Attention Bookworms

The next two author events at the Philadelphia Free Library feature Latino authors. Tonight Luis Alberto Urrea discusses his novel Into the Beautiful North and on Tuesday June 2nd Eduardo Galeano speaks about his work Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone. Click here for all the details:

http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?type=2

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Ancient History of Tikal

Tikal, Guatemala is an ancient Mayan city with a rich history. On June 3rd Penn Museum will host "Great Sites Lecture Series : Tikal: Changing Views of Ancient Maya Urbanism". If you would like to see Guatemala from a schloarly angle check out the musem's site for more info:

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/events/calitem.php?which=1832

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People in the Know

It seems most media outlets cover international adoption in two ways: one family's sweet happy-ending adoption story or a sensationalized attack full of sweeping generalizations and misleading material. There are exceptions. This past Sunday The New York Times ran a series of editorials pertaining to international adoption and Madonna. The featured guests included Elizabeth Bartholet of Harvard Law School, E.J. Graff of Brandeis University, and Dr. Jane Aronson of Worldwide Orphans Foundation. Each expert wrote their own uniterrupted editorial on the subject. It's a must read!

http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/celebrity-adoptions-and-the-real-world/#more-6787

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

On June 13th BRAG members and their guests will be cheering on the Camden Riversharks at Campbell's field. This event is a FUNdraiser for BRAG to help defray costs of our organization so invite everyone you know! Here's how it works.

1) Cut and paste this link:
http://cs1.glitnirticketing.com/csticket/web/logingroup.php
2) Type in the password BRAG (ALL CAPS)
3) Purchase your tickets
Or
1) Go to www.riversharks.com
2) Select Fundraiser on left hand side of the screen
3) Select Yellow Log-in Icon on right side of screen
4) Type in the password BRAG (ALL CAPS)
5) Purchase your tickets.

We will all be sitting together in section 201. Get ready to root root root for the home team!

Thoughts on Culture Camp

The Ties organization recently began a Q&A series intended to give voice to adopted people, adoptive families, and adoption professionals. In the current issue adoptees discuss how their culture camp experiences effect their birth country travel. To read what adoptees had to say click here:

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs023/1102498753086/archive/1102571519639.html

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Guatemalan Sweet Cakes

This simple and yummy sounding recipe for Guatemalan Sweet Cakes was found on epicurious.com. It contains a brief explanation of the Guatemalan quesadilla. Enjoy!

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Guatemalan-Sweet-Cakes-239695

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