walker Field
Jody Onstad
Valerie Schwalm
Christine Geraczynski
Tracy McLuskie
Kristin Brenner
D Stiers
Suraayah Hunter
Lori Fitzpatrick
lynne conti
Elysa Schwab
Maddie Staats
Dara Falco
Ann Marie Zeaser
Jeanne Brumbaugh
Denise Bachelder
Victoria Farner
William Buckenroth
Melanie Whinnery
Sandra Gaska
Alexander Flesher
Lori Kracker
Barbara Thavis
Anne Vantine
Ai-mee Chang-Say
Arthur Wad
Christina Fornasiero
Marcia Croce
Lawrence Pacifica
Lisa Edzards
Laurie Pellegrino Crawford
Mary Robison
Courtney Bonfante
Denise McIntosh
Dorothy Close
Karen Danielsen
Jennifer Fahlsing
Joanne Woods
Virginia Gottesman Tessitore
David Grate
Yvonne Ross
Chrstopher Smoth
Celia Warner
Joan Fernbach
Jutta Schmidt-Gengenbach
Ann Phillips
Andrew Hume
Trenton Mays
Sharron Dechamps
Andrew Seiner
Libby VanSolkema
Kristi Lado
Judith Scanlon
David J Gilliland
Winter Catlyn
Patricia Florin
Tess Campbell
Celia Warner
Roberta Martello
Jennifer Hemion
Maureen Barnett
Susan Tavela
Sandy Musser
Janice Libow
Kathryn Williams
Dawn Cameron
Wendy Kramer
Mary Sessa
Tj.W. Strubbe
April Gunf
Jennifer Sarro
Cathy Hedrich
Melissa McHenry
Ellen Durant
Rose Marie Martinez
Julie Stromberg
Staci Neasby
Elizabeth Hayes
Loretta Goodwin
Mary James
Carol Jensen
Rob Sudars
Rebecca Francis
Alison Farber
Mary Oleske
Mary Lou Gross
Theresa Carroll
Christine Drawdy
Kim Asti
Robert Hoganr
Elizabeth Lightfoot
Kristine Costantino
Katie Hannon
Ann Nowlin
Kathy Fernandez
Erin Coyle
Diego Vitelli
Denise Maragos Wagner
Karel Gasawski
Theresa Stanton
Jeannie Vaughn
Faith Hinkey
Melissa Matis
Susan Landon
Julie Weller
Barbara Raymond
Susan Oneal
Stephanie Wilson
Julie Muse
Janice Riley
Rebecca Rizzzuti
Colm Dodd
Beatrice Syer
Emily Smith
Michele Leavitt
Cheryl Kirin
John McGuigan
Katy Faust
Priscilla Dutton
Alex Brown
Mara Szalajda
Lisa Sara
Lydia Pollock
Brian Donahue
Abigail Sylvester
Rebecca Jollow
Barbara Quinn
Matt O’Donel
Gilad Jacobsen
Jess Friedland
Sarah Furnish
Michael Mullen
Sheila Landschoot Park
Michelle McConnell
John Meehan
Megan Dey-Toth
Ted Geilen
Katy Fetzer
Susan Brown
Elaine Papadimitriou
Alyssa Walker
David Jollow
Diane Schapira
Michael Peret
Athena Galanopoulos
Rita Kahle-Rice
Nancy McGuire
Pamela Perkins Zirbel
Linds Ainbinder
Christine Rahl
Maureen McCauley Evans
Robin Goldwasser
Joan Weinberg
Michele Cole
Sara Concetto
Sherrie Klemm
Raymond Dehn, Jr.
Kathleen Breslin
Irene Selak
Susan Hazsert
Sally Newhouse
Sharon Robinson
Philip Soulia
Amanda Soulia
Nancy McCann
Elizabeth Berg
Sherry Lilly
Crystalle Miller
Megan Bryant
Shannon Nagy
DeAnna Arellano
Marta Crane
Mary Gilmore
Michelle Hargrave
Erik Karlson
Leonard Visco
Kathy English
Naomi Chesler
Steven Baranowski, LMSW
Don Dove
Deborah Darpino