Vietnam Babylift Related Events
Lana Noone will present an "Operation Babylift" Program at The Museum at Bethelwoods, on-site at the famous Woodstock Festival of 1969.
The Program will be present in conjunction with the Woodstock Museum's Summer-long Vietnam War Era retrospective.
Please contact lana@vietnambabylift.org for complete details.
Lana Noone was interviewed about her family's global adoption story on Telecare's "Family Comes First" TV Program, broadcast on November 27 and 30th, with an upcoming broadcast on December 1st and with additional dates to follow.
Telecare is available on LI Cablevision and Verizon FIOS and the Program will be archived on Telecare's website as well.
Please contact lananoone@yahoo.com and visit www.telecaretv.org for complete details.
The program will include speakers, a Powerpoint presentation and a performance of traditional Vietnamese music.
An art and artifacts exhibit will be included in the event.
Additional details will be posted soon.
On Monday, April 27, 2009 at 6:30 PM, a Vietnam "Operation Babylift" panel will be presented at the Smithsonian Institute's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC. The program will consist of a panel, a performance of traditional Vietnamese music for solo flute, a Powerpoint presentation and an art and artifacts exhibit. The program is open to the public without charge.
The link for the April 27th OBL Program at the Smithsonian is:
http://www.apa.si.edu/programs_upcoming.html
If your browser is unable to open the link, please type in a search for:
Click onto "Public Programs" at the top of the page and onto "Upcoming" from the drop-down menu. Scroll down to "Operation Babylift-Saving Children From the Vietnam War", April 27, 2009.
Please contact Lana@Vietnambabylift.org for complete details.
On Veterans Day, Tuesday, November 11, 2008, Lana Mae Noone will honor the heroic women who died in the crash of a C-5A cargo plane during Operation Babylift with a posthumous presentation of the Heather Constance Noone Memorial Award at the Vietnam Womens Memorial 15th Anniversary Ceremony in Washington, DC.
Beginning around 2:15 PM, at the Vietnam Women's Memorial, Lana Mae Noone will present a posthumous Heather Constance Noone Memorial Award. This award is presented to the American civilian and military women who died in the C-5A plane crash in Vietnam on April 4th, 1975. The women died heroically while giving care to the children being evacuated during "Operation Babylift." Operation Babylift was undertaken to evacuate over 2,500 Vietnamese war orphans to adoptive families throughout the United States. With this award we pay homage to the brave women who gave their lives so that others might fulfill theirs.
Lana Noone will present a Vietnam "Operation Babylift" program at the Hauppauge Middle School on May 31, 2008.
It will be presented in conjuction with the school's "Sixties Day" Event.
Lana Noone is an author, speaker and living historian who presents programs for schools, libraries, museums and community groups. She recently presented an Operation Babylift talk-back for the off-Broadway production of "A Piece of My Heart" and is scheduled to participate in the 15th Anniversary Program at the Vietnam Womens Memorial in Washington, DC, in November.
Please contact: Lana@Vietnambabylift.org for complete details.
www.Vietnambabylift.org
Lana@Vietnambabylift.org
From: bert@van-online.org
Vietnamese Adoptees Network (VAN) Seeking Parents of adoptees for this year's Heritage Camp!
The Vietnamese Adoptee Network (VAN, www.van-online.org) is once again
participating in the Colorado Vietnamese Heritage Camp this year. The camp
brings together families who have adopted children from Vietnam to learn
about their birth culture and what it means to be adopted, along with
spending a weekend in the Colorado mountains (www.heritagecamps.org). VAN
and many different adoptees from around the nation have participated in this
camp for the past eight years.
This year we are introducing two new workshops at the camp. The first is a
discussion between parents of adult adoptees and parents of adoptees who are
18 years or younger. We are very excited about this workshop as it will be a
wonderful opportunity for parents of the "second" generation of Vietnamese
adoptees to learn from the wisdom and experience of the "first" generation
parents.
The second is a discussion between parents of teen adoptees (13-18) and
parents of pre-teen, adolescent, and pre-adolescent (0-12) adoptive parents.
As many of us know, parenting a teenager is a challenging experience, and
this workshop will provide parents an opportunity to dialogue about those
challenges and offer insight to parents whose children will be entering the
teenage years shortly.
The camp is August 8-10th (Fri-Sun) at Snow Mountain Ranch outside of
Fraser, Colorado. Lodging is typically provided if you participate and your
whole family is allowed to participate in all of the Heritage Camp's
activities. Although parents of Vietnamese adoptees is nice (because this is
Vietnamese Heritage Camp), we also are interested in any parents of an
international adoptee who are interested in participating in these
discussions.
If you are interested in finding out more about the camp or
other details, please contact Bert Ballard (bert@van-online.org) or Bree
Sibbel (breesibbel@comcast.net). We hope to hear from many of you!
Lana Noone will participate in a talk-back at the end of a May, 2008
Off-Broadway Performance of "A Piece of My Heart".
Red Fern Theatre Company Presents
"A Piece of My Heart" by Shirley Lauro
A PIECE OF MY HEART
by Shirley Lauro
Directed by Melanie Moyer Williams
Featuring Christopher Clawson, Siho Ellsmore*, Catherine Gowl,
Emilie Elizabeth Miller,
Kendall Rileigh*,
Pheonix Vaughn, and Zuhairah
Based on true stories related in the book of the same name by Keith
Walker, A Piece of My Heart centers on a group of young military and
civilian women who go to the Vietnam War. Spanning twenty
years, their true stories, songs and music call up a tumultuous era
that changed them and America forever. A powerful play with striking
resonance for today.
"The play, A Piece of My Heart, by Shirley Lauro, has become the
nation's most enduring theatrical production that deals with the
Vietnam War."
-The VVA Veteran
The production team features direction by Melanie Moyer Williams,
lighting design by Jessica Greenberg, set design by Adrienne
Kapalko, costume design by Summer Lee Jack, stage management by
Laura Luciano, and properties by Laura Anderson and Amanda Donelan.
Press representation by Lanie Zipoy - 646-284-3517.
A Piece of My Heart will be performed May 1-11, 2008 at 78th Street
Theatre Lab (236 West 78th Street @ Broadway).
Lana Mae Noone, "Operation Babylift" Author, Speaker, Archivist and Living Historian will provide one of the talk-backs.
website URL: www.Vietnambabylift.org
Author, "Global Mom: Notes From a Pioneer Adoptive Family".
Tickets are available by calling 212.352.3101 or via the
www.redferntheatre.org website.
Tickets are available at the box office the day of the show for cash only.
Philanthropy;
Red Fern has chosen to partner with the Vietnam Women's
Memorial Foundation for this production. The mission of the Vietnam
Women's Memorial Foundation is to promote the healing of Vietnam
women veterans through the placement of the Vietnam Women's Memorial
on the grounds of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.;
to identify the military and civilian women who served during the
Vietnam war; to educate the public about their role; and to
facilitate research on the physiological, psychological, and
sociological issues correlated to their service.
The Foundation hasthe support of every major veterans group in the country including
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and more than 40 other diverse organizations.
Please visit www.vietnamwomensmemorial.org.
*Actors appear courtesy of Actors Equity Association. Equity
Approved Showcase.
The Red Fern Theatre Company is a sponsored project of the New York
Foundation for the Arts, a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt organization.
Contributions on behalf of The Red Fern Theatre Company must be
made payable to the New York Foundation for the Arts.
Lana Noone Upcoming Vietnam "Operation Babylift" Programs:
• Lynbrook Public Schools, Lunbrook, NY, January 30, 2008.
• Coral House, Baldwin, NY, February 19, 2008.
• Garden City, NY, April 2, 2008.
She will discuss her life as a "Pioneer" Global Mom and exhibit several Babylift artifacts, including the Babylift Quilt and the Painting, "Heather's Homecoming Day", by Artist/Vietnam Veteran Bernie Duff.
In addition, "Global Mom: Notes From a Pioneer Adoptive Family", by Lana Noone, with Byron, Jennie and Jason Noone, has been selected for the Adoptive Parents Study Group, Minneapolis, MN in February, 2008.
Please contact:
for complete details.
Lana is also scheduled to participate in the November, 2008 15th Anniversary Ceremony at the Civilian Women's Memorial, Washington, DC, where the Heather Constance Noone Memorial Award will be presented, posthumously, to the women who died in the C5A Babylift plane crash on April 4, 1975.
"Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon" Exhibit Opens at the Smithsonian
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Beginning Jan. 19, images covering 30 years of Vietnamese American immigration to the United States will be on display at the S. Dillon Ripley Center Concourse on the National Mall.
The exhibit, "Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon", will be on display through April 1. This exhibit is sponsored by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program, with Vietnamese American scholar Vu Pham as the curator. It is the first Vietnamese American historical exhibit at the Smithsonian, exploring the Vietnamese American experience in America from 1975 to the present. By showcasing themes of challenges, contributions and change, the exhibit emphasizes the vibrant diversity of this ethnic community.
"Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon" is part of a 2007series of events, including public programs that address such aspects of the Vietnamese American experience as the refugee exodus from Vietnam to the United States; adaptation and adjustment to American life; and the formation of identities and ethnic communities. Plans also are underway to create a web-based curriculum guide designed for middle school students to broaden their understanding of Vietnamese American roles in American history and to enhance exhibit visits around the country after its presentation at the Smithsonian. For updates, please visit www.apa.si.edu/VietAm.
There will be an opening lecture about the exhibit Jan. 20, from 11 a.m. to noon at the Discovery Theater in the S. Dillon Ripley Center. The lecture is open to the public and free of charge.
The Vietnamese American exhibit is made possible by the generous support of national sponsor Viet Heritage Society, Inc. with additional support from Citigroup Foundation and individuals from across the country.
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Dear fellow adoptee,
I am currently performing a thesis research study about adult Korean adoptees
in the hopes of broadening the field of knowledge available to post adoption services,
families, and adoptees. The website for this study can be found at www.kadresearch.org
. If you would be interested in participating in this study please email me. Participants
will be entered into a lottery to win one of two $50 prizes in appreciation for
their help. If you know any other Korean adoptees over the age of 18, please feel
free to pass this email along.
Thank you so much,
Elizabeth Lilley
Please reply to:
"Elizabeth Lilley" <lilleye@kadresearch.org>