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X-WR-CALDESC:Some Of What I’ve Learned So Far\n\nDamon has interviewed clos
 e to 200 adoptees for his podcast Who Am I Really? which he launched in 20
 17. After so many adoption conversations Damon describes coming to feel th
 at we all\, adoptees\, adoptive families\, and birth parents\, need to lis
 ten more to one another’s stories in the adoption triad. However\, we also
  need to expand the consideration of others' feelings beyond the triad’s t
 hree sides to include the whole ecosystem: foster caregivers\, social work
 ers\, legislators\, and many more. Join us in this conversation.\n\nAbout 
 Damon Davis\n\nDamon is an adoptee who was reunited with his biological mo
 ther in 2009 in a heartwarming story of coincidental history\, a mutual de
 sire to be reunified\, and the pure luck to be able to surprise his biolog
 ical mother\, Ann\, for our reunion on her birthday! He is a storyteller a
 t heart\, who enjoys hearing and sharing the real stories of our lives tha
 t make each of us who we are.\n\nHe created the podcast\, 'Who Am I Really
 ' to help people placed into adoption or who grew up in foster care to exp
 lore their own emotions\, desires\, and questions about reuniting with the
 ir biological family by asking others to share their true stories. Damon a
 lso wrote a memoir of the same name\, published in 2019.\n\nFind out more 
 about Damon and his podcast on his website at: http://www.whoamireallypodc
 ast.com/.\n\nDamon's book\, 'Who Am I Really\, An Adoptee Memoir' can be f
 ound on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0997948361/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api
 _i_HDm0Cb18CA2QB \n
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DESCRIPTION:Some Of What I’ve Learned So Far\n\nDamon has interviewed close
  to 200 adoptees for his podcast Who Am I Really? which he launched in 201
 7. After so many adoption conversations Damon describes coming to feel tha
 t we all\, adoptees\, adoptive families\, and birth parents\, need to list
 en more to one another’s stories in the adoption triad. However\, we also 
 need to expand the consideration of others' feelings beyond the triad’s th
 ree sides to include the whole ecosystem: foster caregivers\, social worke
 rs\, legislators\, and many more. Join us in this conversation.\n\nAbout D
 amon Davis\n\nDamon is an adoptee who was reunited with his biological mot
 her in 2009 in a heartwarming story of coincidental history\, a mutual des
 ire to be reunified\, and the pure luck to be able to surprise his biologi
 cal mother\, Ann\, for our reunion on her birthday! He is a storyteller at
  heart\, who enjoys hearing and sharing the real stories of our lives that
  make each of us who we are.\n\nHe created the podcast\, 'Who Am I Really'
  to help people placed into adoption or who grew up in foster care to expl
 ore their own emotions\, desires\, and questions about reuniting with thei
 r biological family by asking others to share their true stories. Damon al
 so wrote a memoir of the same name\, published in 2019.\n\nFind out more a
 bout Damon and his podcast on his website at: http://www.whoamireallypodca
 st.com/.\n\nDamon's book\, 'Who Am I Really\, An Adoptee Memoir' can be fo
 und on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0997948361/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_
 i_HDm0Cb18CA2QB \n
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SUMMARY:Monday Evening Speaker Series with Damon Davis
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