Educate, Advocate & Inspire
From birthparent stories to news about upcoming programming and events, we want to keep you informed about everything happening at Birthparent Support Alliance.
We don't work with expectant parents, or parents considering adoption, but for the past 25 years we have been helping and supporting birthparents - parents who have already relinquished a child or children - and we know firsthand that adoption, as it is currently practiced, needs ethical reform. The birthparents who come to us tell us so, over and over again. They tell us that if someone had simply supported them, if resources had been available, if anyone had asked what they actually wanted, things might have been different. We listen to them, and today, we are sharing what we've learned from them.
Dr. Gretchen Sisson, a former Activism in Adoption speaker and upcoming honoree at Birthparent Support Alliance's 2026 gala joined us to discuss her book, Relinquished, and how her decades-long research study and subsequent findings can inform cultural approaches to adoption.
Yesterday, we made our new name change and organizational structure changes official. Today, our Executive Director, Alexis Eyler, MSW, shares with you all why those changes were necessary.
We sit down with Activism in Adoption speaker Dr. Maxine Bryant, to talk about her new book, Finding Peoples, A Family’s Journey Through Six Decades of Separation and Hope, which she wrote with her biological siblings. This book offers a unique and intimate look at adoption from dual perspectives: Maxine's story, as an adopted person, and the stories of her biological siblings, who watched her go. It is incredibly rare to hear an adoption story told by both biological family and adoptee, and those voices together make for a powerful and memorable read.
We put together a comprehensive, state-by-state resource list for anyone currently struggling with food insecurity. Please use this if you need it, and send the link to anyone you know who may be struggling right now and in need of help.
Meet this year's Create! Birthparent Arts Grant winner, Sydney S., who combined artistic creativity with entrepreneurship, using her art to solve a real-world problem. Buying Birthday, Mother's Day, and other holiday cards can be a real challenge for adoption constellation members, because the pre-written greetings often don't match our relationships or experiences. Sydney developed a line of greeting cards specifically for those relationships, giving adoptive parents, adopted people, and birthparents new ways to connect through cards and messages created especially for them.
