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Hi friends, this is Shaun from the Open Adoption Project and we're dropping into your news

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feed today not because we have a new episode but we want to make you and our community

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aware of a research study called the First Families Project.

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This is a research project that focuses to understand the context and decisions that

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women made when deciding to place a child for adoption.

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The two professors that are conducting this study are Ashley Larson-Gibby who is an assistant

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professor of family studies at Brigham Young University and Paulina Inara-Rodis who is

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an assistant professor of psychology at Colorado College.

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And again these two women are hoping to understand more about the birth mother experience.

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They are looking for participants who are 18 years or older that identify as a woman,

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speak and understand English that have placed a child for adoption in the United States

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after 1994 and currently reside in the U.S.

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If you or someone you might know are interested you can point them to first.families.project.gmail.com.

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So you can reach out there just so you know there is some compensation for their research

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that they're doing.

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Participants who complete a one-time 90-minute interview either in person or on Zoom will

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receive a $50 Visa gift card and those who participate in supplemental ways via Zoom

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like a focus group will receive a $10 gift card.

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So there is some compensation around this.

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We really want to support these two professors in learning more about the birth mother experience

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so that we can share some of their findings with you.

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As a community the more that we understand about different perspectives the better educated

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we can be, the more empathetic we can be, and the more supportive we can be.

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So again if you are interested or if you know someone who may be interested please share

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this information with them.

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You'll need to email first.families.project.gmail.com.

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They also do have a website and we'll put a link to that website in our show notes for

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today.

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You can also connect with them on Instagram at first.families.project.

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They also have a Facebook page called First Families Project and we'll put a link to that

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in the show notes as well.

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We'll be back in your newsfeed with a regular episode soon.

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Thanks for listening.